It's a no, which sure seems to be your answer to my first question.

OK, I understand the "stupid" part, but not the "anxious" part. Should I be concerned about your interest in Cypherpunks?

('He made an unfavorable, on-point response to John Young,

On-point? It sounded like a mere insult, without zero substance behind it. In general, I have found that Cypherpunks knock the CRAP out of each other (kind of a 'Fight Club'), but most of the swipes are backed with a lot of logic and facts. I saw nether in your little post, so in the context of your long-term contributions, I thought I'd give you the sniff-test. As of right now, there's the faint smell of shit in the air.

speculation is rather amusing too. I won't humiliate & confuse you with the truth.

That better not be a reference to King Crimson. As leader of the Cypherpunks (I am declaring my leadership right now effective for the duration of this post), I hereby FORBID you to listen to King Crimson. Please keep your ears on Yes/Gentle Giant/Jethro Tull and so on.

Thanks for the dance! It was....educational, but now I'm bored of going in circles. :)

I've seen that "I'm bored" comment many times on the Internet. I'll translate for you: "I want to continue to take baseless swipes at opinionated list members, but now that you've called me on it I really don't want to have to defend what I'm saying, so I'll stop posting until you've forgotten about this incident." Gotcha. -TD _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement