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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:33 PM, jb <justin@dslr.net> wrote:
> ...
>> if it did get a rating it would be an "D" or "F"..
>=20
> How about "E" for error? That can be further explained in the text
> "Sometimes the bloat is so bad that we cannot adaquately test for it -
> and other times there is something else badly wrong with the link that
> we cannot identify."

I would stay away from a letter grade for that state, since it could =
appear to be on the continuum of A+, A, B, C, D, E (?) F...

Better to give it a "-" or "?" mark. And if they hover over the "?", let =
the text show: "Sometimes the bloat is so bad that we cannot adaquately =
test for it - and other times there is something else badly wrong with =
the link that we cannot identify."

Rich=