*dead-eyed stare*

[prog]

OK, here is my own friends-of-prog quiz. Tell me which is scarier.

a) The following email:

Hi Jason,

I'm wondering whether you might be available to work on "Mac OS X in a
Nutshell."

If so, please let me know. I've got a rough plan for this book and would
like someone to start working on it ASAP.

b) The fact that I find myself willing to consider it, despite my well-documented torment with "Perl & XML".

You may use a calculator. Some useful formulas are on the whiteboard.