Interestingly, [GameStop president Tony] Bartel revealed that 70 per cent of GameStop's $1 billion market sales comes from the sale of new games rather than pre-owned ones.
Unfortunately, Alberta's isn't that great. This article mentions having to move equipment from hospital to hospital in taxis. My dad, because of Redford's (and previous Premiers') health care cuts, has to spend his time in one hospital, and will have to be moved back and forth to another one on the other side of the city up to three times a week for the treatment he needs. The Conservatives keep pushing for a more privatized health care model - which means cutting funding for the nurses to staff the beds at the hospitals.
Maybe it's just differences in education in different parts of the country (although, considering the political leaning of Alberta, and especially the town I grew up in, it was probably just my specific teachers), but I was taught that Socialism and Communism are not the same - Socialism being a combination of Capitalism and Communism using the selected best bits of each to form a mixed economy.
And I agree (if I'm reading your "ruin things" correctly) that it's too bad that more people can't see Harper and the Tories he's leading for what they are. Although, with only 40% of the popular vote, I guess most of us tried to get rid of them and screwed ourselves through split-votes.
You do realize that the person you replied to is from Canada (a Socialist country), right? Socialism, unlike Communism, does allow for private ownership.
I didn't want to have an enormous summary, so I didn't flesh that out. FTA:
Now, as someone who has been the target of many a vicious attack from commenters or forum posters, I can understand frustration with the nature of online anonymous criticism. But to actually try to make such a thing illegal? You wade into dangerous waters that anything resembling freedom of speech will likely drown in. And that’s overlooking the free speech implications trampled by banning pornography and file-sharing as well, two provisions getting less attention due to the severity of the libel section.
Via CBS, a senator who opposed the bill explains its potential ramifications:
“If you click ‘like,’ you can be sued, and if you share, you can also be sued,” said Sen. Teofisto Guingona III, one of the lawmakers who voted against the passage of the law.
“Even Mark Zuckerberg can be charged with cyber-libel,” the senator said.
The provision, according to Guingona, is so broad and vague that it’s not even clear who should be liable for a given statement online. And if you’re found guilty, get ready to spend up to 12 years in prison.
Guingona poses the question, who exactly is libel for the libel? Is it the person who made the statements? Anyone who reblogged or retweeted them? The website on which the comments were made? Anyone who commented in assent or even clicked ‘like’? The way the law is worded, the Filipino police could actually charge you with simply criticizing them or the government in a way they deem “malicious,” a word very much open to interpretation.
Here in the West, you hear "couple of loonies", "couple of twonies", "a loonie or two", and so forth for values under $5. You'll even see "loonie bin" and "twonie bin" for the value items in some stores.
I don't know what West you're talking about, but in the Edmonton area (where I've lived my entire life), I've never heard anyone talk like that unless they were specifically referring to the coins (rather than the dollar amount).
Therefore, the government’s position appears contradictory. If indeed naturopaths offer “safe and effective” treatment, then why wouldn’t they be covered? However, if these services do not meet the evidentiary standard laid out by our health-care system, then why is the government giving what surely amounts to tacit approval of naturopathy?
According to the article, this particular one reads the sweat glands on the fingertip: "In addition to the metaphorical connotation, he trademarked his technology as “the human barcode” because the sweat-gland patterns create a numerical reading like a computerized barcode." There's also a Japanese one in the article that reads body pressure, "technology dubbed 'butt biometrics' by some tech press following its introduction last year." And one other that can recognize a face based on partial images like "a criminal wearing a balaclava".
I'm assuming you're talking about Impostor, an awesome movie featuring Gary Sinise based on a Philip K. Dick short story of the same name. Based on preexisting content. Although, I can't speak for The Queen of Versailles.
I saw that in the discovery channel. I think the guy was talking about doing the same with emus or ostriches. Of course, it might also be that I saw the chicken embryos he'd been messing with and started thinking about an ostrich with teeth, scales, arms with clawed digits, and a tail as long as the rest of its body.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling they'll be of the mindset of, "we'll do what we want now, and use the last year to make everyone think we're the best option again."
The article specifically mentions that these are new fees being paid to Re:Sound in addition to the fees paid to SOCAN. And, as others have mentioned, the fees are being expanded to private functions, as well.
I have a problem with this. Sure, we're a small sample group, and spanking wasn't the only form of discipline used, but my sister and I don't fit that mold. I've been a pacifist since elementary, and my sister (at 36) just got her first grade below 4.0.
or the guy who thinks he's better than his opponents because he's white?
