tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.comments2013-05-13T21:15:43.091+08:00Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3013125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-28511192289125470482013-05-13T21:15:43.091+08:002013-05-13T21:15:43.091+08:00There are a number of re-packaged Blenders out there (free, open source 3D software) and the main way to counter these parasites is to mobilize community awareness. <br />Here I&#39;d say, it&#39;d be great to see an official palaeos eBook format so that it could be propagated as a direct, free direct eBook. As it is, <br />I posted negative reviews at amazon and google pointing to the source and this review.davidmaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16696298300141402317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-44122998430131731442013-05-13T09:12:16.758+08:002013-05-13T09:12:16.758+08:00As far as I could tell, there was no citation of sources, but of course I didn&#39;t have access to the entire book. To be honest, as I was aware of the Creative Commons licencing, it wasn&#39;t so much the copying that irritated me as the charging $70.00 for it. I don&#39;t make any money off anything I write here at CoO, but I&#39;d still be annoyed if I discovered someone else was.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-86798877158686258432013-05-12T16:00:40.721+08:002013-05-12T16:00:40.721+08:00One of the site&#39;s managers here. Rather peculiar turn of events.<br /><br />Since Alan&#39;s material is on a creative commons attribution license as long as the author of that book didn&#39;t forget to cite their sources I&#39;m afraid this will have to stand as it is.<br /><br />Thank you all the same for mentioning the situation on Amazon.Draconteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03498874161240951744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-16026745402919574212013-04-23T21:38:01.580+08:002013-04-23T21:38:01.580+08:00Your comment is posted on Amazon ... at least for now.Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-17888191186431079912013-04-23T18:56:18.811+08:002013-04-23T18:56:18.811+08:00No idea, sorry, it&#39;s been a while since I was in regular contact with its managers. I think that a fair bit of it has been restored by now, though.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-18165711953844954332013-04-23T17:08:00.547+08:002013-04-23T17:08:00.547+08:00I had sort of given up on Palaeos.com ever reappearing. Do you know anything about when the revamp may be hoped to be finished?Andreas Johanssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-33876023415547072392013-04-23T14:12:47.713+08:002013-04-23T14:12:47.713+08:00Following *comment*, that should have been. Mind you, a bit of scouting around indicates that Amazon has a history of not allowing similar comments elsewhere (see some of the comments <a href="http://www.chrisrand.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/27/odd-tale-alphascript-publishing-betascript-publishing/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, for instance) so I don&#39;t know if mine will actually get through.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-91728700972959739052013-04-23T13:31:33.900+08:002013-04-23T13:31:33.900+08:00Thanks for your suggestion. I&#39;ve just submitted the following content on this book&#39;s Amazon page: &quot;This book contains large amounts of material that has been copied directly from www.palaeos.com and other resources. There is little or nothing here that could not be found for free with Google.&quot;Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-7656414740434328472013-04-23T07:50:20.226+08:002013-04-23T07:50:20.226+08:00I would do what Hollis is suggesting. Man plagiarism sucks.Chellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769574270294543336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-50197761539974966502013-04-23T04:22:27.218+08:002013-04-23T04:22:27.218+08:00Have you considered posting a &quot;Review&quot; on Amazon with the above info?Hollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-87199276875719225572013-04-22T07:03:12.218+08:002013-04-22T07:03:12.218+08:00fascinating :oAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-89495950795009337492013-04-18T18:20:55.611+08:002013-04-18T18:20:55.611+08:00Glad you liked it.