On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:38:12 GMT, Rainer Atkins <raineratkins@hotmail.com> said:

Is it just me, or is it a clear indication that a thread is ending its useful life is when people start debating the merits of the analogies that have been posed rather than the original subject matter of the thread?

Or, maybe a thread is exhausted when the analogies start to crop up.

No, it's not dead until some jackboot shows up and invokes Godwin. ;)

RA> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:38:12 +0000 RA> From: Rainer Atkins RA> Is it just me, or is it a clear indication that a thread is RA> ending its useful life is when people start debating the RA> merits of the analogies that have been posed rather than the RA> original subject matter of the thread? I move that we recognize this phenomenon as "Atkins' Law". Apologies for further reducing the SNR, Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.