OT: Where did you get your start?

Rick Lyons wrote:

   ...
> Well in mid 1990 I had a this wild idea and wrote the 
> primary author, (he had two co-authors) 
> of my DSP class textbook and volunteered to write a chapter 
> on periodic sampling for the next edition of his book.
> The book's primary author was, at that time, teaching  
> at a university on the East Coast of the U.S.  
> 
> I called  him on the phone and explained my idea.  
> He requested my material 
> and assured me that he'd review it, and not plagiarize 
> any of it.  I thought, "Hey Rick, if you work hard 
> enough you might actually get your name listed as a 
> contributor to a book!"  I was pretty excited.
> 
>     After refining, and expanding, my periodic sampling
> material I mailed it to the book's primary author.  
> I *never* heard from him again!!  

   ...

Rick,

He and we deserve to know who he is.  If you post the message, send him 
a copy. If you don't, send him a copy of the one I'm quoting.

Jerry
-- 
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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