Actually, no Guspaz, I didn't miss what he said. But, I'm guessing you've never used a pager, nor a BlackBerry for that matter.
I've had both, and I can guarantee you that the BlackBerry *will* be louder if you choose an appropriate ringtone file, plus utilize Blackberry Alerts appropriately.
In my instance, I had the Blackberry play an unbelievably loud ring for 40 straight seconds, before 20 seconds of silence, followed by 40 more seconds of noise (1 minute total), repeating forever until interrupted.
If that's not loud enough for the OP, then the OP probably needs something on the order of a shotgun, nuclear device, or a wife in addition to the Blackberry/w/alerts function.
Why use skytel when you can turn your BB into a pager? I use Blackberry Alerts (google it), as a page only comes from a single number on our PBX, so only *if* that number calls, does the heinous ring of death start (you can choose the ring,volume, and ring forever).
Wow. You should really drink less coffee. Or perhaps filter out posts marked funny?
I know as a Canadian, I just love it when my American friends ask these serious questions (and by golly, they do!).
I'd have to guess you're more the uptight East-Coast type, rather then the laid back Vancouverites like us;-) And since the 'Nucks are out, go SENS!!!!
It's all crap. Everybody knows Canadians don't even have movie theaters. The project lamp heat melts the igloo. Besides, a group of Canadians together are easy prey for Polar Bears.
i do believe it applies to all CD's regardless of whether they're bulk-spindle or not, however, the amount of tax varies. CD-Audio discs are much higher than CD-Data which area taxed lower.
either way, the consumer is bent over by the music industry.
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You must be a developer. Guess what, Mr. End User doesn't care that its Yahoo's problem, the alignment of the stars, or a fluctuation in the space-time continuum.
All Mr. End User cares about is that launch.yahoo.com WORKS in IE, but NOT in Firefox. Hence, it becomes a Firefox problem.
If the prevaling attitude of 'its an IE compatibility problem' wasn't avoided by lots of the neat plug-ins and hard work of Mozilla & others, we wouldn't have this great free browser to use.
Riiight. Which is why there are so many smuggled handguns from the US, & lots of contraband cigarettes.
Yeah, and which do you think they'd rather enforce? The white-collar CD-Importing 'criminal' who'd rather pay the costs rather than risk the hassle and charges, or the gang-member weapon-toting criminal who's got no money to put in the coffers?
As much as I dislike the tariff on blank media, at least look at the facts. The tariff is paid by importers and manufacturers of blank media that are/will be sold in Canada. If buy media outside the country and bring them back with you, then you are an importer. If you use them yourself, then they aren't being sold in Canada, so no tariff.
Sure, so I have to drive an hour or two to the nearest US store, to get my blank CD's? That's really cost effective. Sure I can bring some back with me, but that's not an option for the vast majority of Canadian citizens.
If you buy something outside Canada and ship it to Canada, you are liable for taxes and any duties that may apply, but that is the case for anything you bring into the country. This has nothing to do with blank media.
Not entirely correct. Yes, you're liable for the taxes & duties on that nice 4 gallon bottle of cheap-o whisky you brought back, but if you bring back the CD's, you might get hit with the recording levy as well. You're better off bringing that big-ass bottle of booze back, selling it, and buying cd's at www.blankmedia.ca.
Well, remember that Canada is more 'socialist' than the US. By socialist, I do not mean 'communism'. Essentially, we pay more taxes to the state, which in turn distributes those as benefits for health, income, etc.
As far as your question regarding releasing via the internet and requesting entitlement, I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. I'm guessing probably not, as this law was designed to compensate against losses from radio/cd/tape/lp copying. Internet download copying has not yet been adressed.
Finally, there are NO tax breaks for stations playing canadian content. This is a requirement in order to obtain a broadcasting licence. If you broadcast, you MUST play ~35% canadian content (whether its good or not;-) ). Failure to do so would result in fines and/or loss of your broadcasting licence. Hence why DirectTV and XM and Sirius can't sell to Canadian customers.
