• To: prb@f... (Paul Brown)
• Subject: Re: What is a rational user to do? (was RE: xsd validation)
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:59:22 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l... ("xml-Dev (E-mail)"), jcowan@r... (John Cowan)
• In-reply-to: <7D365016E308F44EACB6ADB51CBD690432850F@s...> from "Paul Brown" at Oct 04, 2002 11:50:34 AM

Paul Brown scripsit:

> If I may try a counter absurdification: Why didn't internal combustion
> buggy whips save the industry?

Because with an engine in the handle, the whips were too unbalanced and
hit the horses too hard.

-- 
John Cowan                              jcowan@r...
http://www.reutershealth.com            http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
Humpty Dump Dublin squeaks through his norse
                Humpty Dump Dublin hath a horrible vorse
But for all his kinks English / And his irismanx brogues
                Humpty Dump Dublin's grandada of all rogues.
                        --Cousin James

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