a slaveship? Plantation? Take a click on this story about outsourcing. Two guys plan to put computer programmers to work on a ship moored three miles from San Diego, away from US labor laws. Is this a spoof? While we're at it, could Bush be spoofing the idea of a US president? spoofily, Carol K. http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/outsourcing/story/0,10801,103089,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html