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The backlash has started.
I haven't seen much coverage of this in the major US news sources, but both Globe and Mail and BBC have stories of senseless attacks on Arabs and Muslims in North America. One of my co-workers had to keep his kids from school because of bomb threats.
Sixty years ago, out of fear and anger, members of my family, along with thousands of other Canadians and Americans of Japanese descent were put in internment camps. I say this to remind people that, the road from finger pointing and mindless reprisals to invasion of privacy, censorship and suspension of individual freedom is very short indeed. With all the recent media comparisons to Pearl Harbor, I fear that history may be heading in a very disturbing direction.
Vigilance is paramount now, not in looking for scapegoats or suspects, but in watching for government abuses. Don't look back twenty years from now and think "I can't believe such an abuse of civil liberties happened in this country". It may be happening already. -
Korean Air Lines jets diverted to the Yukon?Does anyone have any more information on these stories: I can't get through to the CBC web site for their story...
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Slashdotted?!?
Man, I don't think Slashdot can claim responsibility for most of online America and a good bit of the rest of the online world simultaneously hitting every news site.
The washington post is still responding and has updated their front page with a picture of the collapsed tower. I think they're hosted on Akamai.
I got the NYT login page for the article, but I didn't log in. Globe and Mail and Canoe are two Canadian news site still reachable from where I am.
CNN seems to have a stripped-down front page that's now struggling to stay up.
The LA Times is now reachable again from where I am, and has a different angle pic before the tower collapse.
My university is a long way from NYC (I'm in Canada) but some of my friends are leaving to go home and watch the news. I know that in the context of pain and suffering world-wide, this is a small event, but it is still a horrible tragedy and a sad, sad day for those whose loved ones are victims.
Christopher
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Dig past the "headline" pages to the "normal" news and find interesting things...
From the Globe and Mail, a story about how 5 days ago the U.S. banned novelist Salman Rushdie from all air travel in the U.S.::
On Thursday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority in Washington issued an emergency directive banning Mr. Rushdie from all flights in and out of the United States, reflecting a heightened state of alert.
Same alert? Did they know? Conspiricy theorists, come crawling out of the woodwork...
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Stem cells from non-embryonic tissues
Good thing there are Canadian researchers to help you out of these moral dilemas: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/GIS.Servlets.
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Public believes in Global Warming
I totally agree with this. Western countries including the United States and Canada should be taking leadership roles in the move towards sustainable emissions.
In today's Globe and Mail there is an article showing that 93% of Canadians think the federal government should do more to fight global warming and not follow the Bush's direction on this issue.
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Re:Content providers
Ever heard of a little Canadian company called Nortel networks? Ever wonder why their stock price went from around $100 to $8.52 (today's closing price)? It's because they sold a shitload of optical networking equipment, and now no one is interested in buying any more. According to the Globe and Mail, the telecomm companies have tons of unused capacity. I can't find the specific article, but I remember something like 1/3 utilization, perhaps even lower. Companies the world over, especially Nortel, are praying for anything that will make customers start to suck up bandwidth, so that the telecomms will start to buy equipment again.
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Re:It's all a hoax
I agree with everything you are saying, and thanks for the detailed info. Very interesting. I've attached a link to a quote from the actual article. Which I am sure you can dig up a the Globe and mail Toronto's newspaper that the link was quoted from. If you're interested, and you find the link. Let me know, I'm curious also.
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Globe & Mail (Canada) has a strangely different story on their website.
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Re:WOW!WRONG. That was why the HDRC was given flack about it, and why they promised to scrap it.
Listen, until you can give me some evidence of this database, you're just spouting crap. Point me to an article of this and then we'll talk.
Ad hominem attacks don't make your points any better.
Nor do they do much for your arguments. Shall we review? "Canaduh... Thanks for playing let's boost Chretien. Shmuck." Once again, perhaps you should follow your own advice before opening your mouth.
Hm, unless you're protesting Suharto showing up. Then the PMO sends in riot squads. No punishments for those people anywhere: apparently the PMO can supercede the Charter.
Please. For every example of police abuse in Canada I could probably come up with 10 in the US. And if not 10, then ones that are ten-fold worse. WTO? Riots in LA? How does this prove anything?
Notwithstanding clause, Supreme Court "adjustments" to laws... Tried posting a sign in English in Quebec lately?
There is no "clause" in Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But as to interpretation, the same is true everywhere you go. Some situations are very complex and require interpretation of the law and so set a precedent. If you bothered to read what I wrote in my previous posting, you'd see an example of just such a situation(and if it's not there, it's at the link I pointed to).
As to the sign in Quebec, I've always thought it a ridiculus situation and I'm sure that the Supreme court would strike down the law saying that the french writing must be larger than the english, or that you cannot have english on a sign. Only english signs however(especially in Quebec), is not permitted since Canada is a bilingual country and so everyone should respect that. If you don't like it, go live somewhere else. I'll admit that they took the situation with the farmer in the middle of nowhere too far though. We'll see what happens.
America is predicted to have everything paid off within 20 years. Canada? About 1000.
Sources? Sorry, but you can't spout off numbers and statistics without citing any proof or even SOME evidence. Last I heard Canada had 15 plan to eliminate the deficit. I have heard no such thing from the US, but I don't claim to know much about their plans. Since I don't shoot my mouth off without any evidence, here's some for you. Note in the first paragraph(and I quote), "Until [1995], [Canada] had been a leader in deficits and rising government debt. Since then, it's been the G7's star example of how to wipe out deficits in a hurry and begin to reap the rewards of fiscal probity."
Next please?
What about either is unconstitutional?
