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This ruling not only means that the CIRA can't get user information from the ISPs, but that file swapping in Canada does not even infringe on copyright - it's completely legal.

If you're Canadian, that means a big weight off your shoulders, for now.

Actually, in a ruling today, looks like Canadians can upload and download music legally.

If you read the article, there is a quote from the Justice stating that he sees no difference between placing files in a shared folder and placing a photocopier in the middle of a Library (for the possibilties of making copies of copyrighted materials)

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I believe that they do have to take antirejection drugs- regardless of their age. this site says (on the 7th page) "Again, as with the tiny premature babies and the dialysis patients, that up-front cost gives us an expanded capability to keep people with failed hearts alive a lot longer so they can receive even more care. Transplant patients can live for a very long time. The post-transplant follow-up care?including ongoing antirejection drugs . . ." So there you go. In addition, this site also claims that "Babies who now receive an incompatible blood-type heart still must take immunosuppressant drugs to ensure their bodies don't reject the donor heart. All transplant recipients, regardless of their age, blood type or the organ they receive, must do so."

This doesn't even go into the problems discovered with expense accounts etc.

So "In all of this..." may be referring to both this new HP revelation as well as other recent news that was not Slashdot-worthy (having nothing to do with nerd's news).

This is the same DND that gave soldiers meal allowances and then months later decided they overcharged and demanded the money back.

Nice...

RCMP? Bah! They're *WAY* too busy arresting people for competing with them on pirate US Television and bringing their own personal Mary Jane to deal with something as unimportant and piddly as a few million dollars and sliming the government with egg-on-the-face.

This is likely part of the recent Liberal scandal, and therefore it's evident that there is a significant level of corruption in the Liberal party of Canada. For all those of you who are Americans, you should know that the Liberal party is the same as the Republicans, the Progressive Conservative party is also the same as the Republicans, while the New Democratic Party is quite left of the Democrats in the US. Yes, it's true, we have TWO Republican parties in Canada.

My thoughts are that this is definately part of the Liberal scandal, and not to restate this, but it's very important someone cleans up Canadian politics, and IMHO, that is the NDP. The thing is, the NDP would need to remain in power for two or three terms in order to do that, and it may take even longer to clean up the huge mess left from years of PC and Liberal waste/corruption. People would go to jail, people would pay for their crimes. People like Jean Cretien, former prime minister of Canada, who oversaw the entire scandal, and was likely heavily involved. People like the current PM, Paul Martin. Leaders should go to jail if they rob the taxpayers as much as these people have!

They're working on it. Japanese conference states robots' rules of order

For the metrically challenged "39-centimetre-tall" is roughly 16 inches high. Woohoo. That'll scare burglars, especially with those blue balls on the end of its arms. For that price, I think I'll stick to the low-tech version that comes with an environmently friendly wind-up key.

They're keeping busy with comets comets (with Europe) and the most distant galaxy in universe (with Swiss).

There are now other real products (not the v14gra sold by spammers) like Cialis. Oddly enough, they seem to be aiming advertising at the hard of hearing. Haven't seen any spam for it .. yet.

http://clive.canoe.ca/CNEWSHeyMartha9911/10_metric .html

Why would only poor people want really cheap glasses, in only 5 minutes?

There may be some good reason- Perhaps the glasses are low quality, and we would rather pay with time and money for higher quality glasses.

But I wonder- Is this a demonstration of a pattern in media reporting? I've seen articles about robotics that seem to avoid the conclusion "these people don't need jobs any more." I've seen them focus on "this robot will assist humans," when it seemed like, based on what the article said, it would greatly reduce the need for humans.

And, in this other article, about attaching nerves to chips. What does the article say is so cool about this? "The findings could help in the design of devices that combine electronic components and brain cells. That includes controlling artificial limbs or restoring sight for the visually impaired." Okay- but what about hard-core interaction between the brain and the computer? What about putting pictures directly into the brain, or using your mind to work on the computer? Those seem like obvious implications. Why does the article pussy-foot around them?

Is this a real pattern in media reporting, or am I just seeing patterns that aren't there, and support some world view of mine?

I really want to understand this.

