Because I have way more control and influence without being in their control. They could be giving me interest free loans and non profit status shortly. You think you know what I do offline or something? Earthquakes R US almost 24/7 and I cant walk 50 feet in Victoria without several people who know the earthquake guy nodding or stopping to ask when's our next one? They have already had successful warnings of quakes they felt in the past and they have no doubts. With the combination of socializing and being known locally by thousands as an earthquake predictor I get a lot of earthquake preparedness education done, distribute government supplied earthquake literature as well as my own, by the case, and give dozens of travel advisories/forecasts each week. With thousands following my verbal forecasts the net is a small part of my project, but integral. I am like an earthquake missionary, and don't need to spend my efforts on debate. I told you what I need to be effective, if you can provide that, great, if not, know that I appreciate your work, sometimes not you attitude about changes to the board, but really who better to tell you what the board should have for the predictor, I will offer to be the close call commentator if you like, there isn't any earthquakes of interest that I don't track. I usually comment on people's hits/misses on this and other boards and usually get good response to my posts to others. Please give Dennis a breather, and let's get on with making history. Otherwise predicting on the board the way it now is may be history for me and perhaps others. I just cant use it fully to the benefit of my project as is. Perhaps a link attached like a u.r.l thingy to take viewers directly to comments given each prediction as it gets tabled???...mb.:( :)