Hi Charles,

 > In this case the horse being flogged isn't dead yet.
 > More like the horse flogging itself.

    Nah, Charles. If the horse isn't dead, it's terminally ill. Whether to
put it down or nurse it depends on whether it is in intolerable pain. I put
mine out to pasture, and pet it enough so it doesn't feel neglected.

 > Neither is Yahoo. They are into making money.

    Yup! And I have no problem with that. They won't make a lot of mine,
though, because they're not my ISP.

 > Not much point in flogging how memory is allocated
 > when we all have more than we can use.

    The only point of performing the checking exercise was to try to answer
Jasen's question. It's what the echo exists for.

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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