I know, I'm arguing the sensibility of the Canadian law. Surely one should have to show damage took place before sanctions should be placed on a person.
But that falsehood must be malicious and harmful to one's reputation, thus, certainly shouldn't one have to show that the defendant had malicious intent behind their statement?
You can record and barge in on calls in any decent phone system, so if you've got suspicions, it's a lot easier to log and track than encrypted communications. Skype makes that a lot harder.
This is patent law, which would be in place even if RIM were say a California company, thus, not a barrier to entry covered under NAFTA. Free trade agreements typically cover things like tariffs, not patents.
KFC, like most large restaurant chains, are franchises. While licensed by an american company, day to day operations, including prices, are controlled by the franchise owner, which is most likely british. Additionally, nationalized telephone systems have almost always been more expensive than private telcos - look at the shitfit socialized telcos in the middle east are throwing over skype, for example.
Any large, or even mid-sized datacenter already has a large power distribution unit, so even with AC, you've got a large point of failure. However, DC PDUs are easier to make fault tolerant and hot-swappable - parallel DC circuits are a lot easier to make than parallel AC circuits, as any elementary electronics book will show you. And the issue with many small units is that the overall reliability goes down. Any system will fail, and the more units you have, the more failures you will have, plain and simple
The big power eaters in your house - refridgerator, air conditioners, etc, would still require A/C as A/C motors are much more efficient. It's just the (relatively low power consumption) solid state items that would benefit from a centralized transformer. Which means house wiring would become more complex as one would have to deal with (and hopefully not confuse) 2 sets of wires, plus, many electronic devices would still need step-down transformers as few things other than computers use 12 volts. Just looking around, I see devices that use 4 different DC voltages to power them, thus it really wouldn't be as beneficial to the home as you may think.
Like so many things, power conversion is an economy of scale. By having one big unit doing your AC to DC conversion, you get a more efficient, more manageable process as compared to a lot of small units. Additionally, I'd imagine the long-term costs would be cheaper as well, as you have less fans to worry about, less heat paths to consider, and potentially, need to purchase less cooling.
So go to other clubs. I find it difficult to believe that there are no smoke-free clubs in the city you live in. Or, heaven forbid, start your own club. I'm sure you'll get people banging down the door if you advertise yourself as a smoke free place. Like you said, a lot of people don't like to smoke, or smell the stuff.
Okay, I'm finally getting it. Your arguement is that restaurants can't differentiate by going after the smokers market because you don't like smoking, non? Again, there are other restaurants, why can't some restaurants cater to smokers? Repeat after me, life is not fair.
People are allergic to peanuts, should we ban peanuts from restaurants because some people get ill or die from them? Life sucks, wear a helmet, go to the restaurant down the street, they probably have better food anyways.
Occasional secondhand smoke does not harm you. Period. Going to a restaurant is not a right, there are other choices. Again, why is your opinion more important than the person running the restaurant?
Wrong analogy. This is more like someone going to a place that is known for having people spray catpiss at you, and then bitching that you get catpiss sprayed at you. You know it's disgusting, so why go there, especially considering the club down the street is cat piss free?
So your opinion is more important than others'? Some people enjoy a smoke with their meal. Again, I do not smoke. However, I also respect the right of restauranteurs to choose whether or not to allow smoking in their establishment. And yes, you are selfish, you don't want to even give restaurant owners the right to choose whether or not to allow smoking. Voting with your wallet is easy, and surprisingly effective, believe it or not.
So by your logic, we should ban all bars then, seeing as how peoples' choice to drink alcohol can cause accidents and injure innocent people. Again, going to a restaurant is a choice. You know there are people there who smoke, thus, you can choose to go elsewhere. By going to such a restaurant, you are knowingly going somewhere harmful. You're not being forced to, there is no government mandate requiring all places to allow smoking. You have the choice to go to a place that does not allow smoking, many restaurants disallow smoking because people don't like it. I know I'd be more inclined to go to a place that disallows smoking, but at the same time, I recognize that this is a matter of choice.
Again, why should you impose your will on other people? You want to force everyone to accomodate your militancy in this regard. Freedom is allowing things you disagree with, not forcing everyone to agree with you. Why should a restaurant be forced to disallow smoking because it makes you uncomfortable, it's not like it's the only place to get food.
In the US, smokers end up being a net positive for the tax rates, as cigarette taxes more than pay for the medical price of smoking, and lowered life expectancies mean that they don't collect as much social security. I imagine that since y'all's cigarette taxes are higher, it's probably similar. It's also the big reasons states are reluctant to ban smoking. Cigarettes have become a big cash cow.
Depends. Suppose you have the smoking section in another room or building, on a completely different ventilation system. Would that be okay in your eyes? It would be like having two pools, one you keep clean, the other that's fair game.
How is someone chosing to allow smoking in their establishment the same as playing loud music that can be heard three blocks away? You don't have to go in there, you can go into the smokefree bar down the street if you want. Why do you have to force your morals on other people.
Before you try to tell me to shove my cigarettes up my ass, I don't smoke. It's my choice not to. It's a disgusting habit. At the same time, i recognize that others have a right to smoke.
So go to a different restaurant. Who's holding a gun to your head saying that you have to go there? There were smoke free restaurants before the ban, surely chains will cater to the needs of people who don't like cigarette smoke. Simple economics.
Because people with real work to do use operating systems other than windows, perhaps? Windows is fine for games and serving dodgy content, but those with real work to do prefer much more stable, proven operating systems.
Read the bill in question. This is about being able to tap into VOIP calls, not remote surveilance. Telephone calls are something every government on the planet taps into, even china and sweden. I have serious qualms about the bill myself, but it's not as evil as you claim it is.
Oh, and while you're in china, make sure to look up lots of info about Falun Gong. That is, if you can.
I've been running the 6 beta snapshots on my test/toy machine at work for the past 3-4 months, and everything seems to pretty much just work. I've had no real problem with any of the ports I've tried, and I've tried quite a few. But YMMV, and it's probably best to bring out the test machine, just to make sure.
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I know, I'm arguing the sensibility of the Canadian law. Surely one should have to show damage took place before sanctions should be placed on a person.
But that falsehood must be malicious and harmful to one's reputation, thus, certainly shouldn't one have to show that the defendant had malicious intent behind their statement?
So, basically, one should be guilty until proven innocent in libel. Why not murder too? Surely if the cops arrest you, surely you did something, non?
You can record and barge in on calls in any decent phone system, so if you've got suspicions, it's a lot easier to log and track than encrypted communications. Skype makes that a lot harder.
This is patent law, which would be in place even if RIM were say a California company, thus, not a barrier to entry covered under NAFTA. Free trade agreements typically cover things like tariffs, not patents.
KFC, like most large restaurant chains, are franchises. While licensed by an american company, day to day operations, including prices, are controlled by the franchise owner, which is most likely british. Additionally, nationalized telephone systems have almost always been more expensive than private telcos - look at the shitfit socialized telcos in the middle east are throwing over skype, for example.
Any large, or even mid-sized datacenter already has a large power distribution unit, so even with AC, you've got a large point of failure. However, DC PDUs are easier to make fault tolerant and hot-swappable - parallel DC circuits are a lot easier to make than parallel AC circuits, as any elementary electronics book will show you. And the issue with many small units is that the overall reliability goes down. Any system will fail, and the more units you have, the more failures you will have, plain and simple
The big power eaters in your house - refridgerator, air conditioners, etc, would still require A/C as A/C motors are much more efficient. It's just the (relatively low power consumption) solid state items that would benefit from a centralized transformer. Which means house wiring would become more complex as one would have to deal with (and hopefully not confuse) 2 sets of wires, plus, many electronic devices would still need step-down transformers as few things other than computers use 12 volts. Just looking around, I see devices that use 4 different DC voltages to power them, thus it really wouldn't be as beneficial to the home as you may think.
Like so many things, power conversion is an economy of scale. By having one big unit doing your AC to DC conversion, you get a more efficient, more manageable process as compared to a lot of small units. Additionally, I'd imagine the long-term costs would be cheaper as well, as you have less fans to worry about, less heat paths to consider, and potentially, need to purchase less cooling.
So go to other clubs. I find it difficult to believe that there are no smoke-free clubs in the city you live in. Or, heaven forbid, start your own club. I'm sure you'll get people banging down the door if you advertise yourself as a smoke free place. Like you said, a lot of people don't like to smoke, or smell the stuff.
Okay, I'm finally getting it. Your arguement is that restaurants can't differentiate by going after the smokers market because you don't like smoking, non? Again, there are other restaurants, why can't some restaurants cater to smokers? Repeat after me, life is not fair.
People are allergic to peanuts, should we ban peanuts from restaurants because some people get ill or die from them? Life sucks, wear a helmet, go to the restaurant down the street, they probably have better food anyways.
Occasional secondhand smoke does not harm you. Period. Going to a restaurant is not a right, there are other choices. Again, why is your opinion more important than the person running the restaurant?
Wrong analogy. This is more like someone going to a place that is known for having people spray catpiss at you, and then bitching that you get catpiss sprayed at you. You know it's disgusting, so why go there, especially considering the club down the street is cat piss free?
So your opinion is more important than others'? Some people enjoy a smoke with their meal. Again, I do not smoke. However, I also respect the right of restauranteurs to choose whether or not to allow smoking in their establishment. And yes, you are selfish, you don't want to even give restaurant owners the right to choose whether or not to allow smoking. Voting with your wallet is easy, and surprisingly effective, believe it or not.
So by your logic, we should ban all bars then, seeing as how peoples' choice to drink alcohol can cause accidents and injure innocent people. Again, going to a restaurant is a choice. You know there are people there who smoke, thus, you can choose to go elsewhere. By going to such a restaurant, you are knowingly going somewhere harmful. You're not being forced to, there is no government mandate requiring all places to allow smoking. You have the choice to go to a place that does not allow smoking, many restaurants disallow smoking because people don't like it. I know I'd be more inclined to go to a place that disallows smoking, but at the same time, I recognize that this is a matter of choice.
Again, why should you impose your will on other people? You want to force everyone to accomodate your militancy in this regard. Freedom is allowing things you disagree with, not forcing everyone to agree with you. Why should a restaurant be forced to disallow smoking because it makes you uncomfortable, it's not like it's the only place to get food.
In the US, smokers end up being a net positive for the tax rates, as cigarette taxes more than pay for the medical price of smoking, and lowered life expectancies mean that they don't collect as much social security. I imagine that since y'all's cigarette taxes are higher, it's probably similar. It's also the big reasons states are reluctant to ban smoking. Cigarettes have become a big cash cow.
Depends. Suppose you have the smoking section in another room or building, on a completely different ventilation system. Would that be okay in your eyes? It would be like having two pools, one you keep clean, the other that's fair game.
Before you try to tell me to shove my cigarettes up my ass, I don't smoke. It's my choice not to. It's a disgusting habit. At the same time, i recognize that others have a right to smoke.
So go to a different restaurant. Who's holding a gun to your head saying that you have to go there? There were smoke free restaurants before the ban, surely chains will cater to the needs of people who don't like cigarette smoke. Simple economics.
So go someplace else to eat. Is it really that hard? I'm a nonsmoker, and you militant nonsmokers piss me off. Get off your high horse already.
Because people with real work to do use operating systems other than windows, perhaps? Windows is fine for games and serving dodgy content, but those with real work to do prefer much more stable, proven operating systems.
Oh, and while you're in china, make sure to look up lots of info about Falun Gong. That is, if you can.
I've been running the 6 beta snapshots on my test/toy machine at work for the past 3-4 months, and everything seems to pretty much just work. I've had no real problem with any of the ports I've tried, and I've tried quite a few. But YMMV, and it's probably best to bring out the test machine, just to make sure.