At 21:01 17/02/2004 +0000, Quentin L. Burrell wrote: >I think that the recent exchanges re the distribution of 1/X justify >Andrew's "official" line and highlight the weaknesses of Martin's >alternative. Au contraire, in this rule-breaking incident the iterative, accountable and self-correcting process helped. Osher Doctorow will remain the scourge of mailing lists regardless of protocol. Regards Martin PS You've highlighted the weakness of the rule by being forced to break it in order to discuss it.