At 14:46 29/10/96 -0500, Shawn Ellis wrote:
>>  "DOS Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy, and
>>millions of others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million
>>machines in use wordwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that
>>cockroaches are far more numerous than humans, and that numbers alone do
>>not denote a higher life form."
>>
>Numbers DO say something about the surviveability of a life form.  The
>cockroach is one of the most long lived species on the planet, surviveing
>severe climactic and geological changes that altered the very face of the
>planet.  Humans, by contrast, have only been around for a relatively short
>time and may not even survive the next catacliysm.  So if you want something
>that will be around in the future... get a cockroach!

An ant will do, too ;-) And this way you might also get a "higher" life form
-- BTW, what _is_ a "higher life form"?