So... apparently every teacher in Detroit received a layoff notice...
Way to go Michigan!
How did that happen?
There's some kind of rule about how teachers can't be laid off without a notice of x days/weeks/months ahead of time. Detroit doesn't have enough money for its school districts, so it decided to hedge its bets by sending out a pre-emptive wave of layoff notices. That way it can now layoff whoever it feels like when it inevitably turns out that Detroit doesn't have the money to keep employing all those teachers.
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Hey, it worked this time, for some strange reason! I just hope it completes the process of scanning.
Thanks, Thom! I could have sworn I tried /x before, but whatever.
/x forces a dismount. I've seen anti-virus apps fuck with Chkdsk because some do continous scans or other things that won't allow dismount. /x tells chkdsk to force it even if a file is in use. So using it on C: can sometimes cause odd effects five to ten minutes afterwards.
So... apparently every teacher in Detroit received a layoff notice...
Way to go Michigan!
How did that happen?
There's some kind of rule about how teachers can't be laid off without a notice of x days/weeks/months ahead of time. Detroit doesn't have enough money for its school districts, so it decided to hedge its bets by sending out a pre-emptive wave of layoff notices. That way it can now layoff whoever it feels like when it inevitably turns out that Detroit doesn't have the money to keep employing all those teachers.
This seems like a good plan that can't possibly turn out poorly.
The game starts in 1836, when it still has everything west of the Louisiana Purchase. The US decided not to intervene in the Texas Revolution, so it got reabsorbed. Mexico got another few territories because some of the western US states technically start as empty land that the US can then colonize. The US did a very bad job of colonizing (hence Russian Oregon and Idaho, British Washington, and a few of the Mexican states).
By the end of the game, I think Mexico and the Confederate States were both Great Powers (they take the sum of prestige, industry, and military scores, and the top 8 are considered the Great Powers and have special privileges and bonuses), and the US was roughly equivalent to one of the more powerful Italian states, like Sardinia-Piedmont.
I wasn't really a big fan of it. It's the only Paradox game that I've played and disliked. I really like EU3, Victoria 1/2 and HoI 2/3, though.
I really enjoyed my playthrough. The final ten years had my king get excommunicated, and I had to deal with civil wars all over my empire. And then Croatia, Hungry, and France, started picking off a couple minor vassals so I had to deal with bad boy increases from getting my land back.
Here's an old outdated map from like 30 years ago.
I don't have the map of the US at the end of this game, but it was a lot of fun
The US ended up consisting of Washington DC and a couple of upper midwest states (Wisconsin and Minnesota, IIRC). It was getting the crap beaten out of it in the Civil War by Russia, Mexico, and the CS so I joined in and grabbed the mid-Atlantic. Every few years, the US would declare war on the CSA for lost territory, which would inevitably end up with CSA+Mexico+Russia winning and grabbing another few states. I joined in at the second such war to finish conquering the northeast.
The best part was that the Confederate States quickly outlawed slavery. The only reason a lot of staunch slave states like Illinois had emancipation was because the Confederate States fought for African American liberation. :P
It might be a good thing, Detroit losing all its teachers. Gives the kids more time to spend learning how to fight in the gladiatorial arenas the homeless mobs have set up in their cardboard cities on the outskirts.
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So... apparently every teacher in Detroit received a layoff notice...
Way to go Michigan!
How did that happen?
There's some kind of rule about how teachers can't be laid off without a notice of x days/weeks/months ahead of time. Detroit doesn't have enough money for its school districts, so it decided to hedge its bets by sending out a pre-emptive wave of layoff notices. That way it can now layoff whoever it feels like when it inevitably turns out that Detroit doesn't have the money to keep employing all those teachers.
Also, they need to make room for the incoming Education Droid Series 209 instructional robot.
Hopefully they'll be able to re-employ current teachers once the cyborg RoboTeacher program reaches maturity.
It might be a good thing, Detroit losing all its teachers. Gives the kids more time to spend learning how to fight in the gladiatorial arenas the homeless mobs have set up in their abandoned libraries that are crumbling from neglect.
I wasn't really a big fan of it. It's the only Paradox game that I've played and disliked. I really like EU3, Victoria 1/2 and HoI 2/3, though.
I really enjoyed my playthrough. The final ten years had my king get excommunicated, and I had to deal with civil wars all over my empire. And then Croatia, Hungry, and France, started picking off a couple minor vassals so I had to deal with bad boy increases from getting my land back.
Here's an old outdated map from like 30 years ago.
