Folks, part of the list volume problem is apparently that a lot of us are skipping a lot of the messages. Sounds paradoxical, but hear me out. Someone asked about the Indian code talkers used in World War II, and suggested they might be Apache or Cherokee. Well, to date, about half a dozen responses have all pointed out they were the famous Navajo code talkers. Nice to see such knowledge. But the responses seem to indicate no awareness that several others have already answered the question. And this is not a "response cluster" phenomenon, as the answers have been straggling in for a few days. (However, it may be that some folks are way behind in their reading and fired off an answer when they read the first question.) I don't have an answer to either of these problems (people skipping messages, people behind in reading), but both appear to be symptomatic of an overloaded list. Eric H. tells me we're well over 500 subscribers now. Gulp! --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Note: I put time and money into writing this posting. I hope you enjoy it.