offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

[Brian Dessent]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> >Any two species that ever existed on the planet have a common ancestral
> >species...  ok, for a T.  Rex and a greengage plum you might have to go
> >back a bit.
> 
> Yes, my education did progress beyond the second grade.  Do you REALLY
> think that anyone reading this list is so ill-informed as to not
> understand how evolution works and needs to be educated on something
> this basic?
> 
> I suppose if I'd said "recent common ancestor" someone would have said
> "It's not so RECENT.  It was 2.5 million YEARS ago."

Note: This thread contains material on evolution.  Evolution is a
theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things.  This
material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and
critically considered.