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  1. Re: Everything in canada sucks on Will Netflix Destroy the Internet? · · Score: 1

    Yes. I believe in most places in the world that's covered under your property taxes. In Ontario you pay property taxes, then pay more taxes on services.

  2. Already a non-starter in Canada on Will Netflix Destroy the Internet? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The average person has a 60gb cap in Canada. People have quickly found out that they can blow through 1/2 to 3/4's of their monthly cap in a weekend. I'm sure it'll be more interesting as winter rolls around, we like snow, hockey, and all that. But curling up to watch a movie or 4 when it's -40C and snowing out is much better fun. Especially if there's a 30% chance you're going to spend 3hrs shoveling.

    But sandvine is a blight on the internet. You can happily hear about all the horror stories(look on dslreports.com) that they've inflicted on Canadians, as ISP's use their equipment to throttle just about everything. Bell enjoys using them after the last mile, before switching to outside networks, even when you're on another ISP. So regardless of what happens, you're still being throttled by bell. Rogers like using it to throttle everywhere, that they think the consumption might be too high, or where growth is outpacing their delayed upgrades.

  3. Re:Duh, it was a conservative voterbase on Net Neutrality Supporters Hammered In Elections · · Score: 1

    Who?... Oh him.. I don't listen to him at all. What does he talk about? What's his agenda? I mean, other than hoarding more money?

    Oh him? Buying NPR from under the public and using media matters to tell abc/nbc/cbs how to present the news. At least in TV, paper print just gets more interesting.

  4. Re:Duh, it was a conservative voterbase on Net Neutrality Supporters Hammered In Elections · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sure is pretty liberal hurt feeling out there today. So tell me, how much do you listen to media matters and their ilk while soros pushes his agenda on you?

  5. Re:Call it what you want. It won't matter. on Why 'Cyber Crime' Should Just Be Called 'Crime' · · Score: 1

    In Canada, fraud is fraud. It just depends on what type. However, considering electronic fraud is the most common these days and all of the police services across the country. Even the RCMP won't touch a case unless it involves at least $100,000. However some provincial police services will like the but provincial police aren't uniform. And getting politicians to give police more money to hire more officers, to do the job is hard. Most governments are simply freezing police.

    It's worse in the US where you guys are actually laying off police. Sorry but a officer to person ratio of 700-2500:1 isn't good.

  6. Re:Discretion on UK Police To Get Facebook Lessons · · Score: 1

    No it means that they get lucky. Catching criminals is all about a criminal making mistakes so you can follow them. The dumber they are, the easier.

  7. Re:Is this story for real? on iPhone Alarm Bug Leads To Mass European Sleep-in · · Score: 1

    Who knows to be honest. About half(~100) of the PC's at my shop rolled back, and ~50 mobile units did the same thing. At home 2 of my 4 pc's rolled back, and I'm in Canada. I have no idea what happened or why.

  8. Re:Discretion on UK Police To Get Facebook Lessons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Police catch people, because people are dumb. It's not going to change.

  9. Re:Next Election on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    You might have noticed that minorities generally get nothing done. As it stands, this could become the new 'norm' in Canadian politics. Minority, followed by minority, and nothing getting done, while we get screwed over.

  10. Re:This is going to be hellish in 5 years on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    Useful tip to liberals in Canada. Just because someone points out that your party is mired in corruption so deep that they gave away a diplomat posting in order to try and hide it, doesn't mean it's not true.

  11. Re:This is going to be hellish in 5 years on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1, Informative

    Conflict of interest. The CRTC has been hand picked for the last 15 years by the liberal party as a place to reward their friends. Not to forget that the liberal party and Chretien were involved in a massive scandal where the primeminister's 'agency' was handing out money, and covering up for people when they got caught. Only cost us several billion dollars.

  12. Re:60GB is nothing on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    I hit 60gb in 15 days this last month because of WoW and all the "patches", a normal month in my household is nearly 60 as it is with 3 people. Really this whole change to UBB is arbitrary bullshit, especially since the CRTC just said you have to allow competition on the networks built by tax dollars(aka last mile). Then they pulled this. I'm seriously suspecting that the CRTC wants to find the best way to screw everyone over, then again for an entity which is supposed to exist for the consumer, it sure does a lot to screw them over.

