Mauerer fack.tex V4 - 09/04/2008 3:36pm Page xAcknowledgments
patience with an author whose work cycle not only perfectly matched the most alarming forms of sleep
dyssomnias, but who was always right on the brink of confusing his native tongue with ‘‘C,’’ and whom
she consequently had to rescue from numerous situations where he seemingly had lost his mind (see
below...). Now that I have more free time again, I’m not only looking forward to our well-deserved
holiday, but can finally embark upon the project of giving your laptop all joys of a proper operating
system! (Writing these acknowledgments, I all of a sudden realize why people always hasten to lock
away their laptops when they see me approaching....)x