> Is this a joke? > > <http://www.theregister.com/2005/04/20/ms_emergency_patent/> Can't be. Microsoft patented the "joke". Keith -- Keith Lofstrom keithl at keithl.com Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs