Originally Posted by Burton

They may not be now, but maybe if you had been paying more attention then - you would have graduated with better grades, a better outlook on life and felt you had less to prove. I think by the time you finally got your high school grades up to let you get college acceptance - I was being solicited by some of the department heads at McGill to proofread Ph.D. thesis's and collaborate on a scientific book dealing with some aspects of abstract physics. And I think I had already been working with high tech teams on neat projects like guidance systems for cruise missles and optical targeting systems for military helicopters for about ten years before you eventually struggled through your first degree.

You're clearly a legend in your own mind,...