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What are the key performance indicators which you all are using in your company with respect to testers? As with any metric it can easily be skewed as testers and developers will often play to the metric, but are you all successfully utilizing any metrics in your projects? How can one best offset people working only towards these metrics? How do you balance these metrics between testers who automate, and those who do exploratory testing?
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There are several things that you need to remember before starting this task:
Keeping the above in mind, I would suggest dividing your task into the following categories:
We have been using this model described briefly above for more than 5 years for now and we have achieved several benefits including achieving relatively low resources turnover and the fact that most of the team members feel that building an increasing on their skills falls in parallel with enriching their resumes.
However, if your question refers more to measuring or grading the outputs of your team members, then consider understanding the quality of the delivery of the team member outputs after ,for example, peer review comments or team lead reviews to get a better understanding on the personal competency of each resource. However, I would remind you again not to get too much indulged in this area as it could lead to negative side effects that -in most cases- ruin the team spirits.
Before you attempt to implement a metrics program, I strongly urge you to read "Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations" by Robert D. Austin.
You owe it to your team and to yourself to learn about the people-related aspects of measurement systems, and how "measurement dysfunction" occurs. And you may learn about the appropriate level of supervision needed to get your team to succeed the way you want them to (which may or may not involve metrics).
Tester performance isn't something that you can measure easily. There are too many other dependencies.
Some examples:
Possibly the only valid measure is the tester equivalent of WTF per minute - WTF per test case document and WTF per minute when reviewing script code. Anything else is too dependent on factors outside your tester's control.
I have never found a metric that cannot be manipulated. I think it is good to measure things, e.g. statistics from your bug tracking system, but you must keep them in perspective. Although it happens all the time, plugging metrics into a formula is usually not a good way to manage people.
I also think there are mediocre statistics and bad statistics but no great statistics. For example, number of bugs opened/closed/reopened by a tester is mediocre; number of lines of code written by a developer is bad.
You seem to recognize that automation and exploratory testing are quite different. I think you may be able to measure, in a rough way, the relative effectiveness/cost of automation and exploratory testing. Comparing the job performance of individuals in those different roles is difficult.


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1969 Chevy Pickup - Painter's Prote´ge´Written by on September 16, 2005 Contributors: D. Brian Smith Ryan Heckman's '69 Chevy
Apparently there's a trip-switch mechanism in our brains that goes off at around 14 years of age--and we begin to experience severe car/ truck lust. Remember when the idea of driving your very own vehicle with the freedom to go anywhere you wanted was your favorite fantasy? It's an intoxicating pastime--especially for boys who dream of building a custom ride.
About eight years ago, a teenage Ryan Heckman spotted an affordable '69 Chevy short-bed Stepside near his Granada Hills, California, home. Thoughts of buying it had him lying awake at night wondering if it might be for sale. He'd have his license soon and he'd need wheels to drive to high school.
As it turned out, Ryan did purchase the '69 Chevy. Over the next seven years it provided transportation to school, but it didn't stop at being a clean daily driver. One modification after the next kept the Stepside evolving to an ever-nicer level. It helped that Ryan's dad was a well-known professional painter, one who had worked for several hot rod shops in the San Fernando Valley, including Magoo's when Dick Megugorac was the owner (see "Artistic Expression," page 14).
When the suspension and body modifications were finally completed, it came time to paint the cab and bed. The color choice was a constant debate between Ryan and his dad. They couldn't decide, let alone agree, on what color to apply. As any dad might do, Don asked Ryan's mom Anne, a professional dancer and dance teacher, what colors she liked; Anne's favorites were mainly lavender and purple. With that in mind, Don promised Ryan that whatever the precise color mix, it would be something extra special.
Life's most painful experience often comes with the loss of a cherished loved one. Ryan's mom passed away from cancer last November. But because his truck was painted with the two colors that his mom preferred, Ryan says, "When certain lights hit my truck, it glows and reminds me of my mom's glowing smile. My truck's lavender pearl and purple-painted flames are an everlasting memory of my mom."
Through the years, Ryan's dad wasn't particularly keen on Ryan painting cars for a living. He was well aware of how much hard work must be done before the color and clear coats can be sprayed. However, Ryan has discovered he shares his dad's love of hot rods and custom cars and has learned much about custom paint jobs. As a result, Ryan currently applies his knowledge to vehicles of a smaller scale-- lately his model cars and trucks have been earning Best Paint and Best of Show awards.
Painting and the love of vintage cars of all kinds and sizes are things Ryan and his dad can share. You can see the pride in Don's face as he talks about his award-winning son. Somehow we believe Anne Heckman is also smiling down on her family as they share their lives with her glowing memory always in their hearts. Perhaps one day in the not too distant future, 22-year-old Ryan will tackle a full-size paint project of his own--with his dad's support and blessing. We're certain Don will feel a father's pride in a son who shares his love of custom painting and craftsmanship.
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We think the Gold Morano Pearl Lavender and candy-purple flames of Ryan's '69 Chevy are more striking in the early twilight. The stock '69 Chevy chassis has been C-notched and bagged to lower its stance. Doestch Tech adjustable gas shocks are mounted near each 17-inch Eagle Alloy wheel.The rebuilt 350ci V-8 has TRW piston and chrome-moly rings, Engle performance cam, plus a polished Edelbrock manifold and a 600-cfm carb. There's a K&N filter element under the billet air cleaner. A-1 Transmissions rebuilt the Turbo 350 trans. Exhaust system details include Edmunds headers and Flowmaster mufflers.The bed floor is a now well-varnished oak plank with a polished aluminum fuel-filler cap mounted in the corner.The custom interior, headliner, and door panels were designed by Ryan and created by Victor Zuniga from German leather. The steering wheel is a Billet Specialties item. The bucket seats are '01 Ford Mustang units.Eagle Alloy wheels, 17x9.5 rear & 17x8 front, mount Daytona tires, ZR245/75R17 rear and ZR245/45R17 front.At 22 years of age, Ryan has learned much about custom paint jobs (like fadeaways) from his dad Don. What he has learned he's applying to award-winning scale models.

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Vegan Mom made this delightful dish from Veganmoicon tonight (the full recipe title is "Pumpkin Baked Ziti with Caramelized Onions and Sage Crumb Topping"). This one certainly gets the whole family's seal of approval. The creaminess of the cashew ricotta unites with subtle pumpkin undertones to create a flavourful dish that we all loved. My contribution to the meal was this salad--romaine, sliced strawberries, diced tomato, toasted pecans and bean sprouts drizzled with strawberry dressing (6 strawberries, 1/2 cup olive oil, 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, pinch of sea salt blended in a blender). We rarely eat salads (they seem kind of redundant to a vegan meal, don't they?), but this one looked really nice and tasted good, too.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Pumpkin Baked Ziti and Strawberry Salad
Posted by Vegan Dad at 10:11 PM
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3 comments:
- pavotrouge said...
this looks deelish. but hang on, strawberries in January?
- January 16, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Yes, pesticide-laden berries from California . . . .
- January 16, 2008 at 9:09 PM
- Happy Herbivore! said...
I made it! it was so good
- February 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM
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DIBLER, Daniel W. "Dibo", 57, of Toronto, OH, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012, in Trinity West in Steubenville.
Dan was born February. 15, 1955, in Kane, Pa., son of Audene Anderson Dibler of Toronto, who survives, and the late John Robert Dibler Sr.
In addition to his mother, Dan is survived by his wife, Nora Bates Dibler of Toronto; two step- daughters, Danielle Humphreys and Jennifer Selman both of Toronto; a step- son, Dale Humphreys of FL; two brothers, John R. (Barbara) Dibler Jr. and Tim Dibler and his companion Lisa all of Toronto; two sisters, Linda (Jim) Bethel of East Liverpool and Judy (Mike) Dressel of Gallipolis; and three step- grandchildren.
At Dan's request he will be cremated and burial will be at the convenience of the family.
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Joseph J. Burkhart, 48, a long-distance truck driver died Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at the Southeast Volusia Hospice Care Center in Edgewater.
Burkhart was born in Dodge City and move to Edgewater in 2000 from Hutchinson.
He is survived by a son, Jared Burkhart; three daughters, Jaimie, Katie and Kelly Burkhart all of Everett, Wash.; his father and stepmother, Jerald and Pat Burkhart of Port Orange Fla., his mother, Ruth Burkhart of Gothenberg, Neb.; two sisters, Diane Burkhart of Hutchinson and Theresa Demoret of Gothenberg; and his girlfriend, Karen Whitney of Edgewater.
He was preceded in death by his former wife, Rhea Burkhart, and a sister, Deborah Morrell.
Cremation will be by Dudley Crematory in New Smyrna Beach. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to Joe Burkhart's Children's Education Fund, attn: Central Kansas Credit Union, P.O. Box 2708, Hutchinson, Kansas 67504-2708.
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Seems as if Matt wants more pictures. Well, like Matt, I too have been to Barcelona. It's been almost a year, now, but presumably things haven't changed that much. For instance, as now, people liked this guy:
They had both phallic, modern construction:
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Any alternatives out there you can recommend, that would allow unlimited subdomains on my domain for whoever wants them, but more user friendly?


