Yesterday Pirate Bay was shut down never to return. Today they're back up. If there's one thing to admire about Pirates, it's there sticktoitiveness. Yarrr!
You're right, I don't live near a city. But the newspapers that say Volvo is in financial peril and are looking for handouts from a government that doesn't want to give any are from the city. As soon as your Volvo dealer goes under, the life span of your Volvo gets reduced to about 6 months.
It's no sillier than when Honda put airbags on the Gold Wing motorcycle. In an interview, one of the Honda engineers said that they learned from the methods used to build the space shuttle, and that the failure rate of the air bag accidentally deploying were like twenty million to one. I didn't believe it there, and don't believe they'll have this car any safer than what we have now. When you're sharing the road with tractor trailers one is not as safe
as one might be fooled into thinking. And all this is assuming that Volvo is still making cars by then (don't believe that either).
As a fellow Nova Scotian, I believe the bunker is in Debert, just outside of Truro.
I'm surprised they haven't already turned it into a call centre, as you can't throw
a rock in this province without hitting one.
Have my name in right now for a job doing tech support for Comcast. I'm preparing
by practicing my "Have you tried unplugging your modem and plugging it back in?"
From the article:
If the remote connection and Sametime issues are worked out, I think that Mac users can be productive in IBM. However, if I had to recommend a non-Windows setup, I would recommend Linux on a ThinkPad. I see the convenience and reliability of ThinkPad hardware as superior, and the Mac OS is still a proprietary OS that seems to require a Windows license for some tasks anyway. I do not see enough of an advantage in the Mac OS to be worth the incompatibility issues when collaborating with my colleagues.
Take that macbook fanboys. Me and my T40 running Gentoo feel very smug. Very smug.
Over the years, I've seen more than one house cat who could jump onto the top of a refrigerator. No run across the room, just wiggle their butt and boom! If a plain old cat can do that, jump on top of an average fridge close to 6 feet high, a 350 pound tiger should have no problem jumping out of it's enclosure.
Mark Twain said "A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!".
I'd say neither of those two attacked will be trying that again (one for sure).
You seem to be forgetting the fact that the United States
IS the most hated country in the world. And not just because
they are the richest. The guy did have his reasons.
And as far as the anti-semitism goes, he was at least half Jewish.
I thought that would make him a self-hating Jew, not an anti-semite.
And I for one enjoyed some of his ranting and raving. He seemed
to be much more adept at it then the second most famous American
nutcase: George W.
I truly appreciate Brian Mulroney as well. Anybody who sold out his country, actually more than doubled the amount of taxes Canadians paid while telling us they were being reduced, made millions of dollars in consulting and legal fees for multi-national friends of his like Monsanto, got away with getting kickbacks not only for himself, but all his buddies and sued the RCMP for two million for suggesting same and has a foot in today's present Conservative government where they are carrying on his legacy and making us a military power/ mini American colony. Well, you've got to truly appreciate him, as someone like that doesn't come along every day. (And being drunk almost the entire time he was doing all the above only makes me appreciate him more). God bless Canada.
But how long will it be before all those government subsidized
call center jobs in New Brunswick evaporate due to the high
Canadian dollar? And really, is tech support an actual IT job?
If it is it's just barely. You can make a lot more money by going
to Alberta and getting an Oil Industry job.
And let me guess, "it just works!". It's still too expensive. For me, anyways. There's really something to be said for Free software. Especially when you're broke.
Regarding brokerage fees, recently I bought a front wheel for my
motorcycle from the U.S. It was shipped by UPS, and when it
arrived, the taxes and duties were $80. AND they charged a $60.
brokerage fee.
They had me over the barrel this time, but next time I will know
better. Never heard of something like this in thirty years of
buying items from the U.S.
I can't understand why our dollar went from 62 cents to parity (with me losing my good paying manufacturing sector job) without any real fundamental changes in the economy, or for that matter, the cost of things. But then again, when you think of a "floating currency" that doesn't make a lot of sense either. So what, it's worth what people think it is? It's worth one dollar U.S. because people are willing to pay that much? I do know one thing, every time it goes up or down, SOMEBODY makes money. That's all I know.
Be that as it may, I would still take the lawyer's
advice over the non-lawyers advice ten times out
of ten. And having listened to a few of Mr. Moglen's
talks, he appears sharper than your average lawyer.
Oh puh-lease, the jury system? And yes, without legal
training and awareness of various precedents, your
"normal Joe" has no real understanding of the law.
And no, IANAL, but I have had some experience with
the law. First lesson you learn is not all lawyers are
created equally. Second rule, is that when the police
start making jokes about your lawyer, you're in trouble.
And third, if you go into court, trusting in the good
judgement of 12 of your peers, you better learn fast
how to get a firm grip on the soap.
I believe O.J. Simpson would back me up on all the
above.
Maybe things are different in your parents basement.
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Yesterday Pirate Bay was shut down never to return.
Today they're back up.
If there's one thing to admire about Pirates, it's
there sticktoitiveness. Yarrr!
You're right, I don't live near a city. But the newspapers that say Volvo is in financial peril and are looking for handouts from a government that doesn't want to give any are from the city. As soon as your Volvo dealer goes under, the life span of your Volvo gets reduced to about 6 months.
