From the very beginning of the world, eh?

skabbo: From the very beginning of the world, eh?

That's what I get for not clicking TFA first. Me and you, subby, we think alike.

Pour mémoire, mes pierres ne sont pas 6000 années !

Dam hookers....never trust them.

I was watching the History channel the other day and they were saying when the continents were coming apart that the center of all that has ever happened started in Manhattan......go figure.

AlwaysRightBoy: I was watching the History channel the other day and they were saying when the continents were coming apart that the center of all that has ever happened started in Manhattan......go figure.

I thought the centre of all that ever happened was Toronto

You know, you mockers have been using this "6,000 year old rocks" thing for quite a few years now. You should be saying, like, 6,012 year old rocks if you want to be accurate.

Sheesh, why do I have to do all the heavy lifting around here?

wrytrzcrmp: Sheesh, why do I have to do all the heavy lifting around here?

Because no-one else here believes in doing lifting?

Jesus sees what you did there.

aren't ALL rocks pretty damn old? in fact, i'd be damn impressed with a new rock.

skabbo: From the very beginning of the world, eh?

According to Ebert, yes.

Were the human footprints on top of the dinosaur prints or were the dinosaur prints atop the human ones?

alexanderplatz: aren't ALL rocks pretty damn old? in fact, i'd be damn impressed with a new rock.

Go stick your head in a volcano to see some new rocks. That being said, it would be more accurate to say that these rocks haven't changed since they were initially formed some 4.26 billion years ago.

Stompn_Tom:

I thought the centre of all that ever happened was Toronto

Nah, they just think it does.
Secretly it's Dildo, Newfoundland.

were there dinosaur and human footprints near them?

Pretty cool, but not terribly new. Canada held the title for oldest rocks discovered for a long time until (IIRC) some zircon crystals from Australia were dated slightly older.

Whats so cool about this is that those two previous records were in the 3.5 Bya, and the date of the Earth at 4.6 Bya was set by astrophysics observations. This is just an awesome confirmation.

All numbers in this post are merely recollection and in no way representative of people who actually study this shiat - correct me if I'm off base.

ninjakirby: Whats so cool about this is that those two previous records were in the 3.5 Bya, and the date of the Earth at 4.6 Bya was set by astrophysics observations. This is just an awesome confirmation.

Or I could just read TFA closer I guess.

Previously, the oldest known rocks were from an outcrop known as Acasta Gneiss in the Northwest Territories, southeast of Great Bear Lake, which are 4 billion yeas old.

Tiny mineral grains within rocks in Western Australia have been dated at 4.36 billion years old.

alexanderplatz: aren't ALL rocks pretty damn old? in fact, i'd be damn impressed with a new rock.

You'd really enjoy Hawaii then.

The atoms in my ass wind are 12 billion years old!

God's first rocks!

In before P & Q.

SpyroChiro: The atoms in my ass wind are 12 billion years old!

Might be more near 13.4 billion years but your point is still the same. Talk about a stale fart.

ninjakirby:
Whats so cool about this is that those two previous records were in the 3.5 Bya, and the date of the Earth at 4.6 Bya was set by astrophysics observations. This is just an awesome confirmation conspiracy.

Yeah, like the astrophycisicsts and the geologists don't both know what side their bread is buttered on. Governments had billions to spend on the large hadron collider but notice it 'broke down' so quickly? I bet they were discovering things that were awfully 'inconvenient', like maybe that carbon dating is all wrong. I expect it will be 'recalibrated' soon enough to give the correct results.

No Such Agency: Yeah, like the astrophycisicsts and the geologists don't both know what side their bread is buttered on. Governments had billions to spend on the large hadron collider but notice it 'broke down' so quickly? I bet they were discovering things that were awfully 'inconvenient', like maybe that carbon dating is all wrong. I expect it will be 'recalibrated' soon enough to give the correct results.

I am curious; are you trolling, or are you actually mentally retarded?

No Such Agency:
Yeah, like the astrophycisicsts and the geologists don't both know what side their bread is buttered on. Governments had billions to spend on the large hadron collider but notice it 'broke down' so quickly? I bet they were discovering things that were awfully 'inconvenient', like maybe that carbon dating is all wrong. I expect it will be 'recalibrated' soon enough to give the correct results.

Wait a minute... you are basing this off the fact that the most complex piece of machinery ever constructed by man didn't work without a hitch?

Point taken. Your argument is bulletproof.

abb3w: Because no-one else here believes in doing lifting?

I've been more into running lately than lifting.

Tr0mBoNe: SpyroChiro: The atoms in my ass wind are 12 billion years old!