To be fair to this guy, the question he was asked was something along the lines of, "In such a multicultural riding, do you think you are at a disadvantage as a Caucasian?" Then again, he thinks Sikh and Muslim are in the same category as Caucasian.
it's believed used games will be limited to a trial mode or some other form of content restriction, with consumers having to pay a fee to unlock/register the full game
Not that anyone's going to see this, bottom of the pile on a two day old story, but IGN has a pair of updates:
UPDATED, MARCH 21: Now two of the actors who voiced the Turtles in the three 1990s live-action movies have gotten drawn into the fray of what we've dubbed "Turtlegate." TMZ says Robbie Rist, who voiced Michaelangelo, posted a letter to Bay that said the filmmakers was "sodomizing" the beloved franchise with his alien approach. Said Rist, "I know believing in mutated talking turtles is kinda silly to begin with but am I supposed to be led to believe there are ninjas from another planet? The rape of our childhood memories continues... "
However, Bay has a supporter in Rist's co-star Brian Tochi, who voiced Leonardo in the '90s movies. "If Michael Bay wants to do a different take on the turtles origin story... mazel tov!," Tochi told TMZ. Another Bay supporter is Judith Hoag, who played April O'Neil in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hoag, however, is a veteran of Bay films. She admitted to the site, "I was in Armageddon... which Michael directed... as well as Nightmare On Elm Street and I Am Number Four which he produced."
UPDATED, MARCH 22: TMNT co-creator Peter Laird has now addressed the "alien" controversy over at his blog: " I would actually encourage TMNT fans to swallow the 'chill pill' Mr. Bay recently suggested they take, and wait and see what might come out of this seemingly ill-conceived plan. It's possible that with enough truly creative brainpower applied to this idea, it might actually work. I'm not saying it's probable, or even somewhat likely... but it IS possible."
Laird, who reminds fans he no longer has any control over the TMNT property, added sarcastically, "the reason I say it could be a 'genius' idea is that -- for the first time -- someone has come up with a way to have as many freakin' Turtles as they want. I mean, if the TMNT are actually members of an alien race, there could be a whole PLANET of them!"
A handful could be enough. One can hope that evidence for just one would be enough to start an investigation into whichever party paid for the calls (I may be biased against them, but I'd put money on it being the Tories).
You never know. How many seats do they have to lose? Thirteen? If Elections Canada finds enough of the 31 ridings as void and in need of by-election, they may go back to a minority.
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand announced Thursday that he now has "over 700 Canadians from across the country" who allege "specific circumstances" of fraudulent or improper calls. CBC News examined 31 ridings where such calls have been reported and found a pattern: those receiving those calls also had previous calls from the Conservative Party to find out which way they would vote.
Haven't you seen War of the Worlds? Even gasoline fueled cars will be affected. Except, of course, the vehicle of the one mechanic on Earth who remembers the solenoid. But don't worry, he can be out-acted by an eight year old.
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Most of GameStop's profits come from used game sales. They make next to no profit on new games--that money goes almost wholly to the publisher.
That's what I thought, too. Then I read this today:
Interestingly, [GameStop president Tony] Bartel revealed that 70 per cent of GameStop's $1 billion market sales comes from the sale of new games rather than pre-owned ones.
Unfortunately, Alberta's isn't that great. This article mentions having to move equipment from hospital to hospital in taxis. My dad, because of Redford's (and previous Premiers') health care cuts, has to spend his time in one hospital, and will have to be moved back and forth to another one on the other side of the city up to three times a week for the treatment he needs. The Conservatives keep pushing for a more privatized health care model - which means cutting funding for the nurses to staff the beds at the hospitals.
Hopefully Ep3 will be worth the weight.
So if it's distributed digitally, it'll be worthless?
Maybe it's just differences in education in different parts of the country (although, considering the political leaning of Alberta, and especially the town I grew up in, it was probably just my specific teachers), but I was taught that Socialism and Communism are not the same - Socialism being a combination of Capitalism and Communism using the selected best bits of each to form a mixed economy. And I agree (if I'm reading your "ruin things" correctly) that it's too bad that more people can't see Harper and the Tories he's leading for what they are. Although, with only 40% of the popular vote, I guess most of us tried to get rid of them and screwed ourselves through split-votes.
You do realize that the person you replied to is from Canada (a Socialist country), right? Socialism, unlike Communism, does allow for private ownership.
