As opposed to just going "Welp, someone ELSE better look through that code!", I decided to. I'm not going to claim I'm a security or python expert, but I know the latter decently enough to feel safe in saying... ain't nothing there but what it says on the tin.

And then remember to celebrate Cake and Cunnilingus day a month from now.
Yes, I'm serious.

To be fair, CSI also does this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uoM5kfZIQ0
Which is so far absurd that it's not even fu... no, it's fucking hilarious.

A lot of mobos do use UEFI, switching when Sandy Bridge came out.

He said that was his latest and simplest. Meaning that's not the only thing he's done.
Arrogant douchebag.

Yes, but it would take the *entire* industry, inclusive of Sony, Nintendo, and MS. They refuse to allow AO games on their systems. So, it's something of a catch-22. If AO games could be proven to sell (and that the negative PR wouldn't be too bad), they might allow AO games. But that can't happen until they consider an AO game...

No, just a reference that flew over your head.
http://xkcd.com/54/

Seconding this. It's my wireless router of choice. It's got a beefy proc, USB storage capability, a/b/g/n, GigE, and can run ddwrt.

I have a desktop that I built 4 and small change years ago for a bit under $1000. It's stuck with me through a whole bunch of gaming, coding, hardware design, etc. I replaced the graphics card last year with a $130 graphics card. It can still play games that are coming out today at decent settings. So, uh, what the fuck are you talking about? Maybe if you buy a $500 Dell piece of shit every 2 years, that will happen, sure.

The problem with merit pay is that it then pushes teachers away from wanting to teach those that are hard to teach, and towards kids that are 'easy' to teach. Teachers that teach students with mental handicaps or are also learning English as a second language *along with* the standard school subjects rarely do as well or improve as much as other students. How do you account for that? You did mention that in 3), at least, but it would be very hard to make the system fair.

Then, on the other side of the problem, students that are already "advanced". Those that tend to get in the highest percentile/grade of exams every year. If you base merit pay on score, the lucky teachers have it easy. If you base it on improvement, well, how do improve on being in the 99th percentile? Further, how do you base the merit pay? A standardized test? That's the system that's been proposed (and shot down) in Florida. Which is a horrible system, as, well, standardized tests are rarely good.

Sigh. I mean, I do agree with you, to a large extent. I actually *want* to be a professor. And while I'll be the first to admit I'm not top of my class, I think I could do the job well - Until we get to the politics of the matter. And I've thought a fair amount about fixing K-12 education (partly as an idle thought, partially because my sister does teach ESE/ESOL 4th graders), but it is not an easy problem to figure out a solution to.

True story! At various points in history, women were considered the prurient gender, the gender that always wanted sex, the gender that wanted sex more than men, etc. Current culture praises men for being very sexually active and criticizes women for the same (which has been the most dominant cultural value). I wonder if maaaaaaaaaaybe that's the cause, more than the physiological differences? Just throwing that idea out there.