I'm really hoping to head to Kindersley (their launch site) on Oct 2nd. I'm only about 2-3 hours away. Even if they're not the first team to meet the challenge, it will still be something to see!
Well, I hope your only using VOIP to known hosts since most commercial solutions that are being used sold with telephone numbers allow tapping. In the states the FCC is making sure they can tap. In Canada, some (most?) of the providers are using Nortel equipment which allows tapping.
You can't use IPSec if the other end isn't.
I can appreciate that it must have taken some work to get these setup, but I'd have to say even the Holiday model is not something I would be pulling out my wallet for anytime soon.
No kidding, this was the biggest problem I had with that movie as well. The plot was good, as was most of the acting, but that accent was so annoying it really turned me off the movie. However, my wife and I watched Cold Creek Mountain, and honestly, I wish we hadn't wasted the time. Same with A.I. I want those three hours of my life back!
webcall.ca is a Canadian offering (only in Canada for now) where privacy is a little more protected. Why not email them and tell them to expand... maybe they'll even listen.
Exactly, and if/when you do tell them to stop, make sure you do so in a documentable fashion, for example a registered letter. Receiving a registered letter is also a way to help ensure a company sits up and takes notice of it.
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Anybody else remember the old policequest series. Could be interesting to see them brought back with an engine like Doom 3.
It may not be perfect just yet, but diesel engines can run on vegetable oil, even off used vegetable oil... with the number of fast food places, we should be able to get our fuel for next to nothing.
I remember hearing or seeing something about moving the bumpers on SUVs and trucks lower so that if the impact with a regular car, the bumper will impact where the structure of the car was built to take an impact. I think a lot of the problems arise when the SUV is impacting where the car was not designed to withstand an impact, like above the door frame.
Of course this probably wouldn't have made a difference in this case, but something that should be considered regardless.
US$199, the 6600 GT runs at a steady 42 FPS in Doom 3, at high-quality 1600*1200
In the end, regardless of what memory is being used, and what technologies, if I can play the newest game at its highest level of graphics at 42fps, then I'm a happy gamer, especially when the price is under $200 (USD).
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I actually owned a DX50... it would easily run apps faster than a DX2/66. In fact, it could often out perform a DX2/80. One of the best CPU's I ever owned, especially when you consider I didn't pay for it.
I found a posting on the newsgroups (no ebay back then!) for a DX50 CPU for about $50/USD. It was a fair price, new, I could get them for about $90/CDN. So, I send the guy a cheque, I received the CPU (it ran fine). About two weeks later I noticed the cheque still hadn't cleared. I emailed the guy to ask if head gotten the money, he said he had. The only thing I can think of is that I accidentaly sent the cheque in Canadian funds. His bank must have cashed the cheque in USD, but my bank refused to cover it since the cheque was in CDN. So, some bank in the US essentially bought the CPU for me.
How secure are the workstations? If the public can get at them then security is still a big concern. If not, a simple 4 digit pin as others suggested might be enough. However, if its feasible that a unknown person could have a few minutes unobserved at the machine, then I would look for something a little more secure
How quick is quick? Smart cards, or USB keys could be quick, but if in a hurry, Doctors may not want to fumble around with something else they have to carry around... and what if they forgot it at home. Typing username - TAB - password - ENTER is usally very quick for anyone that has typed their username and password a few times. However, it could be inconvenient if the doctors are not usually standing/sitting with both hands free. What is the environment like? Do they sit at a desk, or quickly pass one of these terminals, click a few buttons, and continue on? If they're time spend at the terminal is measured in minutes, 5 seconds to log on wouldn't be inappropriate. If its measured in seconds, something quicker should be investigated.
What's the budget like? Bio-metric sensors are always an option, like a thumb print scanner. However, these would be slightly more costly that a small USB key, but eliminate remembering passwords/pins and carring around an ID card/USB key.
