Thus it was written in the epistle of Wirt Atmar,
> Larry writes:
>
> > I think this [the black widow spider] can be classified as a true computer
> "bug".
>
> Actually, just to be a true picker of nits (which are the eggs of lice, of
> course :-), a spider isn't a bug.

Wirt, you may keep whichever nits you pick, but a spider *is* a bug and a
crab isn't!  :-).  The word he was using is the American word "bug" which
sounds and looks like the Biology word "bug" but in fact is different.  The
word he used is not a subcategory of insect but rather a supercategory (or,
according to some of my friends, not so super).  It's all in identifying the
language.  <*mumble*> What do they teach kids in school this days? <*grumble*>
It's like those folks who object to calling human children "kids"! <*mumble*>

:-),
Ted
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