You'll notice that when you chose internet it directs you to the link that i posted above, explaining the CRTC does not have jurisdiction over internet services because they are now a "competitive market".
Did Sympatico throttle on a user-basis or based on geography? Either way, there must be some sort of legal recourse that the wholesalers could take?
I attempted to make a complaint in regards to Bell's heavy handed ways a few months ago through the CRTC only to be sent to this link: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/t1003.htm . Which essentially says "You're shit out of luck because the "market is competitive", and we all know that is just an absolute crock. All this infrastructure was essentially built with Canadian Taxpayer money when Bell was a monopoly, so how Bell can't be responsible to any public agency is just disgusting.
It wasn't clear to me from the parent whether Bell is throttling ONLY the 3rd parties, or whether they were actively throttling their own customers-areas as well? It would be even more infuriating if this bandwidth "calming" only affected the smaller ISPs who are leasing Bell lines. Bell throttles individual customers, but what about blanket areas, which is what the article would imply.
Actually, having worked in the film distribution industry I'd have to debate these figures.
In the first week you usually would get between 55-65% of box office on the first weeks take, however since this is such a huge release I'd say it would run more about 75% at most. Second week would usually drop 5%, and then after that you usually drop to 40-50% of total take. After week 4 you may go as low as 35%.
Now this number of course is what goes directly to the distributor. The amount that goes to the filmmaker themselves would be negotiated outside of that.
My point was that I shouldn't have to read an 18 page court ruling to decide if I am interested in the story. The story should be summarised in the post on the mainpage, if I am then interested in the subject matter I can read the sub-articles.
While I wish I could get excited about this decision, I really can't because this post has absolutely NO context, and neither do any of the links?
I live outside of the USA and haven't been following this case so I have idea what i'm being implored to be happy about. I think the moderators need to be more stringent ensuring posts make sense.
For all I know this ruling could mean CowboyNeal got his zoning permit for a new Hot Dog stand!
What if a Pharoah hadn't ordered the pyramids: There would have been a lot of happy slaves.
What if Lindbergh had said what's the point: Americans wouldn't celebrate the achievements of a fascist fool.
What if Columbus said you can't sail to India: There would be a lot of happy Native Americans.
What if Kennedy hadn't flown to the moon: Maybe some of those billions would be given to those who are starving and dying every day around the world.
I can think of hundreds of more adventures that humankind can try to conquer that have a lot more benefit than the egotistical motivations mentioned above!
That is true -- if you are in a management position or can manage to secure full-time hours. In most retail or service oriented jobs (read: Walmart, McDonalds, HMV) it is almost impossible to secure the hours to be entitled to said "offered benefits". The companies are very open to the fact that they only want to employ part-time workers, and the reasoning is that it keeps costs down by not having to offer the benefits that they lure employees with.
While perhaps I mistated it a bit in the article, I think that tuxette hit the nail on the head later in the replies. If you had read the article rather than just jumping on the synopsis first, you'd notice that the issue is the use of this information (in this case your palm/finger print). While according to McDonalds is being used to simply clock people in and out, what is to stop them from cross referencing with criminal databases in the future or what if two companies with this technology begin cross referencing employee files?
Long story short, it's a slippery slope and a scary thought that there are few protections for these employees (and in this case keep in mind most of them are minors). You can't trust McDonalds to tell you the true ingredients in their french fries, why should you trust them with your biological information??
This is definately an interesting piece of art. Anyone who is interested in the Waco thing needs to see the film "Rules of Engagement", regardless of your views on the 'incident'.
A lot of interesting links related to Waco can be found here.
I'm a geek and I love this show. I think it's rather sad that everyone feels the need to compare it to typical "geek" fare such as ST or Babylon. It's not in the same vein but that doesn't mean that it doesnt have total geek appeal and asthetic.
Buffy has consistently been the most topical and best written show on TV for the last 4+ years. Admittedly the show is aimed at a younger and less "hard geek" audience, but in doing so I believe it validates itself. It's brought smart and intelligent writing (of the geek type) to "teenland". And at the same time it provides a rich and well defined fantasy "universe" that hardcore geeks can enjoy.
The fact that you can have Star Trek, Apocolypse Now!, Comics, Twin Peaks and Shakespeare referenced regularily on a popular show with a core audience of 16 year olds is a grand enough achievement. All that without mentioning the 3-5 season spanning story arcs and incredibly fun writing.
