Didn't know about the new peer at the U of A, I thought they were on Telus' backbone. And the upgrades do seem random, but you're right, they probably are far from it. I just haven't been able to figure out a formula.
Yep, In Canada it's against CIVIL law. No criminal record or anything fun like that, but it's still agains the law. Kinda the same way it's illegal to allow a burgler to drown in your swimming pool.
I'm on Shaw here in Calgary, too, and I'm pulling 450kb/s from sunsite.ualberta.ca sometimes. (AKA ftp.openbsd.org). I got the Slackware Install CD from there in about a 1/2 hour.
Good old shaw, ramdomly upgrading their infrastructure. Of course, the real reason I could be getting 400+k/s from the U of A is that I'm like 6 hops away.
I don't think you understand... Haven't you ever heard the song "The Maple Leaf Forever"? It was pretty much our national anthem until O Canada was adopted. The Queen as Head of State has nothing to do with the song. What's wrong with having a monarch?
Provincial parties are usually very different from federal parties. The Saskatchewan NDP is pretty decent, but the federal NDP has no hope of getting my vote.
This IS illegal in Canada. It's a violation of the Privacy Act. Not that our courts or government do anything about it... it is still illegal and I believe one could sue them for it.
Aren't Australia's telcos owend by the Crown? Is Telstra just a crappy Crown corp that should be privatised? I've noticed that Sasktel's service is quite good.
What's the MA rating? In Canada we've got:
R -- nobody under 18 can buy or watch in theatres unless their parents are with them. This is reserved for porn flicks pretty much...
18A -- nobody under 18 can watch or buy without accompanyment by anybody over 1814A -- same as above except for 14 year-olds
PG13 -- ditto, but 13, not 14
G -- anyone, any age can watch this.
South Park earned itself the prestegious rating of 18A here in Canada.
I didn't know you had a capital territory. Our capital (Ottawa) is just in Ontario. Is it just a territory wholly surrounded by NSW?
This is the law here too, but at least in my province it isn't inforced (It IS enforced where I'm going to school, though, but that's fine cause I'm 18:). When I was 14, a couple of friends of mine went to see an R rated movie here, and I showed them my ID that said I was 14 to get the cheap price. (1/2 price for people under 15 at most theatres in Saskatchewan)
I've had my W2K machine BSOD exactly once. It gives more useless information than W95's. My machine doesn't BSOD that often, though I've had it lock up due to:
1) Bad video drivers
2) Bad hard disk drivers from MS, CD drivers fixed that one.
If this is what it seems to be, a non-governmental corporate rating system, then it is a good thing.
Why? Because other country's people get a say in how it will be rating websites. I've found that the USA's rating system is MUCH more prudent than those of other countries. Case in point: 14A ratings in Canada vs R in the USA for the same movie.
If they delete Britney Spears and N'SYNC it will be the teenage girls they piss off. If, on the other hand it's Korn and Limp Bizket that they delete, it'll be the boys.
Very true. There are alternatives for long distance all over the country as far as I can tell. I was talking about local carrier. But with Sasktel's $20/month for unlimited long distance in Canada, who needs anyone else?:)
I said MOST, not all. Sasktel (Saskatchewan) is Crown. Telus (Alberta, British Colombia) is a monopoly, as are NBTel, MTS (IIRC, it may not be anymore), and Newtel, Island Tel, Alliant. Most of those are "unofficial" monopolies, where there is compeftition, but it is negligible. Sasktel is definitaly a monopoly, it's a wholly owned subsiduary of the CIC (Crown investments corporation), and I've done research into Sasktel's operations. Sorry bud, but only Ontario and Quebec are not Crown or monopolies.
But you're right on on your last two points, T1 probably is the better choice.
Yea, it's so cheap that NBTel has fibre drops to people's doors in New Brunswick.
In order to make a killing profit they must inflate the costs of installation.
Again, this is Canada. The Telcos do not have to make a profit, at least not in Saskatchewan or New Brunswick. Most of them are Crown corporations, they don't even have to break even.
If any of you non-Canadians are wondering what this "Crown" thingie I've been talking about is, it's the government. In Canada the government is "The Crown", as it represents Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, by running the country for her.
There are two possibilities for legal issues. Either it's legal and permitted, or the school can get a CRTC licence very easily. Your provincial Crown might even help out your school district, like give subsidies and such. School districts are paid by local taxes, not provincial taxes, right?
If I am not mistaken, this guy is Canadian. In Canada, telcos are either:
1) Crown corporations that have no problem spending that kind of money.
2) Regulated private monopolies. They are forced by the CRTC to build the last mile by 20?? anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem.
It will most likely be like back in the old days of "The Wave". You'll have a Shaw.ca or similar e-mail address, and your local content as opposed to the national Excite content.
True, however many people profess to be christians/moslems/whateverists without showing any real evidence of actually *believing*.
As the recent terrorist attacks would suggest, a lot of people profess Islam without actually believeing.
That's not to say that people do that with Christianity, but the Islam is currently more noticeable. In the Crusades, though, the fake Christians were more noticeable.
I wonder if Canada==US on this issue. We make most of our own CDs and it's legal to copy CDs here, so it would be logical to enforce the no-copying bullshit here.
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Didn't know about the new peer at the U of A, I thought they were on Telus' backbone. And the upgrades do seem random, but you're right, they probably are far from it. I just haven't been able to figure out a formula.