  13. Re:Next Election on CRTC To Allow Usage-Based Billing · · Score: 1

    Why? ~15 years of the liberal party raping you in the face at every turn wasn't enough?

  14. Re:Pardon my language and lack of depth, but.. on New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued · · Score: 1

    In law everywhere, you can be guilty of an action without having the guilty intent of it. Besides tort law has a much lower burden of proof for culpability. That's why it's tort. That you don't want to understand law(s), is the reason why there are so many bad laws on the books.

  15. Re:So he was done on a technicality? on Manchester's Self-Described 'Internet Troll' Jailed For Offensive Web Posts · · Score: 1

    Whether or not people read the comments of their own free will. He happily established a pattern of abusive comments intending to offend, with the full reasoning and understanding that what he was doing, was causing harm to others.

    There's no dangerous precedent in english law(UK) on this. It's use of existing law within the UK. The reality is you're not understanding how harassment laws differ, and why this is considered illegal in the UK.

  16. Re:Pardon my language and lack of depth, but.. on New York Judge Rules 6-Year-Old Can Be Sued · · Score: 1

    Lot of people in this thread with no understanding of law period.

    Cases like this are not an exception anywhere with or without the ability of mens rea -- guilty mind aka or criminal action and such understanding(should be noted that for evidence, the understanding of right and wrong is only required and there is no lower limit it's fluid). Things like this still go to trial with actus reus(guilty act -- meaning something that caused harm) being the primary cause, which in this case without fully reading the ruling it sounds like.

  17. Re:No such thing as free trade.... on Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware · · Score: 1

    No there's plenty of free trade. You know all that stuff that goes intercontinental in the US state by state? Free trade. The stuff that goes in Canada province, by province? Yeah free trade. The reality is most agreements at a federal level are some type of fair trade(that includes nafta).

    Free trade drives markets, especially when you're not being penalized. In turn as it furthers more open markets, people get a better standard of living. You're being obtuse, or perhaps ignorant in thinking that free trade = regulatory removal.

  18. Re:Not bad but.. on Hiding Backdoors In Hardware · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I mentioned to people about 2 years ago that malware would start moving in that direction(i.e. flashing nvram, etc). People called me crazy. This will become the new reality once EFI becomes the norm.

  19. Re:Clueless on Pay Or Else, News Site Threatens · · Score: 1

    ... that the creator of a contract can essentially "force" the other side to sign a contract by doing something other than actually signing a contract ...

    I guess the jokes on them. Outside of the US, EULA's are pretty much unenforceable. Then again, I suppose people could start sending them bills for any non-requested data(such as from ad servers, and associated farms). I'm sure that would go over well.

  20. Re:Argh... on British Airways Chief Slams US Security Requests · · Score: 1

    Haven't been to Japan for a few years I take it? You've been missing all the cuddly fun and political scandals.

  21. Re:US doesn't know how to handle terrorism. on British Airways Chief Slams US Security Requests · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The funny thing is, having flown EL AL from Canada to Israel, and to Europe, and then back to Israel. I didn't really notice the security(which is the mark of a good system). Not to mention they actually profile people who are probably going to be a threat, instead of the 87 year old grandmother with oxygen tanks.

  22. Re:Where is the fun? on Are Games Getting Easier? · · Score: 1

    I found the story and plot dull for Bio1/2, some of the fights and enemies were fun. I enjoyed the bit before the ending of the 2nd one but overall I found the game lacking any real depth to draw me in. But I'm the type of person that enjoys a good tale with my song and dance.

  23. Re:Chicxulub is FURIOUS! on Giant Impact Crater Found In Australia · · Score: 1

    The impact crater in Sudbury is not amused at your piddly size.

  24. Re:A lot to discover.. on Giant Impact Crater Found In Australia · · Score: 1

    Probably a lot. Canada has 12 confirmed 20km+ impacts craters including the second largest in the world(250km). And even with the amount of land you're talking about here, there's probably another 4 to 8 dozen that haven't been discovered that are easy to identify. And probably another 10-30 dozen on top of that, which are only faint after the last glaciation period.

  25. Re:Isn't it odd on Korea Kicking People Offline With One Strike · · Score: 1

    That's because most 'free trade' agreements are some form of protected trade, as you pointed out not any form of free trade. NAFTA for example is a fair trade agreement. If it was truly a free trade agreement I wouldn't get shafted with duties when I buy from the US.