July 21, 2005
A Very Sad Day Here at Deinonychus antirrhopus
I learned that Dr. John Ostrom has passed away (thanks to Jeff at Caerdroia). Dr. Ostrom discovered Deinonychus antirrhopus in the early 1960's. Dr. Ostrom was also one of the first to suggest the link between dinosaurs and birds. He was 77.
Also, Lindsay Beyerstein at Washington Monthly notes Dr. Ostrom's passing and has a very cool picture.
The knuckle-dragging commenters at Washington Monthly on the other hand should probably go the way so some of Kos's commenters (i.e. summarily banned). I mean dancing on the grave of a conservative is sick enough, but sheesh Dr. Ostrom isn't exactly a big political figure.
Posted by Steve at July 21, 2005 10:43 PM | TrackBackUh, I must have missed that, since I did not
see a single criticism of Dr. Ostrom in the
comments to Lindsay's post. Could you point
me them?
Uh, I must have missed that, since I did not
see a single criticism of Dr. Ostrom in the
comments to Lindsay's post. Could you point
me them?
Steve:
You only need to hit "post" once. After you've hit it once, it's safe to not hit it again.
Posted by: Slartibartfast on July 22, 2005 07:15 AMsorry for the double post, got this message
that I thought said to do it again...
Steve,
What I found rather disturbing was the comments in that thread about their political opposites. It is lacking in decorum at the very least.
Posted by: Steve on July 22, 2005 09:07 PMAgree that many of the comments were tasteless.
Posted by: Movie Guy on July 22, 2005 10:05 PMWhat the hell is wrong with those people? An obit about the guy who discovered a pretty darn nifty dinosaur and all they can think of is "Sounds like Dick Cheney"?
I think they have a touch of the OCD.
Posted by: Timothy on July 25, 2005 12:51 PM