>I'm sort of freaking out here because no one commented on >"PU3%33M +V3J6 V 3AVH 3UOhJ3^3" >Was it totally obvious and not worth of comment or is everyone's curiosity >just shut off at the moment? Sometimes I see stuff that I suspect would make sense to any pager-toting 12-yr-old, and just don't feel like investigating. Usually I've already chased a half-dozen links and it's time to get back to work. >45766572796F6E6520686176652061206772656174207765656B656E64 In this case, it was the hex that distracted me. I thought I had a program to translate this, but upon not finding one, I (re?)wrote it. First I did a little find and replace to put spaces in the codes. Then, a line or two of...FORTH =:-o : STR [ HEX ] 45 76 65 72 79 6F 6E 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 77 65 65 6B 65 6E 64 [ DECIMAL ] ; : RVH ( - ) DEPTH 0 DO SP0 @ I 1+ DUP + - C@ EMIT LOOP ; STR RVH As for Russell's "Beefessence", it must be like "best bent wire", but I'm gonna have to key it out a few times to see what the magic rhythm is. Barry -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist