 e eirikur hallgrimsson eh mad scientist com writes e you just can t tell important things from a picture and a few e words it s not how we are built there s no geek code for e the heart and soul nor is there a turing test even for someone with whom you ve spent NUMBER years boom bust and boom again and NUMBER children trust me there is no magic litmus test other than the totally empirical try it and see string bags full of oranges and matters of the heart people laugh at anything and things just fall apart michael leunig the only real test the only sensible test is to look back and realize your relationship has lasted NUMBER years and see no reason to believe it couldn t last another NUMBER in the absense of NUMBER years of actual ahem hands on experiential data a photo and a few words are as good as any provided you are prepared for the dynamics of it love is a verb sex is a shared pursuit there is no relation ship there is only the crew sail away gary lawrence murphy garym URL teledynamics communications blog URL biz URL computers are useless they can only give you answers picasso 