since we are venting, before doug notices, my 2 cents: quote what you will, dont quote, quote below, above, whatever, but when you do, could you just prefix the text that you are quoting with ">" as is conventional on the net? some of you seem to have elaborate schemes involving "(((", ")))", "<<", ">>", and additional symbols and identifiers that denote those you are responding to and even yourself! its a bit difficult to read. also, word wrap (with a hard carriage return) around column 72 would be nice too.
what uppercase? ;-)
--ravi
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- man is said to be a rational animal. i do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. more often i have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the 2nd degree. -- alasdair macintyre.