In a message dated 12/16/99 6:42:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, mikeford(a)socal.rr.com writes: << BTW the advice given freely on this list is beyond price, $10 would be an insult, $500 is more like what some of its worth. >> You know, that made me think about the gigabytes of human knowledge that is the engine behind this list, its stunning if you think about it, the "man" hours (women hours too, knuckle dragging Neanderthal here :o)~ involved in acquiring the knowledge and the collective pool that it represents ... mind boggling. And so, yet another question, this time on a truly ancient computer ... have any studies been done on estimating the speed and capacity of the human brain? I'm strictly a commodore 64, but there are some pentium III types out there ... as usual, just curious, thanks gang. Ray Cook