He's a witch!!!

In Soviet Russia, the honor students suspend you!

Honestly I think this video only explains what it's trying to explain to people who already understand it. I showed it to a few family members, all of whom are smart and perfectly capable of understanding this -- but none of them got any sense of having learned anything. Mostly they were confused about the 1st part; the 2nd part is fairly straightforward and obvious. Watching the 1st part they were saying things like "is the sender a lock?", "why is he sending a key?", "whose key is that?", and "does the sender putting a lock on the ball mean he's sending it?"

They understood once we watched it again and I gave some running commentary. If the intent is to teach people about rudimentary internet security, then it at least partially fails.

I only wish I had some grandchildren to pass this down to. Future generations need to know about this. [yawn]

I love that one of the FAA's five proposed alternatives was "GAY". I seriously wish I could have been there when that document arrived. "Are these guys kidding? We want to get rid of SUX and they suggest GAY???"

Not that there's anything wrong with it...

You're not mistaken, it's them. I miss that show, crazy as it was.

What strikes me most about this story is that it illustrates our increasing reluctance in the US to confront one another directly. If this had happened to me as a student, my mother would have marched into school and given the teacher a piece of her mind. It might not have been pleasant, but it would have likely solved the situation without ruining a career. The teacher may have simply used poor judgment, or perhaps he *was* coming on to his student sexually. There's no way to get a sense for that unless the parent gets in there, gets their hands dirty, and actually confronts the situation. If that doesn't get the desired outcome, *then* perhaps get the authorities involved.

To be sure, some situations are too dangerous to handle by oneself, but this was certainly not one of them.