No, no it isn't. It's not illegal to pirate Dish or DirectTV.
You might want to go take a look at that there thing called the criminal code. Here, let me help.
326. (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently, maliciously, or without colour of right,
(a) abstracts, consumes or uses electricity or gas or causes it to be wasted or diverted; or
(b) uses any telecommunication facility or obtains any telecommunication service.
Definition of "telecommunication"
(2) In this section and section 327, telecommunication means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic system.
and
327. (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on him, manufactures, possesses, sells or offers for sale or distributes any instrument or device or any component thereof, the design of which renders it primarily useful for obtaining the use of any telecommunication facility or service, under circumstances that give rise to a reasonable inference that the device has been used or is or was intended to be used to obtain the use of any telecommunication facility or service without payment of a lawful charge therefor, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
Marginal note:Forfeiture
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or paragraph 326(1)(b), any instrument or device in relation to which the offence was committed or the possession of which constituted the offence, on such conviction, in addition to any punishment that is imposed, may be ordered forfeited to Her Majesty, whereupon it may be disposed of as the Attorney General directs.
Marginal note:Limitation
(3) No order for forfeiture shall be made under subsection (2) in respect of telephone, telegraph or other communication facilities or equipment owned by a person engaged in providing telephone, telegraph or other communication service to the public or forming part of the telephone, telegraph or other communication service or system of such a person by means of which an offence under subsection (1) has been committed if such person was not a party to the offence.
If you're watching the daily show for news, you've got bigger problems to worry about. Kidding aside, I'm up Ontario, between down around London. And there's been power outages all over the place here in the SWON(sw-ontario) last I heard from my buddy who works for HydroOne, around 28k people were without power, which is down from last night up around 40k. 14k people in Toronto proper, but there are still estimate and damage reports coming in.
Anything else is inconsequential, basically just websites not loading and that's not unexpected.
This is quite true. Especially after various muslim countries have started screaming that they want censorship on the intertubes to "protect people from defaming their precious prophet" the most recent case Saudi Arabia.
BC's biggest incompetent ass, usually about the time he starts squawking over something it's because something really bad has happened and he's trying to deflect attention to something else. Apparently Jim would like to remove R&PG(reasonable and probable grounds), as well. Well for those that don't know most police chiefs in Canada were once cops turned politicians. If you want to know how things actually work here, you look at staff sgts and below, sometimes inspectors. It gets messy though, because police boards like to "install" police chiefs in some places. Said chiefs are politicians to their toenails.
... but as soon as the new consoles come out the unwashed masses will move to them.
Actually I don't think so. You might be right, but it's modding that seems to be driving more people from consoles to the PC. Did you notice how long Skyrim had been in the top10 on Steam? Nearly a year. And every time someone discovers their crappy console can't get the pretty PC mods someone else goes running for a PC.
Well don't forget that PC sales have done nothing but increase for the last 4 or 5 years solid, at what 300% per quarter. It's a booming market, especially in asia and south america.
'Tis a jobs program, and nothing more. Even the congressmen who are against the idea of the TSA are busy spinning it as providing jobs to their constituents.
It would be better to train those people in construction or trades, but I keep remembering that large swaths of the population have this thing against hard manual and physical labor.
Up here in Canada, it's bit more...mixed on that. The general opinion of most companies is: If you want people who know and understand what's going on in the world, and have a good grasp of the theory and practical. You look college graduates. If you want people who know the theory, but fail at the practical components you look for a university grad.
I'd think putting a hacker in general population would be worse, with all the rape, beatings and stabbings.
Hackers could probably handle being alone a lot better.
Hackers aren't considered "dangerous offenders" they'd end up in min. or medium security in most countries. The fact that they're using solitary is exceptionally underhanded and says they're trying to break him for some reason. Solitary is meant as either punishment or protection. Examples would be paul bernardo who's locked up in solitary 23hrs a day, because he'd be dead in the general population, because he assaulted, murdered, mutilated and raped young women and teenage girls.
In a general med/min security a hacker is in the middle-high ranks, same with embezzlers. They usually know how to "get things" making them valuable to know or have on your side.
Are you implying that using drug and being a theft are enough to get shot in the back while walking on the street? How the lifestyle of the victim is even relevant to the actions of the aggressor?
Believing what the media is telling you huh? He wasn't shot in the back, he was shot 24-36" in the front. The lifestyle of the person who is dead is indeed relevant to it. As it sets a "chain of character" and this is why you don't believe what the media tells you. And you stop watching CSI and trying to pretend you understand law.
not kidding. newer gear uses junk parts that the vendor or builder decided to use instead of brand name trustable parts. or, they sought out real ones but got fakes. in electrolytics, its a mostly fakes world;(
You're 100% spot on with this. Back about 3 or 4 years ago I had two monitors made by Samsung and LG which had those knockoff capacitors in them, unfortunately I didn't know until the monitors started failing to start up in one, the other started dimming out. It was an easy fix in both cases, and in both cases Samsung and LG were willing to reimburse me the cost in higher grade capacitors when I contacted them, then sent them the knock-off defective caps. Both monitors were just out of the warranty period. I will admit, very good of them. They didn't have to.
I haven't had a problem on my newer syncmaster e2220 though, so it looks like they're making sure that their supply is clean now.
You mean the one that *was* him, and only showed up in rightwing blogs and news. Because the media had a narrative to carry? Just like the GP said. How funny that is huh. So, has the grand parts of the media let you in on about his use of codeine, dxm, and various rounds of theft yet? Or are you still waiting for them to tell you.
That's pretty good. I saw one where various people went on about if you don't vote for Obama you're automatically a racist. Then there was some other stuff about how if you're questioning the president it's unpatriotic. Then there was the black commentator who went on, and on, and on about how the tea party was full of racists.
Yeah, very funny stuff you see on TV. I guess bias is highly subjective within the reality distortion field.
The reality is professional journalism is for all intents and purposes dead. The GP complains about the same material over and over again, the problem is those papers don't engage in professional journalism at all. The same issue happens in Canada with all of our papers, though there are a few independent publications with independent reports like CFP(Canadian Free Press -- not to be confused with CP Canadian Press) who go out and find the news.
Perhaps these newspapers should be engaging in professional journalism than, instead of simply aggregating stories from AP, Reuters and AFP. The vast majority of newspapers don't "create content" to "retain viewership" they simply publish the same material you can find on xyz's paper.
I'm a lawyer in BC and I can confirm this is not correct.
I'm guessing kanitz vs rogers won't ring too many bells, nor the provincial and territory governments scrambling to amend their CPAs so that what happened in that case which went to the SCC wouldn't be considered a "binding decision across the country" in the bluntest terms, each province has their own version, and "contracts, eulas, or any such junk" can be used to withhold said rights, including the right to class action. Having read the paypal updated eula, their 'you can only goto arbitration or refuse by opting out' doesn't apply here is not an option under various CPA's.
Are there any magazines that fully made the switch and survived for any length of time?
Nope. Nor do most newspapers unless they give highly unique and tailored content like WSJ for example. It's the only sub I have for digital media. Financial information is highly speculative, so that's probably why WSJ and Moneyweek(UK) are doing well enough on a sub or partial paywall service.
Could this possibly hold up in court? Isn't it our right to sue?
This isn't legal in the various provinces/territories of Canada. Each has their own CPA(consumer protection act), but each act pretty much has a section that says you can not be forced to waive any legal right.
If carbon credits werent involved, would the same people be in an uproar?
Well being from Ontario(Cdn), his comment about watermelons, is pretty much spot on. Especially in relation to the disastrous "green" projects that the now ex-pm of the province has going. $24 billion and counting at the cost to tax payers.
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No, no it isn't. It's not illegal to pirate Dish or DirectTV.
You might want to go take a look at that there thing called the criminal code. Here, let me help.
326. (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently, maliciously, or without colour of right,
(a) abstracts, consumes or uses electricity or gas or causes it to be wasted or diverted; or
(b) uses any telecommunication facility or obtains any telecommunication service.
