if only i were better at detecting whether tongues were firmly in cheeks i'd not have to waste bytes on the subject of XP...

XP has not been a waste for me, even if i am not interested in the XP of the author, the reputation a posting gets provides a way to navigate thru the informational labyrinth that is PM.

for example, i remember being attracted to the spiralling quine node, also Abigail IIs n-queens regex, because it was linked to by the best nodes. page, and many others, &c &c, apologies for stating the obvious...

...wufnik

-- in the world of the mules there are no rules --