Comments on: In a neglected fossil: A vegetarian with bite http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 16:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548595 snagglepuss Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548595 ...Dad ? …Dad ?

]]> By: cfuse http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548527 cfuse Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548527 Looks angry, so militant vegan I guess. Looks angry, so militant vegan I guess.

]]> By: J http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548210 J Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548210 As intriguing as this is, I still need to mention that, like the best things in life, I'm reminded of the artwork of Stephen Gammell, of Scary Stories fame. As intriguing as this is, I still need to mention that, like the best things in life, I’m reminded of the artwork of Stephen Gammell, of Scary Stories fame.

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548168 Angryjim Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548168 I don't know anything. ha. But there must be some scientists in the Boingboing community who could address that! I don’t know anything. ha. But there must be some scientists in the Boingboing community who could address that!

]]> By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548148 DreamboatSkanky Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548148 http://birdandmoon.com/evolutionsucks.html http://birdandmoon.com/evolutionsucks.html

]]> By: sota767 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548142 sota767 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548142 Oh parakeet, how the mighty have fallen. Oh parakeet, how the mighty have fallen.

]]> By: Charles Choi http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548139 Charles Choi Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548139 Hey dZed -- this is Charles Q. Choi, the writer of the news article Maggie was so kind to reference. That's an interesting idea you posit. Mind if I cite you on my blog at Scientific American where I discuss such things? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/assignment-impossible/tag/a-modest-proposal/ Let me know if you wouldn't mind me using your real name or not. You can email me at cqchoi@sciwriter.us. Hey dZed — this is Charles Q. Choi, the writer of the news article Maggie was so kind to reference. That’s an interesting idea you posit. Mind if I cite you on my blog at Scientific American where I discuss such things?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/assignment-impossible/tag/a-modest-proposal/

Let me know if you wouldn’t mind me using your real name or not. You can email me at cqchoi@sciwriter.us.

]]> By: dZed http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548129 dZed Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548129 I'm not familiar with how they store these fossils -- AngryJim, above, seems to know more about it than I do -- but this seems like a perfect opportunity to exploit 3D scanning technology to put the shapes of fossils, at least, into some kind of digital storage area where other researchers could look at a dig's haul and start to work with them spatially, or beside any of the other data that is collected in the field or logged during the cataloging procedure. Really, I think I'm ignorant enough of what this type of scientist actually does that I'm focusing in on the jigsaw elements of the process, if that even plays a part. But still, my mind immediately goes to scientists across the country (or schools, even!) downloading models from Thingiverse, printing out all of the fossils from certain digs on 3D printers and assembling the past. I’m not familiar with how they store these fossils — AngryJim, above, seems to know more about it than I do — but this seems like a perfect opportunity to exploit 3D scanning technology to put the shapes of fossils, at least, into some kind of digital storage area where other researchers could look at a dig’s haul and start to work with them spatially, or beside any of the other data that is collected in the field or logged during the cataloging procedure. Really, I think I’m ignorant enough of what this type of scientist actually does that I’m focusing in on the jigsaw elements of the process, if that even plays a part. But still, my mind immediately goes to scientists across the country (or schools, even!) downloading models from Thingiverse, printing out all of the fossils from certain digs on 3D printers and assembling the past.

]]> By: duc chau http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548126 duc chau Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548126 If that chicken tried to fuck with me I would fuck that chicken up. I'm not afraid. (I am afraid.) If that chicken tried to fuck with me I would fuck that chicken up. I’m not afraid. (I am afraid.)

]]> By: Angryjim http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548121 Angryjim Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548121 I took a "backstage" tour of the american museum of natural history. They have huge blocks of dinosaur fossils that have been sitting in plaster (the way they prepare them in the fireld) for 50 years or more. There just isn't enough time or money to prepare everything they get! I took a “backstage” tour of the american museum of natural history. They have huge blocks of dinosaur fossils that have been sitting in plaster (the way they prepare them in the fireld) for 50 years or more. There just isn’t enough time or money to prepare everything they get!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/in-a-neglected-fossil-a-veget.html#comment-1548118 Brainspore Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185172#comment-1548118 Vegetarian my ass. I've seen what they serve at a <a href="http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Skeksis" rel="nofollow">Skeksi</a> banquet. Vegetarian my ass. I’ve seen what they serve at a Skeksi banquet.

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