Perhaps because it's a source filter? (Yes, I read your post. And yes, that's my reason.)
Jeff japhy Pinyan,
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and perlhacker How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart
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