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Eyes on stalks

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On 2015-08-13 17:00:14 +0300, Johnny B Good said:

> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:47:44 +0200, Peter Mc Donough wrote:
>  Ah, latency. It wasn't exactly a winner in the "Eyes On Long Stalks"
> branch of the Primate Family Tree.
> 
>  As much as having your eyes on long flexible stalks might seem appealing
> to some (over having them set right into the front of your face), I'm
> afraid the latency involved was a bit of a killer in the "Survivability
> of the Species" stakes.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24832-mantis-shrimps-darting-eyes-ape-the-way-primates-see/ 


That 'whooshing' sound you hear is the sound of the metaphor going 
right over my head.  I turned up this interesting article about Mantis 
Shrimp, though.

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  Re: There is no "post-PC" Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-08-12 10:47 +1000
    Re: There is no "post-PC" Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-12 01:50 -0400
    Re: There is no "post-PC" Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> - 2015-08-12 13:47 +0200
      Re: There is no "post-PC" Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-13 14:00 +0000
        Eyes on stalks RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-08-14 10:30 +0300
          Re: Eyes on stalks Johnny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-16 02:04 +0000

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