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Antarctic Craters Reveal Asteroid Strike

Posted by michael on from the rock-of-ages dept.

dhuff writes "Scientists using satellites have mapped huge craters under the Antarctic ice sheet caused by an asteroid as big as the one believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs 65m years ago."

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  1. Divine Comedy by bladesjester · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've met someone who's name was Jesus. Great guy, though he showed me that the divine really does have a sense of humor. You see, his whole name was Jesus Pagan. I kid you not.

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    1. Re:Divine Comedy by BJH · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I've met a guy called Death (actually Deth, but close enough). He was... a LIBRARIAN! (Cue ominous-sounding organ chord)

    2. Re:Divine Comedy by bladesjester · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This one owned a small robotics company called Zeus Robotics. go figure

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      Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
  2. your sig by Phragmen-Lindelof · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Slashdot: where racism against Indians is OK..."
    Of course, I noticed your sig previously; I am curious. (I know, "don't reply to sigs!") I can think of several ways to interpret it.
    (i) (whine) People in the US are picking on India (since jobs are going there).
    (ii) (gloat) Microsoft TCO anti-linux ads actually help Linux. Anti-India posts recognize that India is a serious player in the IT world.
    (iii) (native American) Is this a tribal issue? Gambling?
    (iv) (troll)
    (v) (M$) Anything that makes /. look bad is good.
    So, which is it?

  3. Re:Curious by Anthony · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Telling lies for God. That'll get them in. Pity none of what you said stands up to scrutiny. Come back when you have a consistent story to tell.

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  4. Re:Curious by BigDumbAnimal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    An evolutionist critiquing a Creationist for a lack of consistency? Now I've heard it all.

    The truth of creation hasn't changed. Evolution ideas seem to change weekly (too bad textbooks don't) with each new re-examination, fraud, new methods, and new technology.

    I don't think the grandparent was trying to "get them in." He was likely only trying to show that evolution ideas should not be blindly accepted on faith without looking from a different perspective.