Its about time someone pisses on Quebec. Only seems fair when Quebec pisses on the rest of Canada every single day. Take your whining and separate already. And at the same time, we will save our billions of dollars the RoC uses to prop up your failed state. And don't forget to take 40% of the debt with you either.
Not every single judge appointed to the Court has to be bilingual. How about allowing deserving judges west of the Ottawa Valley a chance at the higher court?
Sure, and under Liberal rule the country ran well. Under Conservative rule it went downhill very quickly: education, health care, prisons, foreign affairs, defense - all these have been chipped away by either federal or provincial conservatives and the damage never undone.
One quick example: when I went to school in the 70s high school had grade thirteen, which was optional but was, in a sense, like first year college, but free.
Education - provincial Health Care - provincial
The elimination of OAC brought Ontario's system of education inline with the rest of the continent. The elimination of OAC was a recommendation of a Royal Commission initiated by the provincial NDP government in 1995.
Military - Really, the military was better off under the Liberals? You must hate the military. Who was in power during the "decade of darkness"? That's right, Liberals. Who sent the troops to Afghanistan (a desert), in green cadpat? Liberals. Who bought for used submarines that ended up costing a sailor his life? Liberals.
That's not true. Just because you are in the senate, doesn't mean you are shielded from investigation or prosecution.
I assume you are referring to the "in & out" scandal? If so, I am not sure flagrant is the right word. If I remember correctly, the Conservatives won their court case to only lose on appeal. If you lose on appeal, I don't think flagrant is the right word to describe your actions:)
If it was funded by the Conservative Party of Canada, then it will be shown very easily. Why don't you post your libel under your real name and address?
Note, if the Conservative Party of Canada was behind this, I will be at the rallies asking for their resignation. But we are not there yet.
I don't need to watch it. I know that the Native's were wronged in many ways. I know my Canadian history. I don't believe that 80 million natives were killed.
Nor, do I feel any shame or guilt in the mis-treatment of natives. That happen decades and centuries ago. Ie, long before my time. We are not the same country or world now as we were back then.
I feel the billions they get every year, and the massive special treatment under the laws more then makes up for any mistreatment in the past.
The headline is seriously torqued, bordering on libel.
The Conservative Party of Canada hasn't be proven to have committed any crime.
The robocaller company (RackNine), is "Conservative" connected by virtue of having Conservative Party of Canada as a customer and I guess being based in the west.
The facts haven't come out yet, so we shouldn't throw stones.
It is plausible that the robo calls were done by one or two people. Canada is a bilingual country, no voice actor is required.
It seems highly unlikely that this was funded and organized by the Conservative party of Canada as an official part of their strategy.
Everyone preaching that security through obscurity doesn't work needs to be quiet and let the adults speak!
Of course, security through obscurity (alone) doesn't work. It is layer of the security onion. The more layers, the more security. Yes, governments that secure a facility through keeping it hidden without real security backing it up is stupid.
A government that sticks something in the middle of something completely nondescript, that once you get in the doors has armed guards, time vaults, security cameras, dogs, and have/know security doors is much more secure.
Remember, not every terrorist (domestic or international) is a misunderstood genius avenging the wrongful death of his sweet and loving mother. They don't know, nor know how to find out where security facilities are. And when they do try and find out by asking people they get caught.
By keeping secrets secret, you help to lessen the attack vector by ensuring that armed morons cannot read about it on the internet and drive their pickup trucks through the gates, killing people in their failed attempt.
So repeat after me, security through obscurity is important, but is not everything.
1/ We have a Conservative government that gutted Federal spending room and wants to downsize government except for the military. 2/ We have some of the lowest corporate income taxes around
What makes us socialist? Health Care? And you want to make health care a centre piece? With Obama in the White House, and the new health care bill, where AM I SUPPOSED to go for good health care now??
Canada isn't socialist, and universal health care as run in Canada is not sustainable.
I am sure that many in the Congress and Senate support tougher crime laws, safer streets, and less forest fires. Maybe we should see how many of these people have sons or daughters serving the police or fire services?
A long time ago, with hardware far far from here, I remember playing games with my brand new 3D card, and wow the games looked nice! The only problem was that the games ran slower then they did in software!!! Lesson learned, don't buy first generation hardware and expect it to always be better/faster/cooler then old optimized software! Either that or don't by S3 Virge based cards!;)
brrrrrrrr.....I for one can't wait for global warming to hit Canada!!! Excuse, I have to go put another lump of coal on the fire and feed the sled dogs.
As an Anon has said, no. A bad and/or inflexible and/or autocratic and/or.... will demoralize, demotivate, and destroy your team. A more rigid process can help weaker teams, but will hamper strong teams. Some of the ideals behind Scrum are to empower your team, allow them to participate in the decision process, have real enlightened leadership, and most importantly deliver customer value. The old adage of the right product, at the right price, at the right time. An Agile process helps to deliver that. But if your team is weak, or you have a poor leader it can easily go awry.
Scrum isn't a software engineering method. It is purely a project managment methodogy. That is one if the _key_ differences between Scum and other Agile methods.
I don't think you understand Agile very well. The concept of Agile documentation is to write just enough documentation to understand and communicate what you need. So yes you need an overall framework, but you dont need every single last feature planned down to the smallest detail.
I agree that you can get some stringy speghetti code if you have a weak team. But, one of the most important tenents of Agile methodologies is that you must have _strong_ teams that are highly skilled, and with great amounts of personal motivation.
Well lot's of them die too. Just about every year someone dies. And as other posters have pointed out, they dont usually have headlong collisions either. Of course the steel roll cages in the cars likely help too.
3G internet costs a fortune to use (it's a total scam). I think Vodafone would actually be delighted if you were foolish enough to use VOIP over 3G. MS might make it "free" to call fellow MS Office licensees, but the internet access isn't free.
The other possibility is that the phone has some kind of wi-fi capabilties that connects to a local wireless network. I'm sure that will be the first feature to be crippled when you buy your Vodafone / O2 / Orange / T-Mobile branded phone.
We duh. Of course you are not using 3G internet. This is for WIFI enabled (aka Dual Mode) phones and PDAs. And you are right that it will be crippled somehow by the carrier. For example, Verizon Wireless makes it so that their phones (Samsung i730 etc) cannot have both the cellular radio and wifi on at the same time. Of course they claim it is to preserve batter life.
What this means is that while making your VoIP calls you cant recieve a call over cellular.
But even assuming it weren't, how is this any different from what you can do with Skype now? I use my iPaq & Skype to make calls from hotels all the time. I too can call other Skype users for free, and landlines & mobiles. They don't have to buy MS Office or even be running Windows. The biggest problem with wi-fi access is that coverage spotty, potentially expensive, potentially illegal, and there is no roaming or moving at all. And you can kiss goodbye to your battery life. On top of that, workers are expected to be using a Microsoft enable phone with Microsoft Office.
Do you have to carry an iPaq PDA and a cell phone around? If you are using a dual mode phone can you get the audio to come out of the front (aka cellular speaker) right now? If not, then the user expirence will suck. The battery life isn't too bad on some of the devices. For example, with the converged client (cellular and voip in the same application) I am developing I can get 12 hours of WIFI standby time. Not great, but good enough for the day at work. Cellular standby is as normal.
It all sounds like a pipe dream to me. Of course because MS is a huge gorilla they might be able to foist this on some networks, especially the concept of site wide coverage (i.e. it works anywhere on the company premises), but that's about it IMHO.
All MS can do is make a Skype like competitor. Watch the carriers roll out converged solutions where you can be reached by the same number whether or not you are in cellular or wifi mode. That's the future, and that is where carriers are going to go.
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Or at least that is what I thought it said at first. I was expecting to see a lot of /.'ers wives and girlfriends there....
Mod him up.
and only 2/3 of eligible voters actually voted. do the math.
Harper does not have the support of the majority of the country, and I would be surprised if voter apathy is as bad next time around.
Prove it.
How do we know the people who didn't vote, weren't going to vote Conservative anyway?
Its about time someone pisses on Quebec. Only seems fair when Quebec pisses on the rest of Canada every single day. Take your whining and separate already. And at the same time, we will save our billions of dollars the RoC uses to prop up your failed state. And don't forget to take 40% of the debt with you either.
