No, adoption of Python 3 is limited by library support, not install base. Libraries need to be rewritten for Python 3 and some major ones (e.g. Django) are not yet ready. In this case, jQuery 1.9 and 2.0 will have the same API, but 2.0 will not work on older versions of IE in order to optimize for speed. Your comment about Windows XP is apt; this is akin to software dropping support for older OS versions.

Based on the rest of the Strafor emails, there's quite a high possibility that this is just made up.

Contact other researchers who work in facilities similar to yours. I'm sure you collaborate with other labs that use HPC resources. Talk to them and get some information about how they do things there.

Personnel is really the key ingredient of HPC. Find someone, hire them quickly and give them the decision of what to buy.

The games the subjects were playing were either "Medal of Honor: Frontline," (violent) or "Need for Speed: Underground" (non-violent). Could it be that Medal of Honor (being a first person game) was more immersive than Need for Speed? Although Need for Speed can be an exciting game, it doesn't attempt to engage your emotions like a story driven FPS does.

Went to one of the very first public screenings over here in Scotland last Friday afternoon. My New York friend has since forbidden me from saying anything that could spoil the film for her when she goes to see it this coming Friday. It's all rather sad, because by then I'll have forgotten a lot of the things I wanted to talk about. I may have to end up seeing it again, but considering the price I get away with paying for a ticket (as a student) it may just be worth it.