T1: A Survival Guide

Acknowledgments

Any comprehensibility in the language I use is due to a long line of stellar teachers and professors who helped me to constantly improve my writing. I was fortunate to have attended an institution that prides itself on teaching all students to write, even those of us who majored in physics. Eliza Willis, my tutorial professor and initial academic advisor, had one of the strongest influences on my writing in my college years. One of her evaluations expressed the hope that I would continue to develop my writing, though I hope no readers hold my style against her. As my first academic advisor, much of her effort was spent ensuring that I did not take too many classes in the science building. My curriculum should be taken as definitive proof of her diplomacy and persuasiveness, as well as evidence that I even followed most of her advice. During my senior year, she received tenure. Granting her tenure should have been one of the easiest decisions any institution has ever had to make, and it guarantees that her influence on the world is only just beginning.

Several of my coworkers and friends provided encouragement and support along the way. In particular, Brian McMahon was invaluable. Brian is one of the extremely talented old-guard networkers from whom we have much to learn. I was fortunate to meet him in 1995, when the history of the Internet was shorter and simpler and protocols were fewer. (Some might even say that all the computers connected to it were above-average, ...