Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:56:49 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory leak in getservbyXXX? Message-ID: <199709180026.JAA00941@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Sep 1997 23:34:19 GMT." <199709172334.QAA15188@usr04.primenet.com>
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> > > When someone isn't wearing a seatbelt, and they get into an accident, > > > and they die, average human intelligence goes up. Only an idiot > > > > And the genetic diversity of our species decreases, reducing our > > species's ability to resist various plagues and what-not. This is somewhat of a nonsequiter. More specifically, losing a few isolated idiots in car accidents is not likely to substantially dent the human gene pool. Moreover, given the highly incestuous nature of car-owning societies most of the individual's genestock is likely to be redundant, unless they've been out in the sun or near a radiation source for too long. OTOH, a few isolated morons Di-ing (Dodi-ing?) due to lack of seatbelt precautions can provide hours of amusement and humour to the rest of the population. (You should try laughing about *that* one in a Commonwealth nation 8) > Morons are more prolific, mostly because they don't think about the > consequences of their actions. They're also much more efficient disease > vectors, for the same reason. That puts it far better than I could. 8) > I guess it's possible that a larger group of more diverse people with > 60 I.Q.'s could come up with a vaccine for the next epidemic... sort > of the "million monkeys at typewriters" applied to biochemistry. > > But I kind of doubt it, somehow. 8-). But they're cheaper than lab rats, and generally more durable. mike
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