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To: Binder who wrote (778)	5/26/1998 3:36:00 PM
From: Ga Bard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4142

That is the guy... I understand the attorneys are handling it now. Talk about shoot yourself in the foot. Man o man. probably just a novice private investor that does not know what he is doing. But to quote Baylor University as saying something slanderous is insane. People have to be deliberate at what they say and make sure it is not liable. There are a lot of stocks I do not like but donot call them a scam ... that is crazy even if they are in fact. GB

To: Binder who wrote (778)	5/26/1998 8:01:00 PM
From: Charger	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4142

off topic Speaking of DD by a novice, I received this today and thought it amusing. I am told it is a true story but have not verified it. The story behind the letter below is that there is a person > >> in Newport, RI named Robert Kessler who digs things out of his > >> backyard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian > >> Institute, labeling them with scientific names, insisting that > >> they > >> are actual archaeological finds. > >> > >> This man really exists and does this in his spare time! > >> Anyway...here's the actual response from the Smithsonian > >> Institution. Bear this in mind next time you think you are > >> challenged in your duty to respond to a difficult situation in > >> writing. > >> > >> Smithsonian Institute > >> 207 Pennsylvania Avenue > >> Washington, DC 20078 > >> > >> Dear Mr. Kessler: > >> > >> Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled > >> "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 that 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 molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are > >> typically fossilized bone. > >> > >> 2. The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic > >> centimeters, 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 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 Newport 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 > >> Chief Curator-Antiquities