#sundevil

[bcmeetsworld]

I did it… 🥳🎉

#ASUGrad #classof2023 🎓

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Steve: 1

Secret Service: 0

[vampironatural]

¿𝐍𝐨 𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨́𝐦𝐨 𝐝𝐢́𝐚 𝐚 𝐝𝐢́𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚́𝐬, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞? #mood #love #instagood #photooftheday #cool #aestheticboys #softboy #cuteguys #likersforlikers #cuteboys #newpost #streetshot #aestheticboy #igers #sundevils #quotes #selfie #boy #dude #gay #gayboy #gaycute #mood #words #boys #igers #igersmx#urbanphotography #monday #nobinario #instamoment #quotes https://www.instagram.com/p/CqTmF8PuzYy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sportsminorityreport]

The fall of the PAC --- The start of the relegation era.

I heard a Utah fan complaining about "being relegated" to the Big 12 --- most Utah fans and administrators wanted to stay in the PAC.

That relegation statement resonated with me.

I think if all the rumors of today happen, that may be the most honest way to look at everything that has gone down.

The bottom line is that the PAC 12 was a 12 team conference where essentially 8 schools carried their weight to some degree in the revenue sports and brought good markets. They were feeding 12 mouths.

If Stanford and Cal had never had the conference add Oregon State and Washington State (two schools with academics that were not and have not been at PAC standards decades ago) would the Pac have crumbled? Probably not.

With USC and UCLA the PAC schools were projected to be worth $50M per school or $600M. Without those two NW schools they would probably be worth about $570M or $57M per school. Is USC or UCLA leaving if they have $57M each and the Big Ten TV deal does not reflect LA value? I don't think so.

In real terms NOT actively relegating both schools --- something that probably was not allowed in the conference by-laws --- probably doomed the conference. Too many mouths to feed.

What do we have today --- end result.

The haves of the PAC (Washington, Oregon, USC, and UCLA ) have been promoted.

The middle class of the PAC (Colorado, Arizona, ASU, Utah, and now maybe with rumors of Stanford and Cal to the ACC) have be relegated to a slightly lesser conference than the PAC, and the Lower class of the PAC Oregon State and Washington State appear to have been strongly relegated to a lower level, the MWC.

Two years from now, I think we will just view this as a relegation story.

And I think more importantly, I think this is historically significant. I think this is the first round of relegation realignment.

The next seems likely to gut the ACC. The ACC schools all feel the ACC is better than the Big 12. But just like in the PAC, they may be forced to take the lifeboats that are there.

And then things get interesting....

I would not be shocked if the Big Ten crumbles into a football haves conference and a football have nots conference. Is there any reason Purdue, Indiana, Iowa, and others should be making Ohio State money?

I would not be shocked to see the Big Ten break into a 3 team football conference with the traditional powers along with their ACC and PAC acquisitions and several teams... perhaps enough for an 8 team football only conference operating at the Big 12 level... whose members play their Olympic sports in the Big Ten.

Who gets the axe?

Indiana

Purdue

Northwestern

Illinois

Iowa

minesota

wisconsin

and..... Nebraska?!?!?!

I would not be shocked to see Ol' Miss and Mississippi State forced out of the conference by Texas in order for the SEC to keep payouts up with Big Ten "A".

Relegation is here.

[uniquecrash5]

The GURPS Cyberpunk and seizure of Steve Jackson Games' computers was a part of an FBI initiative called Operation Sundevil if I recall correctly.

I was a playtester for GURPS Cyberpunk. I half suspect my name is on an FBI list somewhere.

There is another section from the song "Gamers", and I'm curious if it refers to a specific incident.

I'm a live-roleplayin' gamer, I used to play out in the woods. Twilight 2000, Shadowrun, I'd play whenever I could. I'd put on my costume, shoot tin cans, and make firecrackers fly. Then my front door got kicked down again -- This time it was the FBI.

They stole my guns, my video tapes, every book I’d ever read, And a couple of bags of fertilizer out of the garden shed! They told the press I was a terrorist, who planned to blow up half the town. They called me a right-wing militia nut, and a neo-nazi clown.

