At 12:01 -0400 20/10/02, Bram Dov Abramson wrote:

No, they don't.

I think you're referring to a version -- in these parts they call the game "broken telephone" -- of an accusation made several years back by executives of monopoly telcos in several countries.

thanks for the detailed correction. appreciate it cheers adrian miles -- + lecturer in new media and cinema studies [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog] + interactive desktop video developer [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] + hypertext rmit [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au] + InterMedia:UiB. university of bergen [http://www.intermedia.uib.no]