If it looks good it is good

All said and done, this

VAR=$(openssl rand -base64 8)

looks better than this

VAR=`openssl rand -base64 8`


Something-something good design looks right something-something.

Restated: F*ck backticks.

Also: Obama still has a kill list.  But hey, bangs, and economic minutia, and skeet shooting at Camp David.