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Microsoft's decision last month to begin providing an Xbox One bundle without Kinect was a bold but necessary one, and now that the console will be offered at the same price as Sony's PlayStation 4 – a console that has so far dominated the new generation sales race – will make the battle for consumers' wallets that much more even.
The removal of the Kinect from Xbox One will have an added and significant side effect, however, as the console's processing power that was previously dedicated to Kinect operations will now be accessible to game developers.
Writing on Twitter, head of Microsoft's Xbox business, Phil Spencer, posted:
June #XboxOne software dev kit gives devs access to more GPU bandwidth. More performance, new tools and flexibility to make games better
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) June 4, 2014
While this Xbox One June update hasn't yet been made available to developers (the latest software update for consumer Xbox One consoles released this week), the benefits will hopefully be noticeable in future Xbox One games.
Speaking with Eurogamer, a Microsoft representative confirmed the significance of the update, writing:
"Yes, the additional resources allow access to up to 10% additional GPU performance.
"We're committed to giving developers new tools and flexibility to make their Xbox One games even better by giving them the option to use the GPU reserve in whatever way is best for them and their games."
How do you think the freeing up of graphical processing power will help Xbox One game developers in the future?
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Bowling Green, Ky. - "We are a little behind and it is time for us to make that move," said Bowling Green City Commissioner Joe Denning
And that move is upping security on buildings like the city hall annex.
Commissioner Denning has long been pushing for tighter security for city employees.
On Tuesday night, the Bowling Green City Commission approved a bid that would provide restricted access for people entering a city building like the annex.
"In other words, individuals will not be able to just come in the front door and go wherever they want to go," said Denning.
"We're trying to be proactive with the security of our city buildings, and again it just seems to be a sign of the times where we have to do this," said Bowling Green City Commissioner Bill Waltrip.
Denning said he hopes to do even more to make it safer for city employees.
"Our plan here in city hall is to have a system where all the employees are behind some type of protective class where they can still talk with citizens as they come into the building," said Denning.
This vote comes on the heels of the terrible tragedy in Boston and while Bowling Green may not be Boston, city officials take security seriously.
"Security is always an issue. Obviously, there is more of a heightened awareness of those issues now, but I'm very confident that are local police in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies at the state and federal level are doing all they can to make sure our citizens are safe," said Waltrip.
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Do you have a home emergency preparedness kit and if so what specific items would you recommend…
I just found an emergency prepareness checklist on Dollartree as I was searching for good deals. It made me wonder how many people have home kits. In light of the many natural disasters and the terrorists threats at this time, it seems like a very good idea. What items besides the basic water, food, etc should be included? Specifically what tech items? If towers are destroyed and electricity is out, what would be the most helpful for communication and survival? I'm going to put a kit together this month and would be thankful for your thoughts and suggestions.
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Growing up in multiple locations that had risks of natural disasters and pending attacks, I was used to these kinds of things. We had these air tight tubs. Giant things really. That held our items and could be used as a temporary flotation assistance devices. We had spam, potted meat, vienna sausages, purified water, iodine water purification tablets, mre's, ponchos, changes of clothes, flashlights, batteries, hand-cranked radio, and a deck of cards. (Skip-bo to be exact.)
@xarous: Thanks! I should ask a new question about hand-cranked radios. Can you still buy these? I also thought shake flashlights would be helpful.
@cindihoward: Yes you can buy them. You can get a decent one for around 40-60 dollars. The shake flashlights are not bad either. I just will have my kids shake/crank whichever I need. I will hold a chocolate bar in front of them and have them pedal a bike attached to a pulley, attached to a small generator so I could still get my woot! on.
(Just kidding...maybe.)
In case of emergency you should have stored food and water (duh), cash money in small bills (in case they can't break a $20 and/or the atm's are out), toilet paper (first thing people do in a big emergency is head to the grocery store and the first thing sold out is usually toilet paper). Don't forget you can use the water in your hot water heater for drinking too.
I got a hand cranked flashlight/radio/charger from woot a while back. Sent two to family in hurricane prone areas and the third one is next to the bed. Don't forget an emergency stash for the car too.
A collection of books including some general home medicine and remedies, flora and fauna and their uses, how to create simple engines, and other general how to books.
Also you should have at least one turtle. So he can chill next to you and you can be like, "At least I have a turtle."
@coolphilip04: Good plan on the turtle. If you have the ability to make a nice campfire, you can make turtle soup.
@shrdlu: You just made me very sad.
@shrdlu @coolphilip04 When you are finished eating delicious turtle soup, you then can clean the shell and use it as a bowl, helmet, port-a-potty, etc.
Turtles are awesome.
@attilathemom: I did not think of money. Neither had I considered the hot water heater for drinking. Great ideas. The toilet paper is a MUST and I will remember to equip the cars...thanks so much!!
@coolphilip04: The books are a great idea...finally a REAL use for the HOW TO collection my husband has been acquiring...lol! But seriously, ya! I may pass on the turtle...if I am lucky I'll have a kid or two keeping me company and I will be saying how blessed I am they are safe with me...at least for the first few days.
@shrdlu: Good plan on the turtle. If you have the ability to make a nice campfire, you can make turtle soup.
You make me laugh!!
PS Whoever added the tags...thanks! I think I forgot... Glad there is a sharp monitor posting these!
I think the shake lights are kind of a waste honestly...they produce pretty poor light and are usually not well made. Also they are so many good battery powered led flashlights its not really necessary. A good flashlight will have a low mode that can easily run for over 24 hours straight on one set of batteries, many lights can go well over 100 hours. With one set of extra batteries, 200 hours will last you a looooong time.
One other thing I always do is keep a few bandaids and alcohol wipes in the back of my wallet, always comes in handy.
First you need some knowledge and friends. Knowing first aid, disaster preparedness and your neighbors might keep you alive. You need 2 gallons of water per person for at least 14 days. I used those 5 gallon jugs with a few drops of bleach and change them every 6 months. A CAN OPENER. Tins of tuna, fruit, and things you can eat cold. A first aid kit with a few weeks of everyone's medicine. Work gloves and tools including something to turn off the gas and water. All that camping gear finally comes in handy.
The best joke is that the list for what you need for Burningman will keep you alive for about two weeks.
Condoms -- for some reason surviving and boredom makes people horny.
FRS and CB radios almost work in disasters to keep up with each other.
those cheap $1.99 solar garden lights. Put them in your garden, and until you need them in an emergency, they will actually make your yard look nicer. Depending on the time of year, they'll give you light every night for 4=10 hours.
remember, your traditional tank-style water heater contains enough water to keep a family of 4 hydrated for a few weeks.
