I like this quote from Scott Adams (The Dilbert principle):
 
"People are idiots. Including me. Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with the low SAT scores. The only difference is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot."
 
It's a healthy point of view to have in mind, not least when you are the idiot. Which I definitely have been... 
 
 

robert_e_bone
Well, in your defense, you DID ask it as a question, rather than stating the situation as fact, so you got THAT going for you......
 
I once spent 20 minutes trying to jimmy the driver door lock, after accidentally locking the keys in the car while it was running, right outside my high school with all my friends standing around laughing at me.  It was only AFTER I finally got it open with a coat hanger that I realized that the whole time the passenger window had been WIDE OPEN.  (Of course nobody mentioned it, they took great delight in my not knowing, waiting for that AHA moment).  DOH!!!!!
 
Bob Bone

Reminds me of the old joke -

Did you hear about the drummer who locked his keys in the car?


It took him twenty minutes to get the bass player out..

robert_e_bone
Well, in your defense, you DID ask it as a question, rather than stating the situation as fact, so you got THAT going for you...

I do realize I did breach forum protocol not to use a thread title like "SONAR USELESS CRAP!!! STEP SEQUENCER BROKEN!!!!!!!!" but in my defense, it had occurred to me that maybe I was missing something.

Anderton

robert_e_bone
Well, in your defense, you DID ask it as a question, rather than stating the situation as fact, so you got THAT going for you...

I do realize I did breach forum protocol not to use a thread title like "SONAR USELESS CRAP!!! STEP SEQUENCER BROKEN!!!!!!!!" but in my defense, it had occurred to me that maybe I was missing something.

yeah, but it would've worse if you'd delete the thread ;-)