I don't have the map of the US at the end of this game, but it was a lot of fun
The US ended up consisting of Washington DC and a couple of upper midwest states (Wisconsin and Minnesota, IIRC). It was getting the crap beaten out of it in the Civil War by Russia, Mexico, and the CS so I joined in and grabbed the mid-Atlantic. Every few years, the US would declare war on the CSA for lost territory, which would inevitably end up with CSA+Mexico+Russia winning and grabbing another few states. I joined in at the second such war to finish conquering the northeast.
The best part was that the Confederate States quickly outlawed slavery. The only reason a lot of staunch slave states like Illinois had emancipation was because the Confederate States fought for African American liberation. :P
What is this game? It sounds kinda cool.
Victoria 2. They're just about to release a patch that optimizes the late game, which is awesome. It slows down over time, so by 1890 or so it's been completely unplayable for me.
If you end up deciding to get it, check out some of the mods. There are some ridiculous imbalances in it (India tends to get completely assimilated very quickly, so by 1850 India consists entirely of millions of white British protestants, meaning Britain is almost impossible to take on after a certain point) that mods tweak quite nicely.
Edit: Incidentally, if you like a high level of micro-management, the prequel Victoria is the game for you.
In an article titled "Unconfirmed Quotations," Barton conceded that he has not located primary sources for eleven of the alleged quotes from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions (hence, the title of the article), but maintained that the quotes were "completely consistent" with the views of the Founders.[33]
Detroit has lost more than half of its population in the last 10 years or so. It is what the prime example of a post industrial city that has had a mass migration.
nope, no complete scan, it stalled after the fourth line, identifying the volume label as 'heron'
damn
Well see that's why it's fucking up, it's on drugs.
no i or terminal e there
it's sometimes called heron as well, Cee
i know that because i am from the streets, son
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So for those of you who aren't in the system, Facebook recently added a 'polling' function, allowing users to track the opinions of their friends. And I assume the data mining is worth approximately $Abu Dhabi.
Anyway, people are inattentive or ignorant, which results in some interesting misunderstandings. Like this poll, started by a girl with 214 friends, asking "I'm deleting people tomorrow, so if ya don't wanna be deleted, you do, or just don't give a crap...let me know : )". The poll has now been responded to by over 15,300 people.
What happened: users saw something like "[Friend's name] responded to "I'm deleting people tomorrow, so if ya don't wanna be deleted, you do, or just don't give a crap...let me know : )" with:
-Keep me ... still like to be your friend
-Keep Me
-I would still like to be your friend.
Along with a tally. Clicking on an answer registers a response to the poll, as does leaving a comment. Which is where things get interesting. Believing that 1: the question was posed by a friend and 2: that their answer will be registered on their friend's wall in response to said question, and not necessarily be made public, you get stuff like this:
-KEEP ALL MY FRIENDS
-Better keep family
-What's up joe, somebody piss you off?
-Say it ain't so...
-Call me sometime--713-[actual goddamn phone number redacted]
-Sweetheart please keep me as your friend love you
-Keep me, I don't have alot of friends . I would hate to lose one
Detroit has lost more than half of its population in the last 10 years or so. It is what the prime example of a post industrial city that has had a mass migration.
Is it bad I see it as an awesome research place?
I see it as a future opportunity to test nuclear weapon effectiveness against a modern American city.
Detroit has lost more than half of its population in the last 10 years or so. It is what the prime example of a post industrial city that has had a mass migration.
Is it bad I see it as an awesome research place?
One day it will be a ghost town full of empty buildings where the homeless will forge a new society, where only the most unemployed will survive.
Detroit has lost more than half of its population in the last 10 years or so. It is what the prime example of a post industrial city that has had a mass migration.
Is it bad I see it as an awesome research place?
One day it will be a ghost town full of empty buildings where the homeless will forge a new society, where only the most unemployed will survive.
Actually I think it is hitting the balance where it won't be losing any major chunks anymore. They are tearing down large amounts of condemned buildings. I guess they are setting urban farming as well. There are major changes happening there. Its really interesting to me.
Though the roving bands of hobos is much more interesting story wise.
Detroit has lost more than half of its population in the last 10 years or so. It is what the prime example of a post industrial city that has had a mass migration.
Is it bad I see it as an awesome research place?
Detroit was a pretty big place, so half of pretty big is still relatively large.
The current residents are sick to death of documentary crews, social researchers, and urban explorers.
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Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Yeah messed up my time numbers. It is 1970 where it was 1.5 million. Still a huge drop in population. Of course this is the city, not the metropolitan area. Stupid brain messing up years.
In an article titled "Unconfirmed Quotations," Barton conceded that he has not located primary sources for eleven of the alleged quotes from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions (hence, the title of the article), but maintained that the quotes were "completely consistent" with the views of the Founders.[33]
Less hilarious: textbooks for much of the country being written according to his viewpoint.
