Hi Cap'n,
You may want to take a peek at the latter half of this thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110187
There are purists here, but there's the occasional excursion from the beaten path too.
Fortunately, there is room for both the purist and for those who think outside the box.
Without those who think outside the box, submarines would never have been.
Can you imagine the reaction that Holland got when he said, "Let's build a boat that sinks."
Old Dog