Kibo numbers are crappy old things for LOSERS. The HIP people have changed their .sigs from "Kibo number n" to "Kibo Factor n"! I suggest making fun of anyone who is still so backwards that they have a "Kibo number" in their .sig. Kibo Factors are much cooler than Kibo numbers. And to kick off this new Kibo Factor craze, everyone who goes to McDonalds and mentions this article will get FREE MEALS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES! And, of course, the inventor of the old Kibo numbering system (whose name slips my mind at the moment--please step forward and take a bow) will be officially excommunicated for five minutes, at the end of which time we'll all forgive him. -- K.