Extinct Wildflower Found In California

Del writes "A Berkeley graduate student found the pink wildflower Eriogonom truncatum, known as the Mount Diablo buckwheat. The flower hasn't been seen for 70 years and has been rediscovered on the flanks of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County."

Comments

Re:When you go to San Francisco

[hey!]

All you guys that make fun of hippies are just jealous of the era of free love and STDs that could be cured by sort course of penicillin.

Back in the late 60's early 70's, everything that had a pulse got shagged. Wearing sideburns and bell bottoms was a small price to pay.

Re:Well, with Diablo on the loose...

[databyss]

I submit the previous post as exhibit "A" in my case against employment!

We now have hard, scientific evidence that employment leads to lower intelligence.

Re:He found a *flower*

[NeoSkandranon]

Off topic but:

Jumping spiders do in fact make great pets. Their eyesight is sharp enough they seem to be watching you when you move around, and jumping spiders are quite ferocious for their size, making feeding a matter of getting small crickets (or houseflies depending on the size of the spider)

Depending on what part of the nation you live in you could possibly also find wolf spiders (Lycosa spp., I think) which get a bit larger if your kids want something more visible. Or you could get them a tarantula...

</spider enthusiast>

Re:This just in

[atomm1024]

Holy shit... just a few minutes ago (before I saw this /. article) I suddenly thought of that Mark Twain quote. Seriously. And it was basically unexplained; it's not like I think about Mark Twain's witticisms on a regular basis. And now I see this. Yow!

(It's happened before. I'm always having precognitions of Simpsons episodes, for example. I guess I'm psychic about really unimportant things.)

Re:Amazing Coincidence

[bobpence]

Berkeley puts out geniuses. Specifically, for every 100 it takes in, about 3 make it out. The rest become addle-brained communists.

Re:He found a *flower*

[Shotgun]

You still aren't going to be able to buy a flying car. You will, however, be able to invest in a company which intends to build one.

Don't be so sure about that. The most recent EAA newsletter had a blurb that the boys over at Monster Garage will be having a go at it.

I expect that by my grandchildren's time, work will look like hanging around in coffee shop and chatting.

As opposed to standing around a water cooler chatting? The jobs with risk of death and dismemberment are still around. And they're still brutally punishing to the body. But they're either done in China or by illegal Mexicans, so nobody here seems to care much.