From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 6 19:48:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10739 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:48:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peak.mountin.net (peak.mountin.net [207.227.119.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10652 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 19:48:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff-ml@mountin.net) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by peak.mountin.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA18618; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 21:46:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from luthien-10.isdn.mke.execpc.com(169.207.65.10) by peak.mountin.net via smap (V1.3) id sma018613; Tue Oct 6 21:46:12 1998 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981006213926.006e987c@207.227.119.2> X-Sender: jeff-ml@207.227.119.2 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 21:39:26 -0500 To: patl@phoenix.volant.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Subject: Re: Two Y chromosomes [ Was: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring ...] Cc: Wes Peters , FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <19981006045145.26603@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:46 PM 10/6/98 -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: >> Two Y chromosones? >> I'm going to hope you meant to X's, else I shall have to REALLY dig and >> find my old high school bio book and try to remember the various problems >> slightly more pressing than logging into your computer that come up... > >Actually, there are some -very- rare individuals who have two Y >chromosomes. But they also have an X chromosome. And there are >some equally rare folks with two Xes and a Y. IIRC, there are >no obvious physical signs; but such folk tend to be subject to >various extremes of anti-social and violent behavour. XY - male XX - female XYY - indiscernable mutants - male stigmata XXY - sab (not sure if still "male") Makes me think of Alien 3 when you mention behavior, correcting the typo. Fiorina prison - Some nice people there, even if they are inclined to kill you. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message