Something oldschool. So even when administration DOES try to fire you, you can say "REALLY? Over a virus that infects floppies, on a network that doesn't have a single floppy drive installed?". Just don't do it on the first week of May.
For the record, Albertans (at least this one) don't hate the rest of the country (not even Quebec!), we're just a tad arrogant, and don't really care what every one else thinks.
Yeah, that's not speech and you can't eliminate hatred by outlawing it.
Yeah, but you can encourage it's growth by talking/spreading it.
There are many ways to fight hate speech. In canada, we fight it by making hate speech illegal. we fight it by making it illegal to spread, we mock it with our TV programming, education system and comedians.
In the USA, dissenting voices are usually dealt with by a lynch mob (or some other draconian measure meted out by an arbitrary justice system with no remaining checks or balances). Oh, and glenn beck.
Given the choice I'll take the individuals since I can sue them and make their life hard right back and they probably don't have a large number of armed men at their beck and call.
Good thing the government lets you sue people! And it's a good thing that private citizens can't own guns and shoot back... and can't slander you... and it's a good thing that every judge will take your side in every issue (the american dream).
This is very evident at family functions. I have a couple of cousins (cousins to each other as well) one is local CPS, and the other is RC. They get into pissing matches with each other all the time over who has the more important role in Canadian Civilization, and I am usually the one who gets to moderate their arguments, generally by telling them both to STFU, and handing them a beer.
I have never had that experience with my friends who are in different areas of policing. Perhaps it's a family thing?... on second though, maybe it's an alberta thing. (Yes, the rest of the country hates alberta as much as alberta hates the rest of the country... and everyone hates quebec. It's our main unifying doctrine).
...you could get into trouble if you broadcast it, published it, or if you gathered an audience to tell them it
And how is this different than in the states? Howard stern, fined by the FCC (that's a federal commission, thus... government). And in the USA, you can be sued for saying just about anything, and then you've got to go to court, get a lawyer (or have a law degree yourself), ignore your job / responsibilities while in court, just to prove that you *didn't* do anything wrong.
The big difference I see between canadian and american law, is that in canada you have to worry (mostly) about offending the government. In the USA, you have to worry (mostly) about offending some litigation happy neighbor who has successfully sued some previous neighbor for something they were innocent of, but unable to afford a good (enough) lawyer to defend themselves.
Which should you prefer, a government system which is (mostly) uniform and consistent? Or a system which is (mostly) not-uniform, non-consistent, very arbitrary and different across the country?
How about we let the audience decide that for themselves?
If we want to prove that our ideologies are indeed superior to those of the KKK, that can only be done on a fair and equal forum of debate
How does a man on fire, tied to a cross, surrounded by people who hate him, have a fair chance to speak? By the time the current discussion is over, I'm pretty sure he never wants to see the colour white again (and will be perpetually biased against the living).
Even in Canada, which has much less free speech protection than the United States...
Really? Because in canada there is a tonne of laws protecting free speech - so long as you're not engaging in hate speech. In fact, the laws are almost exactly the same as in the USA in regards to freedom of speech (with hate speech being a key difference).
I think what the article means to say is that "In canada, they're not litigation happy, and the courts have made it very difficult to get a multimillion dollar settlement for pouring hot coffee on your lap and claiming that it was the fault of the coffee shop for not telling you that coffee is hot... (and other such nonsense cases... like awarding a family damages over the autism-caused-by-vaccines debacle which has been debunked by real scientists over and over...)".
Yes, in Canada you can't walk around holding a pistol and suing everyone who looks at you funny. You also can't start a chapter of the KKK, start publishing material that has no value and offends a large audience. Oh, and queer-bashing? Also illegal. Why? Because you couldn't say or do the same things to someone that wasn't queer, and not get arrested/charged. That doesn't mean canada has lax free speech laws. That means Canada has a better system of protecting the rights of its citizens.
I stopped reading there. Everything else was at least three times as expensive and I'm not spending half as much on a damn SSD as the whole computer which is the new Mac mini model at $750CAD.
Good thing they clear that up at the end, stating that if you're buying a budget system, SSDs don't make a lot of sense, but once you hit the $1000+ mark, they ought to be a given. Which makes sense - if you're getting cheap hardware, why throw good money after bad?
I don't know why you'd intentionally go out of your way to avoid all aspects of that role.
Because socializing with people who have different interests and think their terabyte of porn is "ubercool" isn't a good way for me to spend my time. I don't care if I get a promotion from it, I'd rather enjoy myself at work than deal with the "l33tness" that comes from their company.
