Yup, our taxes are the worst. Ridiculous taxes, like 15% sales tax in some provinces, tax on CDs, tax on this, tax on that... Time to kick some legislative arse IMHO.
If you haven't heard of the Hip, you Americans should come up here more often:)
I don't drink beer (much or at all). I do enjoy a recreational game of hockey, and I'm a big alternative fan. I also hate Microshaft and prefer Linux...
Cultural diversity is (supposed to be) one of Canada's better points. Sometimes people lose sight of that though... Then you have to smack them up the head. Well said.
Actually, most Canadians are nowhere near as pompous as Britains:)
I like life in Canada. Sometimes it's quiet, true but it's never boring. I would prefer quiet too, we don't need all that gun-blazing-craze thank you very much.
The Quebec seperation is a big deal. An entire province of people leaving the country is not some small problem. They're unique, culturally rich and I personally would like to have them recognized and kept that way.
We Canadians like rock (If you ever listened to the Tragically Hip, you'd see that our music kicks ass), classic, jazz, you name it. Not to mention the dozens, maybe hundreds of different music types that immigrants have brought with them. Of all Canadian musicians, the only ones I can't stand are Celine Dion, Shania Twain and a fat cow called Rita McNeil...
Our stereotype is that we're bitchy complainers with no sun? Ummmm, no. The stereotype is that we're all beer guzzling hockey players. If you're going to engage in stereotypes, at least do it right.
Actually, with all the snow on the ground we get quite a lot of sun/light reflecting up that it's hard to see sometimes.
Now, I don't think America is the shits but I think there's a large vocal part of the population that is incredibly closed to new ideas and find it easier to let TV/politicans/media think for them. You'd be surprised how many Americans we met down in the states thought that as soon as you go past Detroit, you'll need a dog sled team.
Oh, BTW, we have Snowboarding, skiing, ice skating and snowmobiles to satisfy those speed/surfing cravings. Suck it down.
iMacs do have several nice points. The doors are a nice touch, and I sure wish I had a handle on this heavy beast of a PC I have sitting on this desk.
On the other hand, a computer is a productivity tool, so I don't think creativity is as important as performance. It's a great bonus (In particular, getting your computer tower custom painted looks amazing, woos chicks and gets you big pay raises) but I wouldn't sacrifice much for it.
So, in summary, case painting, handles and doors would be excellent but integrating the monitor into the case or compromising the available number of drive bays are big turnoffs IMHO.
This is just my opinion, but I didn't like Dark City. The plot was interesting, but I felt the execution and some of the acting was horrible.
Some parts of the movie were just dumb. The ending comes to mind. I almost bust a gut laughing when "they" put everyone to sleep at the Police Station.
The theatre I was in started clapping at the end, but it wasn't out of appreciation:)
I'd say the best movie IMHO was The Truman Show, but it had a couple serious flaws of it's own so don't jump on this...
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Yup, our taxes are the worst. Ridiculous taxes, like 15% sales tax in some provinces, tax on CDs, tax on this, tax on that... Time to kick some legislative arse IMHO.
If you haven't heard of the Hip, you Americans should come up here more often
I don't drink beer (much or at all). I do enjoy a recreational game of hockey, and I'm a big alternative fan. I also hate Microshaft and prefer Linux...
Cultural diversity is (supposed to be) one of Canada's better points. Sometimes people lose sight of that though... Then you have to smack them up the head. Well said.
Actually, most Canadians are nowhere near as pompous as Britains :)
I like life in Canada. Sometimes it's quiet, true but it's never boring. I would prefer quiet too, we don't need all that gun-blazing-craze thank you very much.
The Quebec seperation is a big deal. An entire province of people leaving the country is not some small problem. They're unique, culturally rich and I personally would like to have them recognized and kept that way.
We Canadians like rock (If you ever listened to the Tragically Hip, you'd see that our music kicks ass), classic, jazz, you name it. Not to mention the dozens, maybe hundreds of different music types that immigrants have brought with them. Of all Canadian musicians, the only ones I can't stand are Celine Dion, Shania Twain and a fat cow called Rita McNeil...
Our stereotype is that we're bitchy complainers with no sun? Ummmm, no. The stereotype is that we're all beer guzzling hockey players. If you're going to engage in stereotypes, at least do it right.
Actually, with all the snow on the ground we get quite a lot of sun/light reflecting up that it's hard to see sometimes.
Now, I don't think America is the shits but I think there's a large vocal part of the population that is incredibly closed to new ideas and find it easier to let TV/politicans/media think for them. You'd be surprised how many Americans we met down in the states thought that as soon as you go past Detroit, you'll need a dog sled team.
Oh, BTW, we have Snowboarding, skiing, ice skating and snowmobiles to satisfy those speed/surfing cravings. Suck it down.
iMacs do have several nice points. The doors are a nice touch, and I sure wish I had a handle on this heavy beast of a PC I have sitting on this desk.
On the other hand, a computer is a productivity tool, so I don't think creativity is as important as performance. It's a great bonus (In particular, getting your computer tower custom painted looks amazing, woos chicks and gets you big pay raises) but I wouldn't sacrifice much for it.
So, in summary, case painting, handles and doors would be excellent but integrating the monitor into the case or compromising the available number of drive bays are big turnoffs IMHO.
This is just my opinion, but I didn't like Dark City. The plot was interesting, but I felt the execution and some of the acting was horrible.
:)
Some parts of the movie were just dumb. The ending comes to mind. I almost bust a gut laughing when "they" put everyone to sleep at the Police Station.
The theatre I was in started clapping at the end, but it wasn't out of appreciation
I'd say the best movie IMHO was The Truman Show, but it had a couple serious flaws of it's own so don't jump on this...
Oh well, just my $0.02