Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 11:11:29 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>, Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <200209011811.g81IBY144315@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: >> > Not really; it just changes the order of purchase for the items >> > you put on your shopping list. >> >> There's a case of rapidly diminishing space on this planet for the >> people that are on it. I'd say that existing "societies" are aware of >> this fact, and use that as a justifier to make sure that no one >> can go find their own island. > > The price for the Tongan Navy as US$1M; seems to me that if you > had bought them first, the problem would not have arisen... The real question is why the US wasted a million on it. Apparently their methods must have had some remote chance of success, or it would not have been worth it. >> > I presume you know "The Barometer Story"? >> >> You'd be presuming wrong. > > Here is the original: > > http://www.aiglon.ch/archive/meds/ajl.shtm Ah, I'd read this a long time ago but didn't call it "The Barometer Story". ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. -Rev. Pee Kitty, on Windows 95 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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