On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free > to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to > introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to > include external links to more extensice body of supporting material > in the paragraphs you send me, but please keep theese paragraphs > short and to the point.
Here's a patch to include the rest of the resolution which I proposed. [I don't believe it requires additional explanatory text.] Don Armstrong -- "You have many years to live--do things you will be proud to remember when you are old." -- Shinka proverb. (John Brunner _Stand On Zanzibar p413) http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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