i now yield to mr. pozzi for two minutes. >> it's been reported that customer assets may have gone through a transformation from which they went from a liquid state to a gaseous state. in other words, they just vap vaporized. in your experience, is that possible? >> sir, as i mentioned before, i have no specific knowledge of customer funds and where they may have gone. >> listen, they pay you $350,000 a year because you've got 25 years experience in this business and you can't answer a simple question as to whether or not you think people's assets can just vaporize like there's nobody to blame? you know, it's not god's fault, your fault, corzine's fault, it just happened, just a quirk of nature. do you think that's possible? >> well, i think there's a team of experts going through all of the details and, in my experience, i had never -- >> as a $350,000 a year expert, you don't know if it's possible for money to just vaporize? okay. that's good. you're fully aware of the rules requiring customers' accounts to