Just to let you know, I took up the challenge Graham Toal proposed: I posted messages with the string "gtoal" somewhere in them. For good measure, I did it in 3 Usenet newsgroups. I did this more than a week ago, and have not seen any reponse, any indication that Graham found the messages. (I didn't announce that I was planning to send the messages, as that would make it "too easy"--a real signal would not be planned in advance like this, so I chose to say nothing.) Any comments from Graham? If I missed this, I'm sorry. I've been travelling, but think I've at least _seen_ most or all messages. --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: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."