Question: Will the GD: P Forum archives be accessible after Wednesday at noon?

[Radio_Lady]

I am wondering if what we say in this forum (archived threads -- and even locked threads) will be able to be accessed, or will the entire forum go away?

There are a few things I might like to save to my journal or possibly print and keep for my personal memoirs.

If this subject has been discussed and I haven't seen the answer, kindly direct me to the proper OP.

Thanks so much -- I'm on deadline for a couple of important emails and could use your help.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Coprolites nt.

[Radio_Lady]

7. What???

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. It's fossilized poop.

I thought it rather witty. :P

[Radio_Lady]

13. Yes, it was witty -- and shitty at the same time. :-)

You've given me a new word for my vocabulary.

I can't wait for a chance to use it in a sentence.

:rofl:

[Moochy]

12. It's an Archaeology Term : Fossilized Human Dung

They found these up in Oregon, and are using the mtDNA to establish when the Clovis people arrived in Oregon, by comparing it with current populations.

DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America
M. Thomas P. Gilbert,1* Dennis L. Jenkins,2* Anders Götherstrom,3 Nuria Naveran,4 Juan J. Sanchez,5 Michael Hofreiter,6 Philip Francis Thomsen,1 Jonas Binladen,1 Thomas F. G. Higham,7 Robert M. Yohe, II,8 Robert Parr,8 Linda Scott Cummings,9 Eske Willerslev1{dagger}

The timing of the first human migration into the Americas and its relation to the appearance of the Clovis technological complex in North America at about 11,000 to 10,800 radiocarbon years before the present (14C years B.P.) remains contentious. We establish that humans were present at Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves, in south-central Oregon, by 12,300 14C years B.P., through the recovery of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from coprolites, directly dated by accelerator mass spectrometry. The mtDNA corresponds to Native American founding haplogroups A2 and B2. The dates of the coprolites are >1000 14C years earlier than currently accepted dates for the Clovis complex.

from : http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/5877/786

That reminds me of an old joke. What's brown and sounds like a bell?

[Radio_Lady]

14. OK, I'll bite... what's brown and sounds like a bell?

[Moochy]

15. DUNG!!!!

:rofl:

[Warren Stupidity]

16. Just shit of any sort - human or otherwise.

[Moochy]

17. The Du Archives are filled with mostly human and some troll coprolites :)

I think that it's pretty amazing that they are pulling mtDNA out of coprolites for genetic analysis of populations. This is a very interesting area of genetics imo.

[dubeskin]

2. Kick to know the answer

:kick:

[Radio_Lady]

5. Thanks, Dubeskin...

Awaiting the dawn of Wednesdy, June 11th.

Peace, love and happiness,

Radio Lady in Oregon

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. No. They scrub all evidence of the carnage.

I kid. Yes, all except the deleted threads will still be available. You'll just have to search whatever the forum reverts back to...like GD-Politics.

[Radio_Lady]

4. Deleted threads? You can't see those at all. Will LOCKED threads be accessible?

I'm worried that people could really turn this into a huge fight based on things that were said months ago.

Oh, well.

People bring up locked threads all the time as "ammunition" on every subject anyone ever stumbles into... or just for kicks.

OK. I'm taking your word for it.

Thanks so much, Lone_Star_Dem.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. From my previous experience with the DU archive system

Yes. You will be able to view all locked threads. Actually, the all become "locked" when in archive.

Deleted threads are the only thing not accessible any longer as they've been blasted off to the the nether regions of cyberspace.

[Radio_Lady]

9. Appreciate the information, Lone_Star_Dem. I will consider your word as the law...

unless someone else intervenes.

You're right! All threads are archived, but I hope the locked icon will still show -- indicating that the moderators thought the thread was flamebait or locked it for other reasons set out in the final post.

Thanks.

Radio Lady Ellen Kimball

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. The moderators locking messages will still be there

As a testament to the thread being locked and usually with a bit of wisdom as to why as well.

Glad to be of help. :)

[coyotespaw]

6. I'd love to know myself, there's quite a few things I could say...

if I knew they'd be shortly unsaid, so to speak.
:evilgrin: