Besides what the government keeps, there are two private companies (that I have worked with in the past) that I know that collect credit and other information on Canadian citizens. Equifax (also an American company!) and Trans Union. Both are required by law to provide free to Canadian citizens their credit history.
You do have [paranoid alert] to provide 2 pieces of photocopied information [/paranoid alert] and other info. Here are the phone and address of these agencies.
I searched on http://www.useit.com/ to see if I agree with Jakob and Jeffery on oral sex. There were 4 hits. All I could find was a reference to people in Montana still having babies, so related activities must be happening.
I loved this from the article: A newspaper like this one, for instance, would be forbidden from telling its readers how to find the source code to DeCSS on cryptome.org.
i find that the new slashdot server still doesn't get me to the linked sites *any* faster then the old slashdot server. in fact, some sites are slashdotted and and i cannot connect at all...
I was married to a wonderful woman. But I had no close male friends in the conservative circles I was in (church, family, etc). And I didn't hang out with the geeks at the IS shop I worked at. I was a pseudo-geek.
I met a guy on an invitation only religious feminist EMAIL list. Early to mid 1990s. We hit it off well, and it was a joy to find a like minded male friend. I live in Western Canada, he lived in the West Virginian mountains. Both of us married and with wives and kids.
An opportunity came up to work on an NSF project at his university - and we decided to hook up and I flew down. Cool work with electron microscopes. I loved the area and his family so much that I had my family come down.
They loved it too. Kids were instant friends. I went back to Canada to arrange things and wait for the NSF level 2 funding and my wife and kids were to come back. The future looked hot.
I got a call. It stung like a knife. We're divorced. They hate each others guts now.
I geeked out the next couple of years. During this time I tried numerous online stuff and did lots of email and irc - not great success. And few women in the geek places I worked.
So I started to do things I have wanted to do, but never gave myself time. I picked up the pennywhistle, a friend taught me the bodhran (celtic drum) and we jammed in the rocky mountain hostels, I took up some papermaking and bookbinding courses and have started to meet women in all these settings and I have a life that is turning sweet once again.
[moralizing mode on] I have learned that if you have problems, a computer won't solve them. Deal with the problems and get a life and then things will work. [moralizing mode off]
I feel 100% ready for online romance, if I went that route. Back a year ago I would have ended up with a "mom" had I met her online and not an equal.
the site http://www.eelpie.com/ referred to in the canoe article is returning a listing:
cgi-local/ 09:35:43 AM 01/22/98 0.5Kb local.cshrc 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.1Kb local.login 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.6Kb local.profile 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.5Kb
I have used agencies in the past, dumped off a resume and forgot about them. Have got a few leads and my first contract that way.
After a little while in the industry I find that contacts such as former employers, fellow geeks and friends provide all the work I need. And at much better rates.
An agency is just a small part of the job hunt equation and a good place to start, but one does not have to end up there for the next n years.
of course it would be cool if this thing lived up to the press release. but utah is quite the fraud capital and their marketing committees do pull a few extra punches to get the job done.
maybe the former olympic committee members have something to do with this...
man, if i could get fuzzy dice for my rear view mirror, put this thing in my trunk, i could have a car mp3 player AND composer - because it would write original kick-ass mp3s. the babes would be all over me.
hm. i always thought it a little tongue in cheek. i hope that it doesn't change. even tho' i finally bothered to fill out a form i couldn't be bothered to sign in or whatever you're supposed to do. i'm too lazy to sent this, i'll have someone else press the button.
actually i have recieved a couple of pieces of email from nwt! i have a personal straw bale site that generates about an email a week - so was quite surprised. spoke to the guy and they are quite qired, was pleasently surprised.
cdn mail is 46cents for a regular letter.
i do my bill paying online - no more bank machines or mailing them in. i can also set dates to have the payment go thru and can even set it to repeat on any day of the month. only uses 128bit encryption. ya.
Slashdot Mirror
Besides what the government keeps, there are two private companies (that I have worked with in the past) that I know that collect credit and other information on Canadian citizens. Equifax (also an American company!) and Trans Union. Both are required by law to provide free to Canadian citizens their credit history.
You do have [paranoid alert] to provide 2 pieces of photocopied information [/paranoid alert] and other info. Here are the phone and address of these agencies.
And
You'd be surprised what they have. Give them a try. It is *your* credit history.
Have a nice day,
-rvr
I searched on http://www.useit.com/ to see if I agree with Jakob and Jeffery on oral sex. There were 4 hits. All I could find was a reference to people in Montana still having babies, so related activities must be happening.
ciao,
-rvr
wow.
I loved this from the article:
A newspaper like this one, for instance, would be forbidden from telling its readers how to find the source code to DeCSS on cryptome.org.
Cute.
i find that the new slashdot server still doesn't get me to the linked sites *any* faster then the old slashdot server. in fact, some sites are slashdotted and and i cannot connect at all...
and that about did it for me! she read about openSource in Atlantic Monthly. so he is getting well known outside geeky circles and squares.
i *knew* she was meant for me, asked her out again. and the rest is history. thanks OpenSource and Linus for providing this litmus test.
do not pass go
do not collect $200
A different storey.
I was married to a wonderful woman. But I had no close male friends in the conservative circles I was in (church, family, etc). And I didn't hang out with the geeks at the IS shop I worked at. I was a pseudo-geek.
I met a guy on an invitation only religious feminist EMAIL list. Early to mid 1990s. We hit it off well, and it was a joy to find a like minded male friend. I live in Western Canada, he lived in the West Virginian mountains. Both of us married and with wives and kids.
An opportunity came up to work on an NSF project at his university - and we decided to hook up and I flew down. Cool work with electron microscopes. I loved the area and his family so much that I had my family come down.
They loved it too. Kids were instant friends. I went back to Canada to arrange things and wait for the NSF level 2 funding and my wife and kids were to come back. The future looked hot.
I got a call. It stung like a knife. We're divorced. They hate each others guts now.
I geeked out the next couple of years. During this time I tried numerous online stuff and did lots of email and irc - not great success. And few women in the geek places I worked.
So I started to do things I have wanted to do, but never gave myself time. I picked up the pennywhistle, a friend taught me the bodhran (celtic drum) and we jammed in the rocky mountain hostels, I took up some papermaking and bookbinding courses and have started to meet women in all these settings and I have a life that is turning sweet once again.
[moralizing mode on]
I have learned that if you have problems, a computer won't solve them. Deal with the problems and get a life and then things will work.
[moralizing mode off]
I feel 100% ready for online romance, if I went that route. Back a year ago I would have ended up with a "mom" had I met her online and not an equal.
I should send this to Cosmopolitan magazine.
Best wishes,
-rob
the site http://www.eelpie.com/ referred to in the canoe article is returning a listing:
cgi-local/ 09:35:43 AM 01/22/98 0.5Kb
local.cshrc 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.1Kb
local.login 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.6Kb
local.profile 09:35:42 AM 01/22/98 0.5Kb
ooops.
ciao,
-rob
Acknowledging privacy concerns, I am still interested in what sites she visits - that is, as a public figure what sites does she visit.
Or.
What are the sites that you like to visit?
ciao,
-rob
I have used agencies in the past, dumped off a resume and forgot about them. Have got a few leads and my first contract that way.
After a little while in the industry I find that contacts such as former employers, fellow geeks and friends provide all the work I need. And at much better rates.
An agency is just a small part of the job hunt equation and a good place to start, but one does not have to end up there for the next n years.
ciao,
-rob
of course it would be cool if this thing lived up to the press release. but utah is quite the fraud capital and their marketing committees do pull a few extra punches to get the job done.
maybe the former olympic committee members have something to do with this...
man, if i could get fuzzy dice for my rear view mirror, put this thing in my trunk, i could have a car mp3 player AND composer - because it would write original kick-ass mp3s. the babes would be all over me.
hm. i always thought it a little tongue in cheek. i hope that it doesn't change. even tho' i finally bothered to fill out a form i couldn't be bothered to sign in or whatever you're supposed to do. i'm too lazy to sent this, i'll have someone else press the button.
actually i have recieved a couple of pieces of email from nwt! i have a personal straw bale site that generates about an email a week - so was quite surprised. spoke to the guy and they are quite qired, was pleasently surprised.
cdn mail is 46cents for a regular letter.
i do my bill paying online - no more bank machines or mailing them in. i can also set dates to have the payment go thru and can even set it to repeat on any day of the month. only uses 128bit encryption. ya.