There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.

R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than, say, five minutes late. It is therefore clearly as almost infinite variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors vary not only with speed as an absolute, but also with awareness of the third factor. Unless handled with tranquility, this equation can result in considerable stress, ulcers, and even death.

Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.

What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your mind. And the more slow and dim-witted your pupil, the more you have to break things down into more and more simple ideas. And that's really the essence of programming. By the time you've sorted out a complicated idea into little steps that even a stupid machine can deal with, you've learned something about it yourself... The teacher usually learns more than the pupils. Isn't that true?

Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.

Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.