+1 on 5-gallon jug with a few drops of bleach. Personally, I prefer to keep about 8x 24-pack cases of .5 liter bottled water on hand. CVS's generic brand was $1.88 a case a few weeks ago, and they seem to be on sale at least once per month for under $2/case.
I got a cheapo hand-crank flashlight (about 6-7 inch size) that also has an am/fm radio and celphone charger with several tips to charge various celphones for $2.99 at a fleamarket a few years back, and have actually used it a few times.
A manual can opener is useful if the electricity is out.
@portezbie: Are you a nurse? That is a good idea and one my daughter should have given me..she is a nurse. Thanks.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned here is dry milk. With a kid in the house, we want to be prepared, so we keep several bags with our kit. Also, post-apocalyptic cereal is supposed to be outstanding.
Rope, batteries, zip-ties, a couple of large tarps, feminine hygiene products, diapers, duct tape, wd-40.
And I think probably the MOST important thing to have in an emergency, is a plan. What if you aren't home and the kids are? Where do they go? Do you have a meeting spot for friends/family that may not be together to gather? Who do you call in to to see if everyone is alright? Keep the kids involved if you have them.
Agree with most of the above. I also have $500, minimal change of clothes, and some key documents/data/etc stored on a USB flash drive (birth certificates, passports, marriage certificate, SSN cards etc) that is encrypted. Good multi-tool also.
There are pros and cons to adding some sort of firearm to your kit, but it is worth at least considering.
I didn't see ammunition mentioned. I saw guns mentioned, but given a prolonged holdout, you might want to have a stockpile of ammo. So you can go hunting... not so you can steal other people's supplies... ;)
Machete (for the zombies!!)
@madross: Good suggestions! I think a first aid book is a must and maybe even a day class. I will make a point to renew friendships with my neighbors...has been a while. Thanks for the water to person ratio: is that 2 gallons a day or 2 gallons for 14 days per person? Got the can openers and first aid kit. Will gather that extra (old) set of tools my husband has and some camping gear not yet donated to Goodwill. Had not thought about the medicine but I can see that would be helpful...not sure how to get a two week supply since they are scripts but I will ask the doc. No need for the condoms but thanks. I had to goggle Burningman. Great pics on the website..not my kind of gathering at this point in my life but what a remarkable concept. Finally, I have considered a CB radio in the past but didn't know if it was really worth it. I may need to look into it a bit more. Great ideas. BTW I could not find a supply list on the burningman website. Can you send me a link?
@kamikazeken: The solar lights are a good addition...thanks...I'll be checking out 1saleaday or something.
@ilanad: Dry milk and cereal..good!
@flyinggirl: Very good suggestions, especially the plan! What do I use the zip-ties for? I have seen them advertized on daily deal websites but did not know what to use them for except electronic cords and I'm good with that.
@75grandville: Documents on a flashdrive is something I would never have thought of...these suggestions are wonderful, I will put them together and post them sometime soon (Maybe as a question...lol). PS Got the Gun and the Bible covered!
@bluefox801: Of course...Ammo! For good reasons only. Maybe protection from zombies after the emergency. But really, a Not-to-forget-item. Thanks!
@loubriccant: Machete (for the zombies!!)
See gun and ammo above...but then a machete would be better for zombies, and maybe even other practical work. Good effort!
I've purchased a small tabletop stainless propane grill and 20# Propane tank...
Many Gas stoves will not work without an electric spark, so no power no gas stove... Don't forget matches.....
Those of us in and above the Frost Belt need to know how to drain a hot water heating system if you lose power and the temps drop to freezing in house... Repair and replacement costs for a heating system are insane...
@cindihoward For long-term medications (blood pressure etc), in the past, I've refilled as soon as allowed by insurance. Depending on the plan, that may give you a couple of days to a couple of weeks medication "extra". Repeat until you have the supply you want.
I've actually gotten to the point where I have a 90 day supply of just about everything (took 2+ years to accumulate). I just make sure that I rotate everything at least once per year. I take my latest mail-order delivery, stick it in the cellar, and bring the old up and use it.
p.s. Zip-ties are like duct tape - there are tons of uses for them. My latest use is to attach conduit to my chain-link fence to run wire for an invisible fence.
@hobbitss: If they close enough for you to use a machete they are to close for comfort... Best to put up Barbed wire at your optimum rifle range, not to close and not to far away... Rattle cans tied to the wire will let you know when and where you have a new target...
@hobbitss: I'll keep the barbed wire and tin cans in mind when I hear that zombies are in the area on my crank-radio. Thanks...lol
@75grandville: Thanks for the suggestion on meds and info on the ties. Have a glorious day!
The http://www.amazon.com/American-CLIPRAY-ARCCR100R_SNG-Charger-Flashlight/dp/B003BYROUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305643096&sr=1-1-catcorr Clipray is an incredibly awesome thing to keep in every emergency preparedness kit you have - car, home, camping, whatever. It's a crank powered flashlight that's extremely bright that also has a USB charger powered by the crank dynamo so you can charge small electronics (read: your phone and ipod). It's well built and still fairly inexpensive. I was tempted to get a more all-in-one unit but couldn't really find one that was well suited to what I wanted it for. This is a pretty good compromise.
Another commonly overlooked area for clean drinking water is in the holding tanks of toilets (only if you are sure that there have NOT been any chemical tabs or cleaning treatments in the tank though).
Additional items one might need:
A topographical map of your town or county
A compass to navigate to springs, creeks, etc nearby
Waterproof matches or lighters or magnesium fire starter
Small gas stove or plenty or wood/charcoal for cooking
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Both have great products however the Mountain House long shelf life food is back ordered for several weeks.
I just buy extra stuff on sale. Did you see the extreme couponers? Kinda like that, on a small scale. It's easy (and cheap) to keep a month to six months supply of everything, especially canned food and toilet paper, on hand at all times. I still have a dozen cans of cranberries from Xmas!
Don't forget cookery stuff. Cast iron and stainless steel pots and pans last forever. You can get aluminum coffee pots, cups and plates, and a lot of other camping items real cheap right after Xmas. Pick up a couple boxes of matches, and hit the discount stores for cheap butane lighters and candles. We used to make camping stoves out of tin cans, wax and cardboard- one big one lasts a weekend.
Look if you need a good disaster survival kit go here http://www.rockymountainsurvival.com/Disaster_bag.html these are designed by a survival expert who has lived through 3 major disasters including Mt. Saint Helens and has studied disasters for years you won't find a better kit anywhere.


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Nature Conservation Strategy - Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG)
Birmingham has a great variety of attractive open spaces, such as Sutton Park, Moseley Bog Local Nature Reserve and the Cole Valley. The extensive canal system and Birmingham's three rivers form a network of open corridors throughout the City. Here, thousands of plants and animals survive and thrive alongside industry and housing. The people of Birmingham can enjoy nature on their doorstep.
The use of land and buildings will continue to change. The Nature Conservation Strategy was prepared to ensure that, whilst these changes take place, our nature conservation resources are there for future generations to enjoy.
The Nature Conservation Strategy for Birmingham was adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance in November 1996. This means that we take it into account when deciding planning applications. It provides comprehensive advice and guidance for the conservation of the city's biodiversity.
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- the Biodiversity Action Plan for Birmingham and the Black Country - which supports the Nature Conservation Strategy by identifying landscapes that are strategically important for habitat creation, restoration and maintenance and provides additional information about Birmingham's priority habitats and species.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The former partner in a Topeka convenience store that saw a string of violence will be sentenced Tuesday.
Jurors convicted Monroe Lockhart in April on five counts, including aggravated burglary and aggravated battery.
Prosecutors say Lockhart and two other men broke into a southeast Topeka mobile home in 2011 to recover items Lockhart believed were stolen from the former Mo's Express convience store. A woman was burned during the incident.
Lockhart's trial was delayed several times due to disputes over attorneys. His original attorney, Billy Rork, was disqualified from representing Lockhart because he also represented a former codefendant in the case. Lockhart then changed attorneys several times.
The convenience store was the site of a holdup in November 2011 where two employees were shot. A month later, on Christmas Eve 2011, an employee at the neighboring liquor store was shot and killed in an apparant holdup attempt.
Lockhart's business partner, Corey Brown, was found murdered in rural Douglas County the following January. No arrests have been made in relation to his death.


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I want to write my final thesis using LaTeX, what should I do in order to be able to do that through Eclipse on a Mac OS X? If any another good editor exists, feel free to write your opinion on why using this instead of something else.
MacTeX is your friend! This contains the latest TeXLive distribution.
Personally, I edit using Aquamacs with AUCTeX and friends enabled.
There are more integrated environments for editing Latex documents, but I'm happy with a good general-purpose text editor + a good PDF viewer + some scripts. One nice thing is that I don't need to learn that many different tools; I can use the same text editor for Latex files, programming, etc.
TextMate is fairly popular text editor for Mac OS X. It has a decent support for Latex, and it's easy to customise (e.g., you can define a keyboard shortcut that invokes a shell script that compiles your Latex document).
Preview (part of Mac OS X) is a good tool for previewing PDF files that you produce with pdflatex. My typical workflow:
In any case, download and install MacTex first to get started, as suggested in other answers. Among others, it'll provide all command-line tools such as "pdflatex" that you will need.
If you like Eclipse, you can get the TeXlipse package, which adds LaTeX handling features to the IDE including:
I'd vote for a more lightweight text editor like Vim or Emacs, (Or their Mac-ified GUI equivalents listed above), or TextMate (Although I've never found the charm it seems to hold for others). But, lightweight vs. sumo is a matter of personal preference (And the size of your RAM).
Once again, MacTeX is the package you want to install LaTeX. After that, the editor you use is a matter of personal preference.
For those who use Mac OS X because it is Unix and integrates well with other unixes, fink provides a set of texlive packages. Just install fink, then use
at the command line.
I believe MacPorts also provides a set of TeX packages.
I use MacVim for all my editing purposes, and naturally also for LaTeX. Together with the Vim-LaTeX plugin, it's very powerful.
But of course it's Vim and that's not to everybody's liking, and furthermore setting the Vim-LaTeX plugin up correctly is a bit of a hassle, in particular since the plugin by default maps a lot of keys to custom commands. On the one hand this is helpful for writing said commands, on the other hand it's very annying when you actually want to use those commands. For example, by default you cannot easily write a quote mark (
You might also want to check out Cassiopeia for MacOSX (http://www.advanced-science.com/ProductsCassiopeia.html). It allows you to write your thesis comfortably without having to tinker around with LaTeX tags and finally generates LaTeX automatically when it comes to printing. This gives you both, a very efficient scientific word processing solution and LaTeXed output! It internally uses MathML Content Markup o represent your equations and has a bunch of other features that might or might not be of interest for you, e.g. an integrated plotting engine.


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I've got the R1, with Canon 5D and the 8-15mm fisheye.
Trying to shoot a row at 0 degrees, getting the alignment along the horizontal adjusment I've tried it at every point, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm 20mm.
17mm seems to be the sweet spot, at least most of the time. I saw others on this forum also mention around 17 and 18mm to be the best for them.
So how is the R1 designed to take the zenith and nadir? I see the little user guide states to tilt the camera up and down after loosening the knob. Do you also have to slide the pole/tripod a couple of inches as well? I'm a bit lost at that point.


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Why is the foreskin removed? God gave it men, did God also tell them to have it removed?
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Firstly, we circumcise because it the sign specifically commanded in the Torah, by God to the Abraham and his descendants for entering the eternal covenant with God (Bereshit, 17). In return, God made Abraham the father of a multitude of nations. Made him exceedingly fruitful, into nations, and kings. God gave his decedents the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting posession, and is their God.
But why specifically the prepuce?
Circumcision is a chok (a law with an unclear reasons), however in the guide of the perplexed Rambam gives his own rationale for cutting off the prepuce specifically:
While the Rambam's second reason makes the connection that the circumcision is a covenant for believers in God's unity, it doesn't really answer why the prepuce is specifically cut off as sign of God's unity - the tip of your nose, or an ear-lobe could have been the sign.
I'd offer my own answer (so take it with a grain of salt), building upon the Rambam's second reason and in conjunction with his reason for other chukim (laws with unclear reasons), for why the circumcision is a sign of God's unity. The Rambam explains the reasons for some other chukim by showing that that they were idolatrous. He references an ancient book called "The Nabataean Agriculture" to show how many of our chukim are restrictions of idolatrous practices of the pagan society Abraham was from.
I would link circumcision to this, since the Phallus was a common idol whose worship dates back to prehistoric times and is still today a sign of fertility in some cultures. By injuring our phallus, we are actively denying the worthiness of the penis to be worshiped.