>Insurance rates aren't set by law, they are set by private companies using actuaries to maximize their profits.

I'm not disagreeing, it's simply that Ontario is well known to have insanely screwed up insurance rates (this comes from Ontario being a "no-fault" insurance province).

Also ontario has a "No Dispute Clause" written into the auto insurance act. That simply means that if someone gets ahold of your insurance info, wether legally or illegally, they can enter claims against you, even for places you weren't at, or couldn't be at, and there's absolutely no way you can tell your side to the other insurance company. Your only recourse is to sue the offending party for libel. To really bring you to your knees, there's no law requiring their insurance company to send a copy of the claim against you to you, meaning you can be "submarine bombed" with an insurance claim after the 8 months within which you should sue the other party. (This is what happened with claim #1, we gave up, cost of a lawyer to fix it is just not worth the cost involved).

It's quite insane, really. And it's no wonder insurers are losing money with a swiss cheese act like that.

>Fair as in who to penalize, not fair as in being nice.

I didn't say I never expected my insurance rates not to go up. However, "fair" isn't $7,500 a year for five years (they did lower it to $4,000 when the competitors stated they'd do it for $3,500. Then they lied and said I had a police record as an exucse for the inexscusable $7,500 rate -- they retracted that quickly when I had the entire police collision reporting station bewlidered and asking the insurance company what the hell the record number supposedly was -- according to the police, I basically don't even exist, I'm not on a single record book there). Especially when the damages total under $350.

Of course, again, this is due to Ontario having such screwed up insurance. I will place some blame on companies that lie, though (AVIVA, suck it, I have your Manager *taped* explaining her lie on the telephone message recorder -- have a fun time suing me ;-P ).

(BTW: Even a single no-cost accident will cost that much. I checked on kanetix, it's crazy here. No, I'm over 25, and I drive a shitbox.)

Rant over. :-)

Parking lot complaints

825 complaints in 18 months in one city against one company. The data was sold by the government to the parking company.

Vip

Parking lot complaints

825 complaints in 18 months in one city against one company. The data was sold by the government to the parking company.

Vip

" [Videotron] they say that they're 'actually delighted that the CRIA is doing what it's doing.' "

Well that's no surprise. Videotron is owned by Quebecor which owns a big part of the music market in Quebec. They own the music, the artists, their careers, musicstores ...

They are totally opposed to music sharing. Since a couple of months, they are leading a big campaign against file swapping. They also owns television channels and newspapers, so we are constantly reminded that getting music for free is illegal and bad.

You can see a couple of the ads they have on their website, one of the most "important" Quebec website, here.

They translates to " swapping harms the music artisans ... buy music " and they are accompanied by some of the "commercials" artists of Quebecor.

Quebecor is evil.

Maybe it's just a typo. Maybe it's really fark matter and fark energy?

There is past precedent here for the parent entity to be associated with sibling companies hiccups - Dogma had it's distribution sold on from Miramax to Bob and Harvey Weinstein personally, then onto Lion's Gate, all due to some Christian types screaming bloody murder for Disney's decision to distribute a steaming pile of blasphemy. When Lion's Gate picked up Dogma, the Christian protesty types declared that they had "won", while the movie still got to play in theatres (as related by Kevin Smith in his Audience With ... DVD, cf JamMovies)

IMO, DNA had it spot on - who actually cares if Disney, Sony, Fox, whoever were making this movie?

Note that Yahoo! Movies has HHGTTG listed as being distributed by Touchstone, so it's likely the central Disney brand won't be used for it.

If these nit-pickers don't like how LOTR came out on screen, they can always raise the funds to film a fresh movie doing everything exactly as Tolkien wrote it. It'll only cost them... around $400 million dollars US (as reported here

the traditional religions in Asia have absolutely no problems with cloning or experimentation on embryos (which is basically verboten in western countries)

Gee, I wonder who is funding this?
and for the same amount too!

Software giant threatens mikerowesoftZDNet.co.uk,UK-8 minutes agoMicrosoft has set its lawyers onto a 17-year-old software writer from Vancouver, called Mike Rowe, because he has registered MikeRoweSoft.com, which the

Microsoft not pleased about mikerowesoft websiteAnanova,UK-3 hours agoA Canadian teenager called Mike Rowe who added the word soft to his name for his website title, has been ordered by Microsoft to hand over the domain.

