Martian Rocks are Fossils

[telfrow]

<img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

What, no immediate pithy reply? Hell, you were just at that other forum I belong to. So you're doing what? Avoiding coming back and replying? Hoping we'd expire messily before your next post?<br /><br />Oh, by the way...<br /><br /><b>THEY'RE STILL ROCKS!!!</b> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[unlearningthemistakes]

what now? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>pain is inevitable</p><p>suffering is optional </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

I can see him in that role.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Yeah. There's something about that daily/nightly temperature regime, low atmospheric pressure, and intense UV sweeping across the surface that gives you that idea.<br /><br />Talk about a bad day... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[telfrow]

According to ES (at another site) this is "...a number of rocks, of different types, arranged in a meaningful manner." <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /><br /><br />The little gorillas in tuxedos have been busy. <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Oh sure. It's clearly the fossilized remains of an ancient Martian racing Dinosaur. Looks like the poor thing just up and laid down and died, right there.<br /><br />Rode hard and put away wet, so to speak. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Maybe he was one of the featured rides at the "Amusement Park on Mars." (Remember that one?) <br /><br />Or maybe the poor thing was bitten by a "Matrian Snake."<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Oh, look. The poor thing WAS a riding beast. Why, you can clearly see the saddle - and the Martian disintigrator used to put it down with.<br /><br />*Remember, you can't really see the full effect, unless you're wearing 5-D glasses in a pure Nitrous Oxide atmosphere* <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[bonzelite]

i call b.s. on petrified forests of mars, too. that is utterly perposterous. the rocks resemble nothing of petrified trees. <br /><br />mars is an alien world even though it is romantically earth-looking in many ways. but in just as many ways it is entirely alien. mars is a mysterious place with morphology that is barely understood. and may remain that way for centuries. <br /><br />i'm typically open to hearing whacko fringe ideas, as sometimes they have the seeds of genius even if they are half-baked or pseudoscientific --but this is a case where that does not apply. today, i am rigid and closed to the idea of petrified tree trunks on mars. <br /><br />it seems, at least to me, that mars is nearly entirely couched in a geologic, abiotic, history. with very little, if any, relevant biogenetic or fluvial mechanisms responsible for much of anything. <br /><br />if any such biogenesis exists as fossils or as a contemporary methanogen, such life may likely be very simple organisms able to subsist in very hostile and primitive conditions --if it is there at all. i would fantasize that any more complex life may not resemble anything more developed than pre-cambrian earth-based oceanic life, that which is the lower end of evolutionary complexity.

 

[telfrow]

This is off topic, I know, so my apologies, but... <br /><br />In-n-Out Burger?<br /><br />I fell in love with that place when I spent so much time on the west coast a couple of years ago.<br /><br />Ah, for a 3 X 3. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[bonzelite]

hahaha yes! you got it. in-n-out burger is the best burger fast food ever on the planet. it's probably the healthiest burger joint out there, and i love their home-made fries. they put the whole potato right in that device and out come the fries. in fact, i'd love to have that right now. i may get take out later tonight. yum!!

 

[telfrow]

Now, to make your life complete, all you have to do is discover Portillo's (Chicago) and the wonders of their hot dogs. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Stop it! You're making me want to go and visit the famous "Buzzy's Roast Beef." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[votefornimitz]

I can't tell, are we talking about martian rocks or not? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="color:#993366">In the event of a full scale nuclear war or NEO impact event, there are two categories of underground shelters available to the public, distinguished by depth underground: bunkers and graves...</span> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Uh, yeah.<br /><br />Sure. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[votefornimitz]

I thought it might have been an allegory.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="color:#993366">In the event of a full scale nuclear war or NEO impact event, there are two categories of underground shelters available to the public, distinguished by depth underground: bunkers and graves...</span> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Heard about it from some of the guys I work with. Never been there. I'll add it to my list - I may be in Boston later this year, so.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[telfrow]

Well, it is. Sort of. <br /><br />It's <b>Yevaud's</b> fault, really. If he hadn't posted a picture of Martian Feldspar Beef in the "NASA Finds Life On Mars" thread in SETI, we wouldn't be on the subject of food.<br /><br />At least that's my story. And I'm sticking to it. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Next I'm going to post a delightful piece of Basalt that looks like Prime Rib. Mmmmmm. *CRUNCH* *CRUNCH*<br /><br />Bu' Ifs a bi' Hawd On Mi Teef. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[votefornimitz]

Mesa aa ja ja binks, whosa isa yousa? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="color:#993366">In the event of a full scale nuclear war or NEO impact event, there are two categories of underground shelters available to the public, distinguished by depth underground: bunkers and graves...</span> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Someone with a 30-06 who just loves giant Frog's Legs.<br /><br />I'll give you a 4 Nanosecond head start. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[votefornimitz]

Mesa no bombat! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <span style="color:#993366">In the event of a full scale nuclear war or NEO impact event, there are two categories of underground shelters available to the public, distinguished by depth underground: bunkers and graves...</span> </div>

 

[bonzelite]

Portillo's sounds sooooo good!! i'd love to go whenever i'm back in Chicagoland. what part of town is it in? anyway, i love Chicago. i've gotten delicious polish sausage right off the street there. <br /><br />and roast beef! yum!! where is Buzzy's? <br /><br />speaking of that, to die for is Chris-n-Pits b-b-q. they have the best ribs and steaks. i love their beef ribs, parm toast, baked potato, b-b-q baked beans, and sweet tea. their beans are brown sugary sweet and succulent. <br /><br />actually, if you guys are ever in Los Angeles, besides In-n-Out, you've got to go to Vitello's --the place where Robert Blake 'accidentally' left his gun in the booth the night his wife was shot to death near the parking lot. Vitello's has just mouth watering Italian cuisine. just wonderful food. it is an area landmark. a good glass of wine with some of their food is absolute heaven.

 

[odysseus145]

If I hadn't just finished 16 ounces of ribeye, I would probably be very hungry right now. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />Anyone ever heard of Backyard Burger? They have great angus burgers. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>