It was a pretty simple plan. First, I stripped naked and painted myself blue. Then, I stood on my head and started sending posts to the CypherPunks list. Soon, I would be declared 'The Craziest Fucker on the InterNet' and be the host of talk-shows across the nation. Letterman, Leno, Springer-- they would all be begging for my presence on their programs. Little did I realize that my outrageous, insane offerings would be trumped, time and time again, by seemingly average folks who held down 'day jobs' in the heart of the mainstream computer industry. Despite the widespread media coverage given to the homeless people who wander the streets of America, babbling nonsensically to all who will listen, as a result of the government abandoning the funding of homes for the mentally ill and turning them out into the street...the media is obviously ignoring the 'success stories' of those who have managed to work their way into the heart of the computer industy, advancing their corporate status by mandating compliance with offically approved vaporware, and substituting membership in the CypherPunks mailing list for their previous mind-distorting medications. If it wasn't for Bill Stewart and Bill Frantz constantly referring to me as 'that *normal* guy', I "could'a been a contend'a." TruthMonger