While other nations worship the phalluses, Jews cut their own phalluses as a sign of God's unity. Only Hashem is God, not stone or even flesh which can be cut in two.
God commanded Avraham to circumcise his sons and future male descendants. The obligation was derived from that command to apply to all fathers of male children. The relevant sources are laid out by Ramba"m here.
There are many mitzvos completion of which necessitates altering something's physical state. Here are some more examples: [binding and waving] the 4 designated plants on Sukos, gifting choice fleece to priests, preparing olive oil for priestly annointment
The Midrash records a discussion of this issue (from vbm-torah.org). R' Akiva explains that God created the world and man so that man can improve it:
The idea mentioned in the moreh nevuchim can also be understood symbolically. While circumcision not actually limit pleasure, it symbolizes subjugating everything, including basic desires, to God's will. This symbolism of rising above the physical for a higher cause infuriated many anti-semites. For example, Hitler said "The Jews have inflicted two wounds on the world: Circumcision for the body and conscience for the soul". Judaism brought to the world Ethical Monotheism which called for higher ideals than just gaining power, such as helping the weak and the poor. Similarly, Judaism calls for circumcision as a symbol of rising above base desires.
I have understood the bris milah to be illuminated in Devarim 30:6
We might consider this factors deeply with teshuvah, in that the sin (the part that impedes reciprocity with the light of hashem) is "cut off" so the nation may live.


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Chapter 7. Lubrication
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5 Badass Movie Characters You Didn't Know Were Real People
#2. Travis Bickle From Taxi Driver
The patron saint of punk rockers and various other fine mohawk aficionados, Travis Bickle has gone down in history as one of the most challenging characters of American cinema. A socially inept loner with delusions of grandeur and a decidedly unhealthy obsession with weapons, he's the man every crazed gunman aspires to be.
Operating his taxi cab, Travis ventures into the hellish underbelly of New York City, where he encounters pimps, drug dealers and Albert Brooks. Recoiling in disgust and anger, he records his thoughts in a journal (archaic precursor to the blog), slowly descending into madness.
He resorts to violence, eventually targeting politician Charles Palantine for assassination. But after a failed assassination attempt, Travis disposes of his excess bullets by firing them into Harvey Keitel and two other dudes who aren't as famous. Yay vigilante justice!
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Arthur Bremer, like Bickle, was a lonely, socially awkward young man who felt distanced from normal society. In the film, when Bickle nabs a date with Cybill Shepherd, he sabotages the potential relationship by taking her to a porn film (something that should wait until at least the third date). Likewise, after years of loneliness, Bremer finally managed to get a girlfriend, but ruined it by talking explicitly about sex and showing her pornographic images.
After the break-up, Bremer stalked his ex and shaved his head, contributing two more quirks to the psychological profile that would influence the creation of Travis Bickle. He also kept a personal journal in which he outlined his plans to assassinate either Richard Nixon or George Wallace. After a failed attempt at killing Nixon, he settled on Wallace, managing to get a few bullets off before being subdued. He did this wearing dark glasses and a Wallace button.
That's right, at some point someone involved with the film intentionally substituted a pro-segregation presidential candidate...
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This is why movies are way better than real life, kids.
#1. Norman Bates From Psycho
A maniacal motherlover, Norman Bates owns a motel which caters to clientele who prefer rooms with a view...
...of really creepy houses.
A good mama's boy all-around, when his dear old mom passes away, Norman opts to keep the decaying body. When Janet Leigh comes to visit and Norman sneaks a peak at her goods, Mother (who, remember readers, is fucking dead) doesn't like that very much. In response, she takes a knife to poor Miss Leigh. And by "she," we mean Norman, dressed up in his dead mommy's sleepwear.
Eventually, Norman is discovered, and a trip down to his cellar reveals Mother, relaxing in a rocking chair.
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As one might expect, little Ed Gein didn't make many friends. His primary relationship was with his mother, and when she died, he didn't take it very well.
"Mama always said life was like that box from Hellraiser."
After a local woman went missing, police investigated Gein's home, where they found an impressive collection of decomposing human body parts, including decapitated corpses, human skulls, human noses, etc.
Of course, Gein didn't keep his mother's corpse around the house. No, instead Gein made frequent trips to local cemeteries, hoping to dig up the corpses of women who might've resembled his mother. Wait, that's actually worse.
But he didn't dress up like his dead mom to kill his victims, that part is ridiculous Hollywood fantasy. No, the real Gein skinned the women and wore their hides.
You probably guessed that was also the inspiration for the serial killer from Silence of the Lambs, but that's what makes the whole situation that much more fucked up. For Hitchcock's serial killer movie to meet the moral standards of Hollywood in his day, he had to tone down the freaking real story.
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I wonder if anyone can advise me? I have the panasonic gf3 with a 14mm lens. Is there a macro conversion lens I can buy (apart from the new panasonic one) - haven't had one before and so wanted something not too expensive that I can play with. Also, what do people think about extension tubes? Any advice would be great - thanks
As attractive as a "macro converter", or even extension tubes, might be from a cost perspective, your 14mm lens is not a very good foundation for macro photography. It is a moderately wide-angle lens (equivalent to about 28mm on a full-frame 35mm body), so if you want any real amount of subject magnification, you'll need to be working in very close—your lens will be as little as 15-16mm (about 5/8") away from what you're shooting when you're in very tight. That doesn't leave a lot of room for light to get at your subject at all.
There are a couple of options for macro lenses, including the Panasonic/Leica 45mm lens you've mentioned (at around $1000) and an Olympus 45mm 1:2 macro (at around $400). They're great if you want auto-everything, except for that unfortunate money thing.
If you are willing to sacrifice automation, you may find that using a lens mount adapter plus extension tubes and grabbing a 50mm lens (of just about any make you can find an adapter for) might just be a better solution. Since the μ4/3 sensor is fairly small, you probably won't need to go fully life-size on the sensor very often, so the 50mm focal length (which would really be too short for 35mm or APS-C format macrophotography) will still give you plenty of working romm at relatively large magnifications. 50mm lenses in the f/1.8-2 range are plentiful and cheap out there, especially for older manual-focus 35mm cameras, so finding one used at a very reasonable price shouldn't be any problem at all.
It means more work for you as a photographer (manual focus and exposure), but the results are likely to be significantly better than trying to do macro work with a wide-angle lens.


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Bad at math and science, should I still major in comp science?
I wasn't really sure where this would go, since it is more of a mix between programming and design...so I suppose this would be a good section. Though, I know the general basic concepts of the industry..been looking into this for years now.
