Since the USA has so many astronauts, I can see the perception would be different there. But here in Canada, since we've had so few, those who have gone up are fairly well known.
My seven month old son gets his chubby little hands on the remote and uses all of those features I've never looked at and can't figure out how to undo. If we had this, we would be stuck watching Blue's Clues and nothing else.
I heard this before while the Olympics were on, but the biggest impact will be on small countries that cannot afford TV deals.
The example used at the time was that the tiny island nation of Tonga was getting their TV feeds of the Olympics from New Zealand. So what are the chances they will see any of their own athletes? Zero.
But if someone could put up a Web page to follow all of the Tonga competitors, including stats, pictures, and video, this would be a great benefit for people in that country. But the IOC would make that illegal.
There would be numerous other countries who would be affected this way as well.
An interesting thing happened in Quebec with Candace Bergen. A voice actor did her character in French on "Murphy Brown". But when Sprint came to Canada, they used her in their tv ads initially in both French and English versions (she speaks fluent French) but the French viewers didn't like her "real" voice (as opposed to the voice actor who they were used to) so they ditched her.
I have to agree. I'm Canadian too, and as I mentioned earlier, it seems that sports are what make a big difference between Canada and the USA. Sports were a part of the scene in my school but as you say, it was no more important than other clubs or groups. Whereas the local community would follow the exploits of the local high school teams in the US, in Canada is was not important. The only people in the stands at our basketball or football games were students.
Other writers commented that the teachers in their schools would be just as enamoured with the "jocks", and would therefore look the other way if they did something wrong (I thought it was just a stupid cliche in American movies -- "You can't arrest Johnny! He's captain of the football team and has a big game tomorrow!").
I went to high school in Canada in the early eighties, and never had any problems as a nerd. I got top marks, played dungeons and dragons, and took the first computer courses offered in my school. I was never attacked, beaten up, or even harrassed by the more popular students. The worst they would do is just ignore me.
What some of you might find unusual, is that as high school went on, things only improved. I would attribute this overall "maturing" on everyone's behalf. By the time I was in my final year, "jocks" and "nerds" could be found talking to each other, getting along, and going to the same parties.
Credit for this atmosphere lays entirely on the teachers, I think. They were mostly very friendly, and encouraged toleration.
I wonder how much sports has to do with problems in America. It seems to me (based on the media) that Americans take sports very seriously, and that academics takes a back seat.
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Since the USA has so many astronauts, I can see the perception would be different there. But here in Canada, since we've had so few, those who have gone up are fairly well known.
My seven month old son gets his chubby little hands on the remote and uses all of those features I've never looked at and can't figure out how to undo. If we had this, we would be stuck watching Blue's Clues and nothing else.
No Prime Directive
I heard this before while the Olympics were on, but the biggest impact will be on small countries that cannot afford TV deals.
The example used at the time was that the tiny island nation of Tonga was getting their TV feeds of the Olympics from New Zealand. So what are the chances they will see any of their own athletes? Zero.
But if someone could put up a Web page to follow all of the Tonga competitors, including stats, pictures, and video, this would be a great benefit for people in that country. But the IOC would make that illegal.
There would be numerous other countries who would be affected this way as well.
The Baron
I have a 20" black and white TV that my parents bought in 1963. It still works, and the picture is very clear.
Meanwhile, the VCR I got in 1992 is a piece of junk now.
The papers here in Canada thought this was oh so terrible, especially since the song referred to Anne Murray as a bitch.
So a reporter called her up to see what she thought. She thought the song was hilarious.
I guess they were upset that SHE wasn't upset...
*Sigh*
Once again, the term fascist is being used to describe someone who is right-wing (Conrad Black).
Take a history lesson boyo, and you will learn what a real fascist is.
(Betcha a looney that this guy thinks Chretien's Liberals are doing a *super* job).
The Baron
An interesting thing happened in Quebec with Candace Bergen. A voice actor did her character in French on "Murphy Brown". But when Sprint came to Canada, they used her in their tv ads initially in both French and English versions (she speaks fluent French) but the French viewers didn't like her "real" voice (as opposed to the voice actor who they were used to) so they ditched her.
I would expect no one used the Gregorian calandar since Pope Gregory XIII ordered the calendar change in 1582.
For those of us who have to manage Checkpoint Firewalls (on Solaris) this is great news, if only because we could now use a CP Gui manager in Linux!
That's one more Windows app I can throw in the garbage.
We will never defeat Microsoft unless we all pull together and focus our energy!
I thought we were just using Linux because we thought it was better. Get your priorities straight.
I have to agree. I'm Canadian too, and as I mentioned earlier, it seems that sports are what make a big difference between Canada and the USA. Sports were a part of the scene in my school but as you say, it was no more important than other clubs or groups. Whereas the local community would follow the exploits of the local high school teams in the US, in Canada is was not important. The only people in the stands at our basketball or football games were students.
Other writers commented that the teachers in their schools would be just as enamoured with the "jocks", and would therefore look the other way if they did something wrong (I thought it was just a stupid cliche in American movies -- "You can't arrest Johnny! He's captain of the football team and has a big game tomorrow!").
That's my two cents.
I went to high school in Canada in the early eighties, and never had any problems as a nerd. I got top marks, played dungeons and dragons, and took the first computer courses offered in my school. I was never attacked, beaten up, or even harrassed by the more popular students. The worst they would do is just ignore me.
What some of you might find unusual, is that as high school went on, things only improved. I would attribute this overall "maturing" on everyone's behalf. By the time I was in my final year, "jocks" and "nerds" could be found talking to each other, getting along, and going to the same parties.
Credit for this atmosphere lays entirely on the teachers, I think. They were mostly very friendly, and encouraged toleration.
I wonder how much sports has to do with problems in America. It seems to me (based on the media) that Americans take sports very seriously, and that academics takes a back seat.
Yes! It is a great film. I'd go see it again (and probably will).