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Kenneth Brody wrote:
> 
> On 6/9/2012 2:22 PM, BartC wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Kenneth Brody" <kenbrody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> > news:mJadnVGzIeR7_E7SnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@bestweb.net...
> >> On 6/8/2012 2:34 PM, Fred wrote:
> >
> >>> it is possible to decompile a program to c?
> >>
> >> To summarize what the others have said:
> >>
> >> You can't make a cow from hamburgers.
> >
> > It may not be ethical,
> > but you can probably feed hamburgers to a calf. End
> > result is a cow (depending on what sort of calf it was).
> 
> Ah, but the cow you end up with would be indistinguishable
> from the cow you
> would have gotten even if you didn't feed it the hamburger. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_cow_disease

"A British inquiry into BSE concluded the epizootic
 was caused by cattle, which are normally herbivores, 
 being fed the remains of other cattle 
 in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM),
 which caused the infectious agent to spread."

-- 
pete