damn.

This is illustrative of the "box" mudcat thinking has fallen into...

The craving to be the "smartest kid in the class" has everyone taking an adversarial view toward every post and question presented here.

Amos' question is a very good, and interesting one. How have you thought "outside the box"?

What he gets is the true red herring of the thread -- addressing his example rather than answering the intent of the question.