Nope, I attended a couple weeks worth of lectures (6.171) before dropping his class due to time. Of course, I had his class in 2003, so maybe he reversed himself on this issue.

Well, 1998 was in the heyday of ArsDigita, so that may have been why that policy went the way of Slashdot's Beanie Awards.

That or lecture halls crammed with belligerent hobos.