[vpribish]

I started reading, then shifted to skimming, then abandoned it because it has said NOTHING in the first few screenfuls. is this a joke?

[db48x]

You missed the point because you were skimming. Perhaps you expected a rigidly structured document with a thesis statement and an abstract? This is a transcript of a humorous and educational talk where the summary is at the end, not the beginning, not a PHD dissertation.