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...are probably fairly primitive in your browser, and if so that browser is very likely Netscape Navigator 4.x. It might not be, of course-- there are after all hundreds of Web browsers running around out there-- but odds are you're on good old NN4.x. And you're probably wondering why this Web site looks like 1993 all over again.

The answer is simple: this site is structured to protect older browsers from the advanced styles used in its design. This isn't a "you don't deserve to see my genius" kind of thing, either. The truth is that some of the styles being hidden from your Web browser are known to cause severe page mangling in NN4.x, and (in rare cases) crash the browser outright. I prefer to avoid crashing the browsers of my visitors, in much the same way I try to avoid punching people who come over to my house. I just feel like it would be impolite to do otherwise.

So, rather than kill your browser or keep the content from being readable, I've set things up so you can see the content. It might not be pretty, but the content is still there for you to read. The obvious rejoinder is, of course, that I could have avoided using those kinds of styles. It's true, I could have done that, but that would have left me with two options:

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