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Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 19:51:38 -0400
From: Kevin de Queiroz <Dequeiroz.Kevin@NMNH.SI.EDU>
To: tmk@dinosauricon.com, PhyloCode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: Aesthetic Note (semi-humorous)
Not really. There's nothing wrong with ranks as long as they have nothing = to do with the meanings of names. And what makes you think that the = ranks in the organization of the PhyloCode are absolute? It would hardly = compromise the PhyloCode if the Articles were called Rules, the Sections = called Chapters, etc. Sorry about the nit picking, but it's been a long = day. =20 >>> "T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com> - 10/5/00 7:39 PM >>> I was just looking at the PhyloCode Table of Contents when I was suddenly struck by how it's organized: Articles within Sections within Chapters within Divisions ... kind of against the spirit of taxonomy without absolute ranks, isn't it? :) Sorry -- ___________________________________________________________________________= __ T. MICHAEL KEESEY Home Page <http://dinosauricon.com/keesey> The Dinosauricon <http://dinosauricon.com> personal <keesey@bigfoot.com> --> <tmk@dinosauricon.com> work, binary files <mkeesey@dcentgroup.com> Dinosauricon-related <dinosaur@dinosauricon.com> AOL Instant Messenger <Ric Blayze> ICQ <77314901> Yahoo! Messenger <Mighty Odinn>