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Date: February 4 – 6, 2013
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The Oracle Value Chain Summit will bring together users, partners, and luminaries to learn how Oracle is helping companies transform supply chains into value chains to gain competitive edge. This Summit will combine the intimate atmosphere of previous supply chain events, such as the Oracle PLM and Oracle Maintenance Summits, under one roof and will include almost 200 sessions across all supply chain management solution areas.
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Week 5: Hit the Weights
A few days ago, a dear friend of mine called me up with a worried voice. She told me that since she started weight training with her trainer six weeks ago, she was actually feeling bigger and had experienced no significant weight loss. "Am I doing the right thing?" she asked. "Why is this not working?"
That experience of a period of bloating and weight gain is something I hear from many women I train with, but it's only temporary!


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U.S. prosecutors are seeking a 25-year prison sentence for a man who confessed to plotting to kill Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir. Manssor Arbabsiar, a 57-year old Corpus Christi, Texas resident with U.S. citizenship and an Iranian passport, pled guilty last October to two conspiracy charges and a murder-for-hire count. He told law enforcement officials that he was directed by Iranian military officials to travel to Mexico between spring and fall 2011 to arrange for the assassination. In a post-arrest statement, Arbabsiar said that he had demanded at least $1 million for his involvement in the plot, in addition to the $25,000 he received from Iran's Qods Force, a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a supporter of terrorist organizations.
In papers filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, government prosecutors characterized Arbabsiar's plot as an "extremely serious crime." They say that he planned to place explosives in a Washington, D.C. restaurant, which would have likely led to mass casualties. "A large number of bystanders who had done nothing other than chose to eat in a particular restaurant were very likely to be killed as a result of the assassination of the ambassador," the prosecutors said. According to the papers, Arbabsiar told a confidential government source that killing innocent bystanders, including U.S. senators, who often frequented the restaurant, was "no problem" and "no big deal."
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SAN ANTONIO (December 13, 2013) – San Antonio Rampage General Manager Mike Santos announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has traded goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris to the Hartford Wolf Pack in exchange for future considerations.
Grumet-Morris, 31, spent the last three seasons with the Rampage, posting a 32-41-7 all-time record with the club, along with a 2.83 goals-against average and a 0.910 save percentage. This season, Grumet-Morris has made eight appearances for the Silver and Black (1-6-1) and owns a 2.86 goals-against average and a 0.904 save percentage.
The fifth-round selection (161st overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft owns an all-time record of 53-58-13 in the AHL among six different teams, while posting a 46-19-5 mark in the ECHL on two squads. Grumet-Morris also played a pair of seasons in Austria (2008-09). Prior to turning pro, the Evanston, Ill., native played four years at Harvard University and suited up in 114 games (63-40-9).
The Rampage return to the AT&T Center on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. for the team's ninth annual Teddy Bear Toss Night against the Chicago Wolves. Fans who bring a teddy bear to the game are eligible to purchase a ticket for 25 percent off at the AT&T Center Box Office on Saturday.
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How does auto focus work on modern cameras? How accurate is it?
An AF system essentially consists of a sensor system that is linked (via the camera's processor) to the AF motor, which will either be in the lens or the camera body depending on the model.
There are 2 kinds of autofocus. Active AF uses methods such as ultrasonics or infrared to measure the distance between the camera and the subject. A pulse is emitted from the camera, bounces off the subject, and returns. The time this takes is calculated in-camera and used to determine the distance. This kind of AF is independent of the lens/mirror system of the camera.
Passive AF analyses the image in the viewfinder instead. 2 methods are used in Passive AF. The first is Phase Detection. Here the image is split into two in the camera and the different phases of the two images are analysed. It achieves range-finding by essentially comparing how the two images diverge on the sensor. This is the system most modern DSLRs use, as it is the most accurate.
The second passive AF system is Contrast Detection. This is most commonly used in video cameras, and in DSLRs when in live view mode (essentially the same as a video camera). It works by analysing the contrast between pixels; the better the image is in focus, the greater the difference in intensity between pixels. So the camera checks intensity, focuses a little, checks again, etc., until it achieves a focus that gives an acceptable (preprogrammed) intensity difference. There is no actual range-finding going on. Contrast Detection is generally slower and less accurate than Phase Detection.
As for accuracy, generally, if used correctly, AF systems are very accurate (Passive Phase Detection being the most accurate). However, they often have problems in low-light (hence the AF lamp that comes on when you try and focus in the dark). The user also has to make sure that they are focusing on the correct point (e.g. focusing on the subject not the background).
Here's the best summary I've found on the subject. http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/07/how-autofocus-often-works It is written by Roger Cicala, the CEO of lensrentals.com. His blog is one of my favorites.
Here is a good write-up on all things auto-focus. For a very complete review have a read.


text: T Magazine: The Website is here! IT IS CRAZY how much of Natalie Portman's face is on it, too! You will note that the website has invented a new way to arrange content: By words, pictures, products, video and something else which is probably their junk drawer. (Finally, words get relegated where they belong!) Because of this, and its Flash-heaviness, they have also possibly invented new advertising categories, which is kinda cool. Anyway, it is conspicuously not intended to be a web version of a print project. (It was designed by createthe, who make such slick little websites that they often baffle the user on first visit—they HATE letting you scroll by traditional methods.) Also they have turned Horacio Silva, once upon a time proprietor of Chic Happens, back into a blogger, which is hilarious.


