Say you sell your soul to the Devil (for, let's say, a lifetime supply of foo). Next thing you know two guys show up at your door to convince you to call off the deal (the catch is you have to give up your lifetime supply of foo). Should they fail to convince you, they have orders to kill you.
And they're the good guys.
It's on Space here in Canada (late Sunday), and is quite clever.
IMDB: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0195462
For some definition of "recent". I recognize some Williams in the old blue livery, two white Tyrells, and even a blue and white Arrows. That makes it 1996 or '97.
Canada did not exist as an independent nation until 1867. But we did exist as a collection of
British colonies for a long time before that (parts used to be controlled by the French too). So while Canada the nation may be officially only 133 years old, we have a much longer history as a people.
The War of 1812 was officially between Great Britain and the US. But the majority of fighting on land was along the Canadian-American border (and into the US). The forces commonly referred to as "the British" were actually a mix of British regulars, Canadian militias and irregulars, and Native peoples. After the defeat of Napoleon (thank you Russia!) the British were able to redeploy more troops to North America, changing the ratio quite a bit.
By the way, don't put too much faith in American history texts. I have seen some, and the amount of revisionist propaganda in them is sickening.
Second, the US did not win the war of 1812. It is debatable if anyone won. The British/Canadian forces achieved their goal of keeping the Canadian colonies under British control. If the US had won, surely they would have annexed what is now
Canada? What was the goal of the US in the war? Expansion?
And finally, it is not our only claim to fame. We have plenty more we could brag about if we weren't so polite. We just like to tease you guys about the White House.
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Well there goes my attempt to patent linked lists. Oh well, I still have that gene responsible for feet to try...
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Say you sell your soul to the Devil (for, let's say, a lifetime supply of foo). Next thing you know two guys show up at your door to convince you to call off the deal (the catch is you have to give up your lifetime supply of foo). Should they fail to convince you, they have orders to kill you.
And they're the good guys.
It's on Space here in Canada (late Sunday), and is quite clever.
IMDB: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0195462
Heh. The advantages of being a university sysadmin: http://stats.distributed.net/rc5/psummary.php3?id= 73053
For some definition of "recent". I recognize some Williams in the old blue livery, two white Tyrells, and even a blue and white Arrows. That makes it 1996 or '97.
But what circuit is it?
Canada did not exist as an independent nation until 1867. But we did exist as a collection of British colonies for a long time before that (parts used to be controlled by the French too). So while Canada the nation may be officially only 133 years old, we have a much longer history as a people.
The War of 1812 was officially between Great Britain and the US. But the majority of fighting on land was along the Canadian-American border (and into the US). The forces commonly referred to as "the British" were actually a mix of British regulars, Canadian militias and irregulars, and Native peoples. After the defeat of Napoleon (thank you Russia!) the British were able to redeploy more troops to North America, changing the ratio quite a bit.
By the way, don't put too much faith in American history texts. I have seen some, and the amount of revisionist propaganda in them is sickening.
First of all, that's "canuck".
Second, the US did not win the war of 1812. It is debatable if anyone won. The British/Canadian forces achieved their goal of keeping the Canadian colonies under British control. If the US had won, surely they would have annexed what is now Canada? What was the goal of the US in the war? Expansion?
And finally, it is not our only claim to fame. We have plenty more we could brag about if we weren't so polite. We just like to tease you guys about the White House.
That's the new White House. It was built after the old one was burned (along with a fair bit of Washington D.C.).