31 May
2011
31 May
'11
20:30
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Paul Murray pmurray@anbg.gov.au wrote:
On 31/05/2011, at 9:10 PM, Nico Cellinese wrote:
[...]
(The taxa "organisms that have the front half of a horse" and "organisms that have the back half of a horse" would be synonymous if not for the occasional zebra/horse hybrid. [...]
Oooh, No, No, Nooooo:
"The great roe is a mythological beast with the head of a lion and the body of a lion, though not the same lion." Widely attributed to Woody Allen, and quoted in one or both of Robert Willensky's magnificent Lisp books, "LispCraft" and "Common LISPcraft" in the material---surprise!---on namespaces.
Oh, wait, that's an argument about individuals. Sorry.
Bob
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