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When photographing women they often want the chest to appear as big as possible. I tried with light coming from different positions but was not satisfied with the results. Are there any tricks to achieve this?
Firstly, you should pose your model. There are ways to accentuate parts of the body naturally. Try posing her arms so that they squeeze the bosom. Another option then is to break all the rules of portrait photography, and instead of using a long lens (that flattens features) use a wider angle (around 24-35mm on full frame maybe) and get closer! By getting closer you will bring the features (in this case, bosom) that are in the center of the frame, out, in a more 3D fashion. You may need to angle upwards a little to see her face too.
Experiment with pose, wider focal length, and your own positioning to see how they affect your images.
Tilting forward may help, if you can use those types of poses.
Also, if you can use angle light, or angled behind lights, the shadows will accentuate the bosom. However, getting this right may be tricky, because the face may need different lighting, or will show bad face texture or shadows. So you will have to have her turn the head to a different direction where it is also being lit well.
Also, Photoshop, e.g. Liquify helps. :-)
And finally: clothes help, too, see this picture.
A wide angle lens might help, but do not angle the lens upwards - a shot up the nostrils is not very pleasing.
While not a shooting technique, you could increase the bosom size while editing the picture.
Also poses, where the model leans slightly towards the photographer help, and the model should push out her bosom (make a hollow back). Ask your model to present her bosom - you as the photographer have to help her find a good pose.
If the model is dressed you can use clothing to emphasize bosom size: clothing should be tight fitting - some checkered patterns emohasize the bosom. If you can print on clothing you could print a pattern where the squares where the bosom will be are slightly larger than elsewhere - this will look like the bosom is pulling at the fabric.
I assume you mean their bosom, not their chests?
Firstly, some reactions to other answers: I would be careful about wider angle lenses as it makes them look less attractive in general.
Poses and clothing can do a lot. And using a model with a bigger bosom helps a lot, too. However, post editing is often applied in the professional world. In Photoshop, liquify can be used, and some free software has similar tools. That type is most often seen used to thin the chins and waistlines of the models (there's a wide range of videos showing how to make a Jane Doe look like a "supermodel" - often used by women on facebook to fight low self-esteem).
I once made a video on how to use that kind of tool in the opposite way.
And used it to show that the pick for wonder woman isn't so bad as people claim (includes bosom enlargement, but it is a bit roughly done - I made it for a nerd page as a joke):
What used to be a common pose for this that others haven't mentioned yet is: lying on the stomach and shoulders up at < 45 degree angle on elbows, similar to an upward-facing dog yoga position, but much less pronounced, while on the beach wearing a bikini. This allows gravity to bring out the bosom.
As for clothing, push-ups aren't always a great idea, as they can accentuate the area under the bosom, making the belly look abnormally tall. Instead, a sweater can be a great idea, as it can add volume to the entire bosom area.
For those that are already full in the bosom, a snug t-shirt can be a great idea. This does not expose the bosom, and yet accentuates it. For examples, look at pictures and posing on popular t-shirt stores online.
You can also do side-shots, etc. but that starts to really depend on the model, as front vs. side both may look fine, or one may be better than the other.
another way i found that works great is "dodge and burn" in post-production.
a video with application on this topic is the following ( unfortunately in german, but the images speak for themselves ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMz1CDbKfys
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Then he was re-using ~/folder in a very quick way.
Anyone who knows how to do this?


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Monster Energy Sued in Death of 14-Year-Old Girl
Oct. 23, 2012 -- The FDA is investigating reports of five deaths and a nonfatal heart attack in people who drank high-caffeine energy drinks made by the Monster Energy Company.
Meanwhile, a Maryland couple has filed a wrongful death suit against the company, alleging that their product killed their 14-year-old daughter. They say Anais Fournier, 14, collapsed after drinking her second 24-ounce Monster Energy drink in two days. She died six days later.
The reports are not proof that the drinks caused the deaths, but merely signal there might be a problem. Even if the deaths are determined to be caused by caffeine poisoning, the FDA will consider all sources of caffeine before blaming the deaths on the energy drink.
In addition to caffeine, energy drinks contain other stimulants, including taurine and guarana, a caffeine-containing plant.
Because energy drinks are sold as nutritional supplements, they are not regulated as foods. This means they may exceed the FDA-mandated limit of 71 milligrams of caffeine for a 12-ounce soda.
"FDA continues to evaluate the emerging science on a variety of ingredients, including caffeine," FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess said in an email.
The reports aren't the first health warnings about energy drinks. Last year, the U.S. Drug Abuse Warning Network reported a tenfold spike in emergency-room visits involving energy drinks. In some 70% of cases involving teens ages 12 to 17, the energy-drink itself -- not drugs or alcohol -- was the main reason for going to the ER.
Last year, researchers at the University of Miami reviewed the health effects of energy drinks on children, teens, and young adults.
Writing in the journal Pediatrics, they concluded that "energy drinks have no therapeutic benefit" and that "these drinks may put some children at risk for serious adverse health effects."
These "health effects" include irregular heart rhythms and, in children who may have hidden heart risks, sudden death.
Monster Energy Sued Over Death of Teen
In their lawsuit, Fournier's parents report that their daughter bought and drank a 24-ounce can of Monster Energy at a local candy store. The next day, she bought another one and drank it, too.


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Jane McGonigal - How playing games can make the world a better place
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You may have recently heard Jane McGonigal on NPR or even watched her on Comedy Centrals "The Colbert Report". She has recently written a book titled "Reality is Broken". Why games make us better and how they can change the world now. I talk to her about her book, her research and her mission to try and make the world a better place.
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I just can not play games. They just seem "work" to me. may be somebody can help me.
Nice chat, got the book - it's sooo interesting.
Also - look for Jane's talk at TED.com.
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Merriweather Post Pavilion schedule 2013 [Pictures]
Over the years, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia's own concert venue, played host to Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, R.E.M., and Kanye West. For 2013, they have a lineup just as eclectic. Since it's still early in the outdoor concert season, expect many more acts and festivals to be added over the coming months.Compiled by BSMG
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The swath of the western United States known as the Basin and Range owes its name to its alternating linear valleys and mountains – its basins and ranges – formed by the faulting and extending of the earth's crust by tectonic forces. Some of these faults and fracture zones are also sites of geothermal activity, potentially valuable for exploration and development. To reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the federal government has launched substantial initiatives toward developing geothermal and other sustainable domestic energy sources. Recent technological advances allow geothermal energy to be used in a variety of ways, including the generation of electricity. Yet characterizing complex seismic and geothermal systems and understanding the relationships between them is challenging, largely because it can be difficult to see them. Not only are they in remote areas, but many are also deep underground, showing no surface trace except for an occasional hot spring.
USGS geophysicist Jonathan Glen, in cooperation with scientists and engineers from NASA, Carnegie-Mellon University and Central Washington University, is working to address these challenges. They are using an experimental system called payload-directed flight (PDF) to study and map the underground fracture and fault systems of Surprise Valley, Calif., a promising target for geothermal exploration and development in the far northeast corner of the state. They hope to complete their two-year study not only with comprehensive geophysical data from Surprise Valley itself, but an efficient research strategy for exploring geothermal systems in comparable terrain throughout the world.
More data, faster and more reliably
For their second field season beginning this week, the team headed by Glen and Anne Egger of Central Washington University equipped NASA's payload-directed XSCAV aircraft with magnetic sensors to collect more data, much faster and more reliably, than either surface sensing methods or conventional unpiloted aircraft. The PDF system will allow the XSCAV to respond to the environmental variations such as topography while also adjusting its own course in response to the data being collected that warrant further exploration.
Several years ago, Glen began mapping Surprise Valley's underground geology on foot and by vehicles equipped with magnetometers. The region's dense and highly magnetic mafic (magnesium- and iron-rich) volcanic rock is interbedded with less-dense, less magnetic sedimentary rock. Magnetic measurements reveal these variations and thus enable scientists to effectively image the geology of the subsurface, but require enormous amounts of very precise surveying.
"I got tired of marching up and down with a backpack full of equipment," Glen explained. "I thought the work would go much easier and faster as an aerial survey."
Goal: A complete survey mission without human intervention
Unmanned aircraft are ideal for scientific surveys because they can fly much lower than would be safe for piloted craft and are much cheaper to operate. XSCAV's adaptive payload system will use algorithms developed by NASA and Carnegie-Mellon collaborators Corey Ippolito and Ritchie Lee to "decide" how to adjust the aircraft's flight path to maximize data collection in areas of interest, allowing it to plan and perform a complete survey mission without human intervention. Furthermore, XSCAV's wood construction provides a significantly less magnetic platform than the metal SIERRA aircraft, also developed by NASA, that Glen's team deployed during its first aerial field season in 2012.
The 2012 season confirmed the efficacy of the new strategy. In three days, the SIERRA collected data along a 1,390-kilometer gridded survey of Surprise Valley. This was more than the 960 kilometers of data Glen and team had been able to collect in 60 days of previous ground-based research. Using the aerial surveys, the team located several subsurface structures that Glen and his colleagues believe are responsible for the location of the hot springs in the valley by controlling the flow of geothermal fluids in the subsurface.
Comparing surface and subsurface features
This year, the team hopes to collect data over several new parts of Surprise Valley, including exposed structures that have similar geometry as faulted structures they have interpreted in the subsurface; an exposed dike swarm they suspect is related to the source of anomalies buried in the basin, and previously unmapped extents of the intrabasin anomaly nearby. For comparison, they will also survey a similar geothermal system in nearby Summer Lake, Ore., which includes a visible feature that the researchers believe is analogous to the underground Surprise Valley feature they are studying.
"The advantage of studying exposed features is that they provide us direct access to samples for determining rock properties we need to constrain our modeling," Glen said. He will also continue to conduct ground surveys where possible in the rugged terrain so as to corroborate the aerial data.
The team will compare magnetic data to existing topographic data, so as to correlate subsurface structures to areas of surface offset, which indicate active faulting. The final result will be a 3-D map with geophysical data on Surprise Valley at a level of detail yet to be achieved for the area. The team will also compare the datasets collected by the XSCAV and SIERRA systems with the goal of developing an optimally efficient airborne survey protocol.


