Are Dinosaurs Extinct?

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:41 pm

Just curious.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:11 pm

Define "dinosaur" before I vote.

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:19 pm

Look it up.

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Post by **GORDON** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:23 pm

I like 80's music, which makes me a dinosaur.

T. Rex is possibly the direct ancestor of turkeys, which sort of makes them dinosaurs.

A Celeocanth is an ancient fish that was once thought extinct, but then it isn't, which sort of makes it a living dinosaur.

Or do you mean do I think there is a brontosaurus living in a valley in the Congo?

Post by **thibodeaux** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:43 pm

What are you, some kind of Obamaweasel lawyer? It's a simple yes or no question.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:37 pm

Trick question, they never existed.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:45 pm

I voted yes, but I'd like to take it back. I agree with Gordon, it's an indeterminate question as phrased. There are lots of ancient life forms still in existance in modern times.

If you limit it to ancient reptiles, then my yes vote will stand.

Post by **Troy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:13 pm

I voted Yes early today.

Then I found out my grandma's power went out, and she left my father 10 voice messages while he was on a client visit to come to her house tonight to "work magic" on the lil mystery box you and I call an Alarm clock.

Apparently when you turn 80, if the alarm clock doesn't go off at 5 in the morning you'll do horrible things, like.... sleep till 6.

I now wish to vote, No.

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Mommy Dearest · Post by **Mommy Dearest** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:28 am

YES I am therefore.......................................nevermind

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:38 am

Or is the entire point of this to find out what the hell most folk consider dinosaurs?

Post by **thibodeaux** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:41 am

TheCatt wrote:Trick question, they never existed.

Evolution-denying Palin-tologist!

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:25 am

There needs to be a maybe/probably. I'll not be participating in this bourgeois vote.

unkbill · Post by **unkbill** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:37 am

Until someone can prove to me that a Jurassic (Sp) Park thing is impossible then I consider nothing extinct.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:42 am

I voted no.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:42 pm

unkbill wrote:Until someone can prove to me that a Jurassic (Sp) Park thing is impossible then I consider nothing extinct.

While it's not technically impossible, it's so incredibly unlikely that it may as well be nil. Even if you're lucky enough to get your hands on some dinosaur DNA, the chances that you can tweek it enough to breed a new one are astronomical.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:49 pm

Malcolm wrote:
unkbill wrote:Until someone can prove to me that a Jurassic (Sp) Park thing is impossible then I consider nothing extinct.
While it's not technically impossible, it's so incredibly unlikely that it may as well be nil. Even if you're lucky enough to get your hands on some dinosaur DNA, the chances that you can tweek it enough to breed a new one are astronomical.

You just don't want to be in charge of America II Future Tech Research in the worst way...

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:51 pm

GORDON wrote:
Malcolm wrote:
unkbill wrote:Until someone can prove to me that a Jurassic (Sp) Park thing is impossible then I consider nothing extinct.
While it's not technically impossible, it's so incredibly unlikely that it may as well be nil. Even if you're lucky enough to get your hands on some dinosaur DNA, the chances that you can tweek it enough to breed a new one are astronomical.
You just don't want to be in charge of America II Future Tech Research in the worst way...

Hey, you wanna give me real funding, no gov't interference, & free reign to do whatever research I want, I'll find a way to make transdimensional travel at least a 50/50 shot & come up w\ a unified field theory.

With the way science is researched in this country right now, we ain't getting no dinos.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:38 am

So is there an answer to this? I put no cuz of birds.

Post by **Leisher** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:23 am

I went with no because the question is too vague.

Am I worried about a T-Rex running around my neighborhood? No.

However, there is a lot of other stuff running around that had direct contact with T-Rexs.

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:17 pm

Pretty sure this was an experiment to see how much we expect to be mislead by vague questions.