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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2531908, member: 71723"]The problem is that the OP's scenario doesn't prove what is sought to be proven, i.e. that speed of return is important. What it DOES prove is that if you have no counterweighting factor against which to hold it, then yes, speed is good. That's all it proves, and I submit to you it is self-evident, and not in need of proof. The concept of "important" requires weighing it against another factor, for only then can we escape the realm of "good" toward the new higher ground of "better", perhaps to scale the lofty heights of "best". SOMEBODY wants to "prove" a factor is "important", but failed to set up a question that is even relevant to the inquiry. Bottom line: attempt to ask people a question that makes no sense in investigating what it attempts to investigate, and there are only two types of appropriate responses - 1) people who will argue with your premise, and 2) idiots. (Now, if an earlier poster wants to include the military in that second class, I'll not dissent.) The OP's THREAD TITLE says "Most important", and the question as posed is utterly useless in that regard. "Most important" would require including ALL possible competing factors, not only one or a few, but the OP wants to exclude ALL. Caramba![/QUOTE]