<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><div>On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:40 AM, John Dorr wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">A few months back I submitted a bit of my theories of how to regulate without specs, and received some feedback that made me think some more.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That was my actual intent at the time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Recently, the topic was re-introduced (by KeyKat88, I think) and somebody said it all sounded rather "propeller-headish" I think was the term.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I didn't feel scolded.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I didn't think the writer was arrogant.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I laughed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It was HIS take on it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We can all think about things in the way they work for our own realities.</font></p> </blockquote><br></div><div>And if you knew my hellish reality, you'd take pity on my ignorance, brother....<g> Mea culpa. I was the fount of the above whirling cabeza statement---and my judgement was based on exactly nothing in terms of practical experience of your protocol, John. It just sounded surreal to my freakishly intuitive sensitivities. I'll read the article and probably still be in the dark if there's any more than 6th grade algebra involved.</div><div>DA</div><br></body></html>