> Being "resourceful" means he probably <BR>>doesn't go hungry but beyond that <BR>>I think it's hard to say. <BR>Yes, indeed...hard to say. I'd much prefer a good set of prints or something 'hard' rather than 'soft' such as criminal profiling.<P>Crimes of impulse do not pay; crimes by the stupid do not pay, but in general crime pays and it pays very well. Professional shoplifters, organized car thieves, etc. do very well. Take a drive to Murphy Village and look at all those quarter-million dollar houses: almost the entire town lives by crime. Or try Cicero, Illinois: the Gypsy Travellers there are all rich.<P>I'd say the guy makes a good living but had no social life and therefore was perfectly willing to indulge in a project that consumed his spare time: he had alot of that.<BR>