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It's midnight. And where would I go anyway?
There's some kind of rule about how teachers can't be laid off without a notice of x days/weeks/months ahead of time. Detroit doesn't have enough money for its school districts, so it decided to hedge its bets by sending out a pre-emptive wave of layoff notices. That way it can now layoff whoever it feels like when it inevitably turns out that Detroit doesn't have the money to keep employing all those teachers.
/x forces a dismount. I've seen anti-virus apps fuck with Chkdsk because some do continous scans or other things that won't allow dismount. /x tells chkdsk to force it even if a file is in use. So using it on C: can sometimes cause odd effects five to ten minutes afterwards.
It's basically a stunt to send the teachers a message.
They wont all get laid off, but a lot probably will, and the rest are meant to be fearful for their jobs.
I know all my best teachers were constantly afraid of being fired for no good reason!
cowboys and aliens?
ahahahah
This seems like a good plan that can't possibly turn out poorly.
damn
The game starts in 1836, when it still has everything west of the Louisiana Purchase. The US decided not to intervene in the Texas Revolution, so it got reabsorbed. Mexico got another few territories because some of the western US states technically start as empty land that the US can then colonize. The US did a very bad job of colonizing (hence Russian Oregon and Idaho, British Washington, and a few of the Mexican states).
By the end of the game, I think Mexico and the Confederate States were both Great Powers (they take the sum of prestige, industry, and military scores, and the top 8 are considered the Great Powers and have special privileges and bonuses), and the US was roughly equivalent to one of the more powerful Italian states, like Sardinia-Piedmont.
Also, they need to make room for the incoming Education Droid Series 209 instructional robot.
Hopefully they'll be able to re-employ current teachers once the cyborg RoboTeacher program reaches maturity.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Well see that's why it's fucking up, it's on drugs.
still so fucking mad about that nasus
It would be a documentary.
FTFY
Victoria 2. They're just about to release a patch that optimizes the late game, which is awesome. It slows down over time, so by 1890 or so it's been completely unplayable for me.
If you end up deciding to get it, check out some of the mods. There are some ridiculous imbalances in it (India tends to get completely assimilated very quickly, so by 1850 India consists entirely of millions of white British protestants, meaning Britain is almost impossible to take on after a certain point) that mods tweak quite nicely.
Edit: Incidentally, if you like a high level of micro-management, the prequel Victoria is the game for you.
don't be mad come play another game with me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barton_%28author%29
no i or terminal e there
Is it bad I see it as an awesome research place?
it's sometimes called heron as well, Cee
i know that because i am from the streets, son
Anyway, people are inattentive or ignorant, which results in some interesting misunderstandings. Like this poll, started by a girl with 214 friends, asking "I'm deleting people tomorrow, so if ya don't wanna be deleted, you do, or just don't give a crap...let me know : )". The poll has now been responded to by over 15,300 people.
What happened: users saw something like "[Friend's name] responded to "I'm deleting people tomorrow, so if ya don't wanna be deleted, you do, or just don't give a crap...let me know : )" with:
-Keep me ... still like to be your friend
-Keep Me
-I would still like to be your friend.
Along with a tally. Clicking on an answer registers a response to the poll, as does leaving a comment. Which is where things get interesting. Believing that 1: the question was posed by a friend and 2: that their answer will be registered on their friend's wall in response to said question, and not necessarily be made public, you get stuff like this:
-KEEP ALL MY FRIENDS
-Better keep family
-What's up joe, somebody piss you off?
-Say it ain't so...
-Call me sometime--713-[actual goddamn phone number redacted]
-Sweetheart please keep me as your friend love you
-Keep me, I don't have alot of friends . I would hate to lose one
I see it as a future opportunity to test nuclear weapon effectiveness against a modern American city.
Well see that's why its's fucking up, it's associating with giant seabirds.
One day it will be a ghost town full of empty buildings where the homeless will forge a new society, where only the most unemployed will survive.
Hey, there we go. Steam is starting up. Though it prompted me for my login, for some reason. Thanks again!
Junkies don't spell well dog.
Donglover's added a store to his site, and he intends to eventually put all of his albums up for FREE. :O
Actually I think it is hitting the balance where it won't be losing any major chunks anymore. They are tearing down large amounts of condemned buildings. I guess they are setting urban farming as well. There are major changes happening there. Its really interesting to me.
Though the roving bands of hobos is much more interesting story wise.
Detroit was a pretty big place, so half of pretty big is still relatively large.
The current residents are sick to death of documentary crews, social researchers, and urban explorers.
Less hilarious: textbooks for much of the country being written according to his viewpoint.
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k