Simon Spero wrote: > > I believe Kapor's law was first stated at the January '92 Usenix (The > first use for any new communications technology is sex). any SUCCESSFUL communications technology, surely? Think I've just discovered why 8-track failed, and gotten new insight into that whole VHS vs Betamax thing. As for getting funding to study this - doesn't anyone remember Marty Rimm? http://www.eff.org/Publications/Declan_McCullagh/www/rimm/ (and Time Magazine showing a lack of editorial standards long before their Apple iMac advertorials.) L. <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/><L.Wood@ee.surrey.ac.uk>