The appendix is a vestigial organ, just like the coccyx is humankind's
vestigial tail.
On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:16 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
Well there are a number of theories there.
Evolutionary theory suggests that humans have evolved from herbivores
that needed appendices to house lots of gut flora to help digest
cellulose.
Why do we still have appendices? Well, just possibly they might be
there
as a sort of stop-gap in the unlikely eventuality of having to go on
an
all-grass diet for a spot.
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Why has RunRev removed various capabilities that were there in earlier
recensions of their software?
*** Standalone building capabilities for, supposedly, deprecated
operating systems:
Mac Classic
UNIX
many others
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As one updates / upgrades software / one's house / one's computer /
etc.
it is generally the done thing to add enhancements that expand the
possibilities
for that thing.
However; when I put in a second toilet I don't do it at the expense
of the kitchen.
When I put a second LightScribe DVD burner in my G4 Mac I didn't rip
out
3 of the Hard-drives.
When I made a new computer desk so that I could snuggle my Linux
text box
and my headless XP box right up next to my G4 linked monitor and
keyboard
I still made sure I had easy access to my BBC Micro (very useful for
calming-down
and modelling loops - in BBC BASIC - for implementing in RunRev
later).
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On my G4 I have, amongst all the other 'Guff', RunRev 1.1.1 and
2.0.1, so I
can always "go back to the future" and run off a standalone for some
older
OS; but, of course, a lot of the capabilities and features
introduced in later
recensions of RunRev get lost.
But who wants to feed grass to a cow and wait for it to sick up its
cud so
that it is slightly more digestable for humans?
sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.
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Mr Mathewson holds a BA in Philosophy and this sometimes gets the
better of him . . . :)
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