(OT post but I really could not resist) > There's a tale told of Stephen Hawking giving a lecture on the > origins of the universe. Afterwards, a very proper dowager came up > to him and said, "Young man, I don't hold with these big bang > theories. The ancient Chinese understood these things properly, with > their legend that the world stands on the back of a giant turtle." > Beside the nagging feel "what about the four elephants between the disc and the turtle" (yes I'm a Pratchett fan).... > Hawking, no fool he, responded, "But on what does the turtle stand?" > > "Another turtle." > > Hawking, seizing on a potential weakness, started to ask the obvious > question, but his questioner cut him off. "And before you ask what it > stands on, it's turtles all the way down." > ... he didn't for any chance ask "down to what ?" ? Heiko -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Via Marocchesa, 14 ph x39-041-5494228 -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5492263 -- ITALY ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
