Carnegie Mellon makes network security guru Jahanian president

Carnegie Mellon University has named computer science professor and Arbor Networks founder Farnam Jahanian as its new president. The researcher-turned-entrepreneur-turned-administrator takes over the permanent position after an eight-month temporary turn as president. Previously, he had led the university's academic department …

[disgruntled yank]

lossy compression

At my first reading of your headline, I wondered where in the world Jahania was. Time for more coffee, I guess.

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Re: lossy compression

where in the world Jahania was

Whilst you are at it, see if you can find where Melania is

[disgruntled yank]

Re: lossy compression

She is a satellite of Megalomania--I think of them as a marriage made in Scrabble.

(Yes, dammit, I do know that one can't add tiles in the middle of a word.)

[keithpeter]

adjectives...

...seem somewhat overdone.

I'm sure that Dr Jahanian will make a good chief executive of a reasonably well known university.

But really...

Coat: mine is he one with Steven King's On Writing in the pocket.