"I want to be a jazz musician, but I write computer programs. Therefore, writing computer programs is like playing jazz." This sort of illogic seems to be a natural feature of being human. But I wonder how many great advances have been discovered accidentally as a result of it? -- EugeneWallingford ---- What I really want to be is ... * an NBA star. How is writing computer programs like that? ''Refer to Michael Jordan before he learned to work with the rest of the Bulls and started winning championships''