pathetic whining

["Colette H. Adams" <cadams@hh.gpz.org>]

I hate to gripe, especially amongst all the great reports from Dinofest and
especially Ralph Chapman's upbeat post.  Ralph, you strike me as the kind
of person who epitomizes the good-natured contentiousness that good science
is all about.

I very much appreciate the references given to me by Ralph Miller on
Carnotaurus skin.  But here is the problem.  The Discovery Magazine back
issue is unavailable.  I called.  The local university library will not
sell me a library card, so interlibrary loan is unavailable.  The
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs is priced at about $100.  

So in order to simply gain access to the skin impression of Carnotaurus
sastrei, it seems I have to either shell out $100 or drive to God knows
where (and she's not telling).  Why do I get this feeling that information
is becoming increasingly privatized in this country?

I can understand art works and other individually generated works being
sold for profit.  But original material should be publicly accessible.

Can anyone give me a description of the skin impressions from the head and
neck area of Carnotaurus sastrei?  I am particularly interested in the
scalation on the dorsal portion of the head, and how the scales change in
size and form moving ventrally.

I make $5.45/hr. [Insert pathetic whining in hopes of evoking sympathy]

Best regards, 

Dave