yeah, its hard for nerds to stop being defensive or give up the "knowledge bully" act, ... even all these years later sometimes I still catch myself thinking ...how dare you be ignorant of the (FAQ|...)!? ...

but I usually move past that reflex into actual thought :) in no small part thanks to reading your nodes:) improperlyphrasedpedanticofftopicness--

also, yeah, that is the question, if XP serves any purpose at all ... I vaguely heard about some people put it on resumes ..