It's no sillier than when Honda put airbags on the Gold Wing motorcycle. In an interview, one of the Honda engineers said that they learned from the methods used to build the space shuttle, and that the failure rate of the air bag accidentally deploying were like twenty million to one. I didn't believe it there, and don't believe they'll have this car any safer than what we have now. When you're sharing the road with tractor trailers one is not as safe as one might be fooled into thinking. And all this is assuming that Volvo is still making cars by then (don't believe that either).
As a fellow Nova Scotian, I believe the bunker is in Debert, just outside of Truro. I'm surprised they haven't already turned it into a call centre, as you can't throw a rock in this province without hitting one. Have my name in right now for a job doing tech support for Comcast. I'm preparing by practicing my "Have you tried unplugging your modem and plugging it back in?"
The only reason we'd be bombed is because we're friends with the United States. Sometime friendship can carry a heavy price.
Wouldn't it be a better world without Java?
The quote was from the article, not my personal opinion. I'm still smug though.
From the article: If the remote connection and Sametime issues are worked out, I think that Mac users can be productive in IBM. However, if I had to recommend a non-Windows setup, I would recommend Linux on a ThinkPad. I see the convenience and reliability of ThinkPad hardware as superior, and the Mac OS is still a proprietary OS that seems to require a Windows license for some tasks anyway. I do not see enough of an advantage in the Mac OS to be worth the incompatibility issues when collaborating with my colleagues. Take that macbook fanboys. Me and my T40 running Gentoo feel very smug. Very smug.
Cheeky monkey!
Even I have had problems with the idea that we are derived from monkeys (until I started hanging around this place).
Over the years, I've seen more than one house cat who could jump onto the top of a refrigerator. No run across the room, just wiggle their butt and boom! If a plain old cat can do that, jump on top of an average fridge close to 6 feet high, a 350 pound tiger should have no problem jumping out of it's enclosure. Mark Twain said "A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!". I'd say neither of those two attacked will be trying that again (one for sure).
You seem to be forgetting the fact that the United States IS the most hated country in the world. And not just because they are the richest. The guy did have his reasons. And as far as the anti-semitism goes, he was at least half Jewish. I thought that would make him a self-hating Jew, not an anti-semite. And I for one enjoyed some of his ranting and raving. He seemed to be much more adept at it then the second most famous American nutcase: George W.
I'll play your game, change twenty words and make it apply to Lester B. Pearson. Bet ya can't.
I truly appreciate Brian Mulroney as well. Anybody who sold out his country,
actually more than doubled the amount of taxes Canadians paid while telling
us they were being reduced, made millions of dollars in consulting and legal
fees for multi-national friends of his like Monsanto, got away with getting
kickbacks not only for himself, but all his buddies and sued the RCMP for
two million for suggesting same and has a foot in today's present Conservative
government where they are carrying on his legacy and making us a military power/
mini American colony.
Well, you've got to truly appreciate him, as someone like that doesn't come
along every day. (And being drunk almost the entire time he was doing all
the above only makes me appreciate him more). God bless Canada.
So would this make Novell the Jane Fonda or Neville Chamberlain of Linux distros?
But how long will it be before all those government subsidized call center jobs in New Brunswick evaporate due to the high Canadian dollar? And really, is tech support an actual IT job? If it is it's just barely. You can make a lot more money by going to Alberta and getting an Oil Industry job.
And let me guess, "it just works!". It's still too expensive.
For me, anyways. There's really something to be said for Free
software. Especially when you're broke.
I think they'll be a laughing stock until they find a way to make all those funny videos of Steve Ballmer go away. Jeez, that guy cracks me up!
Regarding brokerage fees, recently I bought a front wheel for my motorcycle from the U.S. It was shipped by UPS, and when it arrived, the taxes and duties were $80. AND they charged a $60. brokerage fee. They had me over the barrel this time, but next time I will know better. Never heard of something like this in thirty years of buying items from the U.S.
I can't understand why our dollar went from 62 cents
to parity (with me losing my good paying manufacturing
sector job) without any real fundamental changes in
the economy, or for that matter, the cost of things.
But then again, when you think of a "floating currency"
that doesn't make a lot of sense either.
So what, it's worth what people think it is? It's worth
one dollar U.S. because people are willing to pay that
much?
I do know one thing, every time it goes up or down,
SOMEBODY makes money. That's all I know.
I'm only guessing they feel slightly better than the losers in Clovertown.
The lord hates a coward.
Ah yes, one of the great moments in cinematic history.
Be that as it may, I would still take the lawyer's advice over the non-lawyers advice ten times out of ten. And having listened to a few of Mr. Moglen's talks, he appears sharper than your average lawyer.
Oh puh-lease, the jury system? And yes, without legal training and awareness of various precedents, your "normal Joe" has no real understanding of the law. And no, IANAL, but I have had some experience with the law. First lesson you learn is not all lawyers are created equally. Second rule, is that when the police start making jokes about your lawyer, you're in trouble. And third, if you go into court, trusting in the good judgement of 12 of your peers, you better learn fast how to get a firm grip on the soap. I believe O.J. Simpson would back me up on all the above. Maybe things are different in your parents basement.