Well, your math and logic are wrong, if you really want to get in to it, taxes (money that goes to the government) came to about 23%. Even if you were to add 15% that would only be 38%. However, you can't just add the 15%. That 15% does not apply to every penny I make, only a portion of what I take home (I don't pay sales tax on my mortgage/house, groceries, etc). If I spend every penny on taxable items, 9.5% would go back the government in sales taxes. However, take off things I don't pay taxes on, and its more like 3%. So, including sales tax, I give the government about 26% of my gross income. Add in my other deductions, and I'm still taking home over 60% of my salary. Go troll somewhere else.
This kind of misinformation is annoying. I make about $55,000/year (CDN). About 23% of that goes to taxes. Other deductions (SuperAnnuation (Pension Plan), Uninon Dues, CPP (Federal Pension Plan), and EI (Employment Insurance)) work out to about 12% of my gross pay. So, I take home about 65% of my gross pay.
Now I live in Saskatchewan (Regina to be exact) which is by no means a tax haven compared to the rest of the country. Living expenses are incredibly low. $150,000 will get me a 1600 sqft house. Property tax on that... say about $3500. Our provincial government has a mandate to provide the lowest utility rates (water, power, gas, phone) in the country. Registering and insuring a car? It depends on the car of course, but I pay about $850/year for my '99 Intrepid. However, since I have a positive rating (accident free for several years) I get about 2% knocked off that. Gas is pricey. Its floating between 80 and 90 cents/litre right now. However, I only drive about 20K to work (maybe 10-15 mins). Parking is $70/month. My wife and I can get groceries for a month for under $300, and we aren't just getting KD and dried noodles.
Regina also has a very thriving tech sector as well. The low cost of living has attracted several call centres including Staples and StarTek.
If you are interested in outsourcing here, or moving here, check out http://www.ir.gov.sk.ca/ The Sask Gov Industry and Resource Site.
What's funny is Companies that will allow you to select Canada as the country, pick from the available provinces, the only give you 5 chars to enter in a zip code. (In Canada we have a six character Postal Code).
I went through something similar with an employer not that long ago. I was a salaried employee, supposedly meaning no overtime. However, if I had to miss an hour of work for a doctor's appointment or something, I was docked an hours worth of pay.
After a month or so of this, we started talking to the labour board, and guess what, doesn't matter if we're salaried, we are eligible for overtime for every hour past 40 in a week that we work. Considering that last month I had been averaging about 70 hours a week (not at my own choice), I ended up taking home a lot more than I usually did, and suddenly, they weren't pushing us to work overtime so much. Might have had something to do with the fact that they probably blew their salary budget for the next few months. Also interesting is the fact that in our labour code, you cannot force and employee to work more than 4 hours per week unless it is an unforseen emergency. I don't think an approaching, or past deadline would qualify.
In case your wondering, they did try and designate us as professional employees, and thus get away from paying overtime. However, there are precious few positions/professions that qualify. Programmer, Network/Systems Analsyt, etc. do not qualify.
This is something that really annoys me. If I'm at work, and calling a vendor, supplier, whatever, and end up on hold, I tend to put the phone on speaker, low volume, so I can keep working. Everytime I hear speaking, I have to stop and listen to see if someone has actually answered my call.
A better idea would be to allow the caller to leave a brief message including name and number. My ISP does this, which is wonderful. I don't have to wait on hold, yet I usually get a call back within 10 to 15 minutes.
If you are going to play hold music, as others have suggested, something light and relaxing. Customers are not happy being on hold, so anything with too much excitement is not going to make dealing with them easier. Also, avoid interrupting the music too often with a message like "Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line as it is faster than redialing". I've been on hold where they repeat this every 30 seconds, and it annoys the hell out of me. If you have the ability, having a status of the phone queue is a good idea. "There are currently x callers ahead of you. Please stay on the line". If you're going to add time estimates, make sure they are not underestimated. Nothing worse than hearing your call should be answered in 5 minutes, and waiting another 10. In any case, any interrupts like this should be no more than once every minute or two.
