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Bruce Jackson writes:
The thing I've been pondering lately is zebras. Is the zebra a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes? In a way I don't want to know as I've been using this as a rhetorical question for when there is no clear answer to a question. The problem arises from your question. In fact the Zebra is neither, it is a black and white striped animal whereas the Polar Bear is a white haired black skinned mammal. http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/zebra.html http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/polarBear.html I hope that didn't ruin your rhetorical question. Jobst Brandt |
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Bruce Jackson writes:
The thing I've been pondering lately is zebras. Is the zebra a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes? In a way I don't want to know as I've been using this as a rhetorical question for when there is no clear answer to a question. The problem arises from your question. In fact the Zebra is neither, it is a black and white striped animal whereas the Polar Bear is a white haired black skinned mammal. http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/zebra.html http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/polarBear.html I hope that didn't ruin your rhetorical question. Jobst Brandt |
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On 30 Sep 2004 08:02:36 -0700 (Bruce Jackson)
wrote: The thing I've been pondering lately is zebras. Is the zebra a black animal with white stripes or a white animal with black stripes? In a way I don't want to know as I've been using this as a rhetorical question for when there is no clear answer to a question. Steven Gould actually answered this in one of his books. You're safe, however. I don't remember the answer or which book. - ----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney Madison, WI 53711 USA ----------------------------------------------- |
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Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
dabac wrote: Sheldon Brown Wrote: I've always started pushing with my left foot. Reason is 'cause I'm right footed (goes with being right handed) It's not quite that straight forward, and being right handed is no guarantee for being right footed. Left-handedness runs at about 10 % of the population while goofy-footedness is at about 25%. Where do these stats come from? At least the goofy-footedness part? I mount from the left side, power out with the left foot after 180 degrees, but do tricks and bunnyhop with my right foot forward. I tend to stop/start with the left foot on the ground and putting power into the chain/right side of the crank. Something in my mind said it's probably less stress on the crank/bottom bracket that way since I'm not putting the highest load through the bottom bracket. With how delicate shimano brifters are (yes I'm still ranting), I don't want anything else to break. Ultegra BB on the bike. As for bunny hopping I didn't pay attention, however the pictures I have show my left foot forward, so I guess that's how I've always done it. http://tinyurl.com/69svz FWIW the bar is at 23" -- Mark Wolfe Lakeside, ca http://www.wolfenet.org gpg fingerprint = 42B6 EFEB 5414 AA18 01B7 64AC EF46 F7E6 82F6 8C71 "An NT server can be run by an idiot, and usually is." -- Tom Holub, a.h.b-o-i |
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Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
dabac wrote: Sheldon Brown Wrote: I've always started pushing with my left foot. Reason is 'cause I'm right footed (goes with being right handed) It's not quite that straight forward, and being right handed is no guarantee for being right footed. Left-handedness runs at about 10 % of the population while goofy-footedness is at about 25%. Where do these stats come from? At least the goofy-footedness part? I mount from the left side, power out with the left foot after 180 degrees, but do tricks and bunnyhop with my right foot forward. I tend to stop/start with the left foot on the ground and putting power into the chain/right side of the crank. Something in my mind said it's probably less stress on the crank/bottom bracket that way since I'm not putting the highest load through the bottom bracket. With how delicate shimano brifters are (yes I'm still ranting), I don't want anything else to break. Ultegra BB on the bike. As for bunny hopping I didn't pay attention, however the pictures I have show my left foot forward, so I guess that's how I've always done it. http://tinyurl.com/69svz FWIW the bar is at 23" -- Mark Wolfe Lakeside, ca http://www.wolfenet.org gpg fingerprint = 42B6 EFEB 5414 AA18 01B7 64AC EF46 F7E6 82F6 8C71 "An NT server can be run by an idiot, and usually is." -- Tom Holub, a.h.b-o-i |
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