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02/26/08 08:51
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 		 #151474 - Too much TV
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Ap Charles said:
we can call chimps our closest ancestors.

No, we can't.

That's a dumbed-down statement for the popular media.

If you follow the theory of evolution, what you should say is that chimps are our closest realtives, and that we share a common ancestor:

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               Primates
    +-----------------------------+
    |                             |
    |   +--------+   +--------+   |
    |   | Humans |   | Chimps |   |
    |   +--------+   +--------+   |
    |                             |
    +-----------------------------+

That is quite different from saying that firmware is a subset of software - which is how both Wikipedia and I describe it:
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               Software 
    +-----------------------------+
    |                             |
    |   +----------+              |
    |   | Firmware |              |
    |   +----------+              |
    |                             |
    +-----------------------------+








List of 29 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Difference between Software and Firmware ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   I would circumvent the issue by requesting            01/01/70 00:00      
      that IS the problem with Wikipedia            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wikipedia            01/01/70 00:00      
          Do you call chimpanze is a type of human being            01/01/70 00:00      
            Taxonomically-challenged!            01/01/70 00:00      
               subject to interpretation ... I guess ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Genetically distinct            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Too much TV            01/01/70 00:00      
                     both terms are coined to have different meanins            01/01/70 00:00      
                     It depends on where it lives            01/01/70 00:00      
                        It does happen to be the same as mine.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           So what is your opinion            01/01/70 00:00      
                              You're Joking, right?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Confusion is still prevailing            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    no confusion            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       But its a matter of understanding            01/01/70 00:00      
                        RE:            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Yes, I've used those, too.            01/01/70 00:00      
            I am so far behind, I haven't eevn started            01/01/70 00:00      
               Erik take this into account while you post            01/01/70 00:00      
   Semantic quibbling            01/01/70 00:00      
      if only there was one            01/01/70 00:00      
      Wikipedia is too "politically correct"            01/01/70 00:00      
         How does Wikipedia prevent corrections?            01/01/70 00:00      
         This sort of thing is not particularly helpful...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Actually            01/01/70 00:00      
            How does IEEE standard distinguishes the two            01/01/70 00:00      
            very first "real" computer program            01/01/70 00:00      

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