humour Once, long ago at MIT, there was a flamer so

consistently obnoxious that another hacker designed, had made,

and distributed posters announcing that said flamer had been

nominated for the "asbestos cork award". (Any reader in doubt

as to the intended application of the cork should consult the

etymology under flame.) Since then, it is agreed that only

a select few have risen to the heights of bombast required to

earn this dubious dignity - but there is no agreement on

*which* few.