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-53072533798971386882013-04-17T15:04:31.736+08:002013-04-17T15:04:31.736+08:00&quot; ... sky full of poo ...&quot;! Phrase of the day!<br /><br />I hadn&#39;t heard the Egyptian symbolism before. Very interesting.Susannah Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-44570870442245560372013-03-27T16:16:47.399+08:002013-03-27T16:16:47.399+08:00I presume you&#39;re thinking of rudists, but other than those I can&#39;t really think of any reef-forming species outside coralline algae and corals.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-19537100726077194062013-03-27T02:19:28.354+08:002013-03-27T02:19:28.354+08:00Reef-forming seems to be moderately popular, phylogenetically speaking - I&#39;m thinking also of molluscan ones, and I expect there are more examples that aren&#39;t occuring ot me.Andreas Johanssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-77218961489941440072013-03-15T11:03:21.283+08:002013-03-15T11:03:21.283+08:00Perseus is invaluable; I&#39;ve used it a lot over the years.Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-2739000257554225202013-03-14T23:08:18.867+08:002013-03-14T23:08:18.867+08:00It&#39;s really disheartening to see people publish this type of thing as a joke. One of my goals in life is to teach people how beautiful and beneficial spiders are, and things like this just counter my and other people&#39;s efforts in this work. Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11558773434934673587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-61810505163331845632013-03-14T03:13:39.190+08:002013-03-14T03:13:39.190+08:00The entry in the Liddell-Scott &quot;An English Greek Lexicon&quot; for λωτός gives a few more species, including a member of the genus <i>Lotus</i>. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057" rel="nofollow">Lexicon found on the website of the very useful Perseus.</a> <br /><br />λωτός , ὁ （λῶτα: ἄνθη, Hsch. is perh. for ἄωτα), name applied to various plants and trees (Thphr.HP7.15.3, Plin.HN14.101, cf. Hsch.) providing fodder or fruit:<br />I. fodder plants,<br />1. clover, trefoil, Trifolium fragiferum, Od.4.603, Thphr.HP7.8.3, 7.13.5, Dsc. 4.111.<br />2. fellbloom, Lotus corniculatus, Il.14.348, Plin.HN22.55.<br />3. = τῆλις, fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum, Dsc.2.102; λ. ἄγριος wild fenugreek, T. gladiata, Id.4.111, Gal.12.65.<br />4. melilot, T. graeca, Thphr.HP9.7.3.<br />b. Italian melilot, Melilotus messanensis, Dsc.4.110, Gal. l.c.<br />5. = κύτισος, Medicago arborea, Ps.-Dsc.4.112.<br /><br /><br />II. Nile water-lily, Egyptian lotus, Nymphaea Lotus, Hdt.2.92, Thphr.HP4.8.9, PHib.1.152 (iii B.C.), Dsc.4.113, Plin.HN13.107; the blue species (Nymphaea stellata), Thphr.HP 4.8.11; also, Nymphaea Nelumbo, Ath.3.73a.<br /><br /><br />III. of trees found in Libya,<br />1. nettle-tree, Celtis australis, Thphr.HP1.5.3, 4.3.1, Dsc. 1.117, etc.; used for making flutes, Thphr.HP4.3.4: hence<br />b. in E. (lyr.) and later poets, flute, “λ. . . Μουσᾶν θεράπων” El.716, cf. Pae.Delph.12, AP7.182 (pl., Mel.); “Λίβυς λ.” E.Tr.544, Hel.170, IA 1036, prob. in Limen.13.<br />c. pipe inserted in the νάβλα, Sopat. 10.<br />d. tube or stalk of vaginal speculum, Aët. 16.89, Paul.Aeg. 6.73.<br /><br />2. tree growing among the Lotophagi, Zizyphus Lotus, “λωτοῖο . . μελιηδέα καρπόν” Od.9.94, cf. Hdt.2.96, 4.177, Thphr.HP4.3.1-4, Plb.12.2.2.Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-52153362298524915742013-03-06T08:46:54.100+08:002013-03-06T08:46:54.100+08:00Migratory Charadriiformes come immediately to mind, though of course &#39;bright plumage&#39; is a relative term.<br /><br />To be honest, though, I&#39;m findin myself wondering if I phrased this properly. The sentiment was one that I came across in a number of places, but as I look further I&#39;m not sure how much it holds true. The black-capped warbler at the top of this page, for instance, is a quite brightly coloured non-migrant, while the ovenbird and Swainson&#39;s warbler are conservatively-dressed migrants.<br /><br />One group that does seem to tend to brighter migrants than non-migrants are the members of the <i>Setophaga</i> clade, which are of course the majority among the species found in the United States. Could I have mistakenly read something applying to the North American species as applying to the whole family?Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-3634753447519256612013-03-05T21:52:36.995+08:002013-03-05T21:52:36.995+08:00Sorry, I do get carried away sometimes... ;)<br /><br />Back to the OP:<br />&quot;<i>Many of the migratory species have males with brightly coloured breeding plumage and are consequently idolised by North American bird watchers; non-migratory species, on the other hand, tend to have similarly subdued males and females.</i>&quot;<br /><br />That there was an eyebrow-raiser for me. It has never occurred to me that there might be any link between bright plumage and migratory habit. Are there other examples of this among birds?Dartiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-57735274276359920872013-03-05T20:11:28.766+08:002013-03-05T20:11:28.766+08:00Dartian deserves full credit for supplying a comment that may be longer than the actual post ;-)Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-90680416694064351252013-03-05T19:06:56.470+08:002013-03-05T19:06:56.470+08:00&quot;<i>I feel that a complaint must be laid at the feet of the Brits: they&#39;re a bit unimaginative when it comes to animal names</i>&quot;<br /><br />To be fair to those dastardly Brits, though, they do at least have more than a fair share of unique vernacular names for their native animal and plant species. For example (to stick to avian examples), most European languages have given their small native anatids names that end with the word meaning &#39;duck&#39;. Thus, in German there is Stockente, Spießente, Schnatterente, Pfeifente, Krickente, Knäkente, and Löffelente. In UK English, however, these species would be known as mallard, pintail, gadwall, wigeon, teal, garganey, and shoveler, respectively.<br /><br />US English, by contrast, has historically tended to adopt a more continental European naming style for North American species (I suspect that this is largely due to the influence of non-English-speaking immigrants, who adopted the English language but not entirely the specifically British way of using it). This is particularly apparent when comparing the vernacular UK and US names of small- and medium-sized raptors. In British English, there are names like &#39;hawk&#39;, &#39;kite&#39;, &#39;buzzard&#39;, &#39;harrier&#39;, &#39;falcon&#39;, &#39;merlin&#39;, &#39;hobby&#39;, and &#39;kestrel&#39;. In American English, most if not all smaller raptors (even the circumpolar species common to both Britain and North America) were usually given names that ended with simply just &#39;hawk&#39; or &#39;falcon&#39;* - or even just &#39;hawk&#39; (the peregrine falcon and the American kestrel, for example, have been known as &#39;duck hawk&#39; and &#39;sparrowhawk&#39;, respectively, in the US). In recent years there have been deliberate efforts to globally standardise English vernacular bird names, but historically American English has indeed been less imaginative (or, if you&#39;d rather put a positive spin on it, more economical) with its bird names than British English.<br /><br />* The word &#39;buzzard&#39;, curiously, was transferred to the smaller species of New World vultures rather than to the numerous North American <i>Buteo</i> species.<br /><br />With &#39;warblers&#39;, however, there admittedly weren&#39;t that many unique British names for warblers (<i>sensu traditionalis</i>) to begin with. The blackcap and the chiffchaff had their unique names, but that&#39;s pretty much it; all other native British sylviids, phylloscopids, and acrocephalids have names that end with &#39;warbler&#39;. So in this case, at least, some mild Brit-bashing may be called for. :)Dartiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-24527915879561956572013-03-01T05:50:58.807+08:002013-03-01T05:50:58.807+08:00Bad news man! Article 16.1. See email ...Stephen Thorpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-54363789860466035182013-03-01T05:30:17.001+08:002013-03-01T05:30:17.001+08:00No.. they&#39;re not. Male Lepomis spp. have breeding colors, but what sexual dimorphism there is is subtle and not a factor in identification.<br /><br />Fundulidae on the other hand... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-92134620794203805922013-02-28T12:08:43.458+08:002013-02-28T12:08:43.458+08:00I&#39;m not familiar with how much the sexes differ in centrarchids. Are they obviously different?Christopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.com