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> The inverse of this is buying software that becomes unsupported. > . . . Yes! Now if copyrights (or some effective anti-piracy method) worked like patents... I always liked the *idea* that filing a patent granted the inventor protection for awhile (presumably so they could profit from their efforts) in return for a public disclosure of their invention. Perhaps commercial software, if filed for government protection, should be required to be escrowed. > I think you'd just have to make the looper so complicated that you'd > need a manual. People would come on to LD to ask questions and we'd > just say, " chapter 4 has it" and they'd say, "we don't have the > manual." Then Kim and I go over and break their knees. Easy! ("Pretty nice loop ya got's there...a pity if something wouldst ta happen to it..." :) Or use a dongle that looks like a 1-space rack mount unit with 4 knobs, 8 buttons, a power switch and a display on the front... Dennis Leas ----------- dennis@mail.worldserver.com