Yep, In Canada it's against CIVIL law. No criminal record or anything fun like that, but it's still agains the law. Kinda the same way it's illegal to allow a burgler to drown in your swimming pool.
I'm on Shaw here in Calgary, too, and I'm pulling 450kb/s from sunsite.ualberta.ca sometimes. (AKA ftp.openbsd.org). I got the Slackware Install CD from there in about a 1/2 hour.
Good old shaw, ramdomly upgrading their infrastructure. Of course, the real reason I could be getting 400+k/s from the U of A is that I'm like 6 hops away.
I don't think you understand... Haven't you ever heard the song "The Maple Leaf Forever"? It was pretty much our national anthem until O Canada was adopted. The Queen as Head of State has nothing to do with the song. What's wrong with having a monarch?
The rating system made it damn near impossible to carry video games. The games WERE NOT SOLD. If the game isn't for sale, where's the choice?
Provincial parties are usually very different from federal parties. The Saskatchewan NDP is pretty decent, but the federal NDP has no hope of getting my vote.
This IS illegal in Canada. It's a violation of the Privacy Act. Not that our courts or government do anything about it... it is still illegal and I believe one could sue them for it.
Aren't Australia's telcos owend by the Crown? Is Telstra just a crappy Crown corp that should be privatised? I've noticed that Sasktel's service is quite good.
It looks like they're blocking any Mozilla user agent string that doesn't also contain Netscape in it....
What's the MA rating? In Canada we've got:
:). When I was 14, a couple of friends of mine went to see an R rated movie here, and I showed them my ID that said I was 14 to get the cheap price. (1/2 price for people under 15 at most theatres in Saskatchewan)
R -- nobody under 18 can buy or watch in theatres unless their parents are with them. This is reserved for porn flicks pretty much...
18A -- nobody under 18 can watch or buy without accompanyment by anybody over 1814A -- same as above except for 14 year-olds
PG13 -- ditto, but 13, not 14
G -- anyone, any age can watch this.
South Park earned itself the prestegious rating of 18A here in Canada.
I didn't know you had a capital territory. Our capital (Ottawa) is just in Ontario. Is it just a territory wholly surrounded by NSW?
This is the law here too, but at least in my province it isn't inforced (It IS enforced where I'm going to school, though, but that's fine cause I'm 18
I've had my W2K machine BSOD exactly once. It gives more useless information than W95's. My machine doesn't BSOD that often, though I've had it lock up due to:
1) Bad video drivers
2) Bad hard disk drivers from MS, CD drivers fixed that one.
Why? Because other country's people get a say in how it will be rating websites. I've found that the USA's rating system is MUCH more prudent than those of other countries. Case in point: 14A ratings in Canada vs R in the USA for the same movie.
If they delete Britney Spears and N'SYNC it will be the teenage girls they piss off. If, on the other hand it's Korn and Limp Bizket that they delete, it'll be the boys.
Very true. There are alternatives for long distance all over the country as far as I can tell. I was talking about local carrier. But with Sasktel's $20/month for unlimited long distance in Canada, who needs anyone else? :)
I said MOST, not all. Sasktel (Saskatchewan) is Crown. Telus (Alberta, British Colombia) is a monopoly, as are NBTel, MTS (IIRC, it may not be anymore), and Newtel, Island Tel, Alliant. Most of those are "unofficial" monopolies, where there is compeftition, but it is negligible. Sasktel is definitaly a monopoly, it's a wholly owned subsiduary of the CIC (Crown investments corporation), and I've done research into Sasktel's operations. Sorry bud, but only Ontario and Quebec are not Crown or monopolies.
But you're right on on your last two points, T1 probably is the better choice.Yea, it's so cheap that NBTel has fibre drops to people's doors in New Brunswick.
In order to make a killing profit they must inflate the costs of installation.
Again, this is Canada. The Telcos do not have to make a profit, at least not in Saskatchewan or New Brunswick. Most of them are Crown corporations, they don't even have to break even.
If any of you non-Canadians are wondering what this "Crown" thingie I've been talking about is, it's the government. In Canada the government is "The Crown", as it represents Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, by running the country for her.
.There are two possibilities for legal issues. Either it's legal and permitted, or the school can get a CRTC licence very easily. Your provincial Crown might even help out your school district, like give subsidies and such. School districts are paid by local taxes, not provincial taxes, right?
It appears that you're in rural Canada. Which province/territory?
If I am not mistaken, this guy is Canadian. In Canada, telcos are either:
1) Crown corporations that have no problem spending that kind of money.
2) Regulated private monopolies. They are forced by the CRTC to build the last mile by 20?? anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem.
Well, if he was in rural Saskatchewan, that should not be a problem at all. The land there is completly flat.
It will most likely be like back in the old days of "The Wave". You'll have a Shaw.ca or similar e-mail address, and your local content as opposed to the national Excite content.
As the recent terrorist attacks would suggest, a lot of people profess Islam without actually believeing.
That's not to say that people do that with Christianity, but the Islam is currently more noticeable. In the Crusades, though, the fake Christians were more noticeable.
One word. Bioterrorism. Actuall, two words: Biowarfare.
I wonder if Canada==US on this issue. We make most of our own CDs and it's legal to copy CDs here, so it would be logical to enforce the no-copying bullshit here.