Nope, Canada Customs, which is directly linked to the TAXMAN sees everything coming across the border. While it could be possible to 'sneak' some across marked as a gift, etc, there's probably a good chance they'll get it on the way across. So, then I'll pay the GST, plus duties, and then even worse, the 'shipping' company will charge me $10-20 for the 'convenience' of not having to pay the customs charges myself, and pay them, whether or not I wanted them to.
As a Canadian, do you know who gets money from the media tax?
The Government. It's 'supposed' to be distributed to the artists, but I'm not sure whether or not that's actually ever happened. It hadn't up until a year or 2 ago, but I don't check on a regular basis;-)
I don't mean this as a flame but rather a legit question.
Understood! Good questions!
In principal it's seems like a very good idea to tax the medium in order to support media to put on it. But do copyright holders actually get compensated, and if so is it limited to Canadian copyright holders? What is the purpose of this tax and where does it go?
In theory, yes, it can be a good idea in a 'socialist' type society like Canada's, where everybody pays tax to make things more affordable. This tax is supposed to re-imburse the artists for losses due to people copying materials loaned from other people, or recorded from radio.
I don't really like our new music & movie association overlords. Thank goodness for sites such as www.allofmp3.com. Since I already pay a tax on my blank media, I feel no shame in downloading from KaZaA or Usenet or Morpheus or IRC. And the music & movie industries blatant cash grabs such as this are simply going to make it harder for legitimate business to prosper, since users won't be as eager to move to them. Quite frankly, since I pay the copyright tax, I really haven't bought that many CD's. However, the movie industry still makes a killing off my kids
Nope, there's not. I need a GSM phone with Bluetooth. We have a single GSM operater here in redneck Canada called Rogers. Bluetooth is the requirement, everything else is unimportant. Of the 4 phones to choose from, all have cameras.....
Next solution? Buy a unlocked phone for $$$$$$$ and sign-up, except the employer wants the 3 year contract to keep the $$$$$$$ down. Stupid camera phones.
Q takes Riker to the past, to kill the idiot that chose the theme song. Anytime that show comes on, and that song starts, my wife starts laughing, and laughing....... <click> channel change.
Well, as a rebuttal, I'd agree with you. I certainly might be an early adopter in some areas, but security isn't one of them. I want to use the encryption I *know* that works, and that's recommended by the majority of others.
But, without the early adopters, and possibly, Joe Users using and installing this new software, it wouldn't even be possible for software to get to that stage.
Besides, without any viable alternatives, or the constant reminder that they do (or could) exist, PGP would have no reason to improve. The most likely effect of this would be bloatware (ala Microsoft).
PGP is a known secure cryptosystem. Fact of the matter, there is no need for new cryptosystems.
Well, I guess all that needs to be invented has been invented. We already have an operating system majority (Windows). There's already a major chip vendor (Intel). Antec makes the best cases, so lets just tell all the others to stop.
Maybe, just maybe, a little mind opening is needed here? Perhaps there's something about (Cipher) that can be used in PGP, or vice versa. Slashdot is full of 'competition is a good thing' type quotes, and I'd say it applies here.
I have a CS degree from a state university that's not especially known for it's CS department.
Here as well. I did the 2 year CS 'diploma' at our college here in Canada (which was essentially 3 years crammed into 2). While studying there (taking 6 courses plus 4 labs per semester), I was working part-time in retail.
At the end of my first year, I had the opportunity to interview for a 3 month contract position for Packeteer. Due to my ongoing schooling, the fact I was working as well, and had 2 kids and a wife at home, made me appealing to them (showed I *wanted* to work). The fact I was willing to work for almost nothing helped;-)
After the 3 month contract, I was kept on permanently, and worked there for the next 4 years, allowing me to finish my schooling and gain experience simultaneously. This kept me employed during the dot-com-crash, and made me attractive to my next employer as I had almost 5 years unbroken experience.