Not every single judge appointed to the Court has to be bilingual. How about allowing deserving judges west of the Ottawa Valley a chance at the higher court?
Wow you have no idea what you are talking about.
Sure, and under Liberal rule the country ran well. Under Conservative rule it went downhill very quickly: education, health care, prisons, foreign affairs, defense - all these have been chipped away by either federal or provincial conservatives and the damage never undone.
One quick example: when I went to school in the 70s high school had grade thirteen, which was optional but was, in a sense, like first year college, but free.
Education - provincial
Health Care - provincial
The elimination of OAC brought Ontario's system of education inline with the rest of the continent. The elimination of OAC was a recommendation of a Royal Commission initiated by the provincial NDP government in 1995.
Military - Really, the military was better off under the Liberals? You must hate the military. Who was in power during the "decade of darkness"? That's right, Liberals. Who sent the troops to Afghanistan (a desert), in green cadpat? Liberals. Who bought for used submarines that ended up costing a sailor his life? Liberals.
That's not true. Just because you are in the senate, doesn't mean you are shielded from investigation or prosecution.
I assume you are referring to the "in & out" scandal? If so, I am not sure flagrant is the right word. If I remember correctly, the Conservatives won their court case to only lose on appeal. If you lose on appeal, I don't think flagrant is the right word to describe your actions :)
hah!
If it was funded by the Conservative Party of Canada, then it will be shown very easily. Why don't you post your libel under your real name and address?
Note, if the Conservative Party of Canada was behind this, I will be at the rallies asking for their resignation. But we are not there yet.
I don't need to watch it. I know that the Native's were wronged in many ways. I know my Canadian history. I don't believe that 80 million natives were killed.
Nor, do I feel any shame or guilt in the mis-treatment of natives. That happen decades and centuries ago. Ie, long before my time. We are not the same country or world now as we were back then.
I feel the billions they get every year, and the massive special treatment under the laws more then makes up for any mistreatment in the past.
Wow, Godwins law was proven right again super fast.
owenferguson, you sir, are a moron.
The headline is seriously torqued, bordering on libel.
The Conservative Party of Canada hasn't be proven to have committed any crime.
The robocaller company (RackNine), is "Conservative" connected by virtue of having Conservative Party of Canada as a customer and I guess being based in the west.
The facts haven't come out yet, so we shouldn't throw stones.
It is plausible that the robo calls were done by one or two people. Canada is a bilingual country, no voice actor is required.
It seems highly unlikely that this was funded and organized by the Conservative party of Canada as an official part of their strategy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTUweJKAUfk
QNX, the little OS that could.
Everyone preaching that security through obscurity doesn't work needs to be quiet and let the adults speak!
Of course, security through obscurity (alone) doesn't work. It is layer of the security onion. The more layers, the more security. Yes, governments that secure a facility through keeping it hidden without real security backing it up is stupid.
A government that sticks something in the middle of something completely nondescript, that once you get in the doors has armed guards, time vaults, security cameras, dogs, and have/know security doors is much more secure.
Remember, not every terrorist (domestic or international) is a misunderstood genius avenging the wrongful death of his sweet and loving mother. They don't know, nor know how to find out where security facilities are. And when they do try and find out by asking people they get caught.
By keeping secrets secret, you help to lessen the attack vector by ensuring that armed morons cannot read about it on the internet and drive their pickup trucks through the gates, killing people in their failed attempt.
So repeat after me, security through obscurity is important, but is not everything.
kthxbye.
Wait what, Canada as an example for what?
1/ We have a Conservative government that gutted Federal spending room and wants to downsize government except for the military.
2/ We have some of the lowest corporate income taxes around
What makes us socialist? Health Care? And you want to make health care a centre piece? With Obama in the White House, and the new health care bill, where AM I SUPPOSED to go for good health care now??
Canada isn't socialist, and universal health care as run in Canada is not sustainable.
Parent poster is full of it.
First off, what is a unix subsystem? And second of all, the filesystem and network stack ARE separate processes.
Hi this is Hollywood calling,
Can you we please talk about a potential job for you a script write on the latest Hollywood blockbusters?
Thanks, your technologically challenged script writer.
DD
I am sure that many in the Congress and Senate support tougher crime laws, safer streets, and less forest fires. Maybe we should see how many of these people have sons or daughters serving the police or fire services?
While, in web terms if 4 years isnt forever then 7 years is. Let's not forget that back in 1999 MS had something like 95% of the browser market.
A long time ago, with hardware far far from here, I remember playing games with my brand new 3D card, and wow the games looked nice! The only problem was that the games ran slower then they did in software!!! Lesson learned, don't buy first generation hardware and expect it to always be better/faster/cooler then old optimized software! Either that or don't by S3 Virge based cards! ;)
brrrrrrrr.....I for one can't wait for global warming to hit Canada!!! Excuse, I have to go put another lump of coal on the fire and feed the sled dogs.
Nah, his mom doesn't really care. :)
As an Anon has said, no. A bad and/or inflexible and/or autocratic and/or .... will demoralize, demotivate, and destroy your team. A more rigid process can help weaker teams, but will hamper strong teams. Some of the ideals behind Scrum are to empower your team, allow them to participate in the decision process, have real enlightened leadership, and most importantly deliver customer value. The old adage of the right product, at the right price, at the right time. An Agile process helps to deliver that. But if your team is weak, or you have a poor leader it can easily go awry.
Scrum isn't a software engineering method. It is purely a project managment methodogy. That is one if the _key_ differences between Scum and other Agile methods.
I don't think you understand Agile very well. The concept of Agile documentation is to write just enough documentation to understand and communicate what you need. So yes you need an overall framework, but you dont need every single last feature planned down to the smallest detail.
I agree that you can get some stringy speghetti code if you have a weak team. But, one of the most important tenents of Agile methodologies is that you must have _strong_ teams that are highly skilled, and with great amounts of personal motivation.
Well lot's of them die too. Just about every year someone dies. And as other posters have pointed out, they dont usually have headlong collisions either. Of course the steel roll cages in the cars likely help too.
3G internet costs a fortune to use (it's a total scam). I think Vodafone would actually be delighted if you were foolish enough to use VOIP over 3G. MS might make it "free" to call fellow MS Office licensees, but the internet access isn't free.
The other possibility is that the phone has some kind of wi-fi capabilties that connects to a local wireless network. I'm sure that will be the first feature to be crippled when you buy your Vodafone / O2 / Orange / T-Mobile branded phone.
We duh. Of course you are not using 3G internet. This is for WIFI enabled (aka Dual Mode) phones and PDAs. And you are right that it will be crippled somehow by the carrier. For example, Verizon Wireless makes it so that their phones (Samsung i730 etc) cannot have both the cellular radio and wifi on at the same time. Of course they claim it is to preserve batter life.
What this means is that while making your VoIP calls you cant recieve a call over cellular.
But even assuming it weren't, how is this any different from what you can do with Skype now? I use my iPaq & Skype to make calls from hotels all the time. I too can call other Skype users for free, and landlines & mobiles. They don't have to buy MS Office or even be running Windows. The biggest problem with wi-fi access is that coverage spotty, potentially expensive, potentially illegal, and there is no roaming or moving at all. And you can kiss goodbye to your battery life. On top of that, workers are expected to be using a Microsoft enable phone with Microsoft Office.
Do you have to carry an iPaq PDA and a cell phone around? If you are using a dual mode phone can you get the audio to come out of the front (aka cellular speaker) right now? If not, then the user expirence will suck. The battery life isn't too bad on some of the devices. For example, with the converged client (cellular and voip in the same application) I am developing I can get 12 hours of WIFI standby time. Not great, but good enough for the day at work. Cellular standby is as normal.
It all sounds like a pipe dream to me. Of course because MS is a huge gorilla they might be able to foist this on some networks, especially the concept of site wide coverage (i.e. it works anywhere on the company premises), but that's about it IMHO.
All MS can do is make a Skype like competitor. Watch the carriers roll out converged solutions where you can be reached by the same number whether or not you are in cellular or wifi mode. That's the future, and that is where carriers are going to go.