> Christopher Crockett wrote - > > You know what? I feel I'm being tiresome - really I should come out and > say > what I discovered, but I don't want to pre-empt publication. Once the > trick > is recognised, it's so blooming obvious, anyone can do it, and I want my > mark on it first! My apologies all round, I thought I could skirt the > edge > in response to a posting and found myself being led inexorably forward. I > should have just held my peace! > One can understand that you don't want to share your discovery before you've had a chance to publish it. However, if you challenge something that's been posted, then I think you can expect someone to wonder about the reasons/evidence that make you so certain that the original post was wrong. I look forward to the publication of your discovery. Francine Nicholson %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%