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Re: terminology

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: terminology
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:45:07 -0800
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On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. <tholtz@umd.edu> wrote:
>
> And let us remember: the Code serves Science, Science doesn't serve the Code.

Tell that to Drosophila melanogaster! ;)

(Drosophila hasn't been sunk, but D. melanogaster probably belongs to
Sophophora instead. A petition to make D. melanogaster the type was
denied.)
-- 
T. Michael Keesey
Technical Consultant and Developer, Flex Specialist
Glendale, California
http://tmkeesey.net/

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