And here we thought the terrible lizards needed a temperate climate in which to thrive.
Two new species of dinosaur, one a quick-moving meat-eater and the other a giant plant-eater, have been discovered in Antarctica, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
News organizations are notorious for the lengths they will go to to control how the great unwashed contact them. Reuters, for instance, uses an annoying series of email forms in its “Contact Us” section instead of providing a more convenient list of emails and phone numbers.
So if one wanted to contact a reporter, for example, to ask them a question about a story, one would be out of luck. Unsurprising, as most news services really, really don’t want you contacting the reporters directly. Who are you to question their copy? The major news publishers don’t want your input,they want your money.
So you’re out of luck, unless…..
Unless that service uses a common naming pattern for its email addresses, and you just happen to know what that pattern is. I try to keep a list of those handy–once or twice I’ve even had the pleasure of seeing a version of “Where did you get this address?” in a response.
So when I ran across a mistakenly exposed email address in a story about the power troubles on one of the Martian rovers
Spirit now is headed toward a small impact crater nicknamed Bonneville Crater, where scientists hope to find rocks ejected from deep below the planet’s surface, where evidence of water may have been buried by a subsequent lava floe, Cook said. (Editing by Michael Miller; Reuters Messaging: gina.keating.reuters.com@reuters.net; +1 213 380 2014))
I immediately Googled “com@reuters.net” to see if there was such a pattern, and, lo and behold, there is–firstname.lastname.reuters.com@reuters.net. From the number of results, I’d hazard that 90% of all Reuters employees are reachable this way.
As long as I’m on the subject, the Associated Press’s email pattern appears to be firstinitiallastname@ap.org–so Charles J. Hanley’s email address, for example, should be chanley@ap.org.
Which it does indeed appear to be.
Just remember who to credit, if you ever need to use this hard-won info.
The snow finally started, though not soon enough to get me out of my SANS class. There’s about two inches on the ground. The roads have yet to ice up, so the drive back was relatively calm.
Ngnat had already been outside, to catch snowflakes on her tongue.
Update: Ngnat was beside me on the other PC while I was posting this–writing a song for her blog. She sang it to me once it was fully composed. I picked her up to give her a hug, and she immediately started protesting.
“Daddy! I can’t see the words!”
According to US Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FLA), all white men look alike.
In that case, how can she be sure she’s endorsed the correct presidential candidate?
Prominent Democrats endorsing Edwards include Rep. Corrine Brown of Jacksonville, a former Dean supporter, and state House Minority Leader Doug Wiles of St. Augustine.
If you’d like to ask her, contact information can be found here.
White men can’t jump or differentiate themselves link via Insty
Update: Or if you’re in Alachua County, tonight you can ask her in person.
Top o’ the morning to ye!
A joke, courtesy of our friend CP.
A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench.
Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment.
He went on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society..
“In fact,” he pointed out, “some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.”
After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky T-shirt approached the couple and said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about?”
“Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?” asked the couple.
“Because I’m the guy who painted it,” he replied. “In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They’re just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.”
Top o’ the morning to ye!
A joke, courtesy of our friend CP.
A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench.
Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment.
He went on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society..
“In fact,” he pointed out, “some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.”
After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky T-shirt approached the couple and said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about?”
“Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?” asked the couple.
“Because I’m the guy who painted it,” he replied. “In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They’re just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.”
Top o’ the morning to ye!
A joke, courtesy of our friend CP.
A couple attending an art exhibition at the National Gallery were staring at a portrait that had them completely confused.
The painting depicted three very black and totally naked men sitting on a park bench.
Two of the figures had black penises, but the one in the middle had a pink penis.
The curator of the gallery realized that they were having trouble interpreting the painting and offered his assessment.
He went on for nearly half an hour explaining how it depicted the sexual emasculation of African Americans in a predominately white, patriarchal society..
“In fact,” he pointed out, “some serious critics believe that the pink penis also reflects the cultural and sociological oppression experienced by gay men in contemporary society.”
After the curator left, a young man in a Kentucky T-shirt approached the couple and said, “Would you like to know what the painting is really about?”
“Now why would you claim to be more of an expert than the curator of the gallery?” asked the couple.
“Because I’m the guy who painted it,” he replied. “In fact, there are no African Americans depicted at all. They’re just three Kentucky coal miners, and the guy in the middle went home for lunch.”