Posted by Eeyore on 11/30/07 17:35

Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote ...
> > Richard Crowley wrote:
> >> Then we must agree to disagree. I take it you are not
> >> a comptuer programmer? I've never before heard the
> >> notion that a "data stream" had any temporal implication.
> >
> > Maybe the streams and rivers in your world run on a stop-start basis
> > too ?
>
> As a matter of fact, I live very close to the largest river draining
> into the Pacific Ocean. It has 14 dams and is also the largest
> hydroelectric power producing river in North America. Are you
> going to say that it isn't a river anymore because the flow can
> be controlled (or even stopped)?
>
> On a smaller scale, most smaller streams around here are in
> constant threat of beavers building dams and blocking the
> flow. This presents a problem in urban and suburban areas
> because it causes local flooding. AFAIK, none of the streams
> have been renamed just because beavers blocked the flow.

We don't have this problem in the UK.

No beavers you see.

Graham

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