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Wildebeest

It has been a rather busy week with traveling, so I only have time to [rather tardily] share a random thought for now …

A while ago, I made a reference to the wildebeest. More recently, I heard about an African story. It seems that, when God was creating all the animals that walk the Earth, he had some parts left over. He used those to create the wildebeest. Looking at a picture, it is almost enough to make me believe in Intelligent Design …

Colin Walls

I have over thirty years experience in the electronics industry, largely dedicated to embedded software. A frequent presenter at conferences and seminars and author of numerous technical articles and two books on embedded software, I am a member of the marketing team of the Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division, and am based in the UK. Away from work, I have a wide range of interests including photography and trying to point my two daughters in the right direction in life. Learn more about Colin, including his go-to karaoke song and the best parts of being British: http://go.mentor.com/3_acv

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  • Not familiar with the TV ad Peter [Actually, what are TV ads? I don’t see any of them.] but that’s a good point. Although sometimes when I learn about biological systems, I am amazed at the elegant “design”, at other times things seem to be messed up. This is all what one would expect from evolution by natural selection.

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This article first appeared on the Siemens Digital Industries Software blog at https://blogs.stage.sw.siemens.com/embedded-software/2013/03/02/wildebeest/