I could care less about Sarah Michelle Gellar (which seems to be bearing the brunt of the cheers about this show being cancelled) -- people really need to look beyond the fact that she's married to some other Hollywood dope, that the show has a ridiculous (but charming) name -- and really just evaluate the show for what it is. And I think most open-minded individuals who have actually seen the show would say that it is a charming, well written show with great acting and a very engaging mythos.
I made a post, no matter how sophmoric on my SITE about this film. The originals in the trilogy are absolutely stunning and breathtaking. With the inclusion of digital technology and even simple "conventional" improvments in film technology, this part definately shapes up to be the best.
If you haven't seen these movies before go see them at your rep theatre. Simply the most brilliant use of image and film I've ever seen. Esp, Koyaanisqatsi.
Umm, and apparently they are really good if you smoke green stuff. Not that I'd know anything about that:).
Btw, Incase you haven't heard Philip Glass is preforming in a town near you. Doing either live accompaniment to the Trilogy or new work to shorts by Godfrey Reggio (the director) and Atom Egoyan.
What baffles me is how clueless everyone seems to be today... your #1 sources of electronic music should be Brian Eno, who invented ambient music (richard d james (aphex twin)constantly drops his name) and the Silver Apples. If you read about the origin of Silver Apples and electronic music, it will make your ears bleed and convince you to start making instruments about of juice cans. I mean Simeon (lead.song writing) writes about his manually made synthesizer "nine audio oscillators and eighty-six manual manual controls...The lead and rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet." "
Anyway, all this aside. Essential electronic albums:
Brian Eno: Music for Airports (the first true ambient CD)
David Bowie: Heroes. Nuff Said
Silver Apples: Silver Apples (see above)
The Who - Who's Next.. this was the first commercially successful and brilliant electronically 'synthesized' album
Kraftwerk: The real brains behind the operation. Really.
Anyway. If anyone takes heed of these suggestions, they'll be much more rich because of it...
As much as I adored parsec, and my TI-99 (almost as much fun as the cheesy TRS-80) I have to say the bestest (sic) game in the world for it had to be Hunt the Wumpus. Not only was the name a riot but so was the music. Anyone else remember it?
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You'll notice that when you chose internet it directs you to the link that i posted above, explaining the CRTC does not have jurisdiction over internet services because they are now a "competitive market".
Link: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/warning.asp?page=internetEng.htm&lang=E
Did Sympatico throttle on a user-basis or based on geography? Either way, there must be some sort of legal recourse that the wholesalers could take?
I attempted to make a complaint in regards to Bell's heavy handed ways a few months ago through the CRTC only to be sent to this link: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/t1003.htm . Which essentially says "You're shit out of luck because the "market is competitive", and we all know that is just an absolute crock. All this infrastructure was essentially built with Canadian Taxpayer money when Bell was a monopoly, so how Bell can't be responsible to any public agency is just disgusting.
It wasn't clear to me from the parent whether Bell is throttling ONLY the 3rd parties, or whether they were actively throttling their own customers-areas as well? It would be even more infuriating if this bandwidth "calming" only affected the smaller ISPs who are leasing Bell lines. Bell throttles individual customers, but what about blanket areas, which is what the article would imply.
Actually, having worked in the film distribution industry I'd have to debate these figures.
In the first week you usually would get between 55-65% of box office on the first weeks take, however since this is such a huge release I'd say it would run more about 75% at most. Second week would usually drop 5%, and then after that you usually drop to 40-50% of total take. After week 4 you may go as low as 35%.
Now this number of course is what goes directly to the distributor. The amount that goes to the filmmaker themselves would be negotiated outside of that.
My point was that I shouldn't have to read an 18 page court ruling to decide if I am interested in the story. The story should be summarised in the post on the mainpage, if I am then interested in the subject matter I can read the sub-articles.
Don't you agree?
While I wish I could get excited about this decision, I really can't because this post has absolutely NO context, and neither do any of the links?
I live outside of the USA and haven't been following this case so I have idea what i'm being implored to be happy about. I think the moderators need to be more stringent ensuring posts make sense.
For all I know this ruling could mean CowboyNeal got his zoning permit for a new Hot Dog stand!
What if a Pharoah hadn't ordered the pyramids: There would have been a lot of happy slaves.
What if Lindbergh had said what's the point: Americans wouldn't celebrate the achievements of a fascist fool.
What if Columbus said you can't sail to India: There would be a lot of happy Native Americans.
What if Kennedy hadn't flown to the moon: Maybe some of those billions would be given to those who are starving and dying every day around the world.
