The nerdiest of the nerds

The "nerdiest of the nerds" is of course the numerical analyst -- a superposition of mathematician and computer scientist, who partakes of the lowest-level attributes of each, was scorned as a slide-rule-toting curmudgeon for decades, and only now enters the light as savior of the computer industry ;-) I stick to "nerdy" topics here: science, math, programming, and the like.