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Date:      Tue, 06 Oct 1998 21:39:26 -0500
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>
To:        patl@phoenix.volant.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Two Y chromosomes [ Was: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring ...]
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19981006213926.006e987c@207.227.119.2>
In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.907703202.1183.patl@asimov>
References:  <19981006045145.26603@futuresouth.com>

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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

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