If you use the strut from an old car, it might have some carbon on it. Take it to the prom.
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 9:18 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] humour Does anyone know how I can do carbon dating using struts.. ? I'm using tc4.1, struts 1.1 and postgres. Thankyou very much for any help.. On 2 Apr 2004, at 19:11, Hookom, Jacob wrote: > LOL... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:07 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: [FRIDAY] humour > > Thats right have a laugh, but they'll see I'm right.. > > > On 2 Apr 2004, at 18:58, Adam Hardy wrote: > >> Since it's Friday and I felt in need of a little light relief, I >> looked through my collection of old humour-spam and found this, which >> is so good I thought you listers would appreciate me sharing it here. >> >> The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball who >> digs things out of his back yard and sends the stuff he finds to the >> Smithsonian Institute, labelling them with scientific names, >> insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really >> exists and does this in his spare time! This is the actual response >> from the Smithsonian Institution. It is a masterful piece of >> diplomacy. Bear this in mind next time you are trying to let someone >> down gently. >> >> >> >> Smithsonian Institute >> 207 Pennsylvania Avenue >> Washington, DC 20078 >> >> Dear Sir: >> Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labelled >> "93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post...Hominid >> skull." We have given this specimen a careful and detailed >> examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your >> theory that it represents conclusive proof of the presence of Early >> Man in Charleston County two million years ago. >> >> Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie >> doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, >> believes to be "Malibu Barbie." It is evident that you have given a >> great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may >> be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior >> work in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your >> findings. However, we do feel that there are a number of physical >> attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to its >> modern origin: >> >> 1. The material is moulded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are >> typically fossilised bone. 2. The cranial capacity of the specimen >> is approximately 9 cubic centimetres, well below the threshold of >> even the earliest identified proto-homonids. 3. The dentition >> pattern evident on the skull is more consistent with the common >> domesticated dog than it is with the ravenous man-eating Pliocene >> Clams you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time. This >> latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses >> you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the >> evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going >> into too much detail, let us say that: >> >> A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has >> chewed on. B. Clams don't have teeth. >> >> It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your >> request to have the specimen carbon dated. This is partially due to >> the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly >> due to carbon dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent >> geologic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were >> produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon dating is likely to produce >> wildly inaccurate results. >> >> Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National >> Science Foundation Phylogeny Department with the concept of >> assigning your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus >> spiff-arino. Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for >> the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted >> down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and >> didn't really sound like it might be Latin. However, we gladly >> accept your generous donation of this fascinating specimen to the >> museum. While it is undoubtedly not a Hominid fossil, it is, >> nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of work >> you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that >> our Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the >> display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the >> Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will >> happen upon next in your digs at the site you have discovered in >> your back yard. >> >> We eagerly anticipate your trip to our nation's capital that you >> proposed in your last letter, and several of us are pressing the >> Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing >> you expand on your theories surrounding the trans-positating >> fillifitation of ferrous ions in a structural matrix that makes the >> excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered >> take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman >> automotive crescent wrench. >> >> Yours in Science, >> Harvey Rowe >> Curator, Antiquities >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