Definition of "telecommunication"
(2) In this section and section 327, telecommunication means any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images or sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic system.
and
327. (1) Every one who, without lawful excuse, the proof of which lies on him, manufactures, possesses, sells or offers for sale or distributes any instrument or device or any component thereof, the design of which renders it primarily useful for obtaining the use of any telecommunication facility or service, under circumstances that give rise to a reasonable inference that the device has been used or is or was intended to be used to obtain the use of any telecommunication facility or service without payment of a lawful charge therefor, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
Marginal note:Forfeiture
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or paragraph 326(1)(b), any instrument or device in relation to which the offence was committed or the possession of which constituted the offence, on such conviction, in addition to any punishment that is imposed, may be ordered forfeited to Her Majesty, whereupon it may be disposed of as the Attorney General directs.
Marginal note:Limitation
(3) No order for forfeiture shall be made under subsection (2) in respect of telephone, telegraph or other communication facilities or equipment owned by a person engaged in providing telephone, telegraph or other communication service to the public or forming part of the telephone, telegraph or other communication service or system of such a person by means of which an offence under subsection (1) has been committed if such person was not a party to the offence.
Where DTV is effectively illegal...and you wonder why piracy is rampant on this stuff.
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/h_sf05562.html
If you're watching the daily show for news, you've got bigger problems to worry about. Kidding aside, I'm up Ontario, between down around London. And there's been power outages all over the place here in the SWON(sw-ontario) last I heard from my buddy who works for HydroOne, around 28k people were without power, which is down from last night up around 40k. 14k people in Toronto proper, but there are still estimate and damage reports coming in.
Anything else is inconsequential, basically just websites not loading and that's not unexpected.
This is quite true. Especially after various muslim countries have started screaming that they want censorship on the intertubes to "protect people from defaming their precious prophet" the most recent case Saudi Arabia.
BC's biggest incompetent ass, usually about the time he starts squawking over something it's because something really bad has happened and he's trying to deflect attention to something else. Apparently Jim would like to remove R&PG(reasonable and probable grounds), as well. Well for those that don't know most police chiefs in Canada were once cops turned politicians. If you want to know how things actually work here, you look at staff sgts and below, sometimes inspectors. It gets messy though, because police boards like to "install" police chiefs in some places. Said chiefs are politicians to their toenails.
... but as soon as the new consoles come out the unwashed masses will move to them.
Actually I don't think so. You might be right, but it's modding that seems to be driving more people from consoles to the PC. Did you notice how long Skyrim had been in the top10 on Steam? Nearly a year. And every time someone discovers their crappy console can't get the pretty PC mods someone else goes running for a PC.
Well don't forget that PC sales have done nothing but increase for the last 4 or 5 years solid, at what 300% per quarter. It's a booming market, especially in asia and south america.
My thoughts exactly. What's with all of this sensational bullshit on Slashdot lately?
New ownership. So, with new ownership we get a new direction. And this "new direction" sucks ass.
'Tis a jobs program, and nothing more. Even the congressmen who are against the idea of the TSA are busy spinning it as providing jobs to their constituents.
It would be better to train those people in construction or trades, but I keep remembering that large swaths of the population have this thing against hard manual and physical labor.
Up here in Canada, it's bit more...mixed on that. The general opinion of most companies is: If you want people who know and understand what's going on in the world, and have a good grasp of the theory and practical. You look college graduates. If you want people who know the theory, but fail at the practical components you look for a university grad.
60 watt lightbulbs are too expensive to broiling steak?
I'd think putting a hacker in general population would be worse, with all the rape, beatings and stabbings.
Hackers could probably handle being alone a lot better.
Hackers aren't considered "dangerous offenders" they'd end up in min. or medium security in most countries. The fact that they're using solitary is exceptionally underhanded and says they're trying to break him for some reason. Solitary is meant as either punishment or protection. Examples would be paul bernardo who's locked up in solitary 23hrs a day, because he'd be dead in the general population, because he assaulted, murdered, mutilated and raped young women and teenage girls.
In a general med/min security a hacker is in the middle-high ranks, same with embezzlers. They usually know how to "get things" making them valuable to know or have on your side.
