RE: Creationist SPAM

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

The Japanese photograph is actually of a basking shark that has
deteriorated.  This was once touted as a "Plesiosaur".  When a basking shark
decays, the entire undercarriage falls off.  I've never seen the PURPORTEDLY
California photos either, but their probably either a hoax or something
misidentified.  I wish there was a "Lost World" out there somewhere; I'd
love to see live dinosaurs or even live Plesiosaurs.  :-)  But, the reports
never seem to stand up to scientific investigation.
Don't give up though, there may be REMOTE hope in the world of particle
physics.  FTL interactions between paired particles is a proven fact now,
which at least leaves the prospect open for time travel.  FTL is faster than
light (300,000 kms per sec).  But, barring a major leap IN our technology,
this is currently confined to subatomic patrticles.  But if it IS developed
in my lifetime, I wouldn't have to hesitate about WHEN I would wish to go
to! :-)

Dwight

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette [SMTP:dinosaur@dinosaur.org]
        Sent:   Friday, September 25, 1998 4:00 PM
        To:     Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com
        Cc:     'DaveH47@delphi.com'; dinosaur@usc.edu
        Subject:        Re: Creationist SPAM

        http://drdino.com/dinos.htm
        shows two pictures purportedly taken in California in 1925.
        Personally, I've never seen these before (although the Japanese
pictures are
        very common and there are many articles about them.)
        Can anyone identify them? Have any other information on them?

        The "face" on the animal looks much like a dolphin.....



        Stewart, Dwight wrote:

        > Yes, I received it too and that IS what I sent them! :-)  I have a
cousin
        > who is a zoologist in Scotland
        > & he was with a team that studied Loch Ness for 5 years.  They did
not -
        > however - find any Plesiosaurs, or giant otters, or giant salmon,
or
        > Zugladonts, OR Kelpies. :-)  They found oodles of microscopic
worms,
        > though!!! :-)
        >
        > Dwight
        > (The Sasquatch sightings in South Texas were actually me, between
haircuts)
        >         -----Original Message-----
        >         From:   Dave L. Hardenbrook [SMTP:DaveH47@delphi.com]
        >         Sent:   Thursday, September 24, 1998 11:55 PM
        >         To:     dinosaur@usc.edu
        >         Subject:        Creationist SPAM
        >
        >         Did anyone else recieve a SPAM message from a "drdino.com"
promising
        >         "live" dinosaur pictures on their web page?  You get to
the pics
        > only
        >         after reading through a tract on creationism.  The
"dinosaur"
        >         pics were the faked "Loch Ness"-type pictures most of us
have seen.
        >
        >         If nothing else, I feel like flooding their mailbox with
the
        > message,
        >         "Plesiosaurs are NOT dinosaurs!!!"
        >
        >                                           -- Dave
        >
        >
        >
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        >          Dave Hardenbrook, DaveH47@delphi.com,
        > http://people.delphi.com/DaveH47/
        >
        >            "I like to define humor as the affectionate
communication of
        > insight."
        >
        >                                 -- Leo Rosten, introduction to
        >                                         _Oh K*A*P*L*A*N, My
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