Safe - very safe, apparently

No he shouldn't have. Not without trying it at least 5 times with it open. But he fixed it so maybe he knows what he's doing afterall.

permission.)

you can take your off-topic religious remarks somewhere else.

flame intended

Folks, can we all drop it? Debate about whether an offtopic outburst was triggered by anything in particular is still offtopic.

"Absolutes are always inherently false. Especially this one."

Folks, it's offtopic. There must be better newsgroups for debating the validity or usefulness of religion. If you want to argue, take it to one of those. Otherwise, just accept that different assumptions plus the same data yields different conclusions. As long as nobody insists that anyone else share their belief, I don't consider an occasional statement (or signature block) in which someone exposes their beliefs harmful.

If it bothers you, treat it as trolling and killfile it.

And I, or most anyone else for that matter, would care what George Carlin thinks because?????

for thought

there is

what George Carlin

George Carlin wrote it for entertainment. guess billb's still looking for that clue :-)

Is there any reason why a punch attack wouldn't have worked?

depending on WHERE it was punched.. yes.. could have really created problems.. plus, again depending on internals, makes the repair a REAL problem..

--Shiva--