Canada is a pretty large place so you'd better watch those blanket statements about salaries in Canada. Here in the Nation's capitol (Ottawa, not Toronto), starting salaries coming out of University are around the $40k mark - it can be higher or lower depending on the company and the skill set/experience you have.
However, if you were to move to Nova Scotia, you're probably looking at $30k starting out.. but again, you have to look at the cost of living/lifestyle differences.
I'd have to honestly say that the choice to live in Canada is mostly a lifestyle choice. After taxes, that $40k salary will work out to just over $20k.. which is still quite a bit to live on in Canada.. however, the high taxes are also one one of the main reasons Canadians head south of the border.
I recently spent a lot of time in the Silicon Valley where everyone seems to be approaching the $100k (US) mark, but no one can afford to live a decent life (what I consider a decent life) unless they're a millionaire, so.. what's the point?
(all the $ values I listed above are Canadian dollars unless I specified otherwise..)
I recently attended a talk by some Academics who study Internet technologies - the talk was aimed at giving us a general knowledge of Internet routing leading up to IP telephony, but we received a lot of information on the topic :
Cable modems - Cable modems are great initially. If you're living in an area where not many people are using the cable modem service, then go for it. However, as more people subscribe to cable modem service, the service itself degrades, and you will get frustrated. This has to do with the way they are providing the service and the fact that you will be sharing a cable "channel" with many other subscribers. The only hope for cable modems in the future is for the cable companies to start adding more boosters throughout their network so you aren't sharing cable with so many other subscribers.
ADSL - There are 2 major pitfalls with ADSL - the first is that you need a second phone line brought into your house.. not too bad, but it causes a high installation cost. The second is that you need to be fairly close to your Central Office in order to actually use the service - the falloff rate for service is exponential as you move away from the CO. However, if you are close to the CO and don't mind getting the wiring done, I've heard that it is worth it.
new DSL - This was mentioned before, but Nortel Networks has come out with a new modem called the 1 Meg Modem. It is a great advantage over the ADSL modem, although in some cases, it can be a bit slower. It does not require a new line to your house.. your phone provider simply has to change the line card that your line goes into at the Central Office. I'd also probably assume that you need to be connected to a TelCo that uses Nortel switches (DMS). It is also limited in distance from Telco, but it is not as bad as the ADSL modems. The dropoff is not as bad as you move out, and it has a larger radius to work with.
Anyway, I began this by mentioning that I was attending a talk by people who study Internet technologies, and there feeling was that the 1 meg modem technology will be the breakthrough for home Internet use.
As far as how far its usage has spread, I'm not sure - I know Bell Canada's Sympatico is offering it in some areas (Ottawa, for sure, since the modem was develloped there..), and I know some Universities have started using the technology to run their "dialup" connections. Anyway, you can read more about it at .
The review is alright, but it doesn't really tell my how the book stacks up to the other Tcl/Tk offerings out there.
Also - Tcl is not Tk's "brother" or whatever it was the reviewer put. Tcl is a scripting language and Tk was an extension made to that for GUI pruposes. Tcl is the important piece and without it, Tk doesn't exist. I think the reviewer needs some more Tcl experience before he can give an informed opinion on what was important and what wasn't. Generally, most people are fairly ignorant about the power of Tcl, though..
I believe Scriptics is coming out with a Debugger.. The alpha version is even out for free trial (last I checked). Check out Scriptics. (btw - Scriptics is the company Ousterhout founded to further his Tcl work.
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Canada is a pretty large place so you'd better watch those blanket statements about salaries in Canada. Here in the Nation's capitol (Ottawa, not Toronto), starting salaries coming out of University are around the $40k mark - it can be higher or lower depending on the company and the skill set/experience you have.
However, if you were to move to Nova Scotia, you're probably looking at $30k starting out.. but again, you have to look at the cost of living/lifestyle differences.
I'd have to honestly say that the choice to live in Canada is mostly a lifestyle choice. After taxes, that $40k salary will work out to just over $20k.. which is still quite a bit to live on in Canada.. however, the high taxes are also one one of the main reasons Canadians head south of the border.
I recently spent a lot of time in the Silicon Valley where everyone seems to be approaching the $100k (US) mark, but no one can afford to live a decent life (what I consider a decent life) unless they're a millionaire, so.. what's the point?
(all the $ values I listed above are Canadian dollars unless I specified otherwise..)
I recently attended a talk by some Academics who study Internet technologies - the talk was aimed at giving us a general knowledge of Internet routing leading up to IP telephony, but we received a lot of information on the topic :
Cable modems - Cable modems are great initially. If you're living in an area where not many people are using the cable modem service, then go for it. However, as more people subscribe to cable modem service, the service itself degrades, and you will get frustrated. This has to do with the way they are providing the service and the fact that you will be sharing a cable "channel" with many other subscribers. The only hope for cable modems in the future is for the cable companies to start adding more boosters throughout their network so you aren't sharing cable with so many other subscribers.
ADSL - There are 2 major pitfalls with ADSL - the first is that you need a second phone line brought into your house.. not too bad, but it causes a high installation cost. The second is that you need to be fairly close to your Central Office in order to actually use the service - the falloff rate for service is exponential as you move away from the CO. However, if you are close to the CO and don't mind getting the wiring done, I've heard that it is worth it.
new DSL - This was mentioned before, but Nortel Networks has come out with a new modem called the 1 Meg Modem. It is a great advantage over the ADSL modem, although in some cases, it can be a bit slower. It does not require a new line to your house.. your phone provider simply has to change the line card that your line goes into at the Central Office. I'd also probably assume that you need to be connected to a TelCo that uses Nortel switches (DMS).
It is also limited in distance from Telco, but it is not as bad as the ADSL modems. The dropoff is not as bad as you move out, and it has a larger radius to work with.
Anyway, I began this by mentioning that I was attending a talk by people who study Internet technologies, and there feeling was that the 1 meg modem technology will be the breakthrough for home Internet use.
As far as how far its usage has spread, I'm not sure - I know Bell Canada's Sympatico is offering it in some areas (Ottawa, for sure, since the modem was develloped there..), and I know some Universities have started using the technology to run their "dialup" connections. Anyway, you can read more about it at .
Good luck,
hairyA
The review is alright, but it doesn't really tell my how the book stacks up to the other Tcl/Tk offerings out there.
Also - Tcl is not Tk's "brother" or whatever it was the reviewer put. Tcl is a scripting language and Tk was an extension made to that for GUI pruposes. Tcl is the important piece and without it, Tk doesn't exist. I think the reviewer needs some more Tcl experience before he can give an informed opinion on what was important and what wasn't. Generally, most people are fairly ignorant about the power of Tcl, though..
I believe Scriptics is coming out with a Debugger.. The alpha version is even out for free trial (last I checked). Check out Scriptics. (btw - Scriptics is the company Ousterhout founded to further his Tcl work.