I disagree - and I'm in the same boat. We've had a few search cycles now, in our 3rd. First two ended due to a lack of qualified candidates.

Of our 8 person department, 2 of us are on the hiring committee. Other department chairs and AVPs make up the balance.

And yes, we need to be on the committee because we know what we do every day, and areas our prior boss both lacked and excelled in. We're hoping to keep the excelling part and get rid of the lacking part.

Yes, snake is good.

But... there is an issue of mercury poisoning... apparently what they've measured in larger top level predators like the snakes, gators, etc. in the Everglades is 3x the amount they deem "safe once in a while" for ocean caught/raised/farmed fish.

You should try here in the southern US... mid September you start getting more packet loss, but the packets that do make it thru are moving faster :)

I've seen the sterotypical scene of a momma duck and her babies floating out along behind her, touring the pond in the shallows....

And then a big swirl, maybe a splash, and there is one less duckling in the parade...

Only difference is these catfish are going where they don't really belong to do it. I'm assuming that the same species in other locations doesn't display the same behavior on a fairly regular basis...

When I can find a replacement for my Model M keyboards that cost $10-20, let me know... Have my original and 2 spares in the garage...

If you watch(ed) Revolution OS, I imagine his response would be the "whole hack that the Free Software movement is"

Interviews with you comprised a big percentage of the documentary Revolution OS.

If it were to be remade today, and the financial aspects ignored, what do you think would be different? If you were producing such a documentary today, what would you focus on?

Check out Xonotic ... Free and Open, CTF mode has the grappling hook, very fast game play... Heck, a few of the original Quake maps have been recreated.

Because it is based on the server name and not the (rotating/round robin/whatever) IP address.

Here's a few lines from my hosts file. Servers get added when either they are obnoxious ads, or the ad server/ad network is slow to respond and keeps the rest of the page from loading while it waits for an image...

0.0.0.0 b.scorecardresearch.com edge.quantserve.com pixel.quantserve.com

0.0.0.0 surveycenter.net

0.0.0.0 syndication.exoclick.com cache.dashboardad,net

0.0.0.0 u.openx.net

0.0.0.0 delivery.tacticalrepublic.com

0.0.0.0 dspads.sitescout.netdna-cdn.com

This. Check out the Pittman Robertson Act and what it pays for, and how it is funded (hint - 11% excise tax on ammo, firearms, some camping, fishing, and archery equipment). Not to mention the millions brought in every year for migratory bird stamps (aka duck stamps, which are wonderful works of art and worthy of collecting just for the art value)

Depending on what it is made out of, I'd lean towards something like #2 birshot or a little bigger and into the B, BB, T or F sizes... much bigger and then you get into buckshot sizes.

Why? Takes 5 or 6 pellet hits to break a skeet clay with #7.5, 8, or 9 shot at a max distance of 30 yards. But they break real easy if you drop one on hard ground/concrete from 4 feet up.

So, I'd sacrifice some pattern density and go for the larger shot which will carry more NRG to the target.

Ah, go for the 2lb (1/2 gauge) punt gun and launch 5lbs of BB sized shot each time you pull the lanyard/trigger

Not only that, but segregating the lower end from the middle and the middle from the higher end (assuming you have enough kids in each grade to do this).

Why hold back the top 25%, or pass on the bottom 25% to get them out of your way, and teach everything to the middle 50%? Put the top quarter and bottom quarters into their own classes, let the smart ones excel and move forward, get more help going for the lower ones...

shotshells are a lot less. around 5.50 for a box of 25. at least for 12 and 20 gauge. 16, 28 and 410 run a lot more but most folks who shoot a lot of these will reload to save money

And if you run nmap against my Samsung TV, it reports that it is running Linux. Youtube, BBC channel, all sorts of sports stuff, Hulu plus, Netflix, etc. are all built into it.