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Canada to Raise Tariffs on Recordable Media
Joel Ironstone writes: "A new Canadian levy will be introduced in 2003 on all recordable media (pdf). The magnitude of these tariffs is staggering: $1.23 for all CD-RW's, $2.27 on all DVD-R's, and get this: $21 for each gigabyte of storage on portable MP3 players. That's an extra 160 dollars for a Nomad." Like in the U.S., this tax is collected and given directly to the record industry, a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
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It appears that Microsoft is simply too big and that that is why people don't like them. However, the case against Microsoft really isn't about whether or not they're too big or whether or not they have a monopoly. The crux of it is things like the fact that they TRIED to have a monopoly by telling PC makers that they either had to sign a deal with Microsoft that they would never use any other OS in ANYTHING THEY MADE or not use any Microsoft products at all. That's a monopolist practice that falls under anti-trust law and Microsoft has also done several other things that fall under those laws.
Unfortunately, most people think that the case is simply about Microsoft being too big because the media, even the technologically inclined side of the media, is grossly irrepresenting this story.
Anything that pisses off smokers in my books is a good idea.
My main beef is the 2nd hand smoke. I don't care if you kill yourself, but why should you force others to be victims.
Technically had 2nd hand smoke been declared an asault I could go about kick the crap out of all the shithead smokers in front of my school.
You want a dirty habit try drinking coke/pepsi/cola instead. That shit is nasty enough.
BTW if you have kids and smoke you are a dirty whore and deserve to die. Kids subjected to that shit are normally more apt to get bronchitis as well as pneumonia [I got it 4 years in a row when I was a kid].
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
As a concerned smoker (and physician) I'd like to kick the crap out of second hand smokers. It's MY tobacco, go buy your goddamn own, you bloody freeloaders!
Also, your bloody disgusting kids which you so nervously keep away from the slightest pollution are more likely to develop allergies and autoimmune diseases, and since you don't buy tobacco like us civilised and cultivated people, you don't contribute with extra taxes for treatment of all that crap you will eventually be subject to (at least if your unfortunate enough like me to live in a country with tax funded health care).
I bet you use "anti-bacterial" products as well, you retard! FOAD.
1. Smoking is not requisit nor desirable.
Smoking is desirable.
2. People doing it have low willpower and obviously no concern for others.
You whingeing anti-smokers (and normal non-smokers too) have designated non-smoking zones. I don't smoke there. Don't cry when you are outside of those zones in the real world, and for crying out loud quit inhaling my expensive smoke! I bought it to stimulate my nicotinergic receptors and my oncogenes. Fuck off and grow up, you disturbing person you.