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I'm really hoping to head to Kindersley (their launch site) on Oct 2nd. I'm only about 2-3 hours away. Even if they're not the first team to meet the challenge, it will still be something to see!
Well, I hope your only using VOIP to known hosts since most commercial solutions that are being used sold with telephone numbers allow tapping. In the states the FCC is making sure they can tap. In Canada, some (most?) of the providers are using Nortel equipment which allows tapping.
You can't use IPSec if the other end isn't.
I can appreciate that it must have taken some work to get these setup, but I'd have to say even the Holiday model is not something I would be pulling out my wallet for anytime soon.
No kidding, this was the biggest problem I had with that movie as well. The plot was good, as was most of the acting, but that accent was so annoying it really turned me off the movie. However, my wife and I watched Cold Creek Mountain, and honestly, I wish we hadn't wasted the time. Same with A.I. I want those three hours of my life back!
webcall.ca is a Canadian offering (only in Canada for now) where privacy is a little more protected. Why not email them and tell them to expand... maybe they'll even listen.
Exactly, and if/when you do tell them to stop, make sure you do so in a documentable fashion, for example a registered letter. Receiving a registered letter is also a way to help ensure a company sits up and takes notice of it.
Anybody else remember the old policequest series. Could be interesting to see them brought back with an engine like Doom 3.
It may not be perfect just yet, but diesel engines can run on vegetable oil, even off used vegetable oil... with the number of fast food places, we should be able to get our fuel for next to nothing.
I remember hearing or seeing something about moving the bumpers on SUVs and trucks lower so that if the impact with a regular car, the bumper will impact where the structure of the car was built to take an impact. I think a lot of the problems arise when the SUV is impacting where the car was not designed to withstand an impact, like above the door frame. Of course this probably wouldn't have made a difference in this case, but something that should be considered regardless.
US$199, the 6600 GT runs at a steady 42 FPS in Doom 3, at high-quality 1600*1200
In the end, regardless of what memory is being used, and what technologies, if I can play the newest game at its highest level of graphics at 42fps, then I'm a happy gamer, especially when the price is under $200 (USD).
foundonp2p.com
yes, I'm shamelessly plugging my own site, but its relevant, and I'm not making a dime, in fact you will probably cost me money in bandwidth!
Surfing porn does not make you "practically a gynecologist"
I found a posting on the newsgroups (no ebay back then!) for a DX50 CPU for about $50/USD. It was a fair price, new, I could get them for about $90/CDN. So, I send the guy a cheque, I received the CPU (it ran fine). About two weeks later I noticed the cheque still hadn't cleared. I emailed the guy to ask if head gotten the money, he said he had. The only thing I can think of is that I accidentaly sent the cheque in Canadian funds. His bank must have cashed the cheque in USD, but my bank refused to cover it since the cheque was in CDN. So, some bank in the US essentially bought the CPU for me.
I'm just wondering if you've realized yet, that both your posts here are offtopic, because this isn't the article on the Apollo pics!
How secure are the workstations? If the public can get at them then security is still a big concern. If not, a simple 4 digit pin as others suggested might be enough. However, if its feasible that a unknown person could have a few minutes unobserved at the machine, then I would look for something a little more secure
How quick is quick? Smart cards, or USB keys could be quick, but if in a hurry, Doctors may not want to fumble around with something else they have to carry around... and what if they forgot it at home. Typing username - TAB - password - ENTER is usally very quick for anyone that has typed their username and password a few times. However, it could be inconvenient if the doctors are not usually standing/sitting with both hands free. What is the environment like? Do they sit at a desk, or quickly pass one of these terminals, click a few buttons, and continue on? If they're time spend at the terminal is measured in minutes, 5 seconds to log on wouldn't be inappropriate. If its measured in seconds, something quicker should be investigated.
What's the budget like? Bio-metric sensors are always an option, like a thumb print scanner. However, these would be slightly more costly that a small USB key, but eliminate remembering passwords/pins and carring around an ID card/USB key.
