Pianka's Ten Commandments 1. Thou Shalt NOT mess with Mac TCP/IP. 2. Thou Shalt NOT clutter the hard drives. 3. Thou Shalt NOT use an IBM PC. 4. Thou Shalt NOT engage in mindless experiments. 5. Thou Shalt NOT descend into mathophobia. 6. Thou Shalt NOT commit pseudoreplication. 7. Thou Shalt NOT exploit statistics to belabor an otherwise obvious point. 8. Thou Shalt NOT publish fewer than one paper each annum. 9. Thou Shalt NOT criticize another's research efforts unless thou art prepared to offer something better. 10. Thou Shalt NOT fail to pay homage to thy academic predecessors even though they may have perished. Obituary Return to Pianka lab page