On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:22:24 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

Agreed, the kill file is simple, but brutally effective. I'd be
interested to know if you in fact get those algorithms functioning.

If you're having fun, go for it.
It reminds me of a guy I worked with way back who spent countless
hours working on an assembler program to fix an Epson printer paging
issue. Something about this or that Epson printer always advanced an
extra line every third page or so, and his fix would make him a
millionaire. The printer was probably out of production as we spoke.
Same guy was writing a porn novel, and told me (I think I was the only
person who actually listened to what he was saying) about a meeting
he had with a lawyer friend to talk about his "literature," and to
enlist his help in getting it published, because the lawyer had agent
contacts in the literary world.
So he meets with the lawyer friend for lunch, and gives him the draft
of the porn novel to read.
The lawyer reads a bit, and to the writer's utter shock, has a bad
reaction. He feels insulted.
This fellow - can't remember his name - is telling me all this with a
straight but hurt-filled face - he can't understand his lawyer friend
reaction.
He had tried before to tell me the story and some of the details of
his "novel," and I had always quickly excused myself, claiming a
"meeting" of something, but I heard enough to know it was pure raunch,
unadulterated by any redeeming value whatsoever.
I think what was most shocking about this whole incident is that I
discovered there is at least one lawyer who can be insulted.
Nothing to do with Gene's quest really, but it just reminded me of
this guy. Sort of wish my memory wasn't so good.

--Vic