Looks like a good attempt on programming, but if I am starting on Python today, I'd prefer using the current version.

This is a good price-point; yet, if you want to do anything more than an evening with Python, try...

http://diveintopython3.org/ or
Computer Programming for Kids http://cp4k.blogspot.com/

You do mean 'tor' and are not referring to _the_ god-access heavenly network right :-)

Just heard, The Onion is working on /. acquisition.
All this is just preliminaries to check reader acceptance.
Er, or is it the otherway around?
the media is so confusing these days!
maybe they have been always together...