Re: Making money from Java


docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In article <1134326790.403049.324890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Richard <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Judson McClendon wrote:
> >>> But we know there are fossils of sea creatures
> >>> even on mountain tops.
> >
> >Yes, and there may be several different explanations for this. The
> >methodology of coming up with the correct answer is to propose an
> >answer and then test that against other evidence, discarding what is
> >shown to not fit.
> >
> >One explanation of why there are sea fossils up mountains is that the
> >sea was at some point high enough to cover the mountain. Another
> >explanation is the the material that is now the mountain was at some
> >earlier time underneath the sea.
>
> I believe Mark Twain, in 'The Innocents Abroad', postulated that the
> various clams and mussels just *walked* up there.

Did they put one foot in front of the other? ;-)
>
> DD

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