From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Joy Beeson  wrote:   
      
   > The good news:  Gaia is real, and she can take care of   
   > herself.   There will be life on Earth until the sun   
   > swallows it.   
   >   
   > The bad news:  Gaia regarded the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg)   
   > Extinction Event the way we regard a mild case of sunburn.   
      
   Would that make the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event a 2nd degree   
   sunburn?   
      
   --   
   "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."   
   Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.   
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   Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)