Anthropologists do it with culture. Archeologists do it with mummies. Architects do it late. Bankers do it with interest, but pay for early withdrawl. Bayseians probably do it. Boy Scouts do it in the woods. C++ programmers do it with class. C++ programmers do it with private members and public objects. Carpenters do it tongue in groove. Chemists do it in the fume hood. Chemists do it in test tubes. Chess players mate better. City Planners do it with their eyes shut. Computer Operators do it upon mount requests. Deprogrammers do it with sects. Economists do it with indifference. Electricians do it until it Hertz! Engineers do it with precision. Entomologists do it with insects. Evangelists do it with Him watching. Firemen do it wearing rubber. Firemen do it with a big hose. Firemen find `em hot, and leave `em wet! Gyneacologists mostly sniff, watch and finger. Hypertrichologists do it with intensity. Lawyers do it in their briefs. Lawyers do it with extensions in their briefs Lisp programmers have to stop and collect garbage. Magicians do it with mirrors. Mathematicians do it in theory. Metallurgists are screw'n'edge. Moonies do it within sects. Multitaskers do it Everywhere: Concurrently! Nuns do it out of habit. Philosophers think about doing it. Photographers do it in the dark. Physicists do it at two places in the universe at one time. Physicists do it like Einstein. Physicists do it with charm. Physicists do it with large expensive machinery. Physicists do it with the help of an absolute Bohr (ouch!). Politicians do it with everyone. Popes do it in the woods. Programmers do it all night. Quantum mechanics do it in leaps. RISC assembly programmers do it 1073741824 times a second. Scuba divers do it deeper. Shakespearean scholars do it... or don't do it, that is the question.... Smalltalk programmers have more methods. Sociologists do it with class. Statisticians do it with 95% confidence. Statisticians probably do it. Systems programmers keep it up longer. Typographers do it with tight kerning. Usenet freaks do it with hard drives! Vicars do it with amazing grace. -- Mark Nowak :-) /\_/\ | "The best defense is a strong Chicago, IL / o o \ | offense, and I intend to start (SWM, 24, 5'11" seeking SF) \ >"< / | offending right now." INTERNET: markn@mot.com ===== | -- Capt. James T. Kirk