On Sun, 2011-08-21 at 22:05 -0500, John R. Dennison wrote: > And even more are mature enough not to have to get defensive and try to > get the last word in on every thread they are part of. In my opinion you > could learn something from such people. I was merely replying to the gentleman's concern. Some words pop into my mind and this is my last posting on this increasingly tedious thread ....... I hope others will desist. "Much of what looks like rudeness in hacker circles is not intended to give offense. Rather, it's the product of the direct, cut-through-the-bullshit communications style that is natural to people who are more concerned about solving problems than making others feel warm and fuzzy." Paul.