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On the Trail to Atlantis

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the oh-it's-a-wet-one dept.

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."

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  1. Predicted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't believe it: Atlantis was predicted to be found in 2012!

    1. Re:Predicted by mcx101 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just a link to back up that comment about Antarctica here.

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    2. Re:Predicted by Lev13than · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, 2012 is the year the Mayan calendar's cycle ended, which has been picked up as the date for the end of the world by some.

      Oh great - now we're going to have to deal with eight years of Y2.012K-inspired panic. You know the hype... "the Pyramid of Uxmal will stop working", "the Tzolkin calendar will start giving the wrong dates for crop planting". About the only upside is that there's going to be a massive run on glyph carvers to make the necessary updates.

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    3. Re:Predicted by Chalybeous · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can see the headlines now:
      "Discoverer of Atlantis finds lost city in Pacific, loses 2D6+3 SAN"

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  2. Cool. by Rolo+Tomasi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just be careful with those Orichalcum beads.

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  3. Claimed? by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't Disney already have rights to the place?

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  4. let me get this straight by chegosaurus · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've found Atlantis, and Linux is set to overtake Windows within three years?

  5. Yeah I've seen it by onebuttonmouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coca cola plant, Delta hub.. oh Atlantis, right.

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  6. Question by dirtsurfer · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how come Atlantis is still the lost city if people keep discovering it? :\

  7. Hidden depths by 16K+Ram+Pack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they find Patrick Duffy's career whilst they were there?

  8. Re:I need more info! by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    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