Re: [meteorite-list] re: One Find, Two Astronomers: An Ethical Brawl

2005-09-18 Thread Marco Langbroek
Sterling wrote: Marco calls Brown's observations unpublished and unreported yet also refers to a published abstract of Brown's and to the publicly accessible website. If so, there's a reason that that the law refers to publishing on the web. To place anything on the web is to PUBLISH it,

Re: [meteorite-list] re: One Find, Two Astronomers: An Ethical Brawl

2005-09-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:05:15 +0200, Marco Langbroek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I were in Ortiz et al.'s shoes in such a situation, and knowing a discovery of this kind means a much better chance of funding for my research and position (which are always very dire here in Europe), I would not

Re: [meteorite-list] re: One Find, Two Astronomers: An Ethical Brawl

2005-09-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, All, Ah, opinion is such a flighty thing. I read Ortiz' declaration and it all makes perfect sense. He's a fine fellow, it seems, but... We often, deep in our concerns, follow a sequence of reasonings, all of which seems perfectly sound and proper from each step to each step, to the