So, it wasn't the college that was the issue, but the sense of 'work ethic' that you're going to bring to the job. Working at Packeteer provided me opportunities to upgrade my skills continuously, while travelling to interesting places.
Good luck in your schooling, and go find the part time job.
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usb attached 'rabbit' vibrator. you can write the code :-)
yeah, i didn't address it, BB vibrations mode sucks
Actually, no Guspaz, I didn't miss what he said. But, I'm guessing you've never used a pager, nor a BlackBerry for that matter. I've had both, and I can guarantee you that the BlackBerry *will* be louder if you choose an appropriate ringtone file, plus utilize Blackberry Alerts appropriately. In my instance, I had the Blackberry play an unbelievably loud ring for 40 straight seconds, before 20 seconds of silence, followed by 40 more seconds of noise (1 minute total), repeating forever until interrupted. If that's not loud enough for the OP, then the OP probably needs something on the order of a shotgun, nuclear device, or a wife in addition to the Blackberry/w/alerts function.
Why use skytel when you can turn your BB into a pager? I use Blackberry Alerts (google it), as a page only comes from a single number on our PBX, so only *if* that number calls, does the heinous ring of death start (you can choose the ring,volume, and ring forever).
This graph is a *far* more accurate representation: http://www.google.com/trends?q=rhel%2C+centos%2C+beer&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
Wow. You should really drink less coffee. Or perhaps filter out posts marked funny? I know as a Canadian, I just love it when my American friends ask these serious questions (and by golly, they do!). I'd have to guess you're more the uptight East-Coast type, rather then the laid back Vancouverites like us ;-) And since the 'Nucks are out, go SENS!!!!
It's all crap. Everybody knows Canadians don't even have movie theaters. The project lamp heat melts the igloo. Besides, a group of Canadians together are easy prey for Polar Bears.
i do believe it applies to all CD's regardless of whether they're bulk-spindle or not, however, the amount of tax varies. CD-Audio discs are much higher than CD-Data which area taxed lower.
either way, the consumer is bent over by the music industry.
You must be a developer. Guess what, Mr. End User doesn't care that its Yahoo's problem, the alignment of the stars, or a fluctuation in the space-time continuum.
All Mr. End User cares about is that launch.yahoo.com WORKS in IE, but NOT in Firefox. Hence, it becomes a Firefox problem.
If the prevaling attitude of 'its an IE compatibility problem' wasn't avoided by lots of the neat plug-ins and hard work of Mozilla & others, we wouldn't have this great free browser to use.
Wow, Imagine the new 'nuclear' series vibrators, in various glowing colors.
And where, pray tell (or should I say PLEASE TELL) can I get this magical pack of cd-r's? I'd loooove to know that connection.
Yeah, and which do you think they'd rather enforce? The white-collar CD-Importing 'criminal' who'd rather pay the costs rather than risk the hassle and charges, or the gang-member weapon-toting criminal who's got no money to put in the coffers?
As much as I dislike the tariff on blank media, at least look at the facts. The tariff is paid by importers and manufacturers of blank media that are/will be sold in Canada. If buy media outside the country and bring them back with you, then you are an importer. If you use them yourself, then they aren't being sold in Canada, so no tariff.
Sure, so I have to drive an hour or two to the nearest US store, to get my blank CD's? That's really cost effective. Sure I can bring some back with me, but that's not an option for the vast majority of Canadian citizens.
If you buy something outside Canada and ship it to Canada, you are liable for taxes and any duties that may apply, but that is the case for anything you bring into the country. This has nothing to do with blank media.
Not entirely correct. Yes, you're liable for the taxes & duties on that nice 4 gallon bottle of cheap-o whisky you brought back, but if you bring back the CD's, you might get hit with the recording levy as well. You're better off bringing that big-ass bottle of booze back, selling it, and buying cd's at www.blankmedia.ca.
agreed. They remove the tax, and I'll pay for the downloads.