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The Lunar New Year is almost here and we are excited to connect with you and create a unique space for us to come together. As we continue to strengthen and build community, please come out and join us for the upcoming events that will be taking place here in the Los Angeles area. Make sure to mark your calendars!
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February 19
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Join us as we skype with former G.O.A.'L. Secretary General Dae-won Wenger who helped lead and pave the pathway for the Dual Citizenship Campaign. Learn more about Dual Citizenship and engage in Q&A. Betsy Schaffer will also be joining us via Skype from Santa Barbara, and will introduce and discuss the new GOA'L USA.
Time: 3:30pm
Location: Andrea's place
February 19
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Following the Dual Citizenship Information Session join us for an evening filled with meat, veggies, beer & soju.
Time: 6:00pm
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AKA SoCal Book Club
Join us as we come together to discuss Elena Kim's Adopted Territory. It examines the history of Korean adoption, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, as well as the return of adoptees to South Korea and their unique effect on South Korea's modernization and globalization.
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Past Book Club reads:
Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee's Return to Korea
Trail Of Crumbs: Love, Hunger and the Search for Home
April 30
AKA SoCal General Meeting in Los Angeles
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Korean Drama & Discussion Night featuring "I'm Sorry I Love You"
"I'm Sorry I Love You" (미안하다, 사랑한다) is a Korean drama that aired in November 2004 and quickly became one of the most highly viewed dramas of all time. The story line is about a Korean overseas adoptee who was raised in Australia and returns to Korea in search of his birth mother. Through a twist of tragic events, he finds out he only has three months to live and must decide whether he wants to confront his birth mother before he dies. This drama was a huge hit in South Korea and has sparked a lot of discussion in the netizen (internet citizens) community regarding overseas adoption. However, this drama can be seen as being problematic in that the Korean overseas adoptee is being represented in a very melodramatic way, which evokes both pity and sympathy from the viewers. Another concern among overseas adoptees who have watched this drama is that the main actor playing the Korean-Australian adoptee is in fact Korean; therefore, depicting no real language barrier during his initial return to his birth land.
For those of you who are interested in watching this drama, you can go to http://www.mysoju.com/im-sorry-i-love-you/ to watch it with English subtitles. We hope to watch one episode or clips of this drama during our meeting and possibly discuss the following themes:
• Representations of Korean overseas adoptees in the Korean media
• Common Korean perceptions of adult Korean overseas adoptees who return to Korea
• Other dramas, music and/or movies in Korean pop culture with focus on and/or reference Korean overseas adoptees
• Experience vs. Representation
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NOVA where the n stands for nowledge (the K is silent), we are rich, drive nice cars, and do whatever the hell it is that we want.
Northern VA Community College, the cars in da parkin lot are worth more than your house!!
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Vauxhall Nova (or Opel Corsa on the continent) - Early 90's budget car normally adorned with £23,000 worth of ill fitting bodykit and ICE (See system). Preferred 13th hand motor of the chav.
Spanish "este coche no va" (This car doesnt go)
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Northern Virginia, the counties of Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William, and Loundon.
NOVA is a region of Virginia and suburbs of Washington, DC.
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Northern Virginia, one of the busiest places in the country. worst traffic, and dirty politicians. yeah we got our yuppies..but we still ride hard.
ya im from NOVA bitch...
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Acronym for Northern Virginia Community College. Where the "N" stands for "Nowledge"
South Lakes Graduate-"I'm going to NOVA"
Herndon Graduate-"Dumass"
Herndon Graduate-"Dumass"
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What most people in Virginia call the Northern Virginia Community College.
You're going to nova? Me too!
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Noun (astrophysics terminology): the catastrophic self-destruction of a "main sequence" stellar body via a runaway nuclear fusion reaction caused by the accretion of hydrogen atoms over time, surpassing the star's ability to burn off the accreted hydrogen prior to the initiation of the reaction.
The Crab Nebula was originally thought to be the product of a nova explosion, but is now known to be the result of the supernova of star Taurus-A.
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If (not that this has ever happened) I make a technical error of some kind in an answer, and a commenter points that out, I'll likewise improve my answer based on their input.
But what's the etiquette if a comment adds good information? In the past I have usually just left those as comments, so as not to be taking credit for someone else's ideas. But today I got to thinking that comments are sometimes cleaned up and deleted, and in general, we're supposed to think of them as ephemeral things without the staying power of real answers.
If someone adds a good piece of information to an answer of mine in a comment, is it good or bad to subsume that comment as part of the answer?


