Runner's Companion for Shadowrun, 4th Edition, page 88. The first letters of each sentence in the first three paragraphs of the section that starts there spell out the proposal.

Personally, I disagree. I find that Science (as it has been put) does require faith, but its dogma is limited to something like "I think therefore I am." Everything else is based on rigorous observation and scientific methodology.

I do a very similar exercise with my shiny-new, mostly-freshman high-school class at the very basic introductory level of computer science. They'd be competitive with the dude in the video (sorry, dude in the video).

Actually, I believe one might find that Horava gravity is a theory, and that the hypothesis is that it is an accurate theory that matches with reality. But I agree with you in principle.

I teach math and computer science at a public school. I have my own curriculum (more or less), which I haven't sold to anybody (yet). I'd like to have the option, though, which is why I only work on it when I'm not at work.

I admit to living in fear that someone will suss out my hashing function. I'm not too terribly worried; it involves me knowing the ASCII values of letters (although I wish I'd thought of using phone keys first, as mentioned by RJFerret).

But that's the weakness of the method: a hashing function that is memorizable is hypothetically less robust than a "real" hashing scheme, and if your scheme gets out, all of your passwords are compromised.

I ran into the problem of stupid Web sites that require members of certain sets of characters, too. To overcome this, I just started adding a suffix that had a capital letter, a number, and a punctuation mark. As far as generating passwords with two or three functions is concerned, don't forget that while f(x) is a function, f(g(h(x))) is also a function. If you really want to use this method, I suggest starting with a simple function and then modifying it once you've mastered each step.

I use a mental hash for my less important passwords. That way all I have to do is look at the web site's name and run it through my hash function to come up with the password for that site. That way, I only have to remember the function and not the plethora of passwords.

Is this the same National Institute on Media and the Family that concluded that the gaming industry was trying to promote cannibalism?

Who'd care to bet that Dr. Gentile has an Xbox 360 hidden at the bottom of an old golf bag in his basement?

I firmly believe we should store lawyers online.

... to prevent AS in my own children I should make their infancy more stressful? Like run them through mazes with electrodes along the wrong routes or something?

I kinda like leaving it the courts. If it does go to court and a decision is rendered, it might help stop future sneaky behavior. Wishful thinking, I know, but it'd offer better protection than just capitulating would.