Might be more near 13.4 billion years but your point is still the same. Talk about a stale fart.

I never thought of stardust as being so damned smelly...

NousDefions: Wait a minute... you are basing this off the fact that the most complex piece of machinery ever constructed by man didn't work without a hitch?

Point taken. Your argument is bulletproof.

He probably thinks MS Windows is perfect, too

They aren't shiny, I don't care.

No Such Agency: ninjakirby:
Whats so cool about this is that those two previous records were in the 3.5 Bya, and the date of the Earth at 4.6 Bya was set by astrophysics observations. This is just an awesome confirmation conspiracy.

Yeah, like the astrophycisicsts and the geologists don't both know what side their bread is buttered on. Governments had billions to spend on the large hadron collider but notice it 'broke down' so quickly? I bet they were discovering things that were awfully 'inconvenient', like maybe that carbon dating is all wrong. I expect it will be 'recalibrated' soon enough to give the correct results.

This is why you never go full retard.

This was about the same time quebec invented poutine.

AFAIK, no serious minded person in the mid 17th century took Bishop Usher seriously with his 4004 B.C. creation of the Earth. It was quite apparent that the Earth was ancient, but they couldn't really grasp the concept of deep geologic time. Their thinking was stuck in the possibility of millions of years, not billions. It wasn't really until Darwin's time did it become absolutely necessary for the Earth to be much older to support the growing body of geologic/evolutionary theory. Even Lord Kelvin's estimates were horrifically short sighted since they couldn't imagine how the Sun could keep burning based on the current state of thermodynamics.

kpottruff: "This is why you never go full retard."

Nah, he's just having a laugh. He shows up for me marked as an atheist, plus he says so in his profile.

Not impressed.

maddogdelta: Tr0mBoNe: SpyroChiro: The atoms in my ass wind are 12 billion years old!

Might be more near 13.4 billion years but your point is still the same. Talk about a stale fart.

I never thought of stardust as being so damned smelly...



It either smells like bad feet or great cheese.

skabbo: skabbo: From the very beginning of the world, eh?

That's what I get for not clicking TFA first. Me and you, subby, we think alike.

thirded. i was expecting an older timeline. come for the troll headlines, stay for the bevets threadcrap.

Bishop Ussher calls bullshiat (new window).

pxlboy: come for the troll headlines, stay for the bevets threadcrap.

But since the thread isn't about evolution, will Bevets even make a show?

If so, I predict:

Paraphrasing Chappelle's joke on Montreal: "Montreal's black community is great. All three of them were really nice.

GilRuiz1: pxlboy: come for the troll headlines, stay for the bevets threadcrap.

But since the thread isn't about evolution, will Bevets even make a show?

If so, I predict:

exactly.

4 out of 5 dentists agree that those numbers are completely made up.

I want one of those rocks.

GilRuiz1: pxlboy: come for the troll headlines, stay for the bevets threadcrap.

But since the thread isn't about evolution, will Bevets even make a show?

If so, I predict:

Hahaha, hilarious.

What is interesting is how none of 'them' ever seem to show in the geology related threads. Which is interested, because geology is the bedrock of evolutionary theory - without it, Darwin wouldn't have had the time necessary to get his theory to work.

No, I will not apologize for that pun.

ninjakirby: GilRuiz1: pxlboy: come for the troll headlines, stay for the bevets threadcrap.

But since the thread isn't about evolution, will Bevets even make a show?

If so, I predict:

Hahaha, hilarious.

What is interesting is how none of 'them' ever seem to show in the geology related threads. Which is interested, because geology is the bedrock of evolutionary theory - without it, Darwin wouldn't have had the time necessary to get his theory to work.

No, I will not apologize for that pun.

that's a brilliant pun, and you shouldn't apologize for it. i didn't catch it -- probably the beers.

/off to bed
//sure this will be more epic tomorrow

Counter_Intelligent: In before P & Q.

Sorta... but "∨", not "&".

robbiedo: Even Lord Kelvin's estimates were horrifically short sighted since they couldn't imagine how the Sun could keep burning based on the current state of thermodynamics.

That and they thought the sun was on fire rather than a giant atom smashing machine.

/Birdhouse in your soul.

What's this aboot Jagger & Richards?

/newfie, off.

abb3w: Counter_Intelligent: In before P & Q.

Sorta... but "∨", not "&".

Are the Rolling Stones on tour again?

SpyroChiro: The atoms in my ass wind are 12 billion years old!

I'll see your snark, and raise you reality.

Most of those atoms are ancient, but some are offspring of natural radioactive decay. When a carbon-14 atom decays in your colon, the next time you fart it's gonna include a sparkling-new nitrogen atom only hours old.