Not wishing to derail the thread but I feel I ought to point out that a spiral increases in diameter as it winds (eg Auger snail shells), as opposed to a helix which maintains its diameter throughout (eg DNA).
/pointless pedantry
/pointless pedantry
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
