>I see the stars simply as a way to mark something as a solution. Actually, I don't think I have even read any posts that weren't sent directly to me in this thread. I was under the gun to get something working for a meeting I had and I didn't really care how it worked. There not always time to use the best solution. Sometimes just a solution works just fine. The whole "why didn't you use mine" and "people are spending time working on this for you and you are not even trying it" gets to me though. The whole point is to ask for help. I don't need all the baggage that comes with it. I've always thought that your solutions, while not always elegant, were creative and succinct. I've seen you do things in one line that replaced 10 lines of something I was doing.

That's the pleasure - when I see that believing in The Idea still works (actually, believing in The Next Idea, that it will come when I need it ;). And it really doesn't matter whether it's used or not. Maybe someday someone with good search intuition will dig it out (I know she's listening :).

> I would give you 4 starts at times if possible. I'm not sure I could sit through a beer with Nadya. Sounds like it would be a bit of work. Plus, I would say something smart (or not so) and she would probably never stop slapping me.

You definitely convinced me, sounds like fun. I prefer dark. Nadya?