well... they haven't invented the programming language I need
   yet... I don't think. What I need is an OFF | ANY DIRECTION |
   OFF switch. You can utilize both offs as a simple "off" if
   you're dealing only with a simple ON/OFF situation... and the
   middle can be "ON"... or the left off can be distinct from the
   right off and the middle a simple ON... or the middle can be in
   infinite states, depending on the signal being processed through
   it.* thoughts? *maybe you've seen this circuit type? *It's been
   in my head since I was a teenager but never saw it anywhere -
   and you know a lot about this kind of stuff. [I'm speaking the
   stuff in this comment - the other parts of the thread led up to
   here... somehow - in a wonderfully alice in wonderland kind of
   way :P