You're right. My apologies. Neither is unconstitutional in the literal sense, but the DMCA does contradict numerous Fair Use precedants that the US courts have settled in the past. That hasn't been settled in court yet though, so we'll see. Lobbying, while not contradicting the letter of the constitution, goes against it's ideals. Favoritism to one groupbecause of influence and money was not the intent of the founding fathers. I'm sure you'll agree. Forgive me for being an idealist.
Western Canada wants a word with you about total lack of representation.
Western Canada does get representation, just not enough for them. That's an entirely different from no representation period.
Then tomorrow, they confiscate. They've already lied about it and been proven liars.
Sorry, how is this any different from the states. Does Kevin Mitnick ring a bell? Ordered not to touch another computer for life? What about Jon Johansen, the young norwegian who was arrested and extradited to the States to face US courts? Where the hell do they get the gall? And your talking about Canada having these problems?
And please, cite references. What lying? Politicians decieve all the time. I don't see how the US is an exception to this rule.
Bill C-68. Try reading it.
I will when I have more time. I've read some commentary and see what many think it is about. Have you read it yourself, or are you just regurgitating what others have said? You do realize that if there is anything in there that contradicts the Charter of Rights that the Supreme Court will strike it down. This will only happen if the law is first abused of course. But we can't say anything until it happens can we? Just like the Revers Onus example I supplied in my previous post, interpretation of the the law is often different than the letter.
As a little food for thought however, I'll leave you with this:Although four of the five Alberta justices agreed that the law did intrude upon provincial powers, two of these four thought that Ottawa's claims were justified... The dissenting justices argued that the dangers of firearms paled in comparison with the danger of the federal government intruding into provincial jurisdiction. Alberta and three other provinces have already appealed this decision directly to the Canadian Supreme Court.
As you can see from this commentary, it seems that Bill-68 simply grants the Federal government the same powers that the Provincial government already has, those of regulation(of firearms in this case). The article goes on to state that under the constitution, the provinces have regulatory powers over private property. The provinces are not too happy however.
The article also states that everyone must cooperate with police(which they are required to do anyway), and that illustrates some of the consequences of not cooperating with "inpectors". If such a situation arises of remaining silent, entry and confiscation, I will eagerly await the day the bill reaches the Supreme Court. That will be the litmus test. If it survives intact, then you can start bitching.
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Real sites?There are lots of sites out there that provide news. The Associated Press has a long rich history of providing "the facts" which they rigorously check. For local news, I check places like Canadian Online Explorer , The National Post or The Globe and Mail. While I admit some of these have some bias, being controlled by large corporations, they still have a long rich tradition. The Globe and Mail for example is over 100 years old.
For tech news, I check BBC Tech News, Ace's Hardware, Tom's Hardware , or ARS Technicia. ZDNet has become way to sensational and biased. And all the crappy banners! More like The National Enquirer of geekdom.
For discussions, I check K5 or Rootprompt. And Slashdot. But it's tough to have a discussion here anymore.
I'm sorry to say, but Slashdot, while I check it regularly, is starting to have too high a signal-to-noise ratio. Not enough "discussion" too much "babooey to natalie portman's beowulf cluster of hot grits and penis bird on toast."
It's safer to stay off the main page if I want some interesting discussion. As well, I don't tolerate mistakes in my profession. No matter what I do, I like it to be as perfect as humanly possible. While I know mistakes happen, there have been far too many here, adding to the signal-to-noise ratio, and reducing my faith in accurate articles.
I get my news elsewhere, but I still come back, hoping the old days will return.
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Re:CBC Website
The Globe and Mail ("Canada's Nation Newspaper") covers the Olympics here: http://www.globeandmail.com/thegames/. Notice no use of the O-word in the URL and not a single mention on the site either. I think they are afraid to use it - or maybe refuse to pay a licensed fee?
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Not the first time...
On a not completely related note, this is unnfortunately not the first time lives of sailors have been sacrificed for a secret/new design, this one's not the Russians though... (Some people may have heard it before, the Globe and Mail carried a story on it a few weeks ago)
Seems back near the beginning (sp?) of WWII the British were testing a new sub design when it sank. The skipper managed to get an end of the sub above water, but the British Navy refused to let the rescuers cut open the end in order to rescue the crew men, the reasons for this are unknown but last I heard was that the going theory is that they didn't want to damage the hull of a such a new design... Anyways, according to one of the men who tried to rescue the crew members, they could still hear tapping noises from inside the sub when the rescue was called off... Pity that no one seems to learn from the past...
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Globe & Mail Review
The Globe and Mail also revi ewed this book recently.
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A related story...
Check out this Globe and Mail story about Sick Childrens Hospital in Toronto sorting the map - with a supercomputer. I've seen pictures - SGI Origins all over the place. Cool hardware - now let's hope they "Do no harm" with any knowlege they gain.
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Accessing the Data once it's Discovered
I found this article on the cataloguing of the Genome Database in the Globe and Mail. It talks about the why and how of the database. Here's a quote: In the one year since Canada took possession of the Genome Data Base -- which shares a small room with a large air conditioner -- the on-line system has logged 20 million hits. Estimates suggest it serves more than 1,000 scientists in 50 countries.
IMHO, as per,
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Accessing the Data once it's Discovered
I found this article on the cataloguing of the Genome Database in the Globe and Mail. It talks about the why and how of the database. Here's a quote: In the one year since Canada took possession of the Genome Data Base -- which shares a small room with a large air conditioner -- the on-line system has logged 20 million hits. Estimates suggest it serves more than 1,000 scientists in 50 countries.
IMHO, as per,
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Globe & Mail Article
Yet another article.