tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post3203552878694083..comments2024-03-28T02:44:51.699+00:00Comments on Pterosaur.net Blog: How giant pterosaurs are struggling to take off from the sinking ship of science journalism Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-59260132653150006362012-12-05T13:54:38.738+00:002012-12-05T13:54:38.738+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dorispinto1001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14918682377942602853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-17533664549250209402012-11-12T18:20:22.370+00:002012-11-12T18:20:22.370+00:00Mike, distressing as all of this is, I now conside...Mike, distressing as all of this is, I now consider it all worthwhile because it has brought the 'festival of stupiditude' to my consciousness, for which I am eternally grateful.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-79544703618160316872012-11-12T12:14:01.651+00:002012-11-12T12:14:01.651+00:00This is such a festival of stupiditude that it mak...This is such a festival of stupiditude that it makes me want to bury my head in soft peat and recycle it is firelighters. Thank you, Mark, for bringing such an emphatic (if polite) smackdown.Mike Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039663158335543317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-86437069654300441252012-11-12T10:45:15.381+00:002012-11-12T10:45:15.381+00:00In further news, Brian Switek has picked up this s...In further news, Brian Switek has picked up this story, with some sharp comments on science journalism, at Laelaps.<br /><br />http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/pterosaur-takeoff-tussle-highlights-science-news-failure-to-launch/Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-74363009007208806682012-11-12T10:18:16.113+00:002012-11-12T10:18:16.113+00:00We hadn't forgotten, but several of us have be...We hadn't forgotten, but several of us have been super-busy recently (Darren, Mike and I have all had new jobs) and actually there's not been much happening in the world of pterosaurs of late. The next Flugsaurier volume will (or should) be out at the end of the year, so expect a bit of a glut then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-91868947348137256542012-11-12T10:16:53.828+00:002012-11-12T10:16:53.828+00:00Henrique: Yes, that is mighty confusing. Perhaps w...Henrique: Yes, that is mighty confusing. Perhaps we'll agree on a launch strategy once they discovery it?<br /><br />Mr. Adequate: Unfortunately, the Pterosaur.Net team have all coincided being rather busy this year. We've never forgotten about the blog, but we've struggled to find the time to write articles worth reading at the moment. I have a lot of half-finished pieces which I intend to get back to one day. In the mean time, there are plans to breathe new life into the blog, so updates may start to appear more regularly soon.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-30421152692129539152012-11-12T00:23:50.935+00:002012-11-12T00:23:50.935+00:00I was starting to wonder if this blog had been for...I was starting to wonder if this blog had been forgotten about. Nice to see this update.Mr Adequatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972110252144823247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-89260191796825256562012-11-11T14:52:02.737+00:002012-11-11T14:52:02.737+00:00Incompetent journalism is in every field unfortuna...Incompetent journalism is in every field unfortunately. Something flashy, preferably that disproves something well constructed is to the media like a baby dinosaur is to a giant azhdarchid.<br /><br />Anyway, I was about to post this at DML yesterday but then, well, I didn't. Quoted from the press release:<br /><br />"It pushed the very boundaries of size to the brink and is considered the largest flying animal yet to be discovered."<br /><br />I'm either reading it wrong or "the largest flying animal yet to be discovered" doesn't make the least of sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com