The details are not the same, but I think this is a reference to a well known incident in 1990, where Steve Jackson Games, best known these days as the maker of the Munchkin card game, were raided by the Secret Service under suspicion that their game product, Cyberpunk, a roleplaying game, was actually a manual for computer crime. Agents literally walked out of the building holding the game company's computers.

Because this story is so well known to gamers, and spread at a time when word of mouth was so potent, there are many details that are altered by the telephone game. Many say it was the FBI instead of the Secret Service, for instance, or it was Cyberpunk 2020 that was raided (which was put out by R. Talsorian Games, not Steve Jackson).

To quote Steve Jackson:

In the course of that visit, it became clear that the investigating agents considered GURPS Cyberpunk to be "a handbook for computer crime." They seemed to make no distinction between a discussion of futuristic credit fraud, using equipment that doesn't exist, and modern real-life credit card abuse. A repeated comment by the agents was "This is real."

"Careless, illegal, and completely unjustified," the raid happened because author Loyd Blankenship ran an irreverent, anti-authority computer USENET BBS dedicated to computers and yes, hacking, and Steve Jackson was struck through guilt by association. It's exactly the kind of overreach that happens when the malevolent Eye of Sauron that is federal law enforcement fixes itself on you. In the course of investigation, the Secret Service justified its own warrant by saying that they would find evidence to justify the warrant, which is circular reasoning.

Due to the raid, Steve Jackson Games had to lay off half the staff and was close to bankruptcy fighting the charges. However, for once, they were able to countersue the Secret Service, because several committed technology lawyers, partially in response, formed the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

This is not the first time this happened. In 1980, a decade earlier, TSR was raided because of the spy game, Top Secret, due to suspicion of aiding international terrorism in Lebanon (!)

[melefim]

Dead Boy Detectives- Moves, Incidents, and Cases Masterlist

Do you like lists? So do I! For my last Dead Boy Detectives Rewatch, I copied down every Move, Incident, and Case mentioned or seen onscreen in the show!

All are listed below, with the episode number in parentheses after each one.

(Two cases, Niko Sasaki and the Devlin House, appear in more than one category. For each listing, the number shows the first time it appeared in that category, which is not necessarily the same episode the case itself appeared in)

Full lists after the cut- As always, enjoy and please let me know if I missed anything!

Moves:

The Old Bait & Matchbook Gambit (1)

The Old Die & Go Seek Maneuver (3)

The Old Run For Our Lives Maneuver (3)

The Old Poke & Prod (6)

The Crystal Method (rejected names: The Esther Bester, Crystal Shroom Persuasion) (6)

The Old Shill & Dash Play (7)

Incidents:

The Infamous Puppy Debacle of ’94 (1)

The Great Chewing Gum Debacle of ’06 (2)

The Great Fenwick Pixie Escape of ’07 (5)

Past cases:

The Case of the Shrieking Doll (1)

The Case of the Drowned Diver (4)

The Case of the Ghastly Greenhouse (6)

Port Townsend potential case board:

Evil Seagull/ Severed Foot (3)

Astral Plane Crash (3)

Phantom Migraine (3)

Bedeviled Teacher (3)

Shrieking Secretary (3)

Disembodied Dog (3)

Haunted Painting (3)

Possessed Fireman (3)

Case of the Devlin House (3)

Phantom Yodeler (6)

Undead Milkman (6)

Doppelganger Gang (6)

Sentient Pants (6)

Restless Piano Syndrome (6)

Sticky Cricket Wicket (6)

Gargoyle in Garage (6)

Active cases:

Drowning victim who can’t move on without his boat (6)

Banker needs his lucky coin (6)

Cases solved during the show:

Museum Haunting (1)

Crystal Palace (1-8)

Becky Aspen (1)

Dandelion Sprites/Niko Sasaki (2)

Haunted Painting (told client how to break curse himself) (3)

Devlin House (3)

Lighthouse Leapers (4)

Two Dead Dragons (5)

Creeping Forest (6)

Cards on the office case board:

Museum Haunting (1)

Niko Sasaki (8)

The Devlin House (8)

Run Ragged Dogs (8)

That Thing We Couldn’t [rest of card out of frame] (8)

Sundevil Slip (8)

Solved cases mentioned by The Principal:

The Devlins (8)

The Vernons (8)

Moy Fitzgibbons (8)

The Jollity Twins (8)

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And if you like lists of things like I do, you can check out my other Dead Boy Detective ones here!

