“Now, you’ll notice what I’m doing bears no resemblance to what You’re doing. But if you just try and follow me, I’ll come back to it.”

Would you like to know where I’m sitting? No, probably not. I’m sitting in Mark Emmerson’s PS4016 lab. I’m doing it right now.

As much as I like my new class, with GNIV.i we could all vent our frustration by making him cry. Or at least, make him shout at us.

(For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Emmerson, he is an enthusiastically abysmal teacher in statistical computing. He will try all year long to be nice, and reasonable; then when the end of the year comes and he has succeeded in losing us all, he will try and cover his tacks by scuffing the trail we are all desperately trying to follow.)

Honours all round.