From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: n7ekg@swbell.net, "n7ekg@swbell.net" <n7ekg@swbell.net>,
"lm@bitmover.com" <lm@bitmover.com>,
"vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl"
<vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>,
"yodaiken@fsmlabs.com" <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Re: Coding style - a non-issue
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 02:14:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16AhgX-0000CD-00@starship.berlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <RELAY1LpTVzF25mIaCG00000ed2@relay1.softcomca.com>
In-Reply-To: <RELAY1LpTVzF25mIaCG00000ed2@relay1.softcomca.com>
On December 2, 2001 09:53 pm, n7ekg@swbell.net wrote:
> I have been following this thread with a mixture of amusement and
> exasperation - amusement that intelligent people like Linus, who ought to
> know better, are spouting this evolution stuff, and exasperation that some
> people think that because someone's an expert in one thing, they are an
> expert in all things.
That's because you're not quite clear on the concept.
> ...in nature, mutation is random
It isn't random, if it were most mutated individuals would be stillborn.
> because it can afford to be...
No it can't.
--
Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-03 8:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-02 20:53 n7ekg
2001-12-02 21:43 ` Brandon McCombs
2001-12-02 22:00 ` Alexander Viro
2001-12-02 22:05 ` Jonathan Abbey
2001-12-03 1:14 ` Daniel Phillips [this message]
2001-12-03 2:46 ` Trever L. Adams
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