I'll try to make this short...but is going to end up being a tl;dr, so my high goal is to become a game designer "specifically a content designer or writer"...and I have this idea to work up in the ranks by starting as a programmer since nobody walks into a studio and says "I'M GOING TO CREATE THE NEXT FALLOUT !"
I have been working on my programming skills for a year or two now with C++/C# as advice from you guys. So far, I find it to be not that hard. I do these weekly programming challenges on another forum and make basic text story games...more for myself just for practice I suppose. I figure it is better than doing nothing but dreaming.
Even though the programming side is easy for me, my actual math and science skills are not good. Ironically, I am really good at Social Studies and English being in all the AP stuff for those...which is more useless with a Computer Science major. I fear this will not help me at all with majoring in computer Science and I don't see myself having a revolution and suddenly being a math master.
I fear that if I have troubles with just high school Algebra and Physics, then I am just waiting for a boat-load of problems in college majoring in Computer Science. I am not sure if I really want to do one of those Game Development majors as I hear bad things, but what do you guys think?
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Re: Bad at math and science, should I still major in comp science?
Do you see yourself working as a programmer as a job?
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Re: Bad at math and science, should I still major in comp science?
No, you should not major in Computer Science. All I read in your message is a fear of CS, not a passion for it, and if you don't truly want to be a programmer then you should not become one.
If you want to get into game design, you can supposedly do that with ANY degree (http://sloperama.com/advice/designprep.htm), so why not pursue English or Social Studies if they interest you? Anything you learn, as long as you prove you can finish strong, can be used to benefit you as you work on your game design skills.
And FYI there are tools out there (e.g. GameMaker) for folks who want to dabble in design without learning programming.
Good luck!
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Re: Bad at math and science, should I still major in comp science?
I'm finishing up a Computer Science degree this semester. While I'm sure it's completely dependent on the school, mine doesn't stress advanced math. Calc I is the highest required.
If you like programming but don't like math, you could certainly program games - to a degree. The part that really separates programmers from computer scientists is the math, the understanding of the underlying logic and the desire to change the logic for optimization. With that said, if you don't have a firm grasp of algebra you will struggle with algorithm analysis. In other words, you can program, but you can't advance into an engineer.
I was talking to a friend of mine who currently works for SOE about this very thing. I was worried that I screwed myself by only taking Calc I, worried that I didn't know as much math as I should've. He reassured me that most of the advanced math classes don't talk about math as a game programmer would. The relevant advanced math that he has is self-taught - specifically 3d math.
My advice would be to assess your other areas of interest/proficiency and build on those. See if there's something else you are good at, that you enjoy, that can be useful to game development. If you like programming but hate math, then I would stop looking at programming as a career entry point and instead just look at it as a hobby. Build your career and specialization around something you genuinely enjoy rather than trying to become good at something you don't enjoy just because it might get your foot in the door, because your forced expertise will show.
Also, should you decide not to go into programming, don't look at your last 1-2 years of learning programming as a waste of time. The rudimentary programming knowledge that you've gained through that 1-2 years will also show - in a positive way. Being able to communicate with programmers, even if you aren't one, is a valuable asset.
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24 Mar 2010 1:15 PM #1
[DUPE] Weird error
Do the following and see if you can reproduce this weird error:
1- Open the application (regardless on trial or get key mode)
2- Add a viewport container.
3- Bring any config option using the filter (i.e. layout) and modify it.
4- Click once on the filter for the config components and press backspace.
A double-click will bring the prompt to the filter, but before I realize that this screen comes and terminates the designer application.
Ernesto Vallejo.Kind regards,
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This is a known issue that is fixed and will be sent out with the next update shortly.
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Thanks for so short reply. I'll keep checking for next release.
Ernesto Vallejo.Kind regards,
Ernesto Vallejo.
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This issue has been resolved in the latest build. Relaunch the designer and you will be prompted for an upgrade.Aaron Conran


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Is there a natural reason for defining the compact-open topology on the set of continuous functions between two locally compact spaces. For example "to make ... functions continuous". Or in another way of asking this, is there an adjoint functor of the functor, say F, which assigns the topological space $F(X,Y):=Hom_C(X,Y)$ (with the compact-open topology on it) to the couple X,Y.
In regard to your question I recommend Topologies on spaces of continuous functions, Topology Proceedings, volume 26, number 2, pp. 545-564, 2001-2002 by Martin Escardo and Reinhold Heckmann.
I always liked the following reason:
Let's call a topology on a space "admissible" if the evaluation function $e: Hom(X,Y) \times X \rightarrow Y$ is continuous. Then the compact-open topology is coarser than any other admissible topology. In particular, in any case where the compact-open topology is admissible, it is the smallest possible topology that does this.
EDIT: See comments for some references. I don't claim any originality here :)
Exactly as you say, adjoint functors are the answer! (Or at least, they're one possible answer.) In particular, for reasonable spaces $X,Y,Z$, there is a natural isomorphism
where $[Y,Z]$ denotes $\mathrm{Hom}(Y,Z)$ with the compact-open topology. This is exactly the categorical characterisation of an exponential object.
This certainly holds when $X,Y,Z$ are compactly-generated Hausdorff spaces, so the category of such spaces is Cartesian closed.
Re Mariano's comment: yes, in some sense this is just fancy language for "things we want to converge, converge; things we don't, don't". But I think this helps explain why we want the things we want to converge, to converge. ☺


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I was wondering if there is a list of the most active branches of mathematics?
If MathOverflow is a representative sample, then algebraic geometry is by far the most popular. Is this the case?
I was wondering if there is a list of the most active branches of mathematics?
If MathOverflow is a representative sample, then algebraic geometry is by far the most popular. Is this the case?
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Sorry to add to the noise, but here it goes. With a little script-fu (and emacs, of course!) I retrieved the data from MSC corresponding to the last ten years in each of the Primary Classifications. Annoyingly the AMS changed their subject classification scheme recently, so that the numbers I queried were interpreted as MSC2010, whereas the papers are published from the year 2000.
