These guys on Slashdot.org are having a discussion regarding patent policy an algorithms. http://www.slashdot.org/articles/98/09/30/0211207.shtml jamie -- James Love, Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036 202.387.8030; f 202.234.5176 http://www.cptech.org, mailto:love@cptech.org