@kissane, et al. The perpetual problem seems to me to be that digitalization requires explicit specificity (she liked me 277 times) while the analog world (that was "the" world until earlier this afternoon) well, you did not have to be specific about every thing, there is an undecided-ness to analog data and process (maybe she likes me).

And if I just need to go read a bunch of stuff before I have something to say worth your while, just tell me :-). I don’t enjoy explaining that authentication must be two-way street over and over, so....