very nice doc. we all started out as noobs. i know when i first started at n/u, i could barely keep above a 1.0 kdr. now, i'm halfway decent. yay for above 1.6 kdr! :P just practice and learning from experience. i'd be glad to give you pointers on whatever, just ask me whenever. keeps it up. and gratz on the hacks assumed; loved it when that happened to me the first time.