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Some gaming groups actually do a formal social contract, wherein they explicitly set some of the expectations and rules for the gaming group. What items should a group considering doing a social contract of their own think about including?
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The value of a formal contract is recording agreements among all participants to ensure everyone understands what is expected. Obviously, a long written contract will make most players' eyes glaze over and kill the fun. Maybe just have a discussion about some things. If you have a widely fluctuating set of players coming and going, a written contract can help new players assimilate quickly.
A formal social contract covers all details of play. Specifically, it is an agreement to play a certain game, at a certain time and place, with certain people, in a certain way. In other words: what, when, where, who, why, and how.
Also take a look at Chris Chinn's Same Page Tool.
While I won't speak on whether doing so is a good idea or not... some items I would suggest including... in no particular order:
Make sure to set lines and veils, as the story gaming crowd often calls it. Everyone, including the DM, should set these--lines are things that no one can do in the game. Some people may be very uncomfortable with the idea of rape, while others can incorporate it into a game and use it to advance an intense story. Veils, on the other hand, are things you don't need to go into deep detail on. It may be fine to do a torture scene in your game, but players agree that they don't need to go into excruciating detail on what happens--that just casually mentioning it, letting it hide mostly behind that veil, is the best idea.
It's not the only component, but it helps ensure that you've talked over some of the important issues that might come up in the game, and makes it less likely that you'll step on other players' toes.
In addition to Wolf's fine list we almost always include an agreement on Verisimilitude and expectations of genre, mood and theme. This borders on other material but we've found, especially in more hard to grasp concept games that laying out some group expectations and having a dialogue goes a long way to making sure there are no hard feelings or disagreements down the line. Just by having the conversation and documenting it it can help when issues come up that some at the table feel are not true to the shared world.
Logistics We play every week, at Jeremiah's house.
Dispute All difficulties are solved via consensus
The Campaign
In the tradition of the contemporary realist school of spy novels, especially John le Carré's work, with special attention to the Karla trilogy and more recent novels like Absolute Friends. Depending on player direction the game may draw inspiration from Tim Power's Declare. The game will start with 1970s Cold War, move forward through the 80s, the end of the Cold War 90s and the modern day.
The spy as detective and scholar meet the politics of espionage.
Through the course of this game one of the goals will be to develop a coherent and richly symbolic world to carry a major part of the thematic burden, while not overshadowing action and character.
For example, John Le Carre in his Cold War era novels depicts a Britain of moribund tendencies which are powerfully expressed through images of darkness, decrepitude, emptiness and coldness. His description reveals the rest of Western Europe to be in much the same condition, although at times a cold, efficient sterility has replaced decay. In both cases descriptive passages are replete with a sense of loss or absence that points to the superiority of the past. Satisfactory alternatives to a Western Europe "grown old and cold and weary" are not easily found. American landscapes appear to be bright and spacious but are in reality meretricious, vulgar and militarist; Eastern European communist landscapes are even colder and darker than those of Western Europe and fail to make the faintest gesture towards something new.
Le Carre does this through the careful repetition of certain set characteristics.
One of the intents in roleplaying over four decades is to attempt to give a temporal as well as spatial dimension to the campaign. Mode
In the vein of espionage fiction, with its roots in novels by Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene, takes the spy -- an assumer of false identities and a trader in information, compelled by circumstances to betray his own values -- as an exemplar of the modern man or woman: just like us, only more so. As the world of espionage is one forever caught in a world of appearances and dense, undiscerned realities, an espionage game and the wainscot will have much in common; expect this relationship to be explored. Memory, personal and institutional, will play a key role in this game and will be reflected in the eventual mechanics.
A spy is above all a man of politics . . . He must have the breadth of thought of a strategist, and meticulous powers of observation. Espionage is a continuous and demanding labor which never ceases. – John Le Carré, "To Russia, with Greetings" (1966)
Professional spies are mysterious, unpredictable, omnipotent, admirable yet criminal. Are they honorable patriots who compromise themselves for a just cause? Or are they liars, thieves, "a procession of vain fools, traitors" who play on the weaknesses of others to gain information?
Emphasis will be placed on the institution, and the individuals place in relationship to it.
While John le Carré's plots are famous for their labyrinthine convolutions, they are perhaps not so well known for an even more striking trait. The master key to all of his spy novels is a question which doubles as a vital clue to their realism: "What has to happen before something happens?" Le Carré's answer is historical research, a resort to the archives. It is also what he means by secret intelligence.
By starting in the seventies and moving forward to the modern day one of the goals of this game will be view the cold war as passing into history. To approach the common memory of it--and, more to the point, how individuals have have been marked by it.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy opens ironically with "the truth is," whereas the novel contradicts this certainty by concluding that it was "after all, a dream." The novel turns on the divergence of dream, folklore, and prosaic fact. Despite their contingency, dreams and myths (illusions) are essential, but without awareness of their social construction they can be dangerous. Smiley's disillusionment leads to painful self-awareness. The first half of the game could very easily shadow this pathway to self-awareness.
Design Parameters
Scale This game shall be played in the realm of geopolitics. The structural road map of game will be drawn by geography. The locus of action will be constantly changing, stretched out to represent the entire globe.
Austerity: This campaign is fairly severe as the characters will operate in the midst of an intelligence service. More importantly this game shall play up the moral and psychological, and yes the spiritual, consequences of the work the characters undertake.
Veils: Sexual content and violence are behind the veil. They happen, they will be involve in plots, we don't describe them in detail. We respect people's requests to stop.
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What is Deals.Woot?
The Deals.Woot FAQ page can be found here: http://deals.woot.com/faq
Anything missing? Anything need further explanation? Has anything become totally out of date with changes we've made recently?
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You can also see what the online community has to say about Deals.Woot over at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot.com#Deals_Woot
You forgot "How is deals.woot?", like in how do I stop it from changing the deal as I move my mouse around the screen - sometimes to a different application, sometimes to a deal I might want to view if I could get it to stay up long enough and not be replaced with something else before I can read it, much less somehow get to something I can click to access it.
A nice multimedia flashy animated extravaganza it might be. Useful for actually getting to the deals it is not.
@thomasz: We're looking into it. In the meantime rest your mouse on the deal you want to see in the Sponsored Deals box on the right hand rail. That should keep the deals from scrolling.
I can't figure out the little Red Houses that change into tombstones (RIP). Being the green wooter that I am, I am guessing that it has something to do with the Comments people are making on the deal, but it would be nice to have an explanation of it somewhere, especially for people completely new to woot
@buchera: Tombstone deals are expired.
@buchera: I agree - if the little red arrow thing said "vote up" or something at the bottom, I think it would be more clear. I've scanned thru the site for about 10 minutes now and didn't find an explanation. Maybe it's buried somewhere I didn't check, or maybe I'm supposed to be social media savvy enough to just know what it does, but I think it at least deserves coverage in the FAQ or in a "new to deals.woot?" page.
I voted up your comment to appreciate the irony of it :)
So far just looking through the About Us section, one thing I noticed, and this may be addressed elsewhere, is that there is no real promise of a good/safe buying experience.
Something as simple as: "Is Deals.Woot safe?"
"Why yes, we only provide sellers with a background of good customer service to help reassure our wooters that these deals are not too good to be true. Now sentient being, not today, but soon..."
or if you're running only off of wooters power to shut down sketchy deals from bad sites, you might want to put that somewhere expressly.
Thats about as far as i got.
@gbohling: The challenge here is how do we introduce the idea of the red arrow symbolizing votes to the new person (since it's only a one-time lesson) but not clutter up the interface with extra text / explanations on every occurrence of the graphic.
We originally had the button say "votes" below the number, but with the dozens of red arrows in view at any given time, it felt very noisy. The site's necessarily pretty visually complex already, so removing the text seemed to help.
The solution is likely in having a slight bit more explanation on first visit to the site. We're looking into a few ways to handle that that still manage to stay simple/clean (since too much explanation, [say, as in this comment] will mostly result in people reading none of it).
@wizzdingo: I think this is a necessary question, but I will have to ruminate a bit on how exactly to answer it. Essentially, this is the wild west, but we there are some sheriffs in town, and the community has been deputized. (In plainer terms, we can't confirm that all deals posted are reputable, but we have methods for the community to report issues, and moderators helping to clear out the worst issues.)
Having site ratings would be really nice. Maybe even is it something that fellow Wooters could do. Or even make it as simple as having the Wooter who found the deal give the site a personal rating (5 Woots it is safe and I have used it or 0 if they have not and have no idea). I know things start to get a little sticky with that though, having to rely on the person to be honest and such...
@bearyml: We've discussed establishing a vendor url that could work like these deals threads, allowing people to comment and discuss their interactions with that vendor. I think I'd prefer that to a specific rating system, since it allows for much finer level of detail of issues, and potentially some back-and-forth discussion.
It may be a little bit before we implement that, so I'm hoping people are good about checking back in with deals they've completed once everything has worked out for them. Then someone searching for that vendor would hopefully come across useful comments about previous deals sold by them.
@dave bug: Sure, I can appreciate trying to keep things looking clean. An easy solution would just be an entry in the FAQ on the voting arrows and other main features (like, what's a tattle?), and then an "I'm new to deals.woot" link somewhere fairly easy to find that would lead to the FAQ.
Either that or a mouseover on the button.
@dave bug: Maybe if the arrow had more arrowness to it instead of Monopoly houseness. A couple of fine line arrows at the top might do it. Or would that just read as a roof? A hover hint can do wonders.
I agree - it is too confusing trying to figure out what the red arrows/boxes next to each deal link are for, and how they work the way it is. There needs to be some sort of description somewhere. It would also be nice to have a clearer place to provide suggestions/comments on this site.
@dave bug: An easy solution would be a one (or two) time pop up bubble the first time a person mouses over the icon. Perhaps a [don't show this anymore] button within the bubble to prevent it from becoming a bother while still providing guidance to new users.
How would I post a deal that doesn't have a URL? A coupon code I receive in the mail or an offer I see in a paper. It looks like the first thing required on the Add a deal portion is a URL entry.
Well to start with the link yall sent sux
I know the little red houses are getting a lot of attention right now, but really it is the first "sticking point" I think most user will encounter. I am not sure how you could go about this, but what if the red box appeared the way it does now on load and when a user hovers over the box the "rank number" changed to the word "vote" and the house divided in to two sections...imagine a house with points on the top and bottom and clicking the top half voted it up and the bottom half voted it down. After the user voted, it would return to its "voted" (or initial) state. How about something like that?
fwiw, i loved the email announcing i'd been invited to join deals.woot. I blogged about it here http://doingwords.com/?p=1720
So does the algorithm "bump" deals where woot makes an affiliate commission?
Oh well, another source for deals for me to post elsewhere.... ;)
What's with the formatting on deals.woot? I have to scroll right and left to see the whole page...at 1024 X 768. Woot! should either change its formatting so it adjusts to a computer's screen size, or put less words on the page, or maybe sell wide screen monitors on Woot! for $10 until all Wooters have purchased wider monitors; screen width then won't be an issue.
How about a button to display 50 deals (fewer pages) like preferences in Google.
Oops, added this previously in the "wrong" area.
@doughh: yeah, it was disconcerting on my laptop monitor of the same resolution. Looks like about 1100 pixels wide and I even had trouble scrolling. So, I moved the window to my bigger (1280 wide) display. Voted UP (if that means anything).
(P.S. Comments/Responses should be indented underneath the original. A response might wind up on a different page than the original post - not good)
Not sure if this was mentioned, looked through most comments and didn't see it. I think it would be nice to have catergories for the types of deals. Like, electronics, clothing, toys, ect. That way if you are looking for something or just have more intrest in one type of deal you could more easily locate it.
Looks similar to Woot, Wine, Kids, shirt, sellout, whatever.com.
It took me too long to figure out this is a "Hot Deals" site mostly pointing to 3rd party products, probably cause I'm slow or I'm only on my 3rd cup of coffee (probably both).
Than again, it looks more like a main portal so instead of going to woot.com I should go to deals.woot.com and see everything on one page.
How do they get a speaker on the Personal Soundtrack Shirt? Do I wash warm or cold cycle?
the voting process is a bit confusing. does it register the vote when you click the red button? do you have to save the vote?
I like the new site.
Okay this may have been addressed, but I find the reply feature hard to follow, as only the name of the person you are replying to appears. Sort of hard to follow the context of the reply, no?
@whirsnap: One thing about voting that is not confusing is that if you attempt to vote and haven't bought anything from one of the other Woot sites you are politely told via a pop-up. This sort of instant feedback is very helpful.
@yeller: i think you're right, I also had trouble with the concept at first, but I think it's because I wasn't really expecting a site that gathered deals from woot.
I wonder if, in breaking out into different sections, a coupon-code type section would be useful to some wooters. I know it's primarily what my mom looks for in web shopping and it would be interesting to see a community-type structure for that.
overall I think this is interesting but visually overwhelming. In fact, I've logged in twice now but not really stayed to poke around because I felt it was just all over the place. I think some additional organization would go a long way and the FAQ section could use some help too. the giant white box on the left and the video discourages people from scrolling to find the actual written FAQ (which, let's face it, if you're looking for FAQs you probably want to do some reading.) and the red question header on the dark background just gets lost.
We need a cars.woot website.
I too don't understand voting. Perhaps a "How do I participate" entry would be good.
I love deals woot, might be a good thing.
add another "?" to the voting thing...I see them, I see that you vote with the red house-y arrow things...but in the end this does...what? An easy, one-time, short (VERY short) tutorial (ala woot style of course) might help....and if there is one already, it's not jumping out enough at me to have made me go there yet (and consider me a non-geek wooter -- with the term geek being used in the most loving and jealous way possible).....
I didn't see anything about RSS feeds?
@madjohn: ok, so i see your response (thanks - i'm a wooter :) ), and a 0 with an up arrow. so all i need to do is click that, and i've voted? would be nice to have just a little bit of feedback. yes, once i figure it out, it won't be a problem, but it is confusing and (at least to me) not obvious how it works. ah, well. maybe i'm gettin' old :)
Oh happy day!! I finally found it!! :D
Seems like a marketplace of deals (liquidations, overstocks, etc.). So a great resource for someone who cares more for finding the deal (shopping) than having an experience with the vendor (woot's brand). Seems odd for woot to have done this.
I will be using this as my home page for all things woot. Now I can get rid of those pesky separate links for wine.woot, sellout.woot, and woot! itself. I can't wait to free up them 1s and 0s!
Cool concept!
I also find voting confusing. I read the FAQs and still don't get it. Having said that, you might want to consider making the arrows progressively larger as they gain in popularity. Also why not delete "done deals" rather than having the tombstones??
Well, me I'll stay with the Woot. Don't really understand what is going on - I watch most of the 'Deal' sites and don't see anything different here other than an aggeration. (is that a word - meaning an grouping of deals).
I'll stick with WooT! Even sellout too :)
Would love to have a clearer explanation of the voting. Why can I only vote something up OR down...why not the option to go both ways on it?
Would also like to understand how the whole "reputation" element works. Does it have to do with voting?
What is the policy for when you submit a deal that went nowhere (it didn't get any votes) but it is still technically alive... but has since expired.
Do we "tattle" on our own listings? The word "tattle" almost implies that this could look bad... i.e., if too many of my posted deals are "tattled" on, my "reputation" could look bad.
I don't want to "tattle" on my own listing until I understand the ramifications of this... at the same time, I don't want to keep up a listing whose deal has expired, even if everyone has a snowball's chance in hades of even seeing it at this point.
@bigellow: Oh, it's bad to reply to a question that is so old. Lucky for you I'm so very compulsive. Hopefully you'll see this reply.
Yes, Tattle. That's what the button is for. It makes everyone's likfe much much easier. Woot staff are happy to have you do that (although it might take a day or two for them to get to it if it wasn't on the Popular tab).
Questions that are no longer active, or on the first page of Popular, often are ignored. If the last comment was days and days ago, you've got to think that almost no one (except me, and perhaps @hobbit or @wootvan) will ever see it.
Question about the 'voting', aka clicking on the (nice new) button to the left of each deal:
Do I click said button if I simply like the deal, or only if actually buy/get the item(s) offered in the deal?
For example, if I think the "M-Audio Recording Studio Equipment" is a good deal - because I know about those kinds of products and think they're being offered at good prices - but don't actually need/buy any of the products, do I still vote for the deal?
Or do I vote only if I buy some of the gear?
P.S. I'm really enjoying the site.
I too am curious what the reputation is based off of...
@spritle: The answer is here: http://www.woot.com/blog/viewentry.aspx?id=10781. But shouldn't that info be on the deals.woot site somewhere?
I can't believe the link to this is still on the "What is Deals.Woot" page and that there haven't been any comments in almost a year. Maybe instead of wasting that linkage to this thread (among some other outdated content on that page) you could provide some rules (or a link to some rules). I know, it's been gone over before in the ATC and you want it to be sort of self-policing and blah blah blah. I'm just bitter.


