Atlantis: Discovered at Last?

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Atlantis: Discovered at Last?

Posted by Hemos on Monday June 7, 2004 @12:12AM from the so-many-submissions dept.

Henry G. writes "The BBC is reporting that recent satellite pictures may show the location of the fabled city of Atlantis, as described by Plato. It is in Southern Spain, though, and not on an island as is commonly believed. Here's an image of the concentric rings over the alleged area." This story has gotten a lot of submissions; it's worth noting that it's also shown up off Cyprus, or near Cuba, or is Crete, or... It is worth noting that that Ubar was found this way.

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Sweet by Lord_Dweomer · 2004-06-07 00:13 · Score: 5, Funny

So when can I get my eternal youth/healing crystal and flying fish glider thingy?

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It must be asked... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-07 00:15 · Score: 4, Funny

...where's Patrick Duffy?
I think I see it! by johansor · 2004-06-07 00:15 · Score: 4, Funny

If I squit really hard I can see the face of Bin Laden, or Saddam or whoever it is this week!
1. Re:I think I see it! by Whitecloud · 2004-06-07 01:12 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  This is slashdot, what your seeing is Microsofts secret underwater HQ; looking closer through the skylight of the ballroom you can just make out Bill Gates having tea with several of his puppet CEO's that will be in charge after "regime change" at some unnamed pro-linux companies. Over to the left you can see the 2000 box cluster of G4's running the beta of Longhorn, and on the screen you can almost see what his word document says, but the 5 new Clippy wizards are obscuring too much text.
  
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2. Re:I think I see it! by Haydn+Fenton · 2004-06-07 02:09 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Wierd, when I squint at it, I can see 6 black rings?! Oh.. never mind
Re:Am I the only one... by mrjb · 2004-06-07 00:19 · Score: 5, Funny

They're in the bottom picture.

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Re:Am I the only one... by Three+Headed+Man · 2004-06-07 00:22 · Score: 4, Funny

He means ones that weren't drawn in.

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no rings, no rectangles... by UnderAttack · 2004-06-07 00:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I can't make out rings nor rectangles in that
picture. But I clearly see a big cache of WMD in the lower left corner.

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Oh, I see... by tomzyk · 2004-06-07 00:34 · Score: 4, Funny

I can see the face of Bin Laden

Let me guess: you're in the US Army and you are just trying to start this rumor in the hopes that you get relocated out of Iraq to the beautiful beaches of Spain, right?

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Re:Am I the only one... by D-Cypell · 2004-06-07 00:44 · Score: 5, Funny

You just have to look harder...

Once you find try to find..

* Waldo
* The wizard
* A scroll
* Two mermaids pleasuring each other
* Poseidon's driving license
* Plato's lost map
* Sebastian the crab
* Cowboy Neal's bathing suit
Re:Am I the only one... by TXG1112 · 2004-06-07 00:49 · Score: 4, Funny

Ob. Mallrats quote:

I'll tell you what you need is a fatty, boombatty blunt! And then I guarantee you'll see a sailboat, an ocean and maybe even some of them big-tittied mermaids doing some of that lesbian shit!

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Re:Am I the only one... by ozbird · 2004-06-07 01:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Are you trying to start a circular argument?
Re:Am I the only one... by telstar · 2004-06-07 02:07 · Score: 4, Funny
"What I don't get is why someone just doesn't go there and start having a look around?"
- 'Cause then they might be WRONG silly! This way they can get media coverage, financial backing, and pump the whole thing up before they admit that what they're seeing is actually the remnants from
- this.
so basically... by BigGerman · 2004-06-07 02:10 · Score: 4, Funny

.. it is not in the Atlantic, it is not under water, but other than that it is Atlantis just like Plato described it?
Re:pareidolia by bfg9000 · 2004-06-07 02:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Here's a recent and very striking example of fitting data to preconceived notions: zepplin backwards (flash link)... As with all of these things, the trick is that you're shown the message while listening to it, and you tend to make it fit. It's even more convincing after a few listens -- it really sounds like, "There was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan." Almost poetic.

Hi, this is Satan. Yeah, you're wrong on this one. It's real. Oh, yeah, and I totally tortured Zepp in a toolshed for a while, but it's HARDLY a little toolshed. It's like 16 x 25. I'm still pissed at Jimmy for that one. I mean, I might not have Led Zeppelin-size money, but I do okay for myself. That "little" thing was just insulting. So to get revenge, I made Page do the Death Wish soundtrack and Plant ended up fronting the HoneyDrippers. That'll show 'em who's boss. One more crack and they're backing Christina Aquilera.

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