1) advice on any topic you can imagine
2) opposite advice two posts later

3) a place to tell my stories
4) Red Dawn making sure that no one is too arrogant with whatever opinion they have (definitely me inlcuded)
5) AmusedOne making sure that everyone reviews whatever opinion they have for soundness
6) linuxboy making sure that whatever elements of philosophy I *do* understand seems like the tip of the philosphy iceberg
7) moonbeam making sure I wear the other shoe sometimes
It could easily go on and on. Those are some of the highlights. It's alomst like each person here is best at something, so all of us are best at everything.