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David, M&M said: >> My boss just doesn't want our names to be used here. Quoting you: >>> Please pass my thoughts along to your boss. >>> If there are more than one of you using the account, >>> it would really help us "identify" who we're speaking to. Dave, we are dancing the tango, the waltz, the samba, the rumba, the twist, the hully gully, the freeze, the bus stop, every line dance you can think of. We're dancing in "the virtual ballroom." If you will think back on our recent introduction. You could not remember if you had met me. Nor I you. For that matter, you do not know if I am a real person or, as some suspect in the case of the works of Shakespeare, the product of several people. Don't get me wrong. I'm not comparing myself to Shakespeare. I'm just saying that too much emphasis appears to be misplaced on a label, a name, a word. The content of what is being offered is wherein the real value lies. Change the focus. Look around this forum. How many people do you actually know? How many of these names are mere fabrications? Please understand what I am trying to say. What is in a name? If I signed my letter "Bill Clinton" or "Rush Limbaugh," what would you know? You still would not know if I was the actual person, or one of his staff, or someone with a similar name, or an impostor. This is virtual reality. Deal with it. Evaluate the content and respond accordingly. But names? A horse with no name. A moon with no name. A virus with no name. Without a name, they are no less real… or unreal… virtual. All you need is the number. Right? That's what the UID is for. Right? You can call me anything you want… but ya duzzn't have to call me Johnson. Heck, Dave. If they won't give you a name, make one up if it will make you feel better. M&M = Marshall McLuhan Media Message McLuhan Mead Mork & Mindy Marion Marks MultiMedia Colorful candy coating with a suprise inside Blue? Rose? MM = Roman Numerals for 2000 = The turn of the century There is a lot of political intrigue going on in this forum as elsewhere. Some of the people you see as antagonists are actually allies of the people they appear to be attacking. Some of them don't even know it yet. It reads like a good book at times. A thriller. But please keep your cool. For what it's worth, I didn't come here to play games. But I'm going to play this one out. But I'm not writing the rules. I'm breaking them. Remember me. I'm the guy who said I wanted to be the dance instructor in the virtual ballroom waaaaaay back when… Turn the beat around…