The inner questioning of whether one can ever climb out of the hole of wanting and trying to gain some measure of financial stability, health, fulfilling relationships, inner peace, joy and a meaning for life is pervasive in the population.

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Intangibles are an accounting contrivance that resembles a cosmic black hole--we know it exists but understand little of its inner workings.

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And the hole's outer edge is roughly where rocky planets, like the inner planets of this solar system (including the earth), are expected to be.

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Of course, exploiting a hole is also the only way to test that it has been fixed, so those outside the inner circle will be forced to rely on the software vendor's say-so when they get fixes and patches.

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