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New Epoch in History of the Earth

Posted by michael on from the not-taught-in-kansas dept.

exp(pi*sqrt(163)) writes "According to the BBC News, for the first time in over a century geologists have decided to add a new name for a period in the timeline of the planet earth. From now on, the time from 600 million years ago to 542 million years ago is to be known as the Ediacarian Period. Geologists now see this period, just before the first shelled animals appeared, as important enough to deserve recognition in its own right. This will also help to reduce the confusion caused by the myriad of names that have been used for this period up to now."

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  1. why not just put your name as.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    instead of saying your name is "exp(pi*sqrt(163))" just put in "262537412640768743.99999999999925"

    1. Re:why not just put your name as.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Because pi is not an exact number smartass

    2. Re:why not just put your name as.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Oh, that's right.. The diameter of a circle does vary in relation to the circumference, doesn't it.

      brilliant

  2. Re:Hear It, Smell It, Touch It, See It, or Taste I by pavon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can lick a fossil, see a fossil, touch a fossil, hear a fossil if you drop it, and taste a fossil.
    They all look, smell, feel, sound, and taste like...... rocks. But it takes faith to believe they appeared millions of years ago by random chance.

    Hehe.

    I can see, hear and touch the posts that follower_of_christ has made since joining slashdot on the 15th of April. But it takes faith to believe that he will continue to have non-negative karma when posting comments like this on slashdot.