Well...she was a little "fury" herself...I prefer the amphibian look. (Slick and ......, uh, nevermind) Drew, trying not to stay off topic, and losing badly BTW EZ...there ARE other USF rockheads on here...be careful! -----Original Message----- From: H2Ocaver <ezimmerm@ch*.ca*.us*.ed*> To: Rich Lesperance <richl@uf*.ed*>; Drew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mi*.co*> Cc: Cave listserv <cavers@cavers.com> Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: Re: Continuous webbing x Quick Releases >Rich, after a few days of feild work Drew is looks "fury" too. Besides the >"KT" boundry is wht he found when he tried to hit on a girl named Katherine >in his Paleo Lab-EZ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Rich Lesperance <richl@uf*.ed*> >To: Drew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mi*.co*> >Cc: Cave listserv <cavers@cavers.com> >Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 11:14 PM >Subject: Re: Continuous webbing x Quick Releases > > >> Drew, >> >> As you alluded to, this is true with regards to speciation of living >> things - some form of isolation is required - temporal, geographic, even >> physiological. >> The article errs in trying to apply this to information, since it is >> patently obvious that the explosion of new ideas and advances in sciences >in >> ALL fields of endeavor has occurred simultaneously with the relatively >> recent advances in communication. >> >> Besides - I resent the "furry" thing <g>. >> >> Rich L >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Drew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mi*.co*> >> To: Chris Elmore <ElmoreC@gw*.sc*.ed*> >> Cc: Cave listserv <cavers@cavers.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:15 PM >> Subject: Re: Continuous webbing x Quick Releases >> >> >> > WARNING...possibly boring to non-thinking types >> > >> > >> > Chris Elmore wrote: >> > > I am amazed how the internet has become an almost instantaneous >> global >> > peer review. This >is a good thing. Like a scientific journal, a new >> > standard ("paradigm" if you can stand hearing >that word just once more) >> can >> > be presented and debated. . >> > >> > While I fully agree with and practice the DIR system, this reminded me >of >> an >> > article I read claiming that the Internet, and improved communication in >> > general, would actually have a detrimental effect on development of new >> > ideas. The argument was along along the lines of that small isolated >> groups >> > tend to evolve faster, developing more varied approaches along different >> > lines of thought, resulting in a greater chance of one of the paths >> > surviving. >> > >> > Then again...maybe this is what we are seeing. Imagine us approaching >the >> > K-T boundary quickly, with TDI and IANTD being the big lumbering >> > brontosaurs, and DIR and GUE being the little furry mammals about to >> inherit >> > the planet. (Oh shit...Did I just call George a rat? Sorry.) >> > >> > Drew >> > >> >
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