note tirwhan <code> if ($yourdefinitionofanarchy == "lawlessness") { print "Look it up in a dictionary\n"; } elsif ( $yourdefinitionofanarchy =~ m/absence of government/) { print "You're on the right track\n"; } else { wtf(); } </code> From my understanding of the perlmonk community, anarchy is as good a description as any. And I agree with diotalevi about altruism being a bigger motivator than competition. 451553 451851