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Devils Brigade

Complete length: 5 minutes

Episode 1:  Devils Brigade, Day of Defeat: Source Clan

Intro Music Clip:  Title:  On The Run by Pink Floyd  (3:33 minutes)

Intro:  All About Day of Defeat  (2:00 minute)

Thank you for choosing the Devils Brigade podcast and enjoy this production.  First up for the program is myself about just what Day of Defeat is and what you need to know about it.  Day of Defeat is a first person shooter, commonly called an "FPS" game, which takes place during World War II (WWII) in Europe or North Africa.  The game uses Valve's Source engine as a basis for the graphics of the game and other internal processes (Valve is the mak

er of other titles such as Counter-Strike and Half-Life).  Playing the game requires an internet connection, a computer, keyboard, and a mouse with two or more buttons; other useful equipment would include a headset or at least a microphone hooked up to your computer.  The goal of the game itself is to win the majority of the rounds played on a given map by capturing flags.  Players first choose between two teams, US Army or Wehrmacht (German Army), and then players choose from one of six classes rifleman, assault, support, sniper, machine gunner, or rocket class.  Beyond choosing a class to play the player runs his/her soldier ar

ound the map assisting other players on his/her team (Indicated by the army's icon) and takin

g out the enemy soldiers while capturing the key points on the map marked with flags.  A team

 wins by capturing every flag on the map or outscoring the opposing team by defending objectives.  That's all from me for this segment the next bit I interview one man that runs his own gaming group for this game.

Segment Music Clip:  Returns A King by Tyler Bates (2:24 minutes)

Segment:  General Liberator's Interview (2:30 minutes)

For this segment I am interviewing General Liberator from the group Devils Brigade, who also happens to be my superior in the group.  .  Thank you for hanging in there Liberator and thank you for listening to this production from Devils Brigade.

Computers, Grammar, Spelling

Computers, Grammar, Spelling

Grammar, a simple concept that holds a language together and allows people to learn and understand verbal communication. Spelling, similar to grammar but different because spelling is the rule about forming individual words. Computers, machines that original were used to compute data and create a specific result depending on the programmer's command. Together these three - grammar, spelling, and computers – allow for the modern day man to pass ideas from one end of the plant to the other in a matter of seconds. However, unlike ten years ago the abbreviations are no longer as useful or needed because the internet is cheaper meaning that the amount of time we spend spelling out a word doesn't typically cost more than typing out the abbreviation. Using the abbreviations in today's culture isn't as valuable and now they're beginning to corrode the structure of the English language. Phrases like “cya” are shorter version of “see you” which in itself is slang, and so more people are becoming confused by the complicated abbreviations like “roflmaopp” which really mean “rolling on floor laughing my ass off, peeing pants”. The English language has an immense vocabulary so lets not limit it to acronyms when there are at least ten that mean the same thing. Abbreviations are not the only pitfalls that most writers on the internet fall into, poor spelling is another big and easily corrected problem. This problem brings to mind a personal story I've heard from a relative; down at the insurance office where said relative works one of the employees actually got into a disagreement over an obviously misspelled word. Now the spell checker underlined the word in question but the human on the other end who was the top graduate in her high school class thought she was right. She called my relative over, who happened to have a dictionary with them, to reinforce her opinion that the spell checker was wrong but after my relative saw the word it was quite apparent that the spell checker was very right. This story was a great example of people lacking the ability to not only spell but to recognize that the word they used was misspelled regardless how butchered the word was. Spelling is by far the easiest of the problems to fix but grammar is what takes plenty of learning and practice to be efficient. The usage of there, they're, and there is the most common example of misused and tortured words in poor grammar. Subject-verb agreement is another pothole in the road that writers drive through and then wonder why they're story sounds so awful. The easiest remedy for grammar is to go read books and many of them. So as a result of poor grammar, spelling and substantial use of the internet and computers are on the rise and confusion plagues many readers. Thankfully for the most of us there are tools to help us and people to turn to but beware of extensive use of inappropriate grammar and spelling will draw the attention of the Grammar Nazis. Therefore I leave you, the reader, with some advice English is the language of the country you live in, learn how to use it properly.

Advocation

This is proposition advocation and just what am I advocating for?  Well there is a very short list that I truly care about advocating for but improving computer and digital literacy is a must for technology to progress beyond our current means.  So therefore I believe the logical course of action would be...

I am advocating for improving computer literacy!

Screenshot!

So, my desktop tends to be very straight forward and nothing over the top or flashy is open when I'm actually working.  I've noticed that sometimes I've got music playing, but most of the time I will have the text document at full screen and only that program running.  As for composition in digital space there is hardly a difference from the older method of pencil and paper, or even a typewriter.  The major differences in composing in a digital medium consist of mostly fancy features like special fonts or characters.  Something that is not shown in this particular screenshot are the compositions that I frequently work on using the program GarageBand™.  Music is very much a composition and with the digital tools available to the masses there are new works daily for public and private audiences.  Understanding these composing tools takes time and effort and the end result can be breath-taking or steaming pile of crap.  Most programs and tools now-a-days come with help files that are there for your disposal, so if you don't understand some of the tech jargon search either the web or help file to find out just what those phrases really mean to the average joe.  Perhaps I'll link one of my compositions for you all to enjoy...