Re: [Air-L] snide, cute, ignorant, surprising

I guess the juicy "young scholar resented by sheeplike professors who cite one another and use big words unnecessarily" angle was too juicy to resist. But it is a shame that this vibrant area of research is presented as just the flavor of the month.

... and the senior folks doing work on networks... well, none of them are exactly sheep. :-) [f.e., Barry Wellman, Ron Breiger, Tom Snijder, Stan Wasserman, ad infinitum...] --elijah