When Charles’ shirt color changes

George Rextrew’s Edwin comic inspo board

Soundtrack timestamps

Swearing Stats Masterlist

First pass at finding where the songs in the score are used- full post with timestamps in progress.

[tomoleary]

Dan Jurgens and Rick Magyar - Original Cover Art for Sundevils #1, 2, and 3 (DC, 1985) Source

[trashleyandthetubes]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Nike Dri-Fit Golf Polos (2).

[fabulousfinds76]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: ASU SunDevils baja backpack yellow and burgundy red gently used hippie bohemian.

[byakuganandgirl]

I’ve had the amazing pleasure to take ART 320 with Dr. Morgan Anderson of Arizona State University and ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts as an #onlinestudent with ASU Online. So proud to be a #sundevil and explore many different opportunities to grow as an individual and scholar.

I never would have thought about taking floral design for a science elective, but I’m thankful I came across this when I scheduled my classes earlier this year.

While it may be a little difficult to see through the foliage, but those large leaves are Magnolia leaves to represent my home state of Louisiana. Throughout this course, I used some favorites from my garden, like Makrut lime leaves and Thai basil (not shown here), and it’s been a wonderful time getting to know the world beyond my keyboard and screen.

I think we can all use a little break from social media (as I ironically share this to you all) and nurse our #plantblindness between the new iPhone release, ai updates, and the like.

I hope the world of floral arrangement as an art form and therapy gets a little more acknowledgment in our world, as it is not an easy skill!

[heavyweightnation]

North Carolina Defeats Arizona State Wrestling 22-16

North Carolina Defeats Arizona State Wrestling 22-16

#27 UNC picked up a big win todayagainst the #11 ranked Arizona State Sundevils at the Journeymen Wranglemania. Match Results: 125- Spencer Moore (UNC) TF Damian Moreno (ASU) 17-2 133- Julian Chlebove (ASU) dec Caden McCrary (UNC) 5-2 141- Lachlan McNeil (UNC) ID Jesse Vasquez (ASU) 149- Kyle Parco (ASU) dec Jayden Scott (UNC) 4-1 157- Sonny Santiago (UNC) MD Michael Kilic (ASU) 11-3 165-…

[theacademysaga]

Had a great (bittersweet) time in Tempe! 😎 We got our sun angel all settled into his dorm. We’re already missing Dylan something fierce, but judging from his 4 am Snapchat story, he’s not missing us as much. 😂 . #boymomlife #offtocollege #bittersweet #writerslife #romancewriter #readersofinstagram #booklovers #bookgeeks #sundevils #theacademysaga

[billconrad]

Banning AI

    When a society does not like something, we take steps to remove or curtail it. This effort might include a public information campaign, laws, and open discussions. This backlash is now occurring with Artificial Intelligence, and people want it regulated, banned, or limited to specific applications. I think this will be a hot topic in the coming elections, and lawmakers are working into the late hours to develop new laws.

    What is the core problem? There are three main issues. The first is the fear that AI will replace learning. This issue is nothing new. I remember teachers being upset that I used a computer to write reports when they wanted a hand-written document. Before this, they were upset that I used a calculator for arithmetic. My father probably got scolded when he used a slide rule, and my grandfather for getting facts from books. Teachers would say, “You are not learning the hard way.”

    The second problem is that computers and robots have replaced many jobs, such as auto assemblers and cashiers. Thus, it is natural to fear AI replacing jobs such as editors, writers, or teachers.

    I certainly do not want to compete with AI, but that argument has flaws. People built (as part of their job) robots and computers. Once installed, technicians had to service them. Later, technicians had to upgrade or replace them with newer models. So, computers moved jobs from one group to another, but there is no denying that jobs got replaced.

