Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 16:46:18 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Marius Bendiksen <Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no> Cc: patl@phoenix.volant.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two Y chromosomes [ Was: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring ...] Message-ID: <19981007164618.24615@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981007084546.009431a0@mail.scancall.no>; from Marius Bendiksen on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:45:46AM %2B0200 References: <19981006045145.26603@futuresouth.com> <ML-3.3.907703202.1183.patl@asimov> <3.0.5.32.19981007084546.009431a0@mail.scancall.no>
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[Moved to chat, this is too far from 'security' for my taste...] On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 08:45:46AM +0200, Marius Bendiksen woke me up to tell me: > > >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. > > Actually, there are (iirc) some physical signs. The only > permutations which don't cause any problems are: > > XX, XY, XXXY Ha! I can't think of many things that have caused more problems and complications than the first... Interesting enough, those in that category say the same about the second... I guess the less common ones really ARE safer... ;) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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