I don't know what West you're talking about, but in the Edmonton area (where I've lived my entire life), I've never heard anyone talk like that unless they were specifically referring to the coins (rather than the dollar amount).
According to the article, this particular one reads the sweat glands on the fingertip: "In addition to the metaphorical connotation, he trademarked his technology as “the human barcode” because the sweat-gland patterns create a numerical reading like a computerized barcode." There's also a Japanese one in the article that reads body pressure, "technology dubbed 'butt biometrics' by some tech press following its introduction last year." And one other that can recognize a face based on partial images like "a criminal wearing a balaclava".
I'm assuming you're talking about Impostor, an awesome movie featuring Gary Sinise based on a Philip K. Dick short story of the same name. Based on preexisting content. Although, I can't speak for The Queen of Versailles.
I saw that in the discovery channel. I think the guy was talking about doing the same with emus or ostriches. Of course, it might also be that I saw the chicken embryos he'd been messing with and started thinking about an ostrich with teeth, scales, arms with clawed digits, and a tail as long as the rest of its body.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling they'll be of the mindset of, "we'll do what we want now, and use the last year to make everyone think we're the best option again."
The article specifically mentions that these are new fees being paid to Re:Sound in addition to the fees paid to SOCAN. And, as others have mentioned, the fees are being expanded to private functions, as well.
It leads to aggression, lower test scores, etc.
I have a problem with this. Sure, we're a small sample group, and spanking wasn't the only form of discipline used, but my sister and I don't fit that mold. I've been a pacifist since elementary, and my sister (at 36) just got her first grade below 4.0.
or the guy who thinks he's better than his opponents because he's white?
To be fair to this guy, the question he was asked was something along the lines of, "In such a multicultural riding, do you think you are at a disadvantage as a Caucasian?" Then again, he thinks Sikh and Muslim are in the same category as Caucasian.
Not just glass, but scissors and lizards, too.
No. The article explicitly states that they do pay licensing fees; they simply pay less than the other corporations because they're non-profit.
it's believed used games will be limited to a trial mode or some other form of content restriction, with consumers having to pay a fee to unlock/register the full game
UPDATED, MARCH 21: Now two of the actors who voiced the Turtles in the three 1990s live-action movies have gotten drawn into the fray of what we've dubbed "Turtlegate." TMZ says Robbie Rist, who voiced Michaelangelo, posted a letter to Bay that said the filmmakers was "sodomizing" the beloved franchise with his alien approach. Said Rist, "I know believing in mutated talking turtles is kinda silly to begin with but am I supposed to be led to believe there are ninjas from another planet? The rape of our childhood memories continues ... "
... mazel tov!," Tochi told TMZ. Another Bay supporter is Judith Hoag, who played April O'Neil in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hoag, however, is a veteran of Bay films. She admitted to the site, "I was in Armageddon ... which Michael directed ... as well as Nightmare On Elm Street and I Am Number Four which he produced."
... but it IS possible."
However, Bay has a supporter in Rist's co-star Brian Tochi, who voiced Leonardo in the '90s movies. "If Michael Bay wants to do a different take on the turtles origin story
UPDATED, MARCH 22: TMNT co-creator Peter Laird has now addressed the "alien" controversy over at his blog: " I would actually encourage TMNT fans to swallow the 'chill pill' Mr. Bay recently suggested they take, and wait and see what might come out of this seemingly ill-conceived plan. It's possible that with enough truly creative brainpower applied to this idea, it might actually work. I'm not saying it's probable, or even somewhat likely
Laird, who reminds fans he no longer has any control over the TMNT property, added sarcastically, "the reason I say it could be a 'genius' idea is that -- for the first time -- someone has come up with a way to have as many freakin' Turtles as they want. I mean, if the TMNT are actually members of an alien race, there could be a whole PLANET of them!"
Unfortunate, but true.
A handful could be enough. One can hope that evidence for just one would be enough to start an investigation into whichever party paid for the calls (I may be biased against them, but I'd put money on it being the Tories).
You never know. How many seats do they have to lose? Thirteen? If Elections Canada finds enough of the 31 ridings as void and in need of by-election, they may go back to a minority.
How many calls were made in that riding? And how many people haven't reported calls there, or elsewhere?
Haven't you seen War of the Worlds? Even gasoline fueled cars will be affected. Except, of course, the vehicle of the one mechanic on Earth who remembers the solenoid. But don't worry, he can be out-acted by an eight year old.