Like anyone, I have and have had various hero's.

One group of hero's was and is the group of scientists that founded modern physics.

A particular figure from the turn of the century is Ludwig Boltzman. Whom a 20th century mathemetitian later described as ...extrordinary, difficult, irrascible, passionate--everything a human being should be.

The Mudcat community is much the same. Passionate, irrascible, difficult, but also supportive, welcoming, and eclectic. In short, everything a forum should be.

Sure the forum can seem a little difficult to navigate when these winds blow and the seas get rough, but that's the price of the passion that spawned Mudcat in the first place.