what's the speed of a meme?

Okay, just stumbled on this one and thought I'd participate. So follow the instructions below. C'mon... you know you want to!

A scientific experiment by Scott Eric Kaufman:

1. 
   Write a post linking to this one in which you explain the experiment. (All blogs count, be they TypePad, Blogger, MySpace, Facebook, &c.)
2. 
   Ask your readers to do the same. Beg them. Relate sob stories about poor graduate students in desperate circumstances. Imply I'm one of them. (Do whatever you have to. If that fails, try whatever it takes.)
3. 
   Ping Techorati.