43465 35 Partial differential equations 38151 62 Statistics 35994 81 Quantum theory 35633 68 Computer science 34474 65 Numerical analysis 28593 05 Combinatorics 28296 90 Operations research, mathematical programming 26406 34 Ordinary differential equations 26192 60 Probability theory and stochastic processes 23879 93 Systems theory; control 22361 11 Number theory 21689 76 Fluid mechanics 20787 91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences 19440 37 Dynamical systems and ergodic theory 18425 83 Relativity and gravitational theory 17323 94 Information and communication, circuits 17247 53 Differential geometry 16465 47 Operator theory 16134 03 Mathematical logic and foundations 15408 20 Group theory and generalizations 14225 92 Biology and other natural sciences 14051 82 Statistical mechanics, structure of matter 13663 46 Functional analysis 12894 74 Mechanics of deformable solids 11241 14 Algebraic geometry 10237 49 Calculus of variations and optimal control; optimization 10215 30 Functions of a complex variable 10154 16 Associative rings and algebras 9801 01 History and biography 9781 54 General Topology 8014 42 Fourier analysis 7103 58 Global analysis, analysis on manifolds 6780 15 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory 6410 70 Mechanics of particles and systems 6359 32 Several complex variables and analytic spaces 6348 57 Manifolds and cell complexes 6185 41 Approximations and expansions 5935 39 Difference and functional equations 5684 26 Real functions 5349 17 Nonassociative rings and algebras 5226 13 Commutative rings and algebras 4840 78 Optics, electromagnetic theory 4439 52 Convex and discrete geometry 4418 33 Special functions 4350 00 General 3818 06 Order, lattices, ordered algebraic structures 3511 28 Measure and integration 3295 51 Geometry 2948 22 Topological groups, Lie groups 2944 55 Algebraic topology 2538 86 Geophysics 2089 45 Integral equations 2052 18 Category theory; homological algebra 1679 80 Classical thermodynamics, heat transfer 1523 31 Potential theory 1444 43 Abstract harmonic analysis 1343 12 Field theory and polynomials 1161 40 Sequences, series, summability 1108 08 General algebraic systems 898 44 Integral transforms, operational calculus 775 19 K-theory 534 85 Astronomy and astrophysics
Usual disclaimers apply. In particular, before concluding that nobody works in astrophysics, go and check the submission statistics for
Let me reiterate that I do not believe for a second that this data allows one to conclude anything of value about mathematics, just perhaps about mathematicians :)
Added (incorporating Gerald Edgar's summary in the comment below)
This is the summary of "pure maths" defined as classifications 00-60, with a total of
00--08 Logic and Combinatorics 63804 15.49% 11--20 Algebra and Number Theory 80689 19.59% 22--49,60 Analysis and Probability 216252 52.50% 51--58 Geometry and Topology 51157 12.42%
For those who have time to do some coding, the AMS releases tables of how many papers in MathSciNet land in each of the MSC subjects. This should be a more representative sampling of mathematical publications than the arXiv. Unfortunately, the format is a list of every paper, its year of publication, and which classifications it used, so it is not obvious to a human which subjects are the most popular.
For those who don't have the energy to create our own table, David Rusin has a chart where the area of each MSC subject is proportional to the number of publications in that filed from 1980-2000. The classification is too fine to easily answer questions like "Is analysis more popular than algebra" and the time period is not quite what we want. But one can immediately see that any one of Statistics (62), Probability and Stochastic Processes (60), Numerical Analysis (65) and PDEs (35) all dwarf Algebraic Geometry (14), Category Theory (18) and even Number Theory (11).
"Fashionable" is so subjective that it should be avoided here, I think.
On the other hand, it is very natural to wonder about which subject areas -- as represented, say, in the 2010 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification -- are the most popular as measured e.g. in terms of total papers published in the last ten years or the total number of mathematicians who have published in this area.
I'm not about to try to implement a computer search to answer this question, but it seems likely that someone else has already done so. I will predict an answer though: algebraic geometry is not the most popular research area in any quantitative sense. (Others have asked why algebraic geometry is so prevalent on MO and the most convincing answer seems to be that the founders of MO are mostly algebraic geometers and mathematicians in closely related areas.) I would be willing to bet that, as has been the case for at least one hundred years, more papers are published in analysis than in any other area.
The word "current" is my get-out on this! Here's the data from the arXiv for the month of december:
(yeah, yeah, I know - skewed results since it came from the arXiv ... yawn, think of a new complaint, please.)
I think it is a little bit anachronistic to divide mathematical disciplines and search for the most "active" one. The modern tendency (justified by the major achievements of contemporary mathematics) is to ignore the "barriers" between the different fields and become truly interdisciplinary.
I'm skeptical that this question can be asked and answered in a meaningful manner. Do we really want to know which area of mathematics produces, say, the most papers? Or even the most citations? What might be more meaningful (but maybe not) is which fields get the most funding from NSF.
Given the hint from David, here's what 30s coding produces:
As it's only 30s, I'll leave it to others to fill in the data about which area is which MSC. (Community wikied so that others can easily do that). Oh, it's the 2007 data (most recent) by the way.
(yeah, yeah, I know - skewed results since it came from the MSC ... yawn, think of a new complaint, please.)


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There is a massive empirical literature that shows that fairly strong correlations are obtained between IQ and important real world outcomes, perhaps most notably educational and job performance, often in the r = .5 range (see here for a summary).
Correlations with learning are complicated by what we mean by learning. In particular, if we define learning as the improvement in performance between two time points, then we have what is sometimes called a difference score or gain score. While this is an intuitive way to think about learning, gain scores often have slightly counter-intuitive properties. For example, on some tasks, gain may be negatively correlated with initial performance levels. This makes sense when you think that those who perform poorly initially often have more to learn. However, initial performance typically correlates well with final performance after a period of learning. As such, correlations of gain scores with ability can be a little strange also.
You might want to read some of Philip Ackerman's work on ability-performance correlations over practice.
There's some further discussion of the change score issue in learning here:
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We'll tell you what it isn't: The 80s B-movie featuring Lana Clarkson's immaculate breasts.
No, this is much worse. The deathstalker scorpion blends into the desert sands of Africa and is half the size of your foot. Deathstalker's are aggressive and very nervous about intruders. Since you're likely to not see them when you start fucking around in their habitat, you'll probably end up getting stung several times.
What's this Funny Feeling?
It's six different fast-acting neurotoxins that are about to make you drop into the fetal position. The venom from a deathstalker is meant to completely immobilize its prey so that--you guessed it--it can eat it alive.
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Here it is, deathstalking. Or stalking death. Whatever. Something horrifying.
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It's called the fucking deathstalker. What do you think?
It causes several deaths annually. If you're a healthy, strapping adult you can probably make it out alive. Kids, the elderly and geek types whose bodies have atrophied from years of video games, won't be so lucky.
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What the Fuck is That?
While vacationing in Brazil, you decide you want the full experience and venture off to pick bananas with the locals. As you wrestle bundles out of the tree, you feel something fall on you. And that something looks like the Devil incarnate.
The Brazilian wandering spider, or Spawn of Satan from here on out, can get to be a whopping ten-inches long (that's leg to leg). It's one of the most aggressive spiders in the world, no doubt emboldened by generations of much larger creatures running and screaming at the sight of it.
They like to rest wherever it is cool and dark (like your bed, at night!) and nothing pisses them off more than having their resting place disturbed.
What's this Funny Feeling?
Every bite from the Spawn of Satan--twice as potent as the black widow's--will result in excruciating pain. This is due to the fact that, aside from the neurotoxin, their bites contain high levels of serotonin. While the neurotoxin is busy shutting down your primary functions, that serotonin is heading straight for your brain. Once there, it'll cause intense tremors throughout your body and incredible pain.
Source: Science.
While not every bite has enough hellfire to take down a fully-grown man, it should be noted that another effect of the spider's bite is priapism (named after the Greek god with wooden balls). "What's that?" you ask. Well friends, imagine taking viagra and achieving that rock-hard boner you've been looking for, but instead of a little blue pill helping you achieve it, it's that thing up there. And instead of it being a pleasurable experience to your loins, it's extremely painful and lasts for hours. And fixing it may involve the doctor puncturing your dick with a sharp object to release the blood.
Will I Be Alright?
Remember that "most aggressive spider" thing we mentioned? Well the Spawn of Satan also has another common title: "World's Deadliest Spider." If that dose of neurotoxin and serotonin goes unchecked, it will shut down your body. Permanently. Luckily these nightmare-inducing monsters reside in the warm climates of South America. After all, when are you ever going to be in South America?
Oh hey, and remember when we said they like to hide in dark corners? One of their favorite spots is in shipping containers, such as boxes of bananas. Oh, and you might also run into one at the hospital.
"I- Wait a minute, you're not my doctor. You're not my doctor!
#1. Box Jellyfish
What the Fuck is That?
Imagine that the stresses of life finally get to you and, after months of depression you snap. You make that final decision: You're going back to Australia again.
Having left a note behind for your loved ones and doling out your worldly possessions to your heirs, you go swimming in the oceans around northern Australia. You catch glimpse of something glimmering in the water. It's moving.
It's chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous species of box jellyfish. You are about to get what you came for.
What's this Funny Feeling?
The chironex's venom is fast-acting and multi-purposed. It goes after the nervous system, heart and skin at the same time, in a multi-pronged attack of horror.
Will I Be Alright?
There is an antidote to the chironex venom. Do you happen to have it in your hand, there in the middle of the ocean? No? That's too bad, because a person can be killed within four minutes of the sting.
Congratulations, you can await the sweet, sweet embrace of death.
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Petetan was arrested the day after the deadly shooting when he was stopped on a traffic violation in Bryan and officers discovered he was named in a arrest warrant.
Police also recovered Kimberley Petetan's 9-year-old daughter, who police say was abducted from the scene of the shooting the day before.
She wasn't harmed.
The Petetans were married, but weren't living together at the time of the shooting, police said.
Petetan was originally indicted in November.
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna confirmed last month he plans to seek the death penalty in the case.
Petetan is in the McLennan County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond and without bond on a parole violation, jail records show.
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John Dewayne Richards was indicted on one count of tampering with a witness and one count of retaliation in connection with incidents during the capital murder trial of his nephew, Rickey Donnell Cummings, who was sentenced to death for his role in a March 2011 shooting outside of a local apartment complex that left two dead and two injured.
Richards was arrested on Oct. 25 after State District Judge Ralph Strother signed a warrant for him charging him with retaliation against a trial witness.
The arrest came after a man threatened a witness in Cummings' capital murder trial after the third day of testimony.
On the next day when the witness prepared to leave her house to go to the courthouse, she found her car's tires slashed.
Officers began searching for Richards after the arrest warrant was issued and found him in the parking lot of the H-E-B store in Bellmead.
Tyrece Edward Richards, Cummings brother, was indicted on one count of retaliation (enhanced) stemming from an incident in May in which a potential witness was threatened at gunpoint at a north Waco apartment complex.
Grand jurors also indicted Waco teenager Brandon Rashon Reliford Wednesday on three counts of indecency with a child by exposure.
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A 10-year-old girl told detectives that a man stood in front of a window of his North Waco home on March 27 and exposed himself to her.
Swanton said there were other children involved, as well.
Cozy Bronshae Washington was indicted on four counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in an incident in September in which his common-law wife and her three children were kidnapped and held.
Gerald Wayne Guthrie was indicted Wednesday for aggravated assault against a public servant (habitual) and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon (habitual).
He was arrested in October after a traffic stop near the intersection of New Road and Waco Drive.
As the officer approached the vehicle, the driver jumped out, tried to dispose of a plastic bag containing methamphetamine, and then ran into traffic on New Road.
The officer was able to subdue the man, but as he was being escorted back to the patrol car he pulled a knife from his pocket and threatened the officer.
The officer used his Taser, which caused the man to fall to the ground, but then the man got up and tried to run again, police said.
As the officer struggled with him a second time, a Paladin Security officer stopped to help, and several passersby called 911 to report the officer was in trouble, police said.
The officer, whose name was not released, suffered minor injuries, police said Monday.
After the arrest, police determined that that Guthrie was wanted on warrants charging burglary and theft as well as for a parole violation.
Elizabeth Scott Norman was indicted on one count of injury to an elderly individual in connection with an incident in November in which her 76-year-old mother was struck several times in the face and neck.


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How to recongnize addiction to gambling? How to recognize when your bad plays are not due to tilt but addiction to gambling? What can be done?
The gambler's anonymous site has a list of 20 questions as a starter.
Some things to note about addictions in general: It is not about the quantity but more about the emotions and behaviour.
The CAGE questions can also be applied (in part):
As for what can be done - I believe Gambler's Anonymous follows the same 12 step program as alcoholics, drug addicts etc.
Although there are parallels between addictions, not all can be dealt with in the same way. For example, abstinence forms a key part in many recovery programs but for some addictions (over-eating, sex addiction etc), this isn't practical for obvious reasons.


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I shoot a lot of close-up photography and typically use the mirror up feature with a remote control. I tried doing double exposures using these functions and kept failing. Yesterday I switched to single shot and the mutiple exposure function worked fine. I just wanted to make sure that I wans't making some mistake. In short, multiple exposure does NOT work with the mirror up, right? Thanks! Tim
My understanding of pages 152-153 of your manual is that you have to capture the correct number of frames (2 or 3 as chosen in the menu) in order for the "multiple exposure" sequence to be complete.