Are you implying that using drug and being a theft are enough to get shot in the back while walking on the street? How the lifestyle of the victim is even relevant to the actions of the aggressor?
Believing what the media is telling you huh? He wasn't shot in the back, he was shot 24-36" in the front. The lifestyle of the person who is dead is indeed relevant to it. As it sets a "chain of character" and this is why you don't believe what the media tells you. And you stop watching CSI and trying to pretend you understand law.
not kidding. newer gear uses junk parts that the vendor or builder decided to use instead of brand name trustable parts. or, they sought out real ones but got fakes. in electrolytics, its a mostly fakes world ;(
You're 100% spot on with this. Back about 3 or 4 years ago I had two monitors made by Samsung and LG which had those knockoff capacitors in them, unfortunately I didn't know until the monitors started failing to start up in one, the other started dimming out. It was an easy fix in both cases, and in both cases Samsung and LG were willing to reimburse me the cost in higher grade capacitors when I contacted them, then sent them the knock-off defective caps. Both monitors were just out of the warranty period. I will admit, very good of them. They didn't have to.
I haven't had a problem on my newer syncmaster e2220 though, so it looks like they're making sure that their supply is clean now.
You mean the one that *was* him, and only showed up in rightwing blogs and news. Because the media had a narrative to carry? Just like the GP said. How funny that is huh. So, has the grand parts of the media let you in on about his use of codeine, dxm, and various rounds of theft yet? Or are you still waiting for them to tell you.
That's pretty good. I saw one where various people went on about if you don't vote for Obama you're automatically a racist. Then there was some other stuff about how if you're questioning the president it's unpatriotic. Then there was the black commentator who went on, and on, and on about how the tea party was full of racists.
Yeah, very funny stuff you see on TV. I guess bias is highly subjective within the reality distortion field.
Obamanation is moving TSA scanners to affect the election? Haven't seen the morning show recently to get my monthly dose of crazy.
I guess you haven't watched NBC in the last month. If you want crazy, you only need to see what their flappy headed talkshow hosts are going on about.
The reality is professional journalism is for all intents and purposes dead. The GP complains about the same material over and over again, the problem is those papers don't engage in professional journalism at all. The same issue happens in Canada with all of our papers, though there are a few independent publications with independent reports like CFP(Canadian Free Press -- not to be confused with CP Canadian Press) who go out and find the news.
Perhaps these newspapers should be engaging in professional journalism than, instead of simply aggregating stories from AP, Reuters and AFP. The vast majority of newspapers don't "create content" to "retain viewership" they simply publish the same material you can find on xyz's paper.
Being governed by incompetent morons doesn't make us so.
Odd. I thought the french overwhelmingly voted in a socialist a-hole. I guess you get the government you vote for.
I'm a lawyer in BC and I can confirm this is not correct.
I'm guessing kanitz vs rogers won't ring too many bells, nor the provincial and territory governments scrambling to amend their CPAs so that what happened in that case which went to the SCC wouldn't be considered a "binding decision across the country" in the bluntest terms, each province has their own version, and "contracts, eulas, or any such junk" can be used to withhold said rights, including the right to class action. Having read the paypal updated eula, their 'you can only goto arbitration or refuse by opting out' doesn't apply here is not an option under various CPA's.
You can not void remedies by said action.
Are there any magazines that fully made the switch and survived for any length of time?
Nope. Nor do most newspapers unless they give highly unique and tailored content like WSJ for example. It's the only sub I have for digital media. Financial information is highly speculative, so that's probably why WSJ and Moneyweek(UK) are doing well enough on a sub or partial paywall service.
Could this possibly hold up in court? Isn't it our right to sue?
This isn't legal in the various provinces/territories of Canada. Each has their own CPA(consumer protection act), but each act pretty much has a section that says you can not be forced to waive any legal right.
If carbon credits werent involved, would the same people be in an uproar?
Well being from Ontario(Cdn), his comment about watermelons, is pretty much spot on. Especially in relation to the disastrous "green" projects that the now ex-pm of the province has going. $24 billion and counting at the cost to tax payers.
Sure, but Crysis only gets 3fps.