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On the Trail to Atlantis
Bifurcati writes "Scientists claim to have found the lost city of Atlantis, off the coast of Cyprus. They apparently have used sonar to detect the sunken landmass, and even identify geographical features. They seem confident, but all the same, I wouldn't go buying Atlantian artifacts on Ebay just yet."
I don't believe it: Atlantis was predicted to be found in 2012!
I thought SG-1 discovered Atlantis? BTW: I think this is my first post as a "first" post!
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Just be careful with those Orichalcum beads.
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Don't they dicover it every summer? I mean right after interviewing the Loch Ness monster about Space Aliens?
Those Atlanteans must've been really stupid.. All that redundancy, and their cities still all sank...
As long as they are not going to find bunch of Oricalcum beads and start converting themselves to higher beings (or making nuclear bombs), good luck for them..
But the first thing I thought when I saw the news was the good adventure game by Lucasarts game.
Doesn't Disney already have rights to the place?
Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
They've found Atlantis, and Linux is set to overtake Windows within three years?
That was a fun ass game.
They were using zero-point energy powered flying submarine Aurora-X to locate it. They also located ancient underwater nazy base destroyed by UFO crash nearby.
I hope they find those infinite power crystal thingies down there.
Coca cola plant, Delta hub.. oh Atlantis, right.
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So how come Atlantis is still the lost city if people keep discovering it? :\
Think I'm stretching? Stop burying your head in the sand. This can't be just a coincidence.
Sarmast works in architecture, and describes himself as a "mythologist". He is very interested in "ancient mysteries". He supports himself by doing "odd jobs" and as his hobby studies "Atlantology" and travels. His "research" is privately funded.
What is pretty funny, is that his biography states he cooperates with "specialists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)". They even supplied him with "a digitized file of the existing raw data ... a document that was over 2,500 pages long". I can imagine the following conversation between two of those "specialists":
S1: "That crackpot is on the phone again."
S2: "Please, not now. Besides, it's your turn to talk to him."
S1: "Come on, I'm busy."
S2: "Just blow him off."
S1: "Then he'll just phone again in a few hours."
S2: "I have an idea. Let's give him some data that will really keep him busy for the next six months."
S1: "What data?"
S2: "Just give him everything."
S1: "But he won't be able to do anything with it. It's just raw data!"
S2: "That's the point. He's a crank. He has studied Atlantology, for Christ's sake. He is used to immerse himself in meaningless stuff!"
This is old news.
;)
Atlantis is a lost colony of the Ancients. There will be series about it starting around July, 22 episodes or so.
Robert
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You mean that the authentic statue i bought was a ripoff?
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Did they find Patrick Duffy's career whilst they were there?
It stands to reality as does Geo. Washington's dad's fictitious ex-cherry tree, which there's also no point in going out to look for.
;-)
Well, of course there's no point in looking for that. George chopped it down.
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I assume you've never read a grant proposal?
Scientists are just as human as the rest of us mere mortals. Scientists doing public fundraising for expeditions have been known to hype their subject of interest.
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Well, of course there's no point in looking for that. George chopped it down. ;-)
And then tossed it onto Atlantis, which then blew up, and sank.
KFG
So, let me get this straight. So far this week, we've seen an article revisiting cold fusion as being possible now, and one that somebody's found Atlantis.
If I don't see one about Sasquatch being located coming up (and that he uses Linux) before the end of the week, I'm going to be terribly disappointed.
May we never see th
Atlantis is for sissys.
The Big question is where is R'lyeh?
And don't give me: 47 degrees 9 minutes south, 126 degrees 43 minutes west,
they have already looked there...:P
Ahhhrg.... the costumes in the gallery on that page... wormhole extreme flashback ...
:(
The best thing about Stargate was that it looked like it was happening right now.. did that have to start using uber-scifi-costumes?
The first thing that I thought of when I saw this on slashdot is what will happen 5000 years after the polar ice caps melt and New York is swallowed by the ocean.
Will there be legends about the wonders of the lost city of New York? Will some intrepid explorers point at a submerged city off the eastern coast of what was the United States and claim that they found New York, never realizing that they really found Philadelphia? (silly mistake...even 5000 years into the future, the oil slick from all the cheese steak shops will still be rising up from the deep)
South of Cyprus, but between Cyprus and Syria? Well, between Cyprus and Syria lies Lebanon, so Atlantis must be Lebanon!! But wait! Lebanon is EAST of Cyprus, so the sinking of Atlantis/Lebanon is a metaphor for it attaching itself between Palestine and Turkey!!! Mystery solved!!!
But the fourth one stayed up! And that's what you're going to get, son, the strongest island city-state in the Agean.
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Woe...woe...WOE!
;)
Are you trying to imply that there is not such thing as SG-1????? Are you implying Egypt doesn't exist either?!?!
And for the record, this years season was way too short. It had what, 6 episodes? Shesh.
Cheers!
Pfft, Atlantis was easy. Now we need to find... the legendary lost city of *Atlanta*!
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Wow, Handcock reads slashdot and posts as AC? Hey dude, I don't believe your shit either. Stop trolling and get an education
Atlantis, The Lost Empire is the best DVD I have in my small collection.
Assuming this isn't a hacked site--and it certainly looks OK--please note that that ABC News Online Australia article concludes:
"The alleged discovery has been greeted with barely concealed mirth by the Mediterranean island's tourism office."
Editorializing a bit, are we?
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