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After recompiling my kernel, I copied the corresponding files to
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After searching a lot, I found that someone mentions that maybe ACPI settings matter. So, I set ACPI to off. But it still does not work.
When I reboot my OS, it still stops, like this:
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The Outlaw Josey Wales - Subtitled - DVD for $4.99
Clint Eastwood's fifth film as a director and eighth Western as a star (ninth if you count Paint Your Wagon), The Outlaw Josey Wales chronicles the hero's violent journey westward after the Civil War. With fresh memoris of his family's slaughter by Red Leg soldier Terrill (Bill McKinney), Confederate Josey Wales (Eastwood) refuses to join his captain Fletcher (John Vernon) and the rest of his comrades in surrender to a U.S. Army regiment. Deemed a dangerous outlaw after a bloody one-man battle with that regiment, Josey is pursued by U.S. cavalry soldiers led by the unwilling Fletcher and the murderous Terrill, as well as by bounty hunters who eventually learn how coolly lethal Wales can be. Despite his desire to remain a lone fugitive, Josey soon has a crew of travelling companions that includes Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) and the pretty Laura Lee (Sondra Locke) and her vigorous Grandma Sarah (Paula Trueman), settlers on their way to a ranch near ghost town Santa Rio.
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"We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union." - Lone Watie (Chief Dan George)
"It's not for eatin'...it's just for lookin' through."
"Now spit"
Why does it say SUBTITLED in the title???
I just wasted 5-10 mins trying to figure out what language the soundtrack is in. The *&^%$#@ movie is in English: there is absolutely no need to add anything else about languages to the description.
It's not right,that damn woman sneaking up on me like that.
Are you going to pull them pistols or whistle Dixie??!!!
@mcbs: English and French. Clearly stated on the website.
@mtm2: Thanks. That is what I meant. Clearly stated in my comment.
When a DVD's audio is in original English, you don't mark it "subtitled" when selling to an English speaking audience: that implies the soundtrack is in a foreign language, subtitled in English.


