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RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'hic!'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:09:26 +0100
- Subject: RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: One Angry User
>Sent: 19 April 2005 02:55
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> Just a bit of trivia: did you know that a porpoise was a mammal?
>
> Which porpoise? A living porpoise *is* a mammal. Or are you talking
> about a dead porpoise?
>
>> I know! I thought they were related to whales! I think science is fun!
>
> Interestingly enough (another bit of trivia), a tortoise isn't a mammal...
> Now, what makes the letter 'p' so special, that changing a 't' to it makes
> a mammal?
>
> OAU
Stella Tortois is my favourite lager!
cheers,
DaveK
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