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"Lubos R. Kolouch" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:04:38 +0100
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Dear Andrew (K. R.),
to the all bugs: O. K.,  you´re right, thanx 8-)
Cheers,
Lubosh
www.kolouch.com

>Aw, come on. It's hardly fair for scientists to take a common word like
>'bug', give it a narrower definition, and then expect the common people to
>use it 'just so'. Although, given a few centuries of steadily chipping away
>at it, the process can work. 'Fish' used to include just about any animal
>that was mobile and lived in the water, e.g., the 'starfish', now often
>called 'seastars' or 'asteroids'. Yes, asteroids.
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>

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