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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:08:47AM -0700 I heard the voice of
Terry Lambert, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> That's more like a marketing blurb.  It does not evenly

Hi, Terry!  Welcome to a completely different tangent than I was aiming
for in this subthread!

[ Bunches of in-depth detail-overview snipped ]


The point of the exercise is not "marketing blurb".  The point of the
exercise is to provide a hint so those of us whose heads only work in
userland-mode have a clue what this change is expected to mean to us.



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Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@over-yonder.net
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"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"