    The third reason is that AI will replace our souls. Chat GPT (an AI language program) can write just like a human, but there is a long way to go because AI can only do what we ask. “Write a story about a race car.” Only a human to ask the AI program to write about that topic. What about a random topic generator? Well, what use it that to you? Are you interested in the topic of industrial carrot processing?

    We must also consider the output quality of a program like Chat GPT. Let’s ask a seasoned race car driver like Jackie Stewart a racing question. His answer would be based on learning how to dive, winning races, and making mistakes.

     “Hey, Chat GPT. How do I drive my race car faster in corners?” AI can process every racing book, graph, chart, and race data. But an expert driver has raced, can see the entire picture, and look at the person as they answer. This thought process includes seeing the car, the track, the conditions, the driver’s body language, and the other drivers.

    The answer might be a simple “use less brake before entering the turn” or a complex aerodynamics discussion. The human answer will be much more effective, appropriate, and valuable. However, the Chat GPT answer might have a better writing technique.

    AI has upped the game, but we must remember what it was like when computers like the Macintosh introduced the graphical work environment. This invention was more intuitive, easier to use, and more powerful. “Soon, the Macintosh will take over our minds.”

    People mostly understand my three talking points but still wish to turn back the clock with legislation. I would argue that the bomb had already exploded, and we must deal with the aftermath. Trying to apply laws to AI is like trying to un-explode a bomb.

    The real problem is how best to use AI in our everyday life. This situation is like when my father purchased a personal computer for the family. My father and I used it, while my sister and mother did not.

    Teachers, bosses, and workers have realized the dangers and advantages of this new technology. Some embrace it because it makes life easy, and others dislike what it has done.

    I would also like to remind you we have tried to legislate away computers in the past and failed spectacularly. Look no further than 1990 Operation Sundevil:

    I recall one legislator said (at the time) (I could not find a reference for the details), “A kid with a modem is more dangerous than a kid with a gun.” People were terrified of the coming computer revolution and what incredible damage was about to occur.

    In conclusion, I think it is a better use of our time to embrace this new technology, find jobs for those laid off, and figure out how to use AI in our daily lives. But perhaps we could use AI to solve the very problem I have brought up. “Hey, Chat GPT. Please write a law banning the banning of AI.”

    You’re the best -Bill

    July 12, 2023

    Hey book lovers, I published four. Please check them out:

    Interviewing Immortality. A dramatic first-person psychological thriller that weaves a tale of intrigue, suspense, and self-confrontation.

    Pushed to the Edge of Survival. A drama, romance, and science fiction story about two unlikely people surviving a shipwreck and living with the consequences.

    Cable Ties. A slow-burn political thriller that reflects the realities of modern intelligence, law enforcement, department cooperation, and international politics.

    Saving Immortality. Continuing in the first-person psychological thriller genre, James Kimble searches for his former captor to answer his life’s questions.

    These books are available in soft-cover on Amazon and eBook format everywhere.

[andre-orphee]

Time to announce our next project!

ARC SEED is a turn-based tactics roguelite game with Mechs! You can already wishlist it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2332970/ARC_SEED/

[drifter2lnxpls]

I’d like to introduce to you… one of #MyFirsts . My very first all girl team, my very first HS JV Softball Team. As much as I’ve watched them grow within their skillsets in the last handful of weeks… more importantly, I’ve watched them grow to become a team; regardless of their differences. I am extremely proud of each and every one of them thus far and I look forward to our continued success on and off the field. It’s an honor for me to be a small piece of their #Athletic journey . Let’s keep adding to this #Undefeated 5-0 record 💯 🥎🥎🥎🥎🥎 . (L-R Top) #Chloe #Nariyah #Romero #Soto #Bri #Maddy #Kate #Macy (L-R Bottom) #P #Kenna #Jewelle #Patel #BuildingChampions #OneSportAtATime #BigSergTheCutman #Boxing #MMA #BareKnuckleBoxing #MuayThai #Kickboxing #Kumite #CoachSerg #SoftballCoach #JVSoftballCoach #AVHS #Sundevils #LadySundevils🥎 (at Apple Valley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-g6UYPLsK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=