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5 Amazing Stories of One Complaint Ruining It for Everyone
With so many petitions out there that achieve precisely jack shit for anybody, it's hard to imagine that anything significant can change after a single complaint. But it turns out that sometimes a vocal minority can make a world of difference, even if that minority is exactly one person and his or her complaint is completely stupid.
#5. A Single Complaint Gets a Song Banned in Canada ... 26 Years After It Comes Out
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In January 2011, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) decided that the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" just wasn't fit for polite society and banned unedited versions from radio station playlists. The ban was the result of a single complaint, when one Newfoundland listener took issue with the song's use of the word "faggot," which, to be fair, does appear three times in the second verse:
See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's a millionaire
That may even seem like a pretty valid complaint, if you don't know any more of the story -- you can't just write a song that flings words like that around willy-nilly. But it's the context that make this whole thing ridiculous.
First, that song was released in 1985, which means that it graced the airwaves for 26 years without incident until that single complaint made everyone suddenly realize that the lyric might be problematic. Second, there's the context of the words themselves (hint: the singer is playing the role of the "faggot" in the tale).
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As denoted by the pink headband, worn by all homosexuals in the 1980s as a means of identification.
For those who are only vaguely aware that the song has something to do with microwave ovens and MTV, "Money for Nothing" was cobbled together from quotes that lead singer Mark Knopfler overheard from a deliveryman in an electronics store. Sung from his point of view as he watches MTV video clips in the store display, it's a parody of what guys like him think about pop stars, oblivious to the fact that the guy he was ranting at was, in fact, a huge pop star.
Understandably, the ban caused a public outcry, and one station protested by playing the song on repeat for a solid hour. In September, the CBSC lifted the ban after receiving "considerable additional information," including the fact that "the composer's language appears not to have had an iota of malevolent or insulting intention." In other words, someone finally let Canada in on the joke.
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No one tell them how terrible poutine is. That joke still has legs.
#4. One Student's Objection Banishes a Classic Painting
In 2009, a lone student at El Paso Community College managed to have an entire art exhibit cancelled because she had a deep-seated opposition to eating babies. Well, that sounds pretty reasonable, but what we really mean to say is that she objected to seeing a Renaissance painting by baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens, which depicts the Greek myth of the god Saturn, who ate his kids before barfing them up again. Is it his fault that Greek myths were so fucked up?
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Don't feel bad, Saturn. We've all been there.
Art students at the college's Valle Verde campus created collages designed to "showcase the elements of art or principles of design." The artwork, which was comprised of well-known masterpieces from different periods and movements, was displayed throughout one of the campus buildings. Apparently, the aforementioned painting offended the delicate sensibilities of one young woman, who found turning her head the other way to be a bit too troublesome.
The girl wrote a letter to the dean, saying that the collage was "offensive to her beliefs." After freaking out from this DEFCON-1 beliefs violation, officials ordered the collage removed, stating that the girl "was really offended" by the painting. In outrage, the college's art instructors and several students showed up and removed the entire display in protest against censorship.
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"Whiny Dumbfuck Needs Hand Held to View Art."
Many students and staff wrote letters to the editor of the school newspaper criticizing the decision to remove the collage. One instructor pointed out, "It doesn't take an advanced degree to decide whether or not you like something. If your decision is 'thumbs down,' change the channel, turn off your radio, don't read that article or look at the artwork on the wall, but don't subject others to censorship." Even if that art features an elderly man chewing on a baby. Well, a painting of it, anyway -- if you ever witness this in real life, please call somebody.
#3. Post Office Bans Cat After One Customer Demands It
In Notasulga, Alabama, Sammy the Cat was a familiar sight in the front window of the local post office, where he sat every day and adorabled himself into the hearts of customers. Beloved by the 960-odd residents of the tiny town, Sammy lived down the street, but reported to the post office every morning and stayed there until closing.
That all changed after a single unnamed woman wrote a strongly worded letter to the postmaster, complaining that (no kidding) because Sammy didn't pay federal taxes, he had no business in a federal building. She later claimed that she was allergic and was afraid of the cat attacking her. We can probably assume she was more of a dog person.
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You've shammed the government long enough, asshole.
The post office management took the complaint seriously and banned Sammy from the premises. Residents, outraged by the injustice, gathered outside the post office to lobby for Sammy while the cat wandered around looking sad. Several people donated money, and an 87-year-old retired schoolteacher rented Sammy his very own post office box in an attempt to get around the imaginary law that said he wasn't paying his way. Because, you know, he was an animal.
Eventually, the story spread, and Sammy began receiving mail and cat food from well-wishers across the United States. But the plan, unfortunately, didn't work, and the cat was forced to stay outside ... until he was hit by a car and killed. Sorry if you were hoping there was a happy ending here.
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But later, he rose from the grave and lived happily ev- No. No, he didn't. He's still dead as hell.
The post office lowered its flag to half staff in memory of their cat, and the entire town mourned the loss of their furry friend. And while the news never reported that woman's name, you can be damn sure every bridge-playing, shuffleboard-loving old lady knows exactly who the traitor is.


