On Sunday, April 17, 2005, at 08:12 AM, Neil Gould wrote: >> We have this circular debate over and over and over again, and even >> from an engineering POV, the assumptions made here are so out of >> touch with reality as to render it both boring and useless... JMOs of >> course... > > I find such debates to be amusing, at least for a while. Especially > when it's a debate between experienced and knowledgable individuals > who should know better. 8-) It's a study in PSYCHOLOGY, not engineering. Just WHY do people, even experts, persist in saying "black is white" (figuratively speaking, of course?) I have yet to figure out the answer, but maybe such debates will eventually reveal it. Cheers.