11th September 2003, 1:29 AM
Um, so they said they did it because of the petition you say? I would have just assumed they did a little market research after the statement to make sure no one wanted that, but if they said it, that does make a difference.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)