I must say that the article was a shocking but pleasant change from the norm. Not that I had any doubts that Syd could write such a thing... >_> Kidding. I think it to be a marvelous work and perhaps, contrary to my love for bashing things that suck and my adoration of video games, the best article yet. Either way, it's probably the most profound. I enjoyed it thoroughly and it involvingly distracted me from this otherwise dull, cold Monday afternoon. I give it this rating....

Code:

length=Len(syd_article$) For i = 1 to length      letter$=Mid$(syd_article$,i,1)      letter$=Lower$(letter$)      amount=Asc(letter$)      If amount >= 97 and amount <= 122           rating=rating+amount-96      EndIf Next rating=rating*100 display$=Str$(rating)+"%" Print display$

Probably not Syd's idyllic use of the Code function, but I think it works.