As @alen mentions in his comment above, burst modes will mean those 2-3 frames are captured relatively quickly, but in other shooting modes, you still have to go through all the steps of acquiring a complete frame for each frame that makes up the multiple exposure.
For single shot, that simply means taking two pictures. The same applies in mirror lock-up mode BUT MLU requires two button presses to acquire one frame (see pg 83 of your manual for MLU details), so the process must be repeated for each subsequent frame required to complete the Multiple Exposure sequence. And it is a sequence, it is initiated and can be cancelled via the shooting menu. See pg 154 for "Interrupting Multiple Exposures".


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Is there a paper in which are all the irreps of the finite W-algebra with trivial action of the center are classified, in the case of $\mathfrak sl_3(\mathbb C)$ and the minimal orbit?
Classifying all irreps of an algebra like a W-algebra is a fool's errand, so I'm assuming that's not what you mean.
For finite dimensional irreps, there are 2; for $\mathfrak{sl}_n$, the number is always the number of standard tableaux of the corresponding Young diagram. This is Theorem C in Brundan and Kleshchev's Representations of shifted Yangians and finite W-algebras. This theorem also gives a construction, as does B&K's "Schur-Weyl duality for higher levels".
EDIT: It occurs to me that the W-algebra in this case is actually one of the algebras considered by Musson and van der Bergh in Invariants under tori of rings of differential operators and related topics. Thus, the category of all weight modules with integral regular central character actually has a nice description; it's the quotient of the path algebra of the doubled $A_4$ quiver by the relation the loops going left and going right from either of the two middle vertices are equal. The finite dimensional reps are the two middle vertices. This stuff is discussed (admittedly, without drawing the connection to W-algebras) in our recent paper Hypertoric category $\mathcal O$, especially Example 4.12.
The answer may depend on what you mean by "classified", but the best results so far seem to be those of Brundan-Kleshchev and Brown-Goodwin. See for example the preprint here and its references. (However, the Brown-Goodwin results might not apply directly to your situation, due to their restrictive assumption on the nilpotent orbit.)
ADDED: I'm far from being an expert on the subject, but maybe I can focus the discussion a little more. The notion of finite $W$-algebra is tricky to define (there being at least three equivalent but different-looking definitions in the literature). Essentially it's an associative algebra attached to a semisimple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ over $\mathbb{C}$ and a nilpotent element $e \in \mathfrak{g}$. Usually the case $e=0$ is ignored, but the convention then is that the resulting finite $W$-algebra is just the universal enveloping algebra $U(\mathfrak{g})$. Kostant originally studied the opposite extreme when $e$ is regular ("principal") and the resulting algebra is isomorphic to the center of $U(\mathfrak{g})$. Premet extended the definition, using an $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-triple for (nonzero) $e$.
In any case, the finite dimensional representations are the main object of study; even their existence is problematic at first. Only in rank 1 are the results given by classical methods, while in general there are close connections with the primitive ideals of the universal enveloping algebra. Besides the work I mentioned above I should have pointed out the papers by Premet and by Ivan Losev: see for example Losev's recent ICM talk here and his earlier paper here.
All (not only finite dimensional!!) irreducible reps of $W$-algebra of $sl_2$ at its subregular nilpotent (read $U(sl_2)$) were classified by Block. A similar classification for the minimal $W$-algebra of $sl_3$ is feasible but still awaits its hero, to the best of my knowledge.


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What magazines do you have subscriptions to?
I'm interested to know what mix of magazines (including Kindle/Nook/iPad) people have subscriptions to. Mine:
Popular Science (paper)
The Atlantic (Kindle)
Oprah (I had a $10 Groupon credit I had to get rid of, and this was $10 exactly with no shipping charge. Eh, I like the "favorite things" issue)
Time Out New York
Discover (although I think this just expired)
Through work (I have to share with my boss, but I don't have to pay for them!), I get Wired, Smithsonian, SI, SI for Kids, Mental Floss, and Time,
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SI, Maxim, Popular Science and Food & Wine.
I subscribe to tons of magazines. Basically anything I can get for free on the web, with airline miles that are going to expire before I can ever use them, Coke reward points, etc. There are a surprising number of magazines you can get for free. Most of these go directly into the "sell to Half Price Books" box. About every four to six weeks I sell them and get enough to finance my comic book habit.
The two magazines I actually pay for and read are Wired and Entertainment Weekly (although I've been getting that one free for a while now. I think that was a Coke Rewards deal). Wired I usually read cover to cover. All sorts of great geeky stuff in there. Entertainment weekly I at least leaf through, sometimes read the cover articles. Mostly this is a remnant of being a volunteer youth leader with my church. I found it a good way to keep up with mainstream media that my kids talked about but I otherwise didn't care about.
Popular Photography and Taste of Home.
Rolling Stone, Bon Appetit, and Food & Wine
Wired and Time. Wired has the best tablet version that I've come across, as well.
I have the free Smart Computing on my IPAD and none through the mail. I let them all expire because I threw tons of magazines away a couple of years ago that I had not had time to read. My six-week hair appointment provides me with the National Enquirer, People, US Weekly type of reading, which I look at in th check-out line at the store and wonder who would buy that!!
Haven't subscribed to a paper magazine in at least a decade.
@wilfbrim: Seconded. I've also found that tablet versions of magazines are just as dated and useless as the dead tree editions.
Only recently started subscribing thanks to freebies and sales via woot.
Taste of Home
Popular Science (still waiting for the first issue)
Wired (still waiting for the first issue)
Rachael Ray (free)
One of the Horse magazines (free, I forget which because I just hand em over to my mom)
Oprah (free but hasn't yet arrived so maybe not)
...Oh, and Game Informer, since I'm a rewards member at gamestop. But I think that expires this month.
I also kinda-sorta subscribe to Allure and Lucky, a friend subscribes and as soon as she's done I get them ;D
I had no idea Half Price Books takes magazines. I always trash mine. Hrm.
Only 1 now - Architectural Digest. Got it at a price I couldn't refuse. BTW: My local library loves to get these as donations. AD is pretty much timeless. Fun to drool over the beautiful homes.
Outdoor Photographer is the only one I currently have, although I am paying fro subscriptions to a Handyman magazine and some science magazine for my best friend. The subscription I have had the longest and read the most has been Entertainment Weekly, but I don;t have it right now. When I was married and cooking for two I enjoyed Bon Appetit and Food and Wine.
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