Microsoft won't go soft on Mike RoweLondon Free Press,Canada-4 hours agoVANCOUVER -- Like any good fledgling businessperson, Mike Rowe knew

Microsoft lawyers threaten Mike Rowe (17)The Register,UK-5 hours agoIn what could easily be mistaken for an Onion story, Microsoft has unleashed the full fury of its lawyers on 17-year-old Canadian high-school student, Mike Rowe

Mike may be Rowe, but 'soft' is troubleSeattle Times,WA-7 hours agoBy The Associated Press. VANCOUVER, BC - Mike Rowe knew he needed a catchy name for his Web-site design company. But the folks

Big bully Gates targets teenTimes of India,India-8 hours agoVANCOUVER: No matter what Shakespeare said on the theme of nomenclature, Microsoft has thought it fit to sue a teenager whose domain name is a lot like the

Microsoft vs MikeRoweSoftIndependent Online,South Africa-10 hours agoVancouver, British Columbia - Mike Rowe thinks it's funny that his catchy name for a website design company sounds a lot like Microsoft.

Microsoft takes on teenNEWS.com.au,Australia-10 hours agoMIKE Rowe thinks it is funny that his catchy name for a Web site design company sounds a lot like Microsoft. "Since my name is Mike

Langford student battles tech giant over use of his domain name: Canada.com,Canada-Jan 17, 2004Mike Rowe, a Langford high school student who does Web site design part-time, is locked in a legal battle with one of the world's biggest companies.

Microsoft vs. Mike Rowe SoftWIS,SC-47 minutes ago(Vancouver, British Columbia-AP) Jan. 19, 2004 - It's Microsoft versus Mike Rowe-soft. Mike Rowe, 17, wanted a catchy name for his Web site design company.

Support CD Babyp2pnet.net,Canada-1 hour agoBecause Mike, who lives in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada (and a short drive from p2pnet.net's thriving central base : ) makes a

Microsoft Talk Legal to 17 Year-Old Owner of MikeRoweSoft DomainShortNews.com-2 hours agoMike Rowe, 17, from British Columbia, Canada decided to start up a small web business and called his domain MikeRoweSoft. Smart

Microsoft Corporation vs MikeRoweSoftOfficialSpin-3 hours agoVictoria, British Columbia -- (OfficialSpin) -- 19/01/04 -- A 17 year-old high school student, Mike Rowe, who just so happens to earn a few extra bucks...

Microsoft demands teen to give up domain nameSalem Statesman Journal,OR-7 hours agoVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Mike Rowe knew that he needed

That Microsoft's lawyers sent this notice by email is also odd. That's not any kind of proper legal notification. (But then some people trust faxed signatures, so who knows?)

Nah. They'll just think you're growing pot.

Including this one for overactive bladders?

Standard on the Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG sports sedan and the S600 luxury sedan are seats that circulate air through the cushion, drawing off perspiration in hot weather. The seats also can be programmed to "breathe," inflating and deflating twice each minute to relax the spine and back muscles.

With so many IT call centre roles being outsourced to India, why not utilize India's Walking Dead. Specifically, there's an army - pun intended - of people who are considered legally dead in India due to corrupt officials declaring them dead so their relatives could get their hands on their land. I'm not making this up.. see this story

Of course. This sort of stuff never happens when its just NASA...

Apparently, not in Canada. This summer, one of the local strip bars had a dwarf-tossing contest.

I'm all in favor of any law that punishes drivers for doing anything distracting, because I figure it's my freedom to stay alive vs their freedom to save a little time or relieve boredom. But it's surprising what things are legal while driving in various states; for example, breastfeeding in Ohio and drinking in Montana (where there's also no speed limit!).

Up here in central Canada, early 2003 showed a nice, gradual uptake in wireless equipment by the business sector, and a few tech-heads putting it in their houses. Now that xmas is over, and stores were selling APs for as little as $15 (cdn) after rebates, I'm seeing almost a 10-fold increase in the number of hotspots compared to June of this year.

