choonping is right that the world we inhabit is thick with the style police and su-lin for one cows us all terribly. she has just informed me that i can't say cd players beam expectantly it carries anthropomorphosis too far and no rightminded person would stomach it, besides which it is atrocious style. i say she should come and see this one. it shuts itself down and then a row of orange lights start blinking in a way that makes me burst out laughing everytime. it looks exactly like a small dog wagging its tail, or von showing you all his teeth. i say it beams, and i say to hell with it.