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		Evidence for Martian water released just days after Long John Silvers' free shrimp deadline passes (space.com)		180
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Balynar		2004-03-02 02:44:52 PM

worst. Headline. Ever

Nirvana98R		2004-03-02 02:45:02 PM

farked already?

Eeek		2004-03-02 02:45:26 PM

First, they take away Pepe. Now, they do this. You suck, Long John Silvers.

caliban_02		2004-03-02 02:45:31 PM

NOOOO! DAMN IT! Why can't you NASA people work faster!?!?? There were SHRIMP on the line! Priorities, man!

Now the only way to get free shrimp for all of humanity will be if NASA finds a Long John Silvers on Mars.

blainux		2004-03-02 02:45:36 PM

horrible headline

EKU Colonel		2004-03-02 02:45:36 PM

might i be the first to say:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

deftoneil		2004-03-02 02:45:40 PM

Sucks.

JohnBigBootay		2004-03-02 02:45:56 PM

Let me be the first to welcome our new watery martian overlords

xadrian		2004-03-02 02:45:58 PM

Life, man. Show me LIFE!

linewalker		2004-03-02 02:46:03 PM

Man, I wanted my oxymoron.

DeciusMagnus		2004-03-02 02:46:36 PM

I smell a consipracy.

TwitchOSX		2004-03-02 02:46:41 PM

w00t!

Hyernel		2004-03-02 02:46:52 PM

They forgot to mention this:

Kinkladzie-left-foot		2004-03-02 02:46:58 PM

The wet resource.

Techsus		2004-03-02 02:46:58 PM

Ya gotta wonder how many NASA geeks own stock in Long John Silvers.

sticky_left_hand		2004-03-02 02:47:11 PM

From the article:

"We think we've found enough evidence at the Opportunity site that liquid water was in abundance for some period of time," said Benton Clark III, a Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team member, in a telephone interview prior to the press conference.

Did you or didn't you?

Biff667		2004-03-02 02:47:20 PM

I can't believe the networks spent 5 minutes on something interesting and thought-provoking like this, but they'll spend 25 mins on showing us shots of Michael Jackson's plane taxiing in to the airport.

EvanHartman		2004-03-02 02:47:25 PM

Now what?

dbaggins		2004-03-02 02:47:26 PM

woo hoo. we have once again found more evidence there was water on mars.

nothing to see here. move along.

feh

TwitchOSX		2004-03-02 02:47:29 PM

Just go to CNN.com.. they have a story.

peacefulwarrior		2004-03-02 02:47:47 PM

howzit I was the first one to comment and now my comment is gone from the top?

brandnewdisaster		2004-03-02 02:48:01 PM

"awash with the wet resource" sounds kinky..

maddman		2004-03-02 02:48:55 PM

Once again my news link has bee overlooked because of a BS headline ARUGHHHH!

GYBE		2004-03-02 02:49:10 PM

how long until they bottle it and sell it to us for $5 a bottle?

Eeek		2004-03-02 02:49:12 PM

Because no one likes you, peacefulwarrior. Not to mention, it had nothing to do with the story. Remember, there are no prizes for being the first person to post.

ChewbaccaJones		2004-03-02 02:50:12 PM

What they failed to report is that the water was there as
recently as yesterday - Something mighty big drank that
water.

Probe goes into wasteland
Mars monster in wasteland
our Mars Monster.

Cthulus_Toaster		2004-03-02 02:50:17 PM

Oh its the Capricorn Shrimp Fiasco!!!
At least the water on Mars stuff is real /hoping.../

sticky_left_hand		2004-03-02 02:50:45 PM

peacefulwarrior
I saw your comment and if I remember correctly, it said "hi".

When mods see that much wit so early in a thread, they delete it so that others won't feel too inferior and refrain from entering their own comments.

Bung_Howdy		2004-03-02 02:51:17 PM

I feel robbed... bet NASA eats free shrimp from Long John Silver's ad infinitum

First Mir missed the Taco Bell bullseye, and now this...

*hungry

Shepherd		2004-03-02 02:51:18 PM

I posted this in another thread...

Apparently the martian soil the rovers are running over is some kind of briny mud. It's got water in it, but it also has enough salt to keep the water from freezing even at martian temperatures.

Mars is a salty chocolate ball.

wickedMule		2004-03-02 02:51:23 PM

"Open your mind! There is no water here!"

Son of Thunder		2004-03-02 02:51:31 PM

obligatory:

"Oh, goody! Goody!"

J.Garcia'sRightMiddleFinger		2004-03-02 02:51:49 PM

Decius is right. Clearly members of our government have their hand in Long John Silver's trough.

skinink		2004-03-02 02:52:07 PM

""We think we've found enough evidence at the Opportunity site that liquid water was in abundance for some period of time," said Benton Clark III, a Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team member, in a telephone interview prior to the press conference."

They blinded me ... with SCIENCE !

ScatCat		2004-03-02 02:52:14 PM

That headline sucked the life out of me.

I expect better from the Fark Nerdocracy

Ghost Rider		2004-03-02 02:52:49 PM

"See? I told ya so!!!"

NarcisisticRage		2004-03-02 02:52:53 PM

I was sooooo hoping that they would tell us that something was alive.

Drat.

Were_Outta_Bort_License_Plates		2004-03-02 02:52:54 PM

Does anyone else find the phrase "now THAT'S the $64,000 question" ironical, like? Can you say "bid-rigging?"

Alexis		2004-03-02 02:52:54 PM

Shrimp = giant sea insect

They'd have to pay me to eat one. As for water on Mars, did anyone really doubt this? Also, I will hereby refer to water as a "wet resource".

therealrealscrodd		2004-03-02 02:53:08 PM

Spirit, Opportunity...activate the reactor.

dbaggins		2004-03-02 02:53:11 PM

Scientists have long known that Mars was warmer and wet in ancient times. Few disagree that running water carved many of the huge canyons and other gullies and river-bed features seen in countless photographs of the red planet. Significant amounts of water ice also sit frozen at both of Mars' poles.

so really, we haven't discovered anything yet.

hey, how about you hold off on having press conferences until you find out something new.

You_mean_Im_gonna_stay_this_color		2004-03-02 02:53:19 PM

MrGuilt		2004-03-02 02:53:25 PM

All you whining about LJS remember, God Hates Shrimp.

ScatCat		2004-03-02 02:53:31 PM

To Wesley Clark!

King of Mars!

DandamanFL		2004-03-02 02:54:02 PM

The offer expired on the 29th. That is awfully convenient. Someone pass me a foil hat.

c4mp3r		2004-03-02 02:54:07 PM

I am organizing a class action lawsuit against NASA for sitting on this information, thus costing all of America its free shrimp. Who's with me?

Hyernel		2004-03-02 02:55:25 PM

If there is water....it can be extracted.

Launch NOW!!!!

EasyMidget		2004-03-02 02:55:57 PM

Drat!

Discordian36		2004-03-02 02:56:09 PM

Well, I for one am happy about the announcement, but really unimpressed with the headline.

Mine: "It's official - Mars had more water than a Dasani plant"