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I'm just getting started with recording at home. I've done some recording in a band in a real studio in the past, but never really learned anything about the equipment and how to use it. I'm wanting to record some ideas at home to play around with. I'm looking for a good vocal mic but have no idea where to start. What should I be looking for in a quality mic?
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A microphone that works well for vocals and is in a good price-range yet is good quality is the Shure SM-57. It also has the benefit of being an excellent mic to record electric guitars. As such it is pretty much the first microphone to buy of any kind.
If you want something that has a more transparent top, you probably want a large-diaphragm condensor. There are an almost infinite number of those around, and I haven't used more than a couple, so I can't really recommend anything, and I bought my vocal mix ten years ago (Oktava MK-319) and the market has changed with well known budget brands like Audio-Technica introducing the AT2020 for $99!
But I'd recommend you to get an SM57 first, and build from there.
There is a flood of decent microphones on the market (junky ones too... there's just a flood of ALL kinds of microphones on the market). Pick a price point and you can have more options than you can sensibly deal with. Ask yourself:
Answering those questions will help you pick a price point and give you some idea of the characteristics of a mic you might find useful.
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Seven Tide golfers in Jones Cup Invitational
Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 11:52 p.m.
SEA ISLAND, Ga. | The University of Alabama men's golf team will have seven players at the Jones Cup Invitational at Ocean Forest Golf Club through Sunday.
Crimson Tide All-Americans Justin Thomas, Cory Whitsett and Bobby Wyatt will be joined by Lee Knox, Trey Mullinax, Tom Lovelady and Dru Love.
Thomas, the 2012 National Collegiate Player of the Year, won the event last year with an even-par 216.
Alabama will begin the 2012 portion of its schedule Feb. 17-19, at the Puerto Rico Classic at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
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Saudi Health Minister Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Manea announced yesterday that all preventive, curative and emergency preparations to receive pilgrims for this year's Hajj season have been completed.
According to Dr. Hamad, 138 health centers and 24 hospitals with 3,939 beds are available to provide health services for pilgrims. The Ministry of Health has hired 100 doctors from Pakistan and Jordan and 247 nurses from Malaysia to ensure adequate staffing.
The Health Ministry has implemented strategies to prevent congestion and stampedes at the holy sites, while also developing emergency evacuation plans.
Meanwhile, Khaled bin Obaid Zafar, the Director General of Health Affairs in Makkah province, announced today that a health center will be opened at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to provide health services to incoming and outgoing pilgrims.


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I hope I'm using the terminology correctly. What I mean is this: fix $K = \mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ (I'm interested in both cases). Which topological spaces $X$ have the property that for every open set $U$, every continuous function $f : U \to K$ is a quotient of continuous functions $\frac{g}{h}$ where $g, h : X \to K$ and $h \neq 0$ on $U$?
Which topological spaces have the property that their sheaves of continuous functions are determined by their global sections?
This isn't a complete answer, but I think that whatever the family is, it contains compact metric (metrisable) spaces. With a paracompactness argument, I suspect that it would extend to locally compact, and I would not be surprised if one could replace "metrisable" by something weaker (though I think that it would need that separation property one-above-normal which I can never remember the name of: namely that every closed set is the zero set of a continuous function).
Here's a proof (I hope): Let $M$ be a compact metric space, $U \subseteq M$ an open subset, $f : U \to \mathbb{R}$ a continuous function. Let's write $K$ for the complement of $U$ in $M$. For each $n \in \mathbb{N}$, let $C_n \subseteq U$ be the subset consisting of points at least distance $1/n$ away from $K$. Then $C_n$ is closed in $M$, hence compact, and $\bigcup C_n = U$. Let $h_0 : M \to \mathbb{R}$ be the "distance from $K$" function (so that $C_n = h_0^{-1}([1/n,\infty))$). Let $V_n$ be the complement of $C_n$.
As $C_n$ is compact, $f$ is bounded on $C_n$. Let $a_n = \max\{|f(x)| : x \in C_n\}$, then $(a_n)$ is an increasing sequence. Let $(b_n)$ be a decreasing sequence that goes to $0$ faster than $(a_n)$ increases, specifically that $(a_nb_n) \to 0$. Let $r : [0,\infty) \to [0,\infty)$ be a continuous decreasing function such that $r(1/n) = b_{n+1}$ (as $(b_n) \to 0$ (this always exists) and let $h = r \circ h_0$. Then for $x \in V_{n-1}$, $h_0(x) \lt 1/(n-1)$ so $h(x) \lt b_n$.
Then $h : M \to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function. Moreover, $h f$ (the product, with $h$ restricted to $U$) has the property that for $x \in C_n \setminus C_{n-1} = V_{n-1} \setminus V_n$,
$$ |(f h)(x)| = |f(x)| |h(x)| \le a_n b_n $$
Thus as $x \to K$, $(f h)(x) \to 0$ and so we can extend $f h$ to a continuous function $g : M \to \mathbb{R}$ by defining it to be $0$ on $K$.
Then on $U$, $f = g/h$.
(I made this up, so obviously, there may be something I've overlooked in this so please tell me if I'm not correct.)
Edit: This one's been bugging me all weekend. I've even gone so far as to look up perfectly normal.
This property holds for perfectly normal spaces. In a perfectly normal space, every closed set is the zero set of a function (to $\mathbb{R}$, and this characterises perfectly normal spaces according to Wikipedia).
Here's the proof. Let $X$ be a perfectly normal space. Let $U \subseteq X$ be an open set, and $f : U \to \mathbb{R}$ a continuous function. Let $r : X \to \mathbb{R}$ be such that the zero set of $r$ is the complement of $U$. Let $s : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be the function $s(t) = \min\lbrace 1, |t|^{-1}\rbrace$.
The crucial fact is that if $p : U \to \mathbb{R}$ is a bounded function then the pointwise product $r \cdot p : U \to \mathbb{R}$ (technically, $p$ should be restricted to $U$ here) extends to a continuous function on $X$ by defining it to be zero on $X \setminus U$.
From this, the rest follows easily.
This isn't a complete characterisation of these spaces. Essentially, this result holds if there are enough continuous functions (as above) on $X$ and if there are too few.
As an example of the latter, consider a topological space $X$ where every pair of non-trivial open sets has non-empty intersection. Then there can be no non-constant functions to $\mathbb{R}$, either on $X$ or on any open subset thereof. Hence every continuous function on an open subset of $X$ trivially extends to the whole of $X$.
However, there's probably some argument that says that once you have sufficient continuous functions (say, if the space is functionally Hausdorff - i.e. continuous functions to $\mathbb{R}$ separate points) then it would have to be perfectly normal. The difficulty I have with making this into a proof is that there's no requirement that the function $g$ be zero on the complement.
Finally, note that metric spaces are perfectly normal so this supersedes my earlier proof. I leave it up, though, in case it's of use to anyone to see the workings as well as the current state. (Actually, for the record I ought to declare that initially I thought that this was false for almost all spaces. However, once I'd examined my counterexample closely, I realised my error and now I'm having difficulty thinking of a reasonable space where it does not hold.)
I tried a bit of thinking, but I haven't worked all the details. I have a hint though that may lead to the answer of your question. You may want to regard the continuous functions over an open set as a ring. This ring is reduced and commutative (thus there is a so-called rational completion) and we could then look at rational completion of them and this may lead to an answer.
A good and downloadable reference of this is found here. A classical reference (and also the best one) is the book of Lambek "Lectures on Rings and Modules" by Lambek (please don't confuse it with the book of Lam, who happens to have the same first 3 letters in his last name, entitled "Lectures on Modules and Rings"), see for instance sections 2.3 and 4.4 of the book.
A few years ago, I had written a small entry in Planetmath that characterized rational extensions of commutative reduced rings. And you can use that as an easy definition.


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The 1997 Joint Athletic Facilities Development Program (JAFDP) identified priority athletic facility projects that would increase the amount of capacity and improve the quality of play on city fields for youth and adults. The goal of the 2002 update is to increase the scheduling capacity of the city's athletic fields and examine the field system as a whole in order to make improvements for both field users and neighbors throughout the city. Seattle Parks and the School District are partners in this effort jointly providing facilities and programming to meet the growing demand for more field time and more facilities.
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