Some speculate that it serves as a repository for beneficial bacteria. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "Petrides, M.D. Marian" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:04:29 To: How to use Revolution<[email protected]> Subject: Re: Why do human have appendices? 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Mr Mathewson holds a BA in Philosophy and this sometimes gets the > better of him . . . :) > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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