Not sure if y'all saw this or not, but kudos to Ross Anderson and Cambridge for standing up both for principle and rationality. Ross's letter in response to the banking association was brilliant, imho. Happy/Merry/Festive to all..... -- rick Cambridge's Ross Anderson's blog post on the matter: http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2010/12/25/a-merry-christmas-to-all-banke... Student's thesis: @http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~osc22/docs/mphil_acs_osc22.pdf