Hi Mike,   
      
    > but the software still requires some sort of answer (and it has to be at   
    > least 2 words). OTOH, I can't change the phone number question because it   
    > is expecting a number in a certain format. All I can do is tell the user   
    > that they can enter all 5's and hope they can read.   
   Interesting, I wonder if the person who wrote the software was   
   aware of the fact that we use a different format here in NA and   
   not what would be standard where he/she lives - or was it the   
   other way around?   
      
    > But I at least want to   
    > know where they are calling from (city & state or country).   
      
   I like that too. It gives some cultural clues which are   
   useful for communication.   
      
    > I figure I   
    > have a right to know that. You have to remember, when you are on a BBS,   
    > you are on someone else's PERSONAL computer. It ain't at all like the rest   
    > of the Internet. Because you are logged onto their personal machine, they   
    > may feel they have a right to know something about the person that is on   
      
   I am getting the idea that doing it at home is part of the   
   fun. However, I don't think all do it that way. After all   
   the physical location of the computer is not really relevant   
   to the software you are running. Regarding the internet, some   
   people also like to have the server at home. You can run an   
   http and ftp server on even the oldest of hardware. Again,   
   I just don't see the relevance of hardware location. /v   
      
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