Comments on: Dinosaur auction http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 02:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: postliteracy_dot_org http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588544 postliteracy_dot_org Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588544 @10: since we're dealing with tyrannosaurs, shuoldn't that be "beebaIhavefiftyfiftyfiftycomeoncomeon<strong>CretaceousCretaceous</strong>eebadabe" ? @10: since we’re dealing with tyrannosaurs, shuoldn’t that be

“beebaIhavefiftyfiftyfiftycomeoncomeonCretaceousCretaceouseebadabe” ?

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587798 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587798 What's the consensus on T-Rex being a scavenger? Those little front arms look right for sorting through trash but not for fighting. What’s the consensus on T-Rex being a scavenger? Those little front arms look right for sorting through trash but not for fighting.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588055 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588055 The best estimate is "somewhere between $2 and $8 million?" I know auctions are hard to predict, but come on- aren't there appraisers for this sort of thing? The best estimate is “somewhere between $2 and $8 million?” I know auctions are hard to predict, but come on- aren’t there appraisers for this sort of thing?

]]> By: rollerskater http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588577 rollerskater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588577 what a bargain! that t-rex was made by The Lord himself just a few thousand years ago to test the faith of his followers! what a bargain! that t-rex was made by The Lord himself just a few thousand years ago to test the faith of his followers!

]]> By: Lab Monkey http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588330 Lab Monkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588330 I hope another museum etc picks this and a lot of the other fossils up so the public can still view them. The idea of it ending up locked away as a trophy in some private collection makes me shudder. I hope another museum etc picks this and a lot of the other fossils up so the public can still view them.

The idea of it ending up locked away as a trophy in some private collection makes me shudder.

]]> By: demophon http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587828 demophon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587828 Shame on them. Free the dinosaurs! Abolish this disgusting practice! Shame on them. Free the dinosaurs! Abolish this disgusting practice!

]]> By: Shannon http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587833 Shannon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587833 Not taking a specific position on Buddy66's conversation starter, but chickens can fight and they don't even have arms... You don't need arms to fight. Not taking a specific position on Buddy66′s conversation starter, but chickens can fight and they don’t even have arms… You don’t need arms to fight.

]]> By: Lt DirtyFreq http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587844 Lt DirtyFreq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587844 I wonder if they'll have the rest of a fossil of what I have. When I was about 10 or 12, my mother & grandma took me to aggot fossil beds. Around the road from there, a man owned a fossil shop. Turns out he his dad found that place (the man telling me the story was an old man... he now has died some time ago.) BUT he let me take home a very special fossil. It wasn't some dinky fossil. He let me take home a BIG fossil (big for any normal person's collection). I got the base of a turtle shell where the turtle must of had spikes on his shell. I still have the fossil to this day. I wonder if they’ll have the rest of a fossil of what I have. When I was about 10 or 12, my mother & grandma took me to aggot fossil beds. Around the road from there, a man owned a fossil shop. Turns out he his dad found that place (the man telling me the story was an old man… he now has died some time ago.) BUT he let me take home a very special fossil. It wasn’t some dinky fossil. He let me take home a BIG fossil (big for any normal person’s collection). I got the base of a turtle shell where the turtle must of had spikes on his shell. I still have the fossil to this day.

]]> By: Tom Fury http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588639 Tom Fury Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588639 While there's certainly a lot of good humor to be mined in a dinosaur auction, lab monkey has hit on an important point - scientifically important specimins being held in private collections where they are no longer available for scholarly study. While I won't go as far as to say this practice should be illegal, it is wrong. Hopefully any lots purchased by private individuals will be made available for study and research. While there’s certainly a lot of good humor to be mined in a dinosaur auction, lab monkey has hit on an important point – scientifically important specimins being held in private collections where they are no longer available for scholarly study. While I won’t go as far as to say this practice should be illegal, it is wrong. Hopefully any lots purchased by private individuals will be made available for study and research.

]]> By: gATO http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588128 gATO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588128 Am I the only one who wondered how the hell do they know it was a female? And, of course, google is our friend: medulary tissue. more info <a href="http://www.geotimes.org/jan08/article.html?id=nn_pregnancy.html">here</a> and <a href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/154084/t_rex_sexing_is_it_a_he_or_she/index.html">here</a>, interview with the scientist who came up with the answer <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4677825">here</a>, and an interesting and funny article about <a href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/a-tyrannical-romance/">dinosaur sex</a>, not sexing (NY Times, might require reg, sorry) Am I the only one who wondered how the hell do they know it was a female?

And, of course, google is our friend: medulary tissue.

more info here and here, interview with the scientist who came up with the answer here, and an interesting and funny article about dinosaur sex, not sexing (NY Times, might require reg, sorry)

]]> By: nck wntrhltr http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588156 nck wntrhltr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588156 I really hope this dinosaur auction is being emcee'd by a 250-words-per-minute champion livestock auctioneer. I really hope this dinosaur auction is being emcee’d by a 250-words-per-minute champion livestock auctioneer.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588159 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588159 eebbadabobabdeeebbabdbeebaIhavefiftyfiftyfiftycomeoncomeonJurrasicJurassiceebadabeedabobadaa.... eebbadabobabdeeebbabdbeebaIhavefiftyfiftyfiftycomeoncomeonJurrasicJurassiceebadabeedabobadaa….

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587907 Little John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587907 <blockquote>You don't need arms to fight.</blockquote>"Come on, then... Have at you!" - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEcj8KpuJw">The Black Knight</a>

You don’t need arms to fight.

“Come on, then… Have at you!” – The Black Knight

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588163 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588163 http://www.agr.state.nc.us/paffairs/aghall/riggs.htm http://www.agr.state.nc.us/paffairs/aghall/riggs.htm

]]> By: mypalmike http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-587908 mypalmike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-587908 Why does he have such funny little front legs? [/obscure] Why does he have such funny little front legs?

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]]> By: undeadmouse http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588232 undeadmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588232 ...some assembly required... or you can see our list of capable paleontologists who can assemble it for you for a nominal fee. …some assembly required… or you can see our list of capable paleontologists who can assemble it for you for a nominal fee.

]]> By: undeadmouse http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588234 undeadmouse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588234 ...some assembly required... or you can see our list of capable paleontologists who can assemble it for you for a nominal fee. …some assembly required… or you can see our list of capable paleontologists who can assemble it for you for a nominal fee.

]]> By: regularfry http://boingboing.net/2009/09/14/dinosaur-auction.html#comment-588543 regularfry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-588543 @brainspore: Yes. Unfortunately, because these things are sold very rarely, and there are relatively few buyers in the market, each item is unique, and the economy in general is more volatile than usual at the moment (meaning we don't know how much money the buyers have floating around, or want to expose, for what is essentially a discretionary purchase), it's extremely hard to predict. It's not like there's a T-Rex spot price. @brainspore: Yes. Unfortunately, because these things are sold very rarely, and there are relatively few buyers in the market, each item is unique, and the economy in general is more volatile than usual at the moment (meaning we don’t know how much money the buyers have floating around, or want to expose, for what is essentially a discretionary purchase), it’s extremely hard to predict. It’s not like there’s a T-Rex spot price.

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