> Because, perhaps, he considered it off-topic and didn't know if you were > subscribed to pic [EE]: ? This would be a perfectly valid and possibly > noble reason for what he did. But, most of your other points are valid. It was both an EE and PIC related question, both of which I happen to subscribe to. However, if I didn't subscribe to one, obviously I wouldn't want to be bothered by posts limited to that topic. ******************************************************************** Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts (978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.