At 10:28 AM -0500 on 2/14/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:

How would you distinguish the actions of the Royal Navy from those of ordinary pirates? Just prettier uniforms, better weaponry, and a bitch back in London with a crown on her head, or what?

Sounds about right to me. :-) Seriously, just chalk it up to emergent phenomena, and you're not too far from the truth. Cheers, RAH "A prince is a bandit who doesn't move." -- Mancur Olsen, 'Power and Prosperity' -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Camels, fleas, and princes exist everywhere." -- Persian proverb