So I was reading the Drudge Report for kicks, and I found a story about Atlantis being found, lol.



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2255989.ece

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"This is the amazing image which could show the fabled sunken city of Atlantis. It shows a perfect rectangle the size of Wales lying on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean nearly 3½ miles down. A host of criss-crossing lines, looking like a map of a vast metropolis, are enclosed by the boundary. They seem too vast and organised to be caused naturally. And last night the possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated. The site lies 620 miles off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands — a location for Atlantis seemingly suggested by the ancient philosopher Plato. He believed it was an island civilisation sunk by an earthquake and floods around 9,700BC — nearly 12,000 years ago. The “grid” showed up on Google Ocean, a Google Earth extension that uses a combination of satellite images and marine surveys. Last night Dr Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at New York State University — and one of the world’s leading authorities on Atlantis — called it “fascinating”. He said: “The site is one of the most prominent places for the proposed location of Atlantis, as described by Plato. Even if it turns out to be geographical, this definitely deserves a closer look.” "

2/20/2009 10:58:19 AM

Isn't the Sun Britain's version of the National Enquirer?

2/20/2009 11:00:51 AM

yeah The Sun said that there was life DEFINITELY life on Mars due to alien fart gas

so...

some truth but not the whole truth

2/20/2009 11:02:09 AM

Are you saying that you don't believe in Bat Boy?

2/20/2009 11:03:11 AM

I can't see the pictures. I'm going to add this to my topics so I can inviestigate later.

2/20/2009 11:03:14 AM

New York State University?

2/20/2009 11:07:15 AM

I'm assuming they mean SUNY and don't realize it's a system of universities.

2/20/2009 11:08:28 AM

i bet some albino dude who speaks latin is gonna kill everyone who discovered it.

2/20/2009 11:10:33 AM

That looks like a survey pattern artifact from the patterns ocean survey ships make when they do sonar scans of the ocean floor.

2/20/2009 11:11:39 AM

Google says Charles Orser is with Illinois State University. If you're gonna write a bullshit article, at least do some halfassed fact checking.

2/20/2009 11:15:53 AM

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"i bet some albino dude who speaks latin is gonna kill everyone who discovered it."

2/20/2009 11:16:26 AM

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"and one of the world’s leading authorities on Atlantis"

seriously....a leading authority

2/20/2009 11:16:46 AM

lol, I'm a leading authority on Unicorns.

2/20/2009 11:41:01 AM

I control any legalities involving said unicorns

2/20/2009 11:43:20 AM

yo holmes to bel air

2/20/2009 11:47:27 AM

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At least the image isn't bogus.

2/20/2009 11:54:01 AM

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"lol, I'm a leading authority on Unicorns."

2/20/2009: Stimwalt gets the award for being the first TWWer to make me lol today.

2/20/2009 11:55:53 AM

The coverup has already begun!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1496093/did_google_ocean_reveal_atlantis.html?cat=15

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"In this case, however, what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process. Bathymetric (or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea floor. The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers data. The fact that there are blank spots between each of these lines is a sign of how little we know about the world's oceans"

2/20/2009 11:57:43 AM

Money_Jones IS PISSED!

2/20/2009 12:02:36 PM

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"Are you saying that you don't believe in Bat Boy?"

2/20/2009 12:48:47 PM

I'll find out guyz! BRB

2/20/2009 1:19:43 PM