A contract signed under threat of imprisonment isn't valid according to the Civil Code of Quebec: 1399. Consent may be given only in a free and enlightened manner. It may be vitiated by error, fear or lesion.
I can't remember where I read that (surely an old Slashdot story) some years ago, but some guy who was teaching Windows to the elderly got a lot of success by showing them the console, which he dubbed the "text mode" of Windows. The "graphical mode" was just too overwhelming for those. They prefered remembering commands associated with the tasks they wanted to do.
An extract : "Consequences of geomagnetic storm activity can include widespread power failures, pipeline corrosion, the shutdown of cable systems, an increased drag on satellites, inaccurate navigational sensors and the loss of millions of dollars in revenue."
I saw recently a documentary that explained how they make artificial snow. (the complete video documentary -in french, sorry, no babelfish! - is here) And what they said is that the more filthy is the water, the better will be the artificial snow. Usually ski centers use non-treated river water for their snow cannons.
One of the hurdles to pass now though is that the radical "enviromentalists" now oppose any such renewable resources for fuel. Go figure. They have the idea that every ear of corn you feed to a car means some human is going hungry.
Actually, there is another problem with that kind of fuel: the production of sugar cane, or corn, or whatever, generally uses a lot of chemicals (fertilizers, etc.) that are by no means environment-friendly, so in fact there is pollution anyway, even if the alcohol fuel is less polluting.
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A contract signed under threat of imprisonment isn't valid according to the Civil Code of Quebec:
1399. Consent may be given only in a free and enlightened manner. It may be vitiated by error, fear or lesion.
I can't remember where I read that (surely an old Slashdot story) some years ago, but some guy who was teaching Windows to the elderly got a lot of success by showing them the console, which he dubbed the "text mode" of Windows. The "graphical mode" was just too overwhelming for those. They prefered remembering commands associated with the tasks they wanted to do.
Report concerning geomagnetic storms from Public Safety Canada :
http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/ccirc/2002/ta02-001-eng.aspx
An extract : "Consequences of geomagnetic storm activity can include widespread power failures, pipeline corrosion, the shutdown of cable systems, an increased drag on satellites, inaccurate navigational sensors and the loss of millions of dollars in revenue."
I saw recently a documentary that explained how they make artificial snow. (the complete video documentary -in french, sorry, no babelfish! - is here) And what they said is that the more filthy is the water, the better will be the artificial snow. Usually ski centers use non-treated river water for their snow cannons.
Actually, there is another problem with that kind of fuel: the production of sugar cane, or corn, or whatever, generally uses a lot of chemicals (fertilizers, etc.) that are by no means environment-friendly, so in fact there is pollution anyway, even if the alcohol fuel is less polluting.