Well, your math and logic are wrong, if you really want to get in to it, taxes (money that goes to the government) came to about 23%. Even if you were to add 15% that would only be 38%. However, you can't just add the 15%. That 15% does not apply to every penny I make, only a portion of what I take home (I don't pay sales tax on my mortgage/house, groceries, etc). If I spend every penny on taxable items, 9.5% would go back the government in sales taxes. However, take off things I don't pay taxes on, and its more like 3%. So, including sales tax, I give the government about 26% of my gross income. Add in my other deductions, and I'm still taking home over 60% of my salary. Go troll somewhere else.
This kind of misinformation is annoying. I make about $55,000/year (CDN). About 23% of that goes to taxes. Other deductions (SuperAnnuation (Pension Plan), Uninon Dues, CPP (Federal Pension Plan), and EI (Employment Insurance)) work out to about 12% of my gross pay. So, I take home about 65% of my gross pay.
Now I live in Saskatchewan (Regina to be exact) which is by no means a tax haven compared to the rest of the country. Living expenses are incredibly low. $150,000 will get me a 1600 sqft house. Property tax on that... say about $3500. Our provincial government has a mandate to provide the lowest utility rates (water, power, gas, phone) in the country. Registering and insuring a car? It depends on the car of course, but I pay about $850/year for my '99 Intrepid. However, since I have a positive rating (accident free for several years) I get about 2% knocked off that. Gas is pricey. Its floating between 80 and 90 cents/litre right now. However, I only drive about 20K to work (maybe 10-15 mins). Parking is $70/month. My wife and I can get groceries for a month for under $300, and we aren't just getting KD and dried noodles.Regina also has a very thriving tech sector as well. The low cost of living has attracted several call centres including Staples and StarTek.
If you are interested in outsourcing here, or moving here, check out http://www.ir.gov.sk.ca/ The Sask Gov Industry and Resource Site.Hell has frozen over and pigs have learned to fly
What's funny is Companies that will allow you to select Canada as the country, pick from the available provinces, the only give you 5 chars to enter in a zip code. (In Canada we have a six character Postal Code).
After a month or so of this, we started talking to the labour board, and guess what, doesn't matter if we're salaried, we are eligible for overtime for every hour past 40 in a week that we work. Considering that last month I had been averaging about 70 hours a week (not at my own choice), I ended up taking home a lot more than I usually did, and suddenly, they weren't pushing us to work overtime so much. Might have had something to do with the fact that they probably blew their salary budget for the next few months. Also interesting is the fact that in our labour code, you cannot force and employee to work more than 4 hours per week unless it is an unforseen emergency. I don't think an approaching, or past deadline would qualify.
In case your wondering, they did try and designate us as professional employees, and thus get away from paying overtime. However, there are precious few positions/professions that qualify. Programmer, Network/Systems Analsyt, etc. do not qualify.
What I was told was...
Its all fun and games until someone loses and eye... then its a sport!
The boy is healthy now, but doctors worry he could eventually suffer heart or other health problems
This is something that really annoys me. If I'm at work, and calling a vendor, supplier, whatever, and end up on hold, I tend to put the phone on speaker, low volume, so I can keep working. Everytime I hear speaking, I have to stop and listen to see if someone has actually answered my call.
A better idea would be to allow the caller to leave a brief message including name and number. My ISP does this, which is wonderful. I don't have to wait on hold, yet I usually get a call back within 10 to 15 minutes.
If you are going to play hold music, as others have suggested, something light and relaxing. Customers are not happy being on hold, so anything with too much excitement is not going to make dealing with them easier. Also, avoid interrupting the music too often with a message like "Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line as it is faster than redialing". I've been on hold where they repeat this every 30 seconds, and it annoys the hell out of me. If you have the ability, having a status of the phone queue is a good idea. "There are currently x callers ahead of you. Please stay on the line". If you're going to add time estimates, make sure they are not underestimated. Nothing worse than hearing your call should be answered in 5 minutes, and waiting another 10. In any case, any interrupts like this should be no more than once every minute or two.
I did, I just forget where I set it down