NEWS FLASH!
John Angelico
pmmail@rpglink.com
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:35:59 +0900 (EST)
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:46:29 +0100 (BST), Simon Bowring wrote:
>>>True, but evolution normally involves improvement.
>>
>>Putting on my biologist hat, I need to point out that evolution does not
>>need to involve improvement, only change. There is neither direction nor
>>goal to evolutionary processes.
>
>Undeniably true, though evolution certainly does tend to remove
>unneccessary and unworkable "bloatware" from organisms over time,
>and would therefore remove HTML from email clients if they were
>subject to it!
>
Hmm, Simon... plausible, but I think the Scottish jury would have to return a verdict of "Not Proven" - it would
take too long :).
Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad@melbpc.org.au or talldad@kepl.com.au
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