BL>   It's a good ideal that falls apart in the execution. Paul has
BL> devised something that would work in perfect conditions without
BL> looking at how to stuff it up. It's easy to stuff up... just don't add
BL> EOT and put a false one after SOT. That way, every message is blank
BL> for anyone using a SOT/EOT-aware reader.

If you want to write buggy software, it is far easier.  Just
write a PKT that has the first 5 bytes as "HELLO".  That will
not get processed either.  Poor old Bob, doesn't even know 
what we have standards for.  BFN.  Paul.
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