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Humans are not perfect

Humans are not perfect

Posted Feb 9, 2004 19:49 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox by rknop
Parent article: Mozilla Firebird becomes Firefox

That's the way how human brain works. Perhaps the aliens would also be surprized that we give names to individuals instead of numbers. It's easier for humans to remember "Firebird" than "Project 534091". If two projects are called "Firebird", those strange humans can become confused.


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