Uh, last software company I worked for and ate by myself... they thought I was anti-social
Me too. Good thing I spent those lunch hours doing on-line courses... and got promoted. No one expects the boss to be chummy with the help; just pleasant. It was much easier to mingle with my peers once I was working with some people who didn't think spongebob was cool.
The concept of keeping your work separate from your life is BS. Your work is a big part of your life.
Unfortunately, I have high standards which prevent me from spending my lunch discussing the latest (whatever) with my co-workers. It would be easier to do if I cared about their interests... but I don't. There is a reason some of us are lone wolves - it's because we prefer to pick our friends carefully, not let work dictate our social circle.
I can be sociable, but waste an hour every day with people I'm ambivalent about? No thanks. I'd rather spend it chatting with my wife, reading a book or catching a quick nap.
Um, take over what? Is this a serious question? The answer here is "never" -- for the same reason that no single language will ever "take over" the software development landscape. There is no one tool fit for every job.
I'd be inclined to agree with you, except I once felt the same way about search engines and chinese toys.
But there's a lot of prior art here, and many languages have great CSP-style channel libraries written for them that offer the same great flavor of relatively safe message passing and alternation between sets of channels:
What Go has done is standardized this implementation detail into the language specification
The two things I've seen about Go concurrency that are regarded as special are M:N/"green" threads and CSP-style channels.
I'll agree with your points, but many vehicles have wheels and motors and there is still a clear preference (or at least avoidance) of certain brands and models. Go brings things together well, and is a 'better' option because it does integrate so much prior art (as you have said) into a great package.
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Something oldschool. So even when administration DOES try to fire you, you can say "REALLY? Over a virus that infects floppies, on a network that doesn't have a single floppy drive installed?". Just don't do it on the first week of May.
See, the funny thing is in America our president can insult the police and its all fine and dandy. Just saying.
Actually, the funny thing is that it was neither libel nor slander, in that case, either.
Fixed it for ya. Er, for me.
Not with that account :P (Now that you've participated).
Maybe the rest of the country thinks alberta hates them... so we're all just oversensitive.
For the record, Albertans (at least this one) don't hate the rest of the country (not even Quebec!), we're just a tad arrogant, and don't really care what every one else thinks.
LMAO... wish I could moderate.
Yeah, that's not speech and you can't eliminate hatred by outlawing it.
Yeah, but you can encourage it's growth by talking/spreading it.
There are many ways to fight hate speech. In canada, we fight it by making hate speech illegal. we fight it by making it illegal to spread, we mock it with our TV programming, education system and comedians.
In the USA, dissenting voices are usually dealt with by a lynch mob (or some other draconian measure meted out by an arbitrary justice system with no remaining checks or balances). Oh, and glenn beck.
Given the choice I'll take the individuals since I can sue them and make their life hard right back and they probably don't have a large number of armed men at their beck and call.
Good thing the government lets you sue people! And it's a good thing that private citizens can't own guns and shoot back ... and can't slander you ... and it's a good thing that every judge will take your side in every issue (the american dream).
See, the funny thing is in America our president can insult the police and its all fine and dandy. Just saying.
Actually, the funny thing is that it was neither libel nor slander, in this case.
This is very evident at family functions. I have a couple of cousins (cousins to each other as well) one is local CPS, and the other is RC. They get into pissing matches with each other all the time over who has the more important role in Canadian Civilization, and I am usually the one who gets to moderate their arguments, generally by telling them both to STFU, and handing them a beer.
I have never had that experience with my friends who are in different areas of policing. Perhaps it's a family thing? ... on second though, maybe it's an alberta thing. (Yes, the rest of the country hates alberta as much as alberta hates the rest of the country ... and everyone hates quebec. It's our main unifying doctrine).
...you could get into trouble if you broadcast it, published it, or if you gathered an audience to tell them it
And how is this different than in the states? Howard stern, fined by the FCC (that's a federal commission, thus ... government). And in the USA, you can be sued for saying just about anything, and then you've got to go to court, get a lawyer (or have a law degree yourself), ignore your job / responsibilities while in court, just to prove that you *didn't* do anything wrong.
The big difference I see between canadian and american law, is that in canada you have to worry (mostly) about offending the government. In the USA, you have to worry (mostly) about offending some litigation happy neighbor who has successfully sued some previous neighbor for something they were innocent of, but unable to afford a good (enough) lawyer to defend themselves.
Which should you prefer, a government system which is (mostly) uniform and consistent? Or a system which is (mostly) not-uniform, non-consistent, very arbitrary and different across the country?
How about we let the audience decide that for themselves?
