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**Ian Parker** · February 24th 09, 12:07 PM posted to sci.astro,sci.physics,sci.space.policy

Deirdre Sholto Douglas E mail address is This is an
Argonne National Laboratory E-mail address. The E-mail given in the
thread is

I don't think we have the same person. I checked though the profile of
this "bint Al-kalb" I find she is interested in Gaelic culture,
politics and military matters. No interest whatsoever in biochemistry.
Ian, I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt wrt to
physics, but it's quite clear you're an absolute _dolt_ in the
area of microbiology. * You obviously know nothing about e-
donors, acceptors or shuttles and even less about bacterial
metabolism or proteomics.

Do yourself a flavor and shut up before you truly remove all
doubt as to your recto-cranial inversion.

This was clearly NOT written by a biochemist. I came to the conclusion
that it had been written using the Honeywell Buzzword Generator.
Examination of E-mail addresses proves this. To me the most serious
thing is the fact that the "beni Al-kalb" are now in the business of
stealing identities. The fact that this admittedly crude biochemical
reference was made indicates to me that the real Deirdre had been
Googled. This to me is totally despicable.

Is the poster a woman? I would rather doubt it for this reason. Women,
and this includes teenage girls, do not on the whole tell dirty jokes.
"Recto cranial inversion" was clearly written by a man therefore. If
you are talking about a technical subject like biochemistry you cannot
tell sex.

The work she is doing in fact depends on Synchrotron Radiation. It is
about the structure of biological organisms. Only a synchrotron can
produce a bright source of soft X rays. The Argonne National
Laboratory has got such a facility. The work the "real" person is
doing is not remotely military. It is simply using "big science"
facilities.

I am posting this in sci.physics.relativity for the following reason.
A number of people are posting against the theory. I think this
example shows that a few people richly endowed with pseudonyms can
appear a very much larger group. I feel that Google should go deeper
into this question of pseudonyms. At one level you get ukastronomy who
does in fact sign his postings with his real name. Someone else could
represent ukastronomy in the future. You have Philip-Helbig-remove
CLOTHES to reply. I am not sure though that Philip would wish for a
reply from Deirdre (see above). This is fun, where there is an intent
to deceive firm action should be taken.