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Many roads lead to Rome-- there is no one 'right' way to solve an evolutionary hurdle. Viruses encounter the same evolutionary 'problems', but have evolved lots and lots and lots of different solutions to the exact same problems.
(With apologies to Jorge Luis Borges.)
The Free-Ride family got its copy of the new CD/DVD set Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants this week. The sprogs, who have been listening and watching, offer something kind of like a review.

Over in the good ol' U of K we memorized "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain"

Yep, that's the color coding used in telephone cables btw.

Resistor codes are just a teensy bit different,

Black, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Grey, White, Gold and Silver.

One if it's many mnemonics:

Bad boys rape our young girls but Violet gives willingly.