Bad news, all. Jeff Bezos has patented "a method and system for conducting an electronic discussion". <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p= 1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,525,747.WKU.&OS=PN/6,525,747&RS= PN/6,525,747> Sanity is out to lunch. RC