Alberta has NONE (rats). That bounty system you mentioned was used earlier to eliminate every last rat from Alberta. The government paid a pretty penny to do so, but they saved a TON in the long run with the crops not being devastated every year.
They can in Canada. In fact, a contract between a minor and an adult is only enforceable against the adult. If an adult makes a deal with a minor that they will buy them an XBox if the kid mows his lawn* and after receiving the XBox the minor does NOT mow the lawn, there is nothing the adult can do about it. This is the primary reason why almost all contracts in Canada that involve minors require an adult (parent/etc) to co-sign on the contract.
I've actually experienced slight head pain when turning on a TV. Of course it was an old CRT emitting that damn high-pitched squeal that was really causing it.
Unless it's able to send a terminator back in time to warn the newly-awoken skynet of this alternate reality (the un-knowing skynet being in the orignal). Unfortunately for original-skynet, their precious terminator has left that dimension, so it's efforts were quite pointless, unless that particular terminator was really annoying...
Should be fairly simple to move a few kilometers to the south until the interference clears up. I don't expect a pilot to fly with a 300m accuracy over a nearly invisible jagged line by sight, but a few kilometers should be child's play.
hedwards was talking about a camera mounted on a small vehicle that drives up/down the stalls periodically scanning plates instead of mounting a whole bunch throughout the complex.
There are actually strip malls in BC (Canada) that actually have EACH SPOT marked as "for customers only". Not the name of the strip mall mind you, the store itself. Each storefront has 4-5 of these special spots each.
What people fail to realise is that having users on versioned distros (as opposed to rolling release) is bad for devs. It means that when you release software you need to make sure that it's compatible with all the versions of all the libraries all the distros are currently on. This means that when QT for instance comes out with a new framework/library/whatever that you need to way AT LEAST 6 months before the major distros are all compatible with it. Look at gnome 3, It's been available for archlinux since around February, but ubuntu won't have it until mid-October. This means that nobody is writing gnome 3 widgets/apps because only devs can RUN the bloody things.
I've been using a rolling release distro (archlinux) for about a year now and I have encountered a LOT fewer total "breaks" in that year than most individual 6-month updates on ubuntu. When you have a rolling release, each "change" happens at a different time, so the developers/packagers/bug-testers can focus on THAT change at that time. With a versioned OS, they are testing them all simultaneously, and usually all the testing happens in the last 1-2 months. And then people wonder why stuff breaks...
WTF, I get a 403 "automated access" reply. I have a standard, run-of-the-mill residential internet connection in Canada. And I've accessed the site in the past. Maybe the traffic has sullied their filter to the point that even localhost is treated as a bot:P
LOL, shows my browser as "RockMelt". It's standard firefox...
If having a bunch of patents would get rid of patent trolls, don't you think a pre-existing patent troll would have done that, even inadvertently, by now?!? There is NO WAY they could possibly amass enough patents to allow a programmer to make anything beyond a basic hello_world.c program without being in danger these days. Even if they somehow bought EVERY SINGLE software patent currently out there, at the rate patents are being registered the project would only be successful for a month at the MOST. This is a kin to fighting inflation by hording money...
Sorry, should have mentioned this is primarily a problem in Canada where bilingual laws explicitly state that a french version MUST exist. Since the french version can also be used by english typists (who simply ignore the extra key), they simply don't make the english version (which has the bigger shift key).
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Alberta has NONE (rats). That bounty system you mentioned was used earlier to eliminate every last rat from Alberta. The government paid a pretty penny to do so, but they saved a TON in the long run with the crops not being devastated every year.
Pretty sure Coca-Cola can't prevent you from measuring the bottle, tweaking the sizes and making a new one that fits in your cub-holder properly.
Easy until the first time you have to undo 6 feet of the bloody stuff. NEVER use that plastic spiral crap!
I do this with my phone/mp3/whatever chargers. Works GREAT.
see http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2433386&cid=37434162
They have these amazing new-fangled batteries you can re-use now. I think their called rechargeable or something.
Never underestimate the destructive potential of a PHB with a cosmetic mirror on a broomstick!
Jury nullification if one of the methods of changing (or removing) bad laws.
don't attribute to malice what you can attribute to stupidity.
Does not apply in the world of Canadian ISP's
They can in Canada. In fact, a contract between a minor and an adult is only enforceable against the adult. If an adult makes a deal with a minor that they will buy them an XBox if the kid mows his lawn* and after receiving the XBox the minor does NOT mow the lawn, there is nothing the adult can do about it. This is the primary reason why almost all contracts in Canada that involve minors require an adult (parent/etc) to co-sign on the contract.
:P
*We have some BIG lawns in Canada
Really? I don't remember my PS3 giving me *ANY* warnings that it was getting so hot the fucking solder was melting!
Did you just ask for a job while posting as Anonymous Coward and THEN ask them to post their email as a public reply to it?!?
I've actually experienced slight head pain when turning on a TV. Of course it was an old CRT emitting that damn high-pitched squeal that was really causing it.
Unless it's able to send a terminator back in time to warn the newly-awoken skynet of this alternate reality (the un-knowing skynet being in the orignal). Unfortunately for original-skynet, their precious terminator has left that dimension, so it's efforts were quite pointless, unless that particular terminator was really annoying...
Should be fairly simple to move a few kilometers to the south until the interference clears up. I don't expect a pilot to fly with a 300m accuracy over a nearly invisible jagged line by sight, but a few kilometers should be child's play.
I think you a verb somewhere...
hedwards was talking about a camera mounted on a small vehicle that drives up/down the stalls periodically scanning plates instead of mounting a whole bunch throughout the complex.
There are actually strip malls in BC (Canada) that actually have EACH SPOT marked as "for customers only". Not the name of the strip mall mind you, the store itself. Each storefront has 4-5 of these special spots each.
Hurt Locker is not the only one with a long page of awards...
What people fail to realise is that having users on versioned distros (as opposed to rolling release) is bad for devs. It means that when you release software you need to make sure that it's compatible with all the versions of all the libraries all the distros are currently on. This means that when QT for instance comes out with a new framework/library/whatever that you need to way AT LEAST 6 months before the major distros are all compatible with it. Look at gnome 3, It's been available for archlinux since around February, but ubuntu won't have it until mid-October. This means that nobody is writing gnome 3 widgets/apps because only devs can RUN the bloody things.
I've been using a rolling release distro (archlinux) for about a year now and I have encountered a LOT fewer total "breaks" in that year than most individual 6-month updates on ubuntu. When you have a rolling release, each "change" happens at a different time, so the developers/packagers/bug-testers can focus on THAT change at that time. With a versioned OS, they are testing them all simultaneously, and usually all the testing happens in the last 1-2 months. And then people wonder why stuff breaks...
WTF, I get a 403 "automated access" reply. I have a standard, run-of-the-mill residential internet connection in Canada. And I've accessed the site in the past. Maybe the traffic has sullied their filter to the point that even localhost is treated as a bot :P
LOL, shows my browser as "RockMelt". It's standard firefox...
If having a bunch of patents would get rid of patent trolls, don't you think a pre-existing patent troll would have done that, even inadvertently, by now?!? There is NO WAY they could possibly amass enough patents to allow a programmer to make anything beyond a basic hello_world.c program without being in danger these days. Even if they somehow bought EVERY SINGLE software patent currently out there, at the rate patents are being registered the project would only be successful for a month at the MOST. This is a kin to fighting inflation by hording money...
Or just print it and fax THAT.
Well, that WOULD make less of a mess if someone picked up the phone when receiving a fax!
Sorry, should have mentioned this is primarily a problem in Canada where bilingual laws explicitly state that a french version MUST exist. Since the french version can also be used by english typists (who simply ignore the extra key), they simply don't make the english version (which has the bigger shift key).