I can think of hundreds of more adventures that humankind can try to conquer that have a lot more benefit than the egotistical motivations mentioned above!
That is true -- if you are in a management position or can manage to secure full-time hours. In most retail or service oriented jobs (read: Walmart, McDonalds, HMV) it is almost impossible to secure the hours to be entitled to said "offered benefits". The companies are very open to the fact that they only want to employ part-time workers, and the reasoning is that it keeps costs down by not having to offer the benefits that they lure employees with.
While perhaps I mistated it a bit in the article, I think that tuxette hit the nail on the head later in the replies. If you had read the article rather than just jumping on the synopsis first, you'd notice that the issue is the use of this information (in this case your palm/finger print). While according to McDonalds is being used to simply clock people in and out, what is to stop them from cross referencing with criminal databases in the future or what if two companies with this technology begin cross referencing employee files?
Long story short, it's a slippery slope and a scary thought that there are few protections for these employees (and in this case keep in mind most of them are minors). You can't trust McDonalds to tell you the true ingredients in their french fries, why should you trust them with your biological information??
This is definately an interesting piece of art. Anyone who is interested in the Waco thing needs to see the film "Rules of Engagement", regardless of your views on the 'incident'. A lot of interesting links related to Waco can be found here.
.. and those are only some of the recent ones that come to mind. I'm still scouring my mind for the old-school ones from seasons 1/2/3.
I'm a geek and I love this show. I think it's rather sad that everyone feels the need to compare it to typical "geek" fare such as ST or Babylon. It's not in the same vein but that doesn't mean that it doesnt have total geek appeal and asthetic.
Buffy has consistently been the most topical and best written show on TV for the last 4+ years. Admittedly the show is aimed at a younger and less "hard geek" audience, but in doing so I believe it validates itself. It's brought smart and intelligent writing (of the geek type) to "teenland". And at the same time it provides a rich and well defined fantasy "universe" that hardcore geeks can enjoy.
The fact that you can have Star Trek, Apocolypse Now!, Comics, Twin Peaks and Shakespeare referenced regularily on a popular show with a core audience of 16 year olds is a grand enough achievement. All that without mentioning the 3-5 season spanning story arcs and incredibly fun writing.
I could care less about Sarah Michelle Gellar (which seems to be bearing the brunt of the cheers about this show being cancelled) -- people really need to look beyond the fact that she's married to some other Hollywood dope, that the show has a ridiculous (but charming) name -- and really just evaluate the show for what it is. And I think most open-minded individuals who have actually seen the show would say that it is a charming, well written show with great acting and a very engaging mythos.
I made a post, no matter how sophmoric on my SITE about this film. The originals in the trilogy are absolutely stunning and breathtaking. With the inclusion of digital technology and even simple "conventional" improvments in film technology, this part definately shapes up to be the best.
:).
If you haven't seen these movies before go see them at your rep theatre. Simply the most brilliant use of image and film I've ever seen. Esp, Koyaanisqatsi.
Umm, and apparently they are really good if you smoke green stuff. Not that I'd know anything about that
Btw, Incase you haven't heard Philip Glass is preforming in a town near you. Doing either live accompaniment to the Trilogy or new work to shorts by Godfrey Reggio (the director) and Atom Egoyan.
Go see it.
What baffles me is how clueless everyone seems to be today... your #1 sources of electronic music should be Brian Eno, who invented ambient music (richard d james (aphex twin)constantly drops his name) and the Silver Apples. If you read about the origin of Silver Apples and electronic music, it will make your ears bleed and convince you to start making instruments about of juice cans. I mean Simeon (lead.song writing) writes about his manually made synthesizer "nine audio oscillators and eighty-six manual manual controls...The lead and rhythm oscillators are played with the hands, elbows and knees and the bass oscillators are played with the feet." "
Anyway, all this aside. Essential electronic albums:
Brian Eno: Music for Airports (the first true ambient CD)
David Bowie: Heroes. Nuff Said
Silver Apples: Silver Apples (see above)
The Who - Who's Next.. this was the first commercially successful and brilliant electronically 'synthesized' album
Kraftwerk: The real brains behind the operation. Really.
Anyway. If anyone takes heed of these suggestions, they'll be much more rich because of it...
As much as I adored parsec, and my TI-99 (almost as much fun as the cheesy TRS-80) I have to say the bestest (sic) game in the world for it had to be Hunt the Wumpus. Not only was the name a riot but so was the music. Anyone else remember it?