be nice to nerds

i just got an e-mail from a friend of mine which listed 11 things that bill gates supposedly said to a class of graduating kids. the advice, which is pretty good, really originated with Charles Sykes, author of Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, Or Add. it turns out there are actually 14 rules and even though they aren't contained in the aforementioned book, they can all be found here -- http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm -- with the accompanying info about the story rolling around on the 'net.