[thwarted]

I think it was jwz who said something like "every program expands until it can read email" (I'm sure I'm butchering it).

[sparky]

Not butchering it at all, really: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/Z/Zawinskis-Law.html

“Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can." -- Jamie Zawinski

[graywh]

So is an update needed? s/read mail/\0 and\/or chat/