On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 19:56 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > William L. Maltby wrote: > >> That was actually very funny. > > > > How so? CNBC had one of the principals on the other day. It sounds like > > a great idea, but commercial. I considered the post to be the equivalent > > of spam. > > Well, a mailing list as a contact in one of those social networks doesn't really > make sense. > > But: That comment was my way of avoiding to say "idiot". Ah-ha! I thought of similar, but cruder word. It's too bad we don't have more emoticons (ASCII, of course) that can convey more of the subtleties. I came up with a small set for the "pucker factor" some years back. I'm just lurking waiting for a good opportunity to spring them on the world! }:) > > Cheers, > > Ralph > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill