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Well, that may be a little more difficult.
You could always work as a contractor specializing in customizing software. Even companies that use FOSS often need someone to make custom modifications to said software to meet their specific needs. But I doubt you'll find many of those jobs posted in "Help Wanted" ads, and I'm not sure how many of them are actually out there or how you would find them.
And if you just want to avoid MS stuff on principle, you could always work as a Unix admin, Cobol programmer, Java developer, etc. depending on your skill set.
I would suggest you avoid Cobol programmer, though. I had to learn that godforsaken son-of-a-whore language in college and would rather eat glass while being raped by an angry Mike Tyson on top of a pyre of burning feces than to ever have to deal with it again. But some seem to find it a somewhat less suicide-inducing-please-god-give-me-the-strength-to-pull-this-trigger-and-end-it-all prospect than I.
I would rather eat glass while being raped by an angry Mike Tyson on top of a pyre of burning feces than to ever have to deal with it again.
That can be arranged.
Find your new job before quitting.
In the meantime, learn all you can about a MS shop. Who knows; your next gig might be migrating a shop from MS to OSS.
There's tons and tons of open-source jobs out there. One of the keywords here is "Android". The other keyword is "embedded". Linux and Android are being used for all kinds of embedded devices now, and there's tons of jobs for people using C and C++ (C more at the low levels, kernel, device drivers etc., C++ at the higher levels for applications). People who can work with and build embedded Linux systems are in high demand, and there's good demand for Qt C++ programmers too as that's being used a lot on these embedded devices that have touchscreens.
Now, this doesn't necessary mean you'll be doing a lot of contributions upstream to the open-source community, but you will be working with a lot of OSS components, and developing proprietary software that interacts with them. And you definitely won't be doing any work with MS technologies, as those have no place in an embedded system (there are some places using WinCE, but they're dying out and many are switching to Linux or Android).
There's tons and tons of open-source jobs out there. One of the keywords here is "Android". The other keyword is "embedded". Linux and Android are being used for all kinds of embedded devices now, and there's tons of jobs for people using C and C++ (C more at the low levels, kernel, device drivers etc., C++ at the higher levels for applications). People who can work with and build embedded Linux systems are in high demand, and there's good demand for Qt C++ programmers too as that's being used a lot on these embedded devices that have touchscreens.
Now, this doesn't necessary mean you'll be doing a lot of contributions upstream to the open-source community, but you will be working with a lot of OSS components, and developing proprietary software that interacts with them. And you definitely won't be doing any work with MS technologies, as those have no place in an embedded system (there are some places using WinCE, but they're dying out and many are switching to Linux or Android).
Your options are good ones, and so is going to work for academia, National Labs and other government agencies like NIST, NASA, etc. All use open source extensively with Microsoft and Apple all in the same bag. It's a fun environment if you get the right management and people around you. The nice thing about academia in particular is that it is relatively easy to move from department to department, college to college, or to any central IT unit if you find yourself in an unpleasant situation due to personalities, changes in management, etc. Most of my open source experience comes from working in academia for almost 20 years, supporting and managing software development and IT resources. It's one of the best places to experiment and contribute to some exciting projects using open source, closed source, crowd sourced (hehe!) IT tools and research projects, depending on where you might end up. Good luck!
There's a reason MS stuff is out there.
I can't remember where I read it, but there was an article about how you can't make software too easy to use and install. That would not leave much work for the consultants and IT folks, and they would thus not push the product to their clients.
You need that right balance between having a good product and leaving enough work for the IT workers to really get that into the market.
Now, that changes a bit with 'the cloud' to some extent as now the goal the software creator can deliver and charge for the service directly. They don't need the IT consultants as much to 'push' their product.
This is one the bigger reasons for MS dominating the general PC environment including the office. They leave their products with boatloads of customizability and scripting and push the IT folks and consultants with training to build out that ecosystem all tied to their platform of course.
Open source environment typically lack this push. To emphasize again... this is not an engineer or technical push. There are generally equivalent open source projects... but a business and marketing and ecosystem push.
Even something as simple as how to develop for 'Windows'... it is easy for anyone to start... get Visual Studio is the answer.
This is why you typically find far fewer custom FOSS shops. Most companies I've seen want to use FOSS as a replacement. They don't want to/think to do the kind of customization you can often do with Windows for desktop apps.
So where are the open source jobs?
Generally you can find Linux development jobs in embedded systems. But if you have worked for a 'Microsoft Shop', I'm guessing this is not your niche.
You could also go with Java, and many corporations and banks use Java.
Many 'cloud' based solution typically have FOSS backends... as again... no need to have consultants push the solution.
But in the end, they are just different models. I've never had the kind of anti MS passion many people have.
Don't look for an "Open Source" job. Look for a "Linux" job or a "Apache/Mysql" job. Or a "PHP" or "Ruby on Rails" job.
And don't waste your time with the paper version of the newspaper. You won't find the high tech jobs there. Go for Monster, Career Builder, craig's list and other online job sites.
Get a PhD. Write more challenging software. Release it open source. Get hired by google if you burn out.
You're a douche. In an economy where many people have been unemployed for so long that they're just dropping out of the workforce altogether, you're fretting over "FUD" because your company did a normal thing and switched products? Get over it. Do you realize how insane you have to be to take platform wars so seriously that you actually quit your job and avoid any other jobs that have anything to do with Microsoft products? For god's sake, get some perspective.
It's pretty clear this guy got fired for being a preachy douche.
Read between the lines..
Platform switches tend to shake out people. There is nothing at all surprising or shocking about this. If he doesn't want to deal with Microsoft crap in his day job, there are plenty of places that are Unix shops. Plenty of places that use Unix also use Linux. All you have to do is search in the places you would usually search.
It's a total non-problem really.
Between the lines, I read that this guy's a douche who doesn't know how to do anything out of his comfort zone. So fucking what that they chose microsoft? It's their decision to make. Every platform has pros and cons. And even if it didn't -- is it his job to chose the platform? Obviously not. So who fucking cares? And what the fuck is "bought into the FUD" supposed to mean?
"Oh no. My management made a platform decision that I don't like. I quit." Then fucking quit you idiot. Go start your own company founded on whatever principles you want and make your own platform decisions then.
If you had to explain to family why you quit your job, do you realize how fucking retarded it sounds to say "I quit because of principles. I refuse to work for a company that buys from Microsoft"
Good for you that you have principles -- but those are fucking stupid principle. Set your priorities. Jeebus Christ this is idiotic.
"Oh no. My management made a platform decision that I don't like. I quit." Then fucking quit you idiot. Go start your own company founded on whatever principles you want and make your own platform decisions then.
He did quit. Why does he have to start his own company when he could work at an existing company that embraces his ideals? Not everyone wants to run their own company, nor should they.
If you had to explain to family why you quit your job, do you realize how fucking retarded it sounds to say "I quit because of principles. I refuse to work for a company that buys from Microsoft"
Good for you that you have principles -- but those are fucking stupid principle. Set your priorities. Jeebus Christ this is idiotic.
There are companies that would embrace him and his ideals. He just doesn't work at one, and judging the fact that he's looking in the newspaper for a new job and not Craigslist, he probably doesn't live in an area where he's likely to find a company that's runs significantly on open source software. Just because you have no ideals surrounding open source, that doesn't mean that no one else should. As for what he tells his family, that's none of your concern - his wife may be a hardcore OSX geek and completely understand.
That said, he's going to run into Microsoft at just about every company in the back office, but there are plenty of companies that use Open Source products for their public facing web sites and in-house tools. For some things, Microsoft is the Right Answer, it's just that MS comes with a lot of baggage and the foot print starts to grow and before you know it, you've got your entire infrastructure on MS and there's so much momentum behind it, it's hard to move off. SaaS is making it easier to not grow a large MS infrastructure to run your business, but even SaaS providers often come with Microsoft dependencies either with MS-only thick clients, or MSIE requirements for full functionality.
He did quit.
Nowhere there does it say he quit, it just says he's decided to seek employment elsewhere, most people will find another job before they quit their current one.
If you had to explain to family why you quit your job, do you realize how fucking retarded it sounds to say "I quit because of principles. I refuse to work for a company that buys from Microsoft"
I wouldn't father children with a woman who doesn't fucking pay attention, and doesn't extrapolate, to begin with. But hey that's just me. Apparently this is more about you and your family or something?
Every platform has pros and cons
So do political systems. You could say that about everything, it's just sophistry filler. Would you say the same to someone in 1940s Germany quitting their job for the Nazi party? "oh, but everything has pros and cons *scratches beard in a wise manner*". Well, so does having priorities other than you, for example.
Now feel free to go nuts over me making that comparison, but you basically say food over principles, and I say that doesn't leave much food in the long run to be used for anything worth a damn. Everybody dies anyway, see heat death of the universe. It's how we spend the time is what makes the only difference. Nobody surives, no memories survive, everything is irrelevant and dust. What matters is wether your soul soars or is tethered to the fears of mediocre people and blind, doomed materialism. That is all there is. But I digress.
Then fucking quit you idiot. Go start your own company founded on whatever principles you want and make your own platform decisions then.
Oh, and maybe ask slashdot for pointers? What exactly is your problem then?
Actually, he said he would seek employment elsewhere. That doesn't mean just up and quit, that usually means you keep working, and send out resumes, take a few days off to interview. That sort of thing. Normal shit that any professional should be doing from time to time anyway, unless he is at a place that he intends to make a career and stay for the retirement package.
Its the best way to make more money and....if the company is going in a direction that you don't want to go...by all means...why not leave?
Even if you like, or dislike, a given technology you can work with it. For example I hate Macs, their enterprise support is shit. However, we have some faculty that use them, so I support them. I've worked out how to integrate them in to our system. I feel we would be better without them, and I'll advocate that, but I'm not a dick about it and I'll work with them.
It's pretty clear this guy got fired for being a preachy douche.
Read between the lines..
Actually, it sounds more like someone else is being the preachy douche. These days, you don't get a business advantage by letting your IBM (or Microsoft) rep run your IT department. Most shops may be primarily Microsoft (or more rarely, primarily open-source), but most successful shops realize that no one solution exists for everything, and thus have little pockets of alternative solutions.
When you flat-out slam the door on alternatives, you also slam the door on opportunities. Better to bail before things get worse.
What the parent said.
I don't know of many jobs who's specialist requirement is knowledge of random software available under open source licenses, other than maybe working for the EFF?
What skills do you have? What commercially used OSS do you have transferable work experience in that other employers want?
I googled 'linux sip job' earlier and got a shit load of relevant positions
Right. I'm not sure if this person actually quit, but irrational decisions like this, in the end, always lead to a disaster. Also, they didn't necessarily switch to MS because of FUD, but maybe because there're advantages, since MS products are better integrated... I used to be a big proponent of open source, but not so much any more.
It doesn't have to be irrational. Au contraire, to me it seems like a perfectly rational decision. The guy is not happy at the job, is it irrational to quit because of that? Happiness or lack thereof is a fact, you don't have to rationalize it for it to be true. People have tastes, wishes, desires, none of this stuff is necessarily driven by rational thought.
stry_cat sounds highly principled and I for one applaud him for it. It's not an easy step to take but it certainly can be the right one. If I were stry_cat I would look to get the new job sorted before quitting the old one, of course. Hopefully that's what they're doing.
As to the question of where to look, why not start with the big players? RedHat, Canonical, IBM, Google all (clearly) make serious use of open source technologies. Outside of pure IT there are plenty of others who do the same: Amazon, eBay,
Fermilab in Batavia, IL is almost a pure Linux shop. If in the area, I'd check there.
You are a dickhead.
His employer switched to a platform he does not have enough knowledge with. He should find a job he can do ASAP. This is normal, happens all the time. I am a linux/unix sysadmin, I do some windows work as well, but I would never take a job were that was my main focus. It is outside my field of expertise, nor do I want to do that job. I will not take a job flipping burgers or digging ditches either.
The economy has nothing to do with it, I am getting 2+ recruiters calling me everyday for the past week. What your skills are matter far more than the economy.
Personally, if my employer switched to something I didn't have experience with I'd take it as an excuse to gain experience with something new while getting paid for it, rather than going "wha wha wha, must find a new job and limit my skill set even more".
Good for you.
Different strokes for different folks. I would not be willing to take the pay cut that comes with going from the Sr guy to a Jr.
I spend 8+ hours a day working, it had better be something I like doing.
The viewpoint expressed in your post is exactly why I can now bill myself as both an Android developer and also an iOS developer.
I'm not in the market for work right now, but you can be sure that I have two pools of jobs to pick from when it comes to mobile development now...
I can now bill myself as both an Android developer and also an iOS developer.
More importantly, as both platforms rise in popularity, any serious employer is going to be looking for a developer who does not one or the other but both. If you had bailed as soon as your company started developing for iOS/Android, you would have found yourself in a difficult position where your skillset did not meet market demand.
You know who is going to be blamed when it all goes pear shaped. You have 10 years of experience in a mainframe product. Do you:
Some of the people posting here obviously think that changing architectures is just a five minute job. Perhaps, given the relatively simple applications on offer, that's the case for phones or tablets (I doubt it, in reality). But, say, a switch from SAP/Oracle to Dynamics for a senior developer? Not so simple.
Exactly. As others have pointed out, there's a lot of information we just don't have.
* What does this guy do? I'm assuming something like a server admin, given the vehement reaction, but he could just as well be a network admin who really doesn't like Microsoft, for all I know.
* What's with the company? I'm assuming they're quite small, or they wouldn't be able to do a 100% MS shop. How big a transition is this for them? Have they been all Linux before? Why the shift?
* More to the point, they either have no
At my last job our team had 6 developers, 4 of us used Linux on a daily basis. The company decided it was going all Windows, we were able to hold out a while but the Linux portions of the environment were getting more and more marginalized.
We all had the option of moving over to the MS side, but frankly if we wanted to work with MS there were better options, and within a year all 4 of us were gone.
A job should be something you enjoy, and if you have the ability to find enjoyment in the tools you use that counts for a lot.
As for those complaining about him looking for a new job while everyone else is struggling with unemployment... Well I hear there's about to be an opening for someone willing to work with Windows.
If he has a hard job finding an open source job, then he lacks the skills that are in demand. Technology evolves and you must adapt your skills if you still want to be relevant.
The submitter didn't say "he does not have enough knowledge with" Microsoft products.
What the submitter said was:
My company has bought into the FUD and is going 100% Microsoft. Rather than work in this environment and be continuously at odds with upper management, I have decided to seek employment elsewhere.
The submitter literally states that he is going to leave his job solely because he doesn't want to work with Microsoft products. He says nothing about not having the knowledge and skill needed. His decision is based solely on management choosing MS over a FLOSS solution.
You are not just assuming things, you are putting words in other people's mouths.
> Can't people just use whatever software fits their needs?
Um, isn't that why he quit? They decided to go "100%" MS, which means they are no longer going to evaluate the software and find the right solution, they will just pick MS. He didn't say they replaced Postgres with Access, or that they want people to use IE instead of Chrome. He said that they just BANNED all non-Microsoft software.
So no, at his current job, he cannot use whatever software fits his needs. That's why he wants a new job.
Well, for one it sounds like he's still employed, if he had just rage quit that would be different. If you don't want to be a Microsoft admin, why stay in an all-Microsoft shop? As long as you feel the new job is as secure as the old one - which may be very low - there's nothing wrong with moving sideways as long as you've got the new job lined up before you leave your old one. He's just not finding the jobs he expected. As he said open source and not Linux servers, I'm guessing he's a developer. And his pr
You're a douche. In an economy where many people have been unemployed for so long that they're just dropping out of the workforce altogether, you're fretting over "FUD" because your company did a normal thing and switched products? Get over it. Do you realize how insane you have to be to take platform wars so seriously that you actually quit your job and avoid any other jobs that have anything to do with Microsoft products? For god's sake, get some perspective.
You make a good troll, but the point is right on. Is MS stuff really so hard to wrap your head around that you had to pull the ripcord? If you are right that MS products in general are harder to maintain, then guess what THAT IS THE BUSINESS TO BE IN. Think about this, Mr. I'm So Fucking Smart, if you are right that FOSS products are a dream come true and they work as soon as the key is turned, you are going to have a pretty damn hard time convincing someone to bother keeping you on the payroll. Get an in-demand skill (some of them are in FOSS, most are not) and stick with it. If you are set on being a sysadmin type person, you either need to know old school unix (for those companies still kicking their legacy systems down the road) or you need to know MS (for any modern company of decent size.) That's just the way the world is spinning right now.
I don't know what kind of work you do but I for sure would seek other employment if I was asked to do a wholesale move of the systems I work on to Windows. I'd also find other work if my employer told me the only work they had for me next month was mopping the floors.
It isn't beneath me to mop the floor. If they need me to do that *today*, I will. But janitorial work won't move my career in the direction I wish to go so if that's the core work they have for me, it's time to move on.
I feel the same way about managing and/or writing code for Windows systems.
If you are professional, you get the job done instead of complaining how something goes against your ideals.
I am really sad that this is being modded up as insightful.
People should work on things they enjoy. The various technologies out there are so close to equivalent that it's more a matter of what you and your team (including partner companies, etc.) are familiar with and personal aesthetics than any real technical advantage--WIMP/LAMP/C#+MSSQL/Python+Oracle, there's really very little difference in what you can accomplish.
But, I have a personal aversion to Python. I just don't like semantic whitespace--maybe
Why, there are plenty of open source jobs! Just last week I started working in Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
Come join me, and bring your friends. We're having a tea party later.
Are you looking for a company developing something, which is to be released under an open source licence?
Or to support open source platforms, irrespective of what the company itself does?
Are you looking for employment, rather than offering consultancy services / self-employed? If you have expertise with particular open source platforms, are there jobs available to work with those platforms — even if the companies in question do not realise that they are open source?
Could you be looking for jobs where the company wants a solution which does [x], and is not worried how you get to [x] as long as you are on time and on budget, and so would be amenable to an open source solution?
Dunno if Hot Linux Jobs is still around, but that would be where I'd start looking.
Personally, I've been doing ruby on rails development for about four years now, and I haven't had to touch proprietary code in as many years. Development platform is linux or OSX, and 100% the software stack is open source.
This is just my personal anecdote, but I think you'll have success working on open source if you find an open source platform that's actually used by your company. (Duh, I know right?)
I was thinking a similar thing, though a different list:
1. Where do you live
2. Where are you willing to relocate to
Other important questions (you should be asking yourself these):
d. are you willing to move?
e. does it have to be OSS, or just a more open-minded culture?
f. why is OSS so important to where you work?
Pretty hard to find. Microsofts tentacles are everywhere and even the shops that are as much open source as possible, get infected somehow. We're pretty much a Debian shop, but accounting needed a Windows 2008 server for their proprietary accounting package and left and right there were supporting servers for little tasks where it was best suited. However, now developers are requesting a MSSQL server for a real production platform. Why? I don't know... Doesn't make much sense.
Pure open source jobs are
The beer is good and there are jobs.
http://www.careerjet.sg/linux-jobs.html [careerjet.sg]
No matter how nice and clean and safe a country is, if it has laws like that, IMO it's a shithole.
Call it "the cloud", call it "software as a service" or call it "managed services" -- or just call it "running a web site". Companies that run services tend to use a lot of OSS.
You'd be *using* OSS software (Apache, memcached, Google Java libs, MySQL, all that kind of thing), and you'd be likely to be adapting it. Depending on the company, you might have to fight a bit if you want to contribute back to the OSS projects in a significant way.
Try IBM... then once you're in, work on getting moved to the
It's pretty obvious the OP isn't experienced, isn't mature and isn't resourceful - in that light, the knee-jerk reaction makes perfect sense.
Inexperienced: Anyone with more than entry-level experience in their work would at least have some idea of competing companies in their industry and would also have some notions about how to contact those companies to ask about jobs whether advertised or not. They would also know that, when asking for help from complete strangers, being as clear and detailed as possibl
The entire setup seems bogus.
If you don't want to work with Microsoft products, there's plenty of room for you out there. Dice and Monster are full of such jobs.
The idea that you can't find any seems like some sort of lame attempt at propaganda.
(speaking as a pure F/OSS user at home and any other chance I get)
I work in a large but otherwise nameless company. They picked up "linux" on my resume, gave me and interveiw and hired me without any real certs based on my linux knowledge.
I get a lot of emails looking for ei
The Mozilla Foundation is hiring. They even have a billboard on 101 near San Francisco: "Work for mankind, not for the man".
Most of the hosting, "cloud", data mining, and data warehousing industry is Linux based. The infrastructures of the big players like Google and Facebook are all Linux. Once you get off the desktop, Microsoft isn't dominant.
...most of the times, it's the Open Source job that will look for you. Create or join interesting projects. Let you skills shine. If you're good, someone will ask you if you're interested in applying for a job with them.
I've seen tons of Drupal, HTML 5, jQuery and jQuery Mobile job openings (those are all "open source" if you will).
It also seems that at least in the past few weeks the number of job hunters that have been contacting myself and co-workers has increased, which is hopefully a good sign for my unemployed brother and sister college grads...
I have some serious reservations about responding to this, but so many red lights go off:
-What employer would hire someone who makes rash decisions based on emotion? You're not Steve Jobs.
-Considering the number of Fortune 500 companies that use Microsoft technology, I can tell you the decision upper management has taken is not just on FUD. Just as a way to put a check on your assumptions, revisit the company you have left in five years. Are they still in business? Did they grow? My guess is that moving to Microsoft was a business decision as much as a technology decision. There are pros and cons to all these vendors and ideologies. You want to stake your paycheque on it, don't blame the industry or others.
-The biggest error I see here is, regardless of why you wanted to leave...you were getting a paycheque. Storming off without securing your next employment hurts nobody but yourself. Unless you are in a position where you are being abused, taken advantage of, subjected to unsafe working conditions...why would you leave first? Being unemployed makes you that much more undesirable to any potential employer.
-Sunday classifieds? What are you, some sort of dinosaur? Even my non-technology friends do not "start" with the classifieds.
I'll just end with my personal feeling that perhaps you are the one who is under the influence of FUD. I've worked in Linux shops, shops with various Unix flavours HPUX/AIX/Solaris (even SCO back in the day when they weren't just patent trolls,) Apple and Microsoft shops. As technologists, we're pretty adaptable. I'd never take my personal preferences on vendors as the limiting factor on choice of employment.
Best of luck to you.
First, put together a resume of your marketable skills. Then contact recruiters in the region you would like to work in (they can often be found via LinkedIn, careerbuilder, etc.). Research potential employers. Do not go into interviews to discuss "open source" or your philosophy, go in with the intention of leveraging your skills to deliver real value to the organization.
"Open Source" covers a lot of area. Are you a C/C++/Java/Whatever language-de-jour developer, a system administrator, a web developer, a network engineer,
I've been everything from a developer to a sysadmin, an engineer to an architect. While I have worked in environments heavily biased toward Linux and Open Source (management burned by too many orphaned 3rd party libraries and apps), in my experience most environments are heterogenous, and will have some combination of Windows & Linux Desktops, Linux and Solaris servers, with a smattering of Windows servers. One environment I've worked in was heavily biased toward Windows on the server side, and while they lived to regret it, they did not change direction as a result. The reality is you cannot dictate platforms, and your recommendations should be driven by value to the business, not personal bias or philosophy, however galling you may at times find that to be.
You'll be surprised what you can find in the major markets. Seattle, for instance, often has lots of jobs asking for some experience with Linux.
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Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is unconcerned that jazz musicians lack the popularity of mainstream artists.
"I chose to play this music, and I accept all the things that come with that, good, bad and indifferent," he has said.
For those who envy the success of other musicians, Marsalis offers this advice: "Just shut up and play."
Marsalis' career is hardly lacking in success, however. He's collected three Grammy awards, was nominated for a Tony, and last year was named a Jazz Masters fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts, as were his father and three younger brothers.
Marsalis will appear at the Schuster Center in downtown Dayton on Sunday as part of a tour promoting a new release by his quartet. The record features pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner.
Marsalis offered high praise for the members of his band.
"When you hire people who you feel are talented, 95 percent of the time, they're gonna play the right thing," he said. "They know, and they've listened to enough music to know what's gonna make the song work, and you just wait a second, and they'll hook it up. They always do."


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Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List
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And, now, it's gone even further, so that non-sex-offenders can be put on the list. A law passed a few years back says that sex-offender lists must also include those convicted of "kidnapping or falsely imprisoning minors." Again, if you've done one of those things, you certainly deserve to be punished, but should you be put on a sex offender list? A guy who was convicted of "false imprisonment" of a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, during a drug bust gone bad, was added to the sex offender listings in Georgia and he sued to be taken off the list. However, the Georgia Supreme Court has said that it's perfectly legal to put non-sex-offenders onto a sexual offender list.
Again, no one is saying folks like this shouldn't be punished for their crimes -- but this goes beyond punishment for the crime he committed. And the really bad thing is that including all of these other offenses on such a registry dilutes the power and value of any such registry. The purpose behind such a list was supposedly to alert neighbors to be aware -- but when you expand the list to include all sorts of people who are of no risk at all to children, it takes such a list away from its very purpose.


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WARRENSBURG, MO (Sept. 25, 2013) – As part of a continued effort to update university housing facilities and to create a comfortable living environment that meets the needs of University of Central Missouri students, the Board of Governors on Sept. 20 approved the purchase of new furniture for use in several key residence halls. The improvement is just part of ongoing efforts to upgrade campus student housing that will include by fall 2015 the opening of the new 320-bed mixed use student housing-retail facility.
The university plans to spend $430,780 to purchase new furniture for student rooms in South Yeater, South Todd, and Diemer residence halls, as well as one wing of the Fraternity Complex and one floor of the University Conference Center. Based on action taken by the board, KLN Furniture in Overland Park, Kan., will provide 675 desks, 341 dressers, 689 beds, and shipping an installation for the housing improvements.
Patrick Bradley, director of housing and dining services, said University Housing will order the furniture this spring. Installation will take place sometime after commencement ceremonies in May 2014.
A student survey determined both the need for furniture replacement and student preferences regarding the types of furniture needed. Student leaders were also included in the evaluation process.
In addition to the new furniture purchase, recent improvements at UCM residence halls have included window replacement, interior renovation in certain halls, and new roofing.
"We started replacing furniture throughout our residence hall system in 2009, and this will basically finish up the whole system," Bradley said.
Although this furniture will not be used in the new mixed-use housing facility, the university continues to make preparations for work to begin on the new structure. The first new student housing complex to be constructed at UCM in many years, this facility will provide a front door to the Warrensburg downtown area on the northwest side of campus overlooking Audrey J. Walton Stadium. It will include rooms for upper-class students, University Store, Starbuck's coffee shop, and other dining facilities.
According to University President Charles Ambrose, "The learning environment is enhanced with the living environment for students." Therefore, the new mixed-use housing facility and other residence hall improvements are consistent with the new Learning to a Greater Degree contract for student completion. They will help enhance the co-curricular learning environment, which contributes to student success.
To help ensure students graduate on time, the contract requires new freshman students entering the university this fall to reside in the residence halls for the first two years of their educational experience. Other institutions which have this same residential requirement have experienced increases in overall student retention and academic success.


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Two young women are confirmed dead after being swept away in flood waters at Dantzler and Alumni Drive in Lexington.
In Jessamine County, authorities say a woman died after her truck ran into high flood waters on Little Hickman Road near Brumfield Road.
*All Fayette County schools events for today, including football games, are cancelled.
*The Explorium's Museum-Go-Round is still going on in Victorian Square.
*E.G. Plummer cross country meet in Danville has been cancelled.
*Pax Christi Catholic Church alter server retreat day has been cancelled.
*The World Chicken Festival car show at South Laurel High School has been cancelled.
*The Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center volunteer training for today has been cancelled.
*The U.K. College of Law trial competition for today has been cancelled.
*The North View Baptist Church fall festival has been cancelled.
*Epilepsy Walk at the Kentucky Horse Park has been cancelled.
*Demolition Derby at Lakeview Park in Franklin County scheduled has been canceled.
*Gainesway Day on Centre Parkway is cancelled.
*Picnic with the Pops in Lexington has been cancelled and rescheuled for October 1st.


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Pittsburgh -- Robert Morris University and Duquesne University will host the Pittsburgh Professional NAWMBA (National Association of Women MBAs) Chapter Launch Event at the Duquesne University Power Center on Wednesday, July 29. The chapter is dedicated to enhancing the career development of local women in business through networking events and leadership development. The event will feature guest speaker, Julie Caponi, vice president of Global Audit, Alcoa. The chapter is also asking local professionals to participate in the "Drive for 5" membership challenge. This challenge involves bringing five individuals who share NAWMBA's values to the chapter launch meeting.
NAWMBA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering women in business. In order to accomplish this mission, NAWMBA focuses their efforts in four key areas: education, professional development, networking, and collaboration. Since its establishment, NAWMBA has been rapidly growing by launching affiliate chapters across the United States. Pittsburgh is the 11th city-based professional chapter.
The Pittsburgh Professional Chapter will host networking and career development events and activities, providing ongoing opportunities to enhance the leadership and business skills of local business women. Their primary service project will be to provide financial and in-kind services to support the Pittsburgh Women's Shelter. You do not need an MBA to become a member of this group or attend this event; all business and professional women (and men) are welcome. For more information, contact NAWMBA –Pittsburgh Professional Chapter President, Stefanie McNansky at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Europa League
Rodgers defends Suarez, insists tie not over
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will not give up hope in the Europa League despite his side's 2-0 defeat in their last-32, first-leg clash against Zenit St Petersburg.
Second-half goals from Hulk and Sergei Semak put the Russian side in a commanding position going into next week's return leg at Anfield.
But Rodgers told ITV4: "If we can be solid defensively as a group, we know we can create the chances to score. The next goal is vital for us, if we get the next goal it opens up the tie.
"We're very disappointed to have lost the game. After that opening spell, when they had too much space, I thought it was a near-on perfect away performance.
"We had chances to score and should have been in front, and we were defensively solid. So to concede the two goals in the last 20 minutes, especially the second one, was disappointing.''
The bulk of those chances fell to Luis Suarez, who failed to convert an early one-on-one chance after Nicolas Lombaerts' error and also backheeled wide from inside the six-yard box.
"He could have had a hat-trick by half-time,'' Rodgers said. "It just wasn't his night but he's been brilliant for us all season. The important thing is that after his first one-on-one, he kept going and was still in there.''


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The new runway and terminal expansion project will not only allow for more flights, it also creates more space for art.
So, the Broward County Public Art and Design Committee is looking for an artist, or perhaps artists, in residence.
And the art is supposed to be about the airport construction project itself.
Beth Ravitz is a visual artist who lives in Fort Lauderdale and veteran creator of projects through Arts In Public Places.
She's also a Committee member and she stopped by the WLRN-Miami Herald studios to give interested artists some ideas of what the county is looking for in airport art.
If you're feeling creative and want to apply, go to http://www.broward.org/Arts/PublicArt/Documents/Calls/ArtistResidency2012.pdf


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The Tale Of The Prodigal Glove
In middle school and high school, I played first base and left field. When I was stationed at first, I used a Rawlings RFM14 (Wally Joyner signature model). I Iiked it. It was a good glove. In fact, it helped me set a school record for consecutive put outs without an error in 8th grade at old College Place Middle School.
Here, in the only known picture of me during one of my high school baseball games…
…you can see me wearing my trusty RFM14 while watching my buddy, Jason, warm up.
Back in 1991, I went to Spring Training. For the final spring training game of the year, the Mariners let me be their bat boy for the day — a Mariners win over the Cubs behind the pitching of Randy Johnson and hitting of Ken Griffey, Jr. That day, the much-loved Harold Reynolds actually used my RFM14 to warm up before the game. So, it was definitely a good glove with a rich history.
Then came 1994 and my playing days were finished. But for some of my lucky friends, there was more organized baseball to be played. A contingent of my best friends went on to play at junior colleges and a couple four-year universities. One of those guys was my good friend since Sherwood Elementary School, Brian "The Amazing Speed" O'Neal. "The Amazing Speed" was a joke nickname in 5th grade. Later on, one of the guys would bestow upon Brian the nickname "Butch," and for me it has stuck.
Anyway, Butch went on to play college ball in Oregon. He was a pitcher, and later a first basemen. With my playing days behind me, it made sense for me to loan my trusty RFM14 to Butch. And so, I did.
Fast forward 15 years to Monday, December 7, 2009. Butch and I have exchange thed occassional email and we spoke briefly on the phone once this past season. But for the most part, we've been out of contact for probably 12-13 years. But on Monday my wife called me at work to inform me, "You received a package in the mail today…from Brian O'Neal!"
Alarms instantly went off in my head. "Oh, my god," I thought, "ITS MY GLOVE!"
Although I have never made any effort to retreive my glove or ever really been concerned about getting it back, I've never forgot about that glove. It has crossed my mind from time-to-time as the years have passed.
Could this really be the day? I didn't know why else Butch would be sending me a package.
Colleen asked if she could open the package.
"No way," I responded! "How big is it?"
"Like a package from Amazon.com," she replies.
"Hmm…" Now, I'm not so sure.
On the drive home after work, I continue thinking. Brian and I made a bunch of home "movies" — most notably, "The Hound Of The Edmondsville" — when we were…hmm…sophomores, I'd guess. Maybe this Amazon.com sized box was a VHS copy of the "'Brian & Todd: Come Jam With Us" video we shot at the little kid hoops at Sherwood? That seemed more the size of an Amazon.com box.
Finally, I walk into the house and see the box. "Hey, that seems glove sized," I though. I shook the box like it was a birthday or Christmas gift. "Hmmm…that doesn't seem very glove'ish. And it does sort of have a video cassette'ish sound to it."
Colleen walked in and I declared to her that "I have two ideas of what this is…otherwise, I have no clue."
And, Butch included a note:
That's just too funny…and thoughtful. I'm sure he figured I had given up on any thought of ever seeing the glove again. So it was very cool of him to take the time (and postage) to send it across the country to me.
Anyway, I was pretty excited to see my old friend again. I did some inspecting and found that the years hadn't been kind…so, after typing out a quick "thank you" email to Butch, Tim and I headed to "The Baseball Store," our local Rawlings outlet. I decided the glove could use some new laces, and I figured that it would be fun to do them in dark green, which is the primary color of our high school baseball team.
Here are some photos from the last twenty four hours.
As you can see in the upper left, the sewn connection at the top of the webbing tore off. Hopefully Butch didn't take a hard liner to the eye due to that. I had to fix that and, as you can see at the bottom right, it now looks much better.
Here are some comparison shots of the back of the glove…
Although Brian's "fix" was creative, I think mine will hold up a little bit better.
Finally, you can see that my old friend was a little tired and flat from his 15 year journey…
…but it was nothing a new set of lacing couldn't fix. Now, he's standing at attention…just waiting to dig a low throw out of the dirt.
Its good to have my old friend home again.


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By Michael Aneiro
Junk bonds tend to have a lot in common with equities, and both have had good years in 2013. But for junk bonds it's really only been a good year in a comparative sense: they're up 6.35% on average in a year when the Barclays Aggregate index is down 1.27%. Meanwhile the Dow is up 19% and the S&P is up 22.5%. So really it's not even a contest.
Citi uses the occasion of its latest bond market roundup report to look more closely at how junk bonds have failed to keep pace with stocks, homing in on junk bond spreads, or their yields versus similarly dated Treasury bonds:
Despite a solid year, high yield returns pale in comparison to equity returns and default-adjusted spreads remain wide to historical precedent. Why has the equity rally failed to compress spreads? The equity market rallied 10% since early May and the P/E ratio expanded 1.2x, yet high yield spreads are actually wider over this period.
One commonly-cited cause for wide high yield spreads is an artificially low Treasury curve. The implication here is that as Treasury rates rise, spreads can naturally tighten. Unfortunately this hasn't played out either. Since early May, the 5-year Treasury yield is up 60bp but high yield spreads are wider.
Citi says there are other factors at work, "perhaps a lack of liquidity related to regulatory and monetary policy." Until those factors are resolved, Citi says it doesn't see high yield spread tightening materially from here. But such wide spreads still make junk bonds attractive to compared to investment-grade alternatives, Citi says.
Checking the big high-yield exchange-traded funds today, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) closed down 4 cents at $92.87, and theSPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) finished down 1 cent at $40.46.


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Matt Duchene and Paul Stastny each had a goal and an assist for Colorado, which improved to 6-2-1 at home.
The game had added intrigue when it was announced before the opening faceoff that the Flames had signed restricted free agent Ryan O'Reilly to an offer sheet. While Calgary was taking a 2-0 lead early in the first period, the Avalanche announced they had matched the offer and were keeping the 22-year-old forward.
TSN in Canada reported the deal was for $10 million over two years, including a $2 million signing bonus.
Calgary general manager Jay Feaster said the decision to put forth an offer sheet came after he tried to trade for O'Reilly.
"We had extensive trade discussions with Colorado but felt the price to acquire the player via trade was too steep," he said. "We felt it would negatively impact our future, so we made the decision to go ahead with the offer sheet. We tried to structure it in a way that we felt would give us a better chance to get him."
Jarome Iginla scored twice and Jay Bouwmeester and Mike Cammalleri each had a goal for the Flames, who had won seven straight in Denver and earned at least one point in eight consecutive games at Colorado.
The excitement off the ice was nearly matched on it.
Iginla made it 3-0 late in the first before Ryan O'Byrne and David Jones scored goals early in the second to cut it to 3-2.
Iginla's second late in the period made it a two-goal game again, but Landeskog made it 4-3 just 23 seconds into the third.
It was Landeskog's first goal since Jan. 22. He missed 11 games with a head injury.
Six minutes later, Stastny knocked in Landeskog's rebound to tie it. Duchene scored the winner when he tipped in a centering pass from Jamie McGinn 10:52 into the third.
Joey MacDonald stopped 31 shots for the Flames. Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves for Colorado.
Avalanche 5, Flames 4
Calgary 3 1 0--4
Colorado 0 2 3--5
First Period -- 1, Calgary, Bouwmeester 4 (Baertschi, Hudler), 4:28. 2, Calgary, Cammalleri 6 (Stempniak, Begin), 5:01. 3, Calgary, Iginla 4 (Stajan, Hudler), 19:06. Penalties -- Iginla, Cal (goaltender interference), 1:11; Hejda, Col (roughing), 13:43.
Second Period -- 4, Colorado, O'Byrne 1 (Duchene, Parenteau), 5:11. 5, Colorado, D.Jones 3 (Landeskog, Stastny), 9:54. 6, Calgary, Iginla 5 (Hudler, Tanguay), 13:16 (pp). Penalties -- Giordano, Cal (high-sticking), :23; O'Byrne, Col (delay of game), 5:30; Bordeleau, Col (charging), 12:38; Smith, Cal (holding), 18:02.
Third Period -- 7, Colorado, Landeskog 2 (Hejda), :23. 8, Colorado, Stastny 5 (Landeskog, D.Jones), 6:34. 9, Colorado, Duchene 7 (McGinn, Parenteau), 10:52. Penalties -- Bouwmeester, Cal (high-sticking), 2:45; O'Brien, Col (roughing), 12:48; O'Brien, Col (holding stick), 15:16; Cervenka, Cal (high-sticking), 19:42.
Shots on Goal -- Calgary 11-7-5--23. Colorado 8-15-13--36.
Power-play opportunities -- Calgary 1 of 5; Colorado 0 of 5.
Goalies -- Calgary, MacDonald 3-3-1 (36 shots-31 saves). Colorado, Varlamov 6-8-2 (23-19).


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Nigel Adkins' men took the lead midway through the first half thanks to a Gaston Ramirez strike before the visitors levelled through a Guly Do Prado own goal less than 10 minutes later.
But, after seeing his side hold their own against the Gunners to earn a point, Schneiderlin reiterated his belief that Southampton have enough quality to stay in the Premier League.
He told reporters: "We knew before the game that it was going to be a very tough game. We knew that we would need to keep our position and that we need to keep a good shape and we did that. We were unlucky with the goal we conceded, but we put in a good shift. We give everything for each other.
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Schneiderlin's team-mate Jack Cork, who performed admirably in an unfamiliar right-back role, echoed the former Strasbourg man's sentiments and expressed satisfaction with recent results.
He said: "It was a good point. We could have nicked it towards the end. We had Stoke last week, everyone's worked really hard. It's been a busy Christmas period but we've got some points and done alright.
"Our aim was to be out of the bottom three by Christmas, and we've done magnificently to get out of there. Hopefully we can keep there during the rest of the season."


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Researchers know that many mammals can adjust the ratio of male and female young depending on the surrounding conditions at the time of conception but how precisely this is accomplished remains a matter for debate. A recent study carried out with equine embryos by Christine Aurich, DVM, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, has provided important information on how the survival of female embryos could be enhanced under conditions that would otherwise tend to favor the birth of males.
According to the team, because of the process involved in sperm cell formation, there should be an equal chance that a mammalian egg will be fertilized by "male" sperm, carrying a Y chromosome, as by a "female" sperm, carrying an X chromosome. The symmetry of the system ensures that roughly the same number of males and females are born, which is helpful for the species' long-term survival. Surprisingly, though, many mammals do not produce equal numbers of male and female offspring.
The discrepancy could theoretically be explained by differential fertilization efficiencies of male and female sperm (Y chromosomes are smaller than X chromosomes so perhaps male sperm can swim faster) or by different rates of survival of male and female fetuses in the uterus. It might seem as though male embryos are better able to survive under conditions of high energy intake, but how does this work?
Jana Beckelmann, a PhD candidate in Aurich's laboratory, recently published evidence that a particular protein, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) might somehow be involved. From an examination of about 30 equine embryos, Beckelmann noticed that during early pregnancy (between eight and twelve days after fertilization) the level of messenger RNA encoding IGF1 was approximately twice as high in female embryos as in male embryos.
The difference could relate to the fact that female embryos have two X chromosomes, which might produce more of a factor required for the expression of the IGF1 gene (which is not encoded on the X chromosome) than the single X chromosome in males is able to generate. Beckelmann also confirmed that the IGF1 protein was present in the embryos, confirming that the messenger RNA is actually translated to protein.
IGF1 is known to have important functions in growth and to inhibit apoptosis, or programmed cell death. As IGF1 treatment of cattle embryos produced in vivo (in the live horse) improves their survival, it is likely that the factor has positive effects on the development of the early embryo in the horse. So why should female embryos contain more of the factor than males?
Early pregnancy losses are unusually high in the horse and it is believed that female embryos are especially prone to spontaneous abortion. Male embryos are known to be better able to survive under high glucose concentrations, so well-nourished mares preferentially give birth to male foals.
Beckelmann says, "We think the higher IGF1 concentrations in female embryos might represent a mechanism to ensure the survival of the embryos under conditions that would otherwise strongly favor males." If this is so, the ratio of the sexes in horses could be the result of a subtle interplay between environmental and internal factors, including insulin-like growth factor-1.
The paper, "Sex-dependent insulin like growth factor-1 expression in preattachment equine embryos," has been accepted for publication in the journal Theriogenology and will appear in print in the issue of January 1, 2013 (Volume 79, Issue 1, 1 January 2013, pp. 193-199). The abstract is available online.
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NoiseAlthough Thurston Moore has compared noise rock to the NYC punk scene of the '70s, the foundations of the genre reach much farther back than the Ramones. Some would include Hendrix, the Stooges, and certainly the Velvet Underground among the most important influences of a genre that counts atonality and dissonance as two of its identifying artistic tenants.
The 1980s saw the genre explode with Chicago's Jesus Lizard and Big Black, Sonic Youth out of NYC, and Pittsburgh's instrumental math rockers Don Caballero all rising to legendary status within a genre that continues to evolve and thrive.


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After a 2011 survey reported Binghamton was the most depressing city in the country, McGinnis Miller didn't believe it.
"I just hope people realize Broom County is a great place to live," said Miller.
The ninth-grader mixed her love of nature and Broome County by creating BroomeQuest – a family friendly scavenger hunt.
The quest tours hikers through the county trails while combining fitness with local history. The hope is to keep the county fit and informed.
Throughout the county, 25 small boxes are hidden on trails. Inside the box is a log book and a stamp.
Miller said each hidden stamp has an emblem that celebrates the county's history.
"It's great to be out in nature and you can also find the BroomeQuest that show something great about Broome County," said Miller.
For example, one stamp has a carousel horse emblem, honoring the Carousel Capital of the World.
She earned the highest honor from the Girl Scouts of the USA for the project: The Gold Award.
Since November, more than 500 hikers have taken part in BroomeQuest totaling more than 1,000 miles traveled.
"It helps people's health to be walking and it also helps the parks get used more," said Miller.
As the weather starts to warm, Miller said she expects more hikers to take part in her quest.
Watch the complete report by clicking here.
Have you gone on BroomeQuest yet? Share your Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award projects with us!


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The Theater of Foodservice
How to create the sights, scents and sounds to make the sale.
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Unfortunately for foodservice operators, it's not always taste that sells—at least not at first.
The law of acquisition requires that a customer must first be swayed to buy your food before he or she can actually taste its worth. Fortunately, we humans often eat with our emotions rather than any sort of logic. That's why effective merchandising is paramount to making the foodservice sale.


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I had the same thing happen at my current job, a while back - and I just filled in the important stuff, and skipped the hobbies, kids and spouse information. No one said a word.
I would run his request by HR. It is possible just asking for this information is a violation. (Something very similar happened at the last place I work, and it caused a big brouhaha)
That's odd info to request at work, except for maybe spouse info for emergencies. I'd send an email back asking "why is this onfoneeded? Who specifically needs of? Where will it be store? Who will have access?" Then I'd decline participation.
I'd likely phrase my first response similar to 'There's a lot of personal information requested here; which sections are mandatory and which are optional? How does the county plan to use the optional information? Thanks!'
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An alien game that'd be good. I've been playing AS since it was released and am loving it.
My son is playing AS right now with a few of his friends. I yelled over "hey did you know that AS can be...." "yeah yeah, played as a FPS.. it sucks"
And it does suck. The aliens spawn too far out to react to your increased visibility, the hacking screens don't seem to respond, and the graphics are low-poly and blurry when viewed up close. The game is very atmospheric with the overhead view. The controls do take a few minutes to become comfortable with, but they work well enough. There's no need to turn the game into something it's not. There are already enough FPS on the market, leave Alien Swarm alone.
As a note on alien FPSes, Natural Selection 2 enters playable alpha in 5 days. I'm itching with excitement!
This story has shown me a terrifying game.
But not the one it indicated.
What the hell?
Spend some cyber modules on the psionic 'Enhanced Motion Sensitivity' ability.
I bought it a while back while trying to track down the last of the damned red eggs in the Von Braun nacelle. It's amazing how quickly a radar screen turns one of the most atmospheric games of the late 90s into a rather pedestrian shooter.
An inordinate amount of attention for simple game. In other headline news, Starcraft 2 can be played as anything, thanks to a gnarly editor.
One big reason for all the attention is that Valve has released the full source and SDK alongside it. Mods haven't started rolling in yet, but there are sure to be quite a few.
I'm sure SC2's editor is great, though.
I doubt it, Aliens are constantly coming from all directions including from behind and catch up in seconds or even fractions of seconds, particularly in the harder difficulties.
also constantly maintaining the optimum strategic positions relative to your teammates is a necessarily in Insane mode, and it only takes running in front of your team mate while they file a few times to kill you.
That being said it would be easier to shoot in the z dimension, in the rare instances that it is necessary.
and their is nothing really nothing i have not mentioned about the game that makes FP view harder then top down.
So it would be more then possible, at least at easier difficulties, but I think that insane mode would be near impossible if not totally impossible.
But then some people could just be very stilled at FP squad based tactics and make it work perfectly fine, but then their are a lot more pope playing FPSes then top down shooters.
"In fact, it poses the potential to make the game easier for people who would've otherwise struggled with the overhead view."
I do not think their is any other way to read this quote...
That being said it would be easier to shoot in the z dimension,
Although it is of course relative, you probably mean the y dimension. You always shoot in the z dimension, unless you put someone else directly in front of your gun. Try it at home, you'll see!
and it only takes running in front of your team mate while they file a few times to kill you
I know file folder papercuts hurt but DAMN. That gives me the chills just thinking about it!
Not abstract enough...
Oi, why did I have to check that out? I'm all dizzy and nauseous, and frustrated at my low score!
Don't play that after a night of drinking, reopened the headache before I could stop...fun though
Holy FUCK
I've play a LOT of Tetris in my day, that's gotta be the hardest variant!
...Space Invaders as a first person shooter. The original alien swarm.
Space Invaders FPS FAQ:
Why is the screen blank?
The Space invaders are 2 Dimensional, and you're viewing them from the side. Good Luck.
I keep dying. What's going on?
We already covered that. The Space Invaders are essentially invisible now. Only elite space defenders can win this game from muscle memory learned in the early 80's. You're not one of them.
Why not script it? I guess you just have to do everything yourself.
// povtoggle.cfg
alias "povtoggle" "normalcam"
alias "normalcam" "asw_hide_marine 0; asw_controls 1; thirdperson; alias povtoggle fpscam"
alias "fpscam" "asw_hide_marine 1; firstperson; asw_controls 0; alias povtoggle normalcam"
bind "p" "povtoggle"
// autoexec.cfg
exec fovtoggle.cfg
Just bind p for a handy point-of-view toggle.
I assume that last line was supposed to read 'exec povtoggle.cfg'
Might be important if anyone intends to use it and doesn't bother to read closely.
You assume correctly. You have to exec custom configuration scripts in autoexec.cfg for source games to recognize any aliases, bindings, etc.
Left 4 Dead still isn't available as a Mac title...and now this. Which is completely bizarre, because Alien Swarm was originally available for the Mac; it's based on UT2004...available for, oh, you know, 6 years?
It is a rewrite and based on the Source engine, which has nothing to do with UT2004.
As are Half Life 2 and Portal, both of which are now playable on OSX.
So is Left 4 Dead, yet that isn't available...yet. Presumably because it's not just as easy as clicking "export for Mac".
Left 4 Dead still isn't available as a Mac title...and now this. Which is completely bizarre, because Alien Swarm was originally available for the Mac; it's based on UT2004...available for, oh, you know, 6 years?
Buy a real computer and you can play games. Buy the $400 more expensive hipster "computer" and you can do what Jobs thinks you should be doing.
Left 4 Dead still isn't available as a Mac title...and now this. Which is completely bizarre, because Alien Swarm was originally available for the Mac; it's based on UT2004...available for, oh, you know, 6 years?
Not to worry! I read this on Apple's website:
Leopard is the world's most advanced operating system. So advanced, it even lets you run Windows if there's a PC application you need to use. Just get a copy of Windows and start up Boot Camp, now included with Leopard. Setup is simple and straightforwar
Congratulations on making me laugh with the verbal equivalent of smashing a zombie around the head with its own severed arm. I would also like to bear your children.
FPS games tend to spawn most things in front of you.
Top-down games spawn all around you, because you can see behind you just as well as you can see in front of you.
Looking in only one direction at a time would be crippling.
But since it switches to 800x600 without actually resizing the graphics to such, I can't play it. Nice going Valve.
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The 'Number 1' shirt at Manchester United has been a huge role to fill, since the great Peter Schmeichel ended his Old Trafford career with a magnificent Treble in 1999.
The £505,000 Sir Alex Ferguson paid Brondby for Schmeichel back in 1991 has been described by the United manager in 2000, as the "bargain of the century".
With the exception of Edwin van der Sar, United have not had much luck in the goalkeeper department.
Sir Alex paid a hefty fee of £18.5million for David de Gea in the summer of 2011, putting an end to long speculation surrounding the Atletico Madrid stopper, becoming the replacement for the retiring Van der Sar. Van der Sar was a big influence between the sticks for United, finishing his career with a Champions League Final against Barcelona.
With the praise for De Gea that came from Spain, it seemed that United had secured the signature of a future star, having been at Atletico since the age of 10, and representing Spain at every level from the Under 15s in 2004 right up to the Under 23s in 2012.
With the likes of Iker Casillas and Pepe Reina, he has found it hard to break through into the senior national side, and with the criticism he receives here in England, his chances will continue to be limited.
The latest of De Geas mistakes came at White Hart Lane on the weekend, having punched a clearance to the feet of Aaron Lennon, who provided Clint Dempsey the pass for a late equaliser, and resulting in the lead at the top of the Premier League being cut to 5 points, after an earlier victory for Manchester City.
However, people have almost failed to notice the magnificent display he put in before the late equaliser, denying Spurs on a few occasions in the second half, most notably a one on one save from Dempsey, that saw him diving one way, then having the presence of mind to keep his eye on the ball, and save well with an out stretched leg.
There is no doubting that De Gea still has a lot to learn over here in England, and with the pressures of playing for United, he needs to learn sooner rather than later.
Despite having many critics, the Spaniard is still confident he is the number one at Old Trafford, De Gea said:
"From the moment I signed I considered myself the first-choice keeper at the club but its down to the manager".
Ferguson has rotated his keepers often this season and even with the increased speculation about his future, he went on to say:
"Obviously I have played a few on the bounce now and that's positive. For a goalkeeper its always important to have consistency and be playing regularly".
De Gea still has great potential to become one of the best keepers in the Premier League, but for this to happen he needs to realise that despite some impressive saves, moments like the one at White Hart Lane will bring him under fire for as long as they are costing his side points.
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To begin with I want it understood that I am neither Democrat nor Republican, I'm an independent and I like to think that I'm writing this without political bias.
I also want it understood that I feel sorry for the people, the homes and businesses that were damaged by "Tropical Storm" Sandy. We keep hearing them on television and other places asking for assistance. It has been estimated that the cost of this storm could be as high as $50 billion, 2012 U.S. dollars. Of this $50 billion dollars, the insurance companies stated they will be paying in as much as half of this amount. To put this in perspective, the great Miami hurricane of 1926 caused $105 million in damages at the time, but if an identical storm hit the same region today, costs would exceed $178 billion, more than double that of Katrina. Please remember that Katrina was the No. 2 most costly storm in the U.S.. These were both hurricanes that were rated as category four or five. Sandy was a tropical storm and did not even make the top 10 most damaging storms.
The day after the storm in New Jersey, President Obama flew to New Jersey and went into immediate contact with Gov. Christie and assured him full cooperation of the United States. He also assured him that there would be no delay in the government's reaction to the assistance. In the case of Katrina's Aug. 29, 2005 landfall, it took Pres. George W. Bush four days to interrupt his vacation in Texas and the birthday party that he was giving for Vice President Cheney to go to New Orleans to survey the damage. Even then he was given no assurance of FEMA's cooperation.
I'm not suggesting that the victims of Sandy should not receive assistance. But let's look at the advertisements on television and remember that this was not nearly as costly as Hurricane Katrina. And please, let's stop referring to it as a hurricane. It was downgraded from a category one hurricane, to a tropical storm before it made landfall.
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Chris Carter drives in 5, Astros beat Angels 8-2
Chris Carter drives in 5, Astros beat Angels 8-2Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jerome Williams throws to a Houston Astros batter during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Late in a mostly miserable season, the young Houston Astros are showing some life on the West Coast.
Chris Carter hit a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five runs, and Brad Peacock didn't allow an earned run while pitching into the seventh inning of the Astros' 8-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Robbie Grossman drove in a run and scored during a three-run fifth for the major league-worst Astros (40-81), who have won three of four for the first time since June 18. A rebuilding season is finally paying some dividends for Houston, and it helps to be in Orange County: Houston has won six of eight at the Big A during its first season in the AL West, even sweeping a four-game series in early June.
''I don't know why we do so good against them, but we're playing hard and having fun,'' said Carter, who hit his 23rd homer in the ninth inning. ''I don't even think about (the career high). It's nice to have a game like that and get going again.''
The Astros hadn't won another road series until earlier this week, when they took two of three in Oakland.
Peacock (2-4) earned his first victory since April 10, yielding four hits and two unearned runs while striking out five. The rookie has allowed just four earned runs in 19 1-3 innings over three starts since returning from Triple-A Oklahoma City, but received two hard-luck losses before this gem.
''I had everything tonight,'' Peacock said. ''That's the best I've felt since I got back up here.''
Hank Conger drove in a run during his first multihit game since June 30 for the foundering Angels. They've lost five of six and 15 of 21 overall, including five straight at home.
At least Mike Trout reached base in his 38th straight game, extending the second-longest streak in Angels history. The All-Star outfielder also reached over the left-field fence to steal a homer from Brandon Barnes in the second inning.
''We didn't get many good looks at Peacock,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ''He pitched a strong game into the seventh for them. The few chances we had, we just couldn't get a hit to get us right back into it.''
Grant Green got the first run-scoring hit of his major league career for the Angels, but Jerome Williams (5-9) extended his skid to 11 straight winless starts to open this matchup of the AL West's bottom two teams.
After Carter had a sacrifice fly in the fifth and a run-scoring single in the seventh, he and Matt Dominguez connected off Joe Blanton for the Astros' fourth back-to-back homers this season. Carter has struggled with plate discipline at times in his first full major league season, but he's leading the Astros in homers and RBIs.
''It's nights like this that remind you why you keep putting him in there,'' Houston manager Bo Porter said. ''It's power that can change any game.''
Williams, 0-7 during his winless skid, yielded five hits and four walks before getting chased in the fifth by Jason Castro's bases-loaded walk.
''I don't really feel frustrated at all,'' Williams said. ''Things haven't been going my way, so what can I do? I just have to keep going out there and trying to get people out.''
After four scoreless innings in which Williams had to work much harder than Peacock, Houston finally scored on three straight hits to open the fifth, with Grossman driving in L.J. Hoes. Jose Altuve and Castro then drew walks during difficult plate appearances, with Castro forcing in a run on Williams' 99th pitch.
The Angels chased Peacock with three straight hits, including Green's RBI single. Green, the Anaheim native acquired in a recent trade with Oakland, has been batting over .400 with the Angels, but hadn't driven in a run.
Josh Hamilton went 0 for 4, returning to his miserable home form after the Angels' $125 million slugger went 11 for 29 over the past week.
Angels right-hander Kevin Jepsen left the mound in the seventh after Dominguez's liner hit him in the pitching hand, leaving a bruise.
NOTES: Houston RHP Chia-Jen Lo pitched the ninth, making his seventh straight scoreless appearance to open his major league career. ... The Angels wore their 1989 softball-style jerseys and blue caps on '80s Night at the Big A. ... Los Angeles 1B Albert Pujols is out of the walking boot on his injured left foot, but still doesn't know whether he'll return to the lineup this season. The three-time MVP slugger has said he would return if healthy, even if the Angels' season is essentially over. ... The Angels activated CF Peter Bourjos before the game, ending his second lengthy stint on the disabled list. Bourjos broke his right wrist June 29 against Houston.


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Well, if FTL works, it will have gone back in time to be sooner than that.
E = MC^2 * (1 + ($M - $P ) / L ) + ( Ic/Ir )
E = Energy
M = Mass
C = Speed of light
M = Monster cable
P = PC Warehouse cable
L = Length of cable
Ic = Interval between calibration scheduled
Ir = Interval calibration required
When we remember to include the Denon cable and compensate for its effects, the actual equation comes out to:
E = (MC^2 * (1 + (($M - $P + $D) * $D) / L ) + ( Ic/Ir )) ^ dem
D = Denon cable
dem = number of demons released
When we remember to include the Denon cable and compensate for its effects, the actual equation comes out to:
E = (MC^2 * (1 + (($M - $P + $D) * $D) / L ) + ( Ic/Ir )) ^ dem
D = Denon cable dem = number of demons released
You're failing to account for a crucial divisor: the number of Slashdot members who have had sex with another person (q).
E = ((MC^2 * (1 + (($M - $P + $D) * $D) / L ) + ( Ic/Ir )) ^ dem)/q
The mean, median and mode are all zero. Some of us are outliers in the data, but we must press on. Using this totally scientifically modified formula, my calculations indicate the world will end on December 21, 2012, due to shoddy coding.
If you divide by zero and get zero, you're doing it wrong.
Incidentally, this could also explain the black hole that has mysteriously developed near the French/Swiss border....
Doing measurements like this is extremely tricky, as it exceeds the usual equipment precision by a lot. I expect that confirmation either way will at least require months, possibly years. I would not be surprised if they need to recalibrate a lot of equipment and may have to build some especially for this experiment. Anyways. in the course of doing so, they will learn a lot and the improved measurement techniques developed will be available in the future. This is science at work. I do not find any fault with the researchers, just the press coverage. But the press has never understood how science works or what scientists do.
Extraordinary claims also require extraordinary proof. So the original measurement would not have been enough anyways, even if no flaws were found. I also seem to remember that they never claimed FTL neutrinos, but an effect they could not explain, leaving it open whether this was a measurement error or something not consistent with current physical theory.
Thats exactly what they did.
They released their results and said "we didn't quite yet figure out if there is a problem with our stuff, but here, maybe you guys can find something".
They didn't come out day one and shouted "we have FTL nutrinos, fuck all you bitches in chemisty".
This will require time
And space. And velocity.
I have now exhausted my physics vocabulary. Oh wait, I know "mass", too.
I had physics first period my junior year in high school and the girl who sat next to me wore short skirts. I think that about sums it up.
Extraordinary claims also require extraordinary proof.
That's a good one. I tried to use that line on my first wife. She once tole me she loved me, and I dropped my pants and said, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof". It's the reason I w
But a lot of discoveries border on the measurement error initially, otherwise the discovery would have been made earlier with even cruder instruments.
A 6 sigma is not usually considered bordering on a measurement error. Additionally, this was not an insignificant speed increase. 0.001% of the speed of light is still very fast. 300000m/s give or take.
0.001% of the speed of light is still very fast. 300000m/s give or take.
Take out a couple of more zeroes. It's 3 km/s.
6 sigma is not bordering on experimental error. If you are saying that the distribution of neutrino speeds is such that it is very close to what we would expect if there was a systematic error in the measurement of time of flight, then please show your working (as in, do the stats). Otherwise you are just making shit up. I suspect, given the size of the effect and the absence of a good null to test against, you will have a hard time getting a significant result out of any reasonable equivalence test.
I think that at this point they ought to establish two different links using different technologies, for the data, in parallel, if they can. There they'll be able to say "Oh. now we're not sure which one is correct."
I believe Wizard Tim would say "Three links, I say three. No more and no less is the number." And something about swallows, coconuts, and neutrinos.
"What is the airspeed of an unladen neutrino?"
"What do you mean? Electron or muon?"
"What? I don't kno- WHAAAAAH!"
Regardless of the outcome, there is a good side effect of all this. All the equipment will be checked like crazy. Everything is going to be blueprinted to perfection. We might even advance the whole science of measurement. We might come up with better procedures for QA that could be transferred to other experiments. I hope influential people are taking notes and applying what they learn to other situations.
We might even advance the whole science of measurement.
And metrology, too!
Regardless of the outcome, there is a good side effect of all this. All the equipment will be checked like crazy. Everything is going to be blueprinted to perfection. We might even advance the whole science of measurement. We might come up with better procedures for QA that could be transferred to other experiments.
In teaching engineering, I'm told, part of the experience is learning how engineering projects failed.
Perhaps science needs to include the same. Perhaps we should be teaching why experiments got the wrong result, or why an effect was not detected when it should have been. It could be anything from equipment malfunctions to sampling and interpretation bias.
The problem with science though is that you're usually doing something brand new. The Michaelson-Mauley experiment failed to detect the aether, but in the process revealed something far more fundamental.
There isn't really a broad-ranging way you could teach about "science failures" to people - although I promise you there's a lot of grad. students who are just dying to publish their null results and failures (I'm one of them).
The Michaelson-Mauley experiment failed to detect the aether
I'm hoping you mean the Michelson-Morley experiment here....
Perhaps science needs to include the same.
It does include the same.
Vasquez: [after barely surviving the humilation of a loose fiber-optic cable] Okay. We have several canisters of neutrinos. I say we go back in there and remeasure the whole fuckin' experiment.
Hicks: It's worth the try, but we don't know if that's gonna affect anything.
Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, Mat! What are we even talking about this for?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Hudson: Fuckin' A!
Burke: Hold on a second. This installation h
Yeah. You don't see those neutrinos fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.
The original article is way, way misleading. It makes it sound like the people in CERN are to blame. However, CERN is just the source of the neutrinos. The detectors in the other end is the Gran Sasso lab in Italy. The whole shebang is called the OPERA experiment.
Now, the problem(s) were found in the Gran Sasso side. For a slightly more accurate reporting, see http://profmattstrassler.com/2012/02/24/finally-an-opera-plot-that-makes-some-sense/, especially the first comment.
I, for one, was rooting for FTL. And I thought they'd have a more interesting gravity well or frame of reference mistake.
A loose cable? It's like they've got some out of work audio techs doing their setup.
Yeah, they should have hired an audiophile. They surely know how important high quality cables are.
Suppose, for the sake of argument (I know the chances are between slim and none, I suspect that the speed limit on the universe is to prevent game-breaking exploits of the universe itself) that FTL neutrinos are possible. How fast do they need to travel before you can send messages to the past?
Suppose, for the sake of argument (I know the chances are between slim and none, I suspect that the speed limit on the universe is to prevent game-breaking exploits of the universe itself) that FTL neutrinos are possible. How fast do they need to travel before you can send messages to the past?
One of the interesting things to come out of this is that you can have bi-metric theories [arxiv.org] with superluminal motion and not have causality violations (time travel) or tachyons. Basically, these things happen because you are Lorentz transforming something going faster than light. In a bimetric theory, there are actually two conversions between time and distance (i.e., "light" speeds, although light itself only goes at one of them). Matter is sensitive to one metric, the matter metric (thereby avoiding violati
My understanding, based on talking to clock people who were brought to CERN after publication, is that there was no clock person on the original paper. They had access to some clock people at CERN, who helped set up the GPS measurements, but no clock person invested in the results.
If so, then CERN / OPERA does deserve the bad press they are getting. They should have brought in some experts prior to publication.
Absolute clock synchronization at the nanosecond level is notoriously tricky. (I have professional
This is the best description [profmattstrassler.com] I have seen in English of the debacle (see the first comment).
Crucial bit : We do not know how crooked the plug actually was at the time of our measurements last year. Sub-sequentially we do not know the actual time delay. So, they just don't know.
I'm just a layperson that has an interest in physics and relativity, but what if photons travel slower than neutrinos? There's nothing magical or about photons and relativity doesn't require that they travel at the universal speed limit, does it? I mean they travel 90 km/s slower through air than a vacuum and 180,000 km/s slower through glass. What would happen if you just use neutrino speed instead of light speed for c? Is some of the problem that we have so ingrained in our heads that the "speed of l
There's nothing magical or about photons and relativity doesn't require that they travel at the universal speed limit, does it?
Yes. It does.
Why is it important ? Because it is built into the structure of spacetime as we understand it. It would mean that special relativity was wrong (or, rather, incomplete, as
SR is very solidly tested) and thus, that General Relativity was also incomplete (as it has SR as a limit, and is also well tested). It would also probably mean something similar for Quantum Field Theory, as that is built on top of SR. The ramifications would spread throughout most of physics.
Also, depending on how it occurs, superluminal m
There is a glimmer of hope for interesting new physics.
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