Neil, that comment is a stroke of genius. I trust that fellow austechies will know (or look up) the meaning of sciolist (yes, it's a real word) and not think that there are two spelling mistakes in your message. For there are, in fact, no spelling mistakes at all. Like it. Like it very much. Cheers Geoffrey Marnell Principal Consultant Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd T: +61 3 9596 3456 F: +61 3 9596 3625 W: <http://www.abelard.com.au/> www.abelard.com.au Skype: geoffrey.marnell _____ From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Maloney Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:10 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: National Broadband Network issue As a sciolist, I have to support the Liberal's idea of a Notional Broadband Network ... Neil. On 18/08/2010 3:49 PM, Geoffrey Marnell wrote: You can call it socialism if you like, but I'm very happy paying taxes for initiatives that provide lasting value and aspire to something other than minimising costs.