Whoever would like free beer, please read the following.

The (first) author of this thesis as seen these pages so many times that he can not longer focus on them properly. However, we would still like the thesis to be as free of error as possible. That is why the author is offerering ONE FREE BEER FOR EVERY TWO MISTAKES FOUND BY A READER. That is right, for every pair of mistakes found in the thesis, by a (proof) reader, that reader receives one free beer from the thesis author. Sound easy? That's because it is.

Without some rules, the number of beers that the thesis author would be paying for is unbounded. Therefore, we do have to introduce some rules to set an upper bound and keep the thesis author from going deep into dept.

Rule #1, The Uniqueness Rule: The mistake(s) must be reported before anyone else has reported the mistake(s). In other words, in order to qualify for free beer, you have to be the first person to find and report the error(s). This rule (the most important one) prevents the thesis author from awarding beers for the same mistakes reported over and over again by various sources.

Rule #2, The Deadline Rule: The errors must be reported before the thesis author completes the final draft. When the final draft will be completed is not known exactly at this time. It will be no sooner than October, but no later than December 2004. Basically, when Helwig Hauser proofreads the thesis, the thesis author will then take a few days to incorporate the feedback. The result will be the final draft. Any errors should be reported before the final draft is finished.

Rule #3, The Only-One-New-Mistake-Found Rule: If a proofreader finds only one new mistake, that proofreader is eligible for a free small beer (300ml).

Anyone can participate. There is only one exception at this time, and that is the following:

Exception #1, Eligibility: There is one person that is not eligible for the one-free-beer-per-pair-of-unique-mistakes-found giveaway and that person is Helwig Hauser, Scientific Director of VRVis. Helwig has already agreed to proofread the entire thesis looking for errors and suggesting improvements. Surely he will find a healthy number of errors that would otherwise qualify him for several free beers. However, bob already owes Helwig three beers. And bob will owe him a fourth one after he finishes this job. Plus, Helwig has already been awared 12 free beers for services past rendered (approximately one for each TR he packaged and co-authored with the thesis author). Thus, Helwig can already boast having won more free beers than most scientific advisors. (right?)