If we want to prove that our ideologies are indeed superior to those of the KKK, that can only be done on a fair and equal forum of debate
How does a man on fire, tied to a cross, surrounded by people who hate him, have a fair chance to speak? By the time the current discussion is over, I'm pretty sure he never wants to see the colour white again (and will be perpetually biased against the living).
Even in Canada, which has much less free speech protection than the United States ...
Really? Because in canada there is a tonne of laws protecting free speech - so long as you're not engaging in hate speech. In fact, the laws are almost exactly the same as in the USA in regards to freedom of speech (with hate speech being a key difference).
... like awarding a family damages over the autism-caused-by-vaccines debacle which has been debunked by real scientists over and over...)".
I think what the article means to say is that "In canada, they're not litigation happy, and the courts have made it very difficult to get a multimillion dollar settlement for pouring hot coffee on your lap and claiming that it was the fault of the coffee shop for not telling you that coffee is hot... (and other such nonsense cases
Yes, in Canada you can't walk around holding a pistol and suing everyone who looks at you funny. You also can't start a chapter of the KKK, start publishing material that has no value and offends a large audience. Oh, and queer-bashing? Also illegal. Why? Because you couldn't say or do the same things to someone that wasn't queer, and not get arrested/charged. That doesn't mean canada has lax free speech laws. That means Canada has a better system of protecting the rights of its citizens.
Import one. Then buy a replacement keyboard, they're usually 0-screw 1-plug replacements.
"Intel X25-V Intel PC29AS21BA0 32MB 40GB $110"
I stopped reading there. Everything else was at least three times as expensive and I'm not spending half as much on a damn SSD as the whole computer which is the new Mac mini model at $750CAD.
Good thing they clear that up at the end, stating that if you're buying a budget system, SSDs don't make a lot of sense, but once you hit the $1000+ mark, they ought to be a given. Which makes sense - if you're getting cheap hardware, why throw good money after bad?
I have the most interesting conversations during smoking as you meet a lot of people from other departments from your company.
Do us a favor and quit smoking. It's rude, disgusting and you fill the office with the smell when you come back from your break.
I don't know why you'd intentionally go out of your way to avoid all aspects of that role.
Because socializing with people who have different interests and think their terabyte of porn is "ubercool" isn't a good way for me to spend my time. I don't care if I get a promotion from it, I'd rather enjoy myself at work than deal with the "l33tness" that comes from their company.
Uh, last software company I worked for and ate by myself... they thought I was anti-social
Me too. Good thing I spent those lunch hours doing on-line courses ... and got promoted. No one expects the boss to be chummy with the help; just pleasant. It was much easier to mingle with my peers once I was working with some people who didn't think spongebob was cool.
The concept of keeping your work separate from your life is BS. Your work is a big part of your life.
Unfortunately, I have high standards which prevent me from spending my lunch discussing the latest (whatever) with my co-workers. It would be easier to do if I cared about their interests ... but I don't. There is a reason some of us are lone wolves - it's because we prefer to pick our friends carefully, not let work dictate our social circle.
I can be sociable, but waste an hour every day with people I'm ambivalent about? No thanks. I'd rather spend it chatting with my wife, reading a book or catching a quick nap.
You mean the older brother of the jesus phone doesn't perform miracles too? I'm so disturbed.
If GB is passing laws to cut off file sharers, who do so for personal use only, why can't they move quickly to impede spam?
... oh right. Spam is enterprise, brings in money. Piracy takes it away. Never mind that everyone loves piracy and hates spam ...
Oh, here it is... Courtesy of Slashdot (see? Slashdot is useful!)
"How likely is it to really take over?" not likely at all, and nobody would ask that question unless they worked for Google Marketing.
I'd agree, except google has done a great job taking over areas that I never thought would be monopolized.
Um, take over what? Is this a serious question? The answer here is "never" -- for the same reason that no single language will ever "take over" the software development landscape. There is no one tool fit for every job.
I'd be inclined to agree with you, except I once felt the same way about search engines and chinese toys.
But there's a lot of prior art here, and many languages have great CSP-style channel libraries written for them that offer the same great flavor of relatively safe message passing and alternation between sets of channels:
What Go has done is standardized this implementation detail into the language specification
The two things I've seen about Go concurrency that are regarded as special are M:N/"green" threads and CSP-style channels.
I'll agree with your points, but many vehicles have wheels and motors and there is still a clear preference (or at least avoidance) of certain brands and models. Go brings things together well, and is a 'better' option because it does integrate so much prior art (as you have said) into a great package.
Actually getting accurate data is more useful than arguing about what somebodys paper said.
Fixed that for ya.
Okay, it's funny too. But it's also true, I just can't find the reference.