Tracks of typography on Mars ?

ivan louette

Does martians practice typography in ancient times ? That's what suggests the strange picture inside this interesting article about Curiosity recent findings. ;-)

ivan

Ramiro Espinoza

@ivan louette Why is this post under "Punchcutting"?

ivan louette

Perhaps not the best place, sorry ! It's because these minerals does look like punches :-)

Ramiro Espinoza

@ivan louette Please publish your posts under the right category.

ivan louette

Please don't hesitate to guide me if I fail.  

James Hultquist-Todd

It’s been moved to Miscellaneous News.

ivan louette

Thanks ! That was the right thing to do. I searched how to change it by myself after Ramiro's comment but I didn't find how to do.
And I must add that I have the deepest respect to punch cutters and all other craftsmen. I hope none of them were hurted by my post.

Ramiro Espinoza

@James Todd The post is still under the wrong category.

Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian

Shame on those who used the Abuse flag here.

André G. Isaak

I have carefully analyzed these markings and translated them from ancient Martian. It appears that they say "All of your bases are belong to us".

ivan louette

@André G. Isaak Interesting ! Could you reveal your sources ?

André G. Isaak

I’m afraid my sources are highly classified, but it appears to be a direct translation from the Nazca lines into Martian.

ivan louette

Do you mean that Nazca lines are prints ?

Theunis de Jong

No, the Nazca lines are officially called geoglyphs. I think a group of them is what is known as a "geofont". You need a pretty large printer for these fonts.

ivan louette

@Theunis de Jong Of course you are right. And this is the explanation why people stopped to use this printer a long time ago there : every time it caused earthquakes in this very unstable region.