I see a couple of trends on the horizon:

1. Just as you can no longer buy a 10mbit hub, because a 10/100 switch costs pennies more to make, soon all home cable/DSL routers will come with 802.11b at the very least. The "premium" models will include g for $5-10 more, to keep some price differentiation happening.

2. Back when it was us geeks and businesses, the WEP/non-WEP ratio seemed to hover around 50-75%, depending on area. Driving around last night, it's below 10%. This could be an indication of new xmas presents that the owner hasn't had time to configure, but really: how many people actually change from the default settings? (On that note, thank you SMC for having a blank default password and an SSID of "SMC" :)

Just the changes in the past 12 months have convinced me that 2004 will be the year wireless really takes off everywhere up here, and as long as it's still being shipped unsecured to the consumer, we're soon going to have a LOT more opportunity for this sort of thing.

Odd that you mention terrorism. On Y2K, police uncovered a plot to blow up space needle. Similar incidents were feared around NYC Times Square, and other high profile locations.

And everybody knows what happened two days after the rollover to 1000000000 seconds.

And even, right now, terror threat level is at its highest since second 1000215900...

The first time I read that I thought it was 45 degrees in S. Florida. What kind of masochists are you if you think above body temperature is cold? Then, I realised 45 is like 10 or something. That is cold. Poor Florida, it makes me glad that I am in Ottawa where it's only -6C

On Dec 17th, 1903, the Wright Brothers made history. Flight has come a long way in 100 years.

Here.

and here.

(Stupid lameness filter
must type something here
to get enough characters per line).

Actually it's the Republicans who are playing the hate speech card this year.

"Only a stupid country would do this"

I don't know anything about Canadian Law, or Canadian internet/music habits

Apparently not.....must be American, but I digress. ;-)

Canada is one of the most connected nations. We have one of the highest percentages of connected households in the world. (Reference here) Along with that, we are one of the highest users of kazaa and other file-sharing programs.

This may be a solution though to the copyright fiasco. Surcharge the media and the ISPs. Then use this money to pay artists and content creators and then make the content available on the internet free. You could download music and movies without feeling like a criminal or that the artists aren't getting paid. My only fear is that the money will get lost in government books.

Yeah.. They should have seen it coming... It's not as if Emporer Palpatine's image is on the Canadian 5 dollar bill....

Yeah.. They should have seen it coming... It's not as if Emporer Palpatine's image is on the Canadian 5 dollar bill....

Ummm... What planet are you from? The economy is doing fine, and on its way up. Despite what the nine dweebs running for the office say, We actually have about 1.5 million more jobs now than when Bush took office.

Bush sucks. He whores for the big corporations and Jesus freaks, and doesn't give a fuck about anyone else. As Zappa said:

"Whats they do in Washington
they just takes care of number one.
And number one ain't you
you ain't even number two."

Try reading a newspaper outside the US like the Toronto Sun or the Guardian and find out what's really going on in the US and the world.

Fucking coppertop.

This seems to be a big hit and is good for the bottom line of a company that had been struggling badly last year. I haven't used this service myself, mind. Losing the landline in favour of a mobile wouldn't work right now for my family.

You could build an interesting mesh out of all those WiFi boxes. Hopefully for better uses than this idiot.

Shark-jumping

How 'Monster Garage' Works

Twisted metal mind

Almost-related ramblings of a software developer

Here is a more complete list of artists. Nickelback, Our Lady Peace, and Shania Twain are a few of the more noteworthy.

Hamburger:

They take out the bad stuff that could hurt you.

Or so you hope.

While I realize that your knowledge about your neighbours is on a par with that of a autistic goat, one hopes that you are at least aware that Montreal is not a part of the good old USA, and indeed is a part of a foreign country: Canada.

Understanding that Americans, unlike the rest of the world, belive that their laws should have extra-territorial applicability, I can see how you might want to apply Patroit or DMCA to the actions of Canadian citizens in Canada.

That being said, and with the knowledge that Canadians are notoriously polite and friendly people, I can only say "I'm Sorry".

Sincerely,
A humble Canadian peon

Here's one for ya: paper ballots.

In Canada, we can and do smoke pot in very public places.