As far as your question regarding releasing via the internet and requesting entitlement, I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. I'm guessing probably not, as this law was designed to compensate against losses from radio/cd/tape/lp copying. Internet download copying has not yet been adressed.
Finally, there are NO tax breaks for stations playing canadian content. This is a requirement in order to obtain a broadcasting licence. If you broadcast, you MUST play ~35% canadian content (whether its good or not ;-) ). Failure to do so would result in fines and/or loss of your broadcasting licence. Hence why DirectTV and XM and Sirius can't sell to Canadian customers.
Nope, Canada Customs, which is directly linked to the TAXMAN sees everything coming across the border. While it could be possible to 'sneak' some across marked as a gift, etc, there's probably a good chance they'll get it on the way across. So, then I'll pay the GST, plus duties, and then even worse, the 'shipping' company will charge me $10-20 for the 'convenience' of not having to pay the customs charges myself, and pay them, whether or not I wanted them to.
The Government. It's 'supposed' to be distributed to the artists, but I'm not sure whether or not that's actually ever happened. It hadn't up until a year or 2 ago, but I don't check on a regular basis ;-)
I don't mean this as a flame but rather a legit question.
Understood! Good questions!
In principal it's seems like a very good idea to tax the medium in order to support media to put on it. But do copyright holders actually get compensated, and if so is it limited to Canadian copyright holders? What is the purpose of this tax and where does it go?
In theory, yes, it can be a good idea in a 'socialist' type society like Canada's, where everybody pays tax to make things more affordable. This tax is supposed to re-imburse the artists for losses due to people copying materials loaned from other people, or recorded from radio.
I don't really like our new music & movie association overlords. Thank goodness for sites such as www.allofmp3.com. Since I already pay a tax on my blank media, I feel no shame in downloading from KaZaA or Usenet or Morpheus or IRC. And the music & movie industries blatant cash grabs such as this are simply going to make it harder for legitimate business to prosper, since users won't be as eager to move to them. Quite frankly, since I pay the copyright tax, I really haven't bought that many CD's. However, the movie industry still makes a killing off my kids
Next solution? Buy a unlocked phone for $$$$$$$ and sign-up, except the employer wants the 3 year contract to keep the $$$$$$$ down. Stupid camera phones.
Hmmmm.... I wonder if it's random or a pattern??????
Q takes Riker to the past, to kill the idiot that chose the theme song. Anytime that show comes on, and that song starts, my wife starts laughing, and laughing....... <click> channel change.
So, something similar to the Dewey Decimal System or ISBN. The ISBN directs you to the book. The book provides the actual detail.
Well, as a rebuttal, I'd agree with you. I certainly might be an early adopter in some areas, but security isn't one of them. I want to use the encryption I *know* that works, and that's recommended by the majority of others.
But, without the early adopters, and possibly, Joe Users using and installing this new software, it wouldn't even be possible for software to get to that stage.
Besides, without any viable alternatives, or the constant reminder that they do (or could) exist, PGP would have no reason to improve. The most likely effect of this would be bloatware (ala Microsoft).
Cheers!
PGP is a known secure cryptosystem. Fact of the matter, there is no need for new cryptosystems.
Well, I guess all that needs to be invented has been invented. We already have an operating system majority (Windows). There's already a major chip vendor (Intel). Antec makes the best cases, so lets just tell all the others to stop.
Maybe, just maybe, a little mind opening is needed here? Perhaps there's something about (Cipher) that can be used in PGP, or vice versa. Slashdot is full of 'competition is a good thing' type quotes, and I'd say it applies here.
LMAO. You have soooo gotta be from Texas!
I have a CS degree from a state university that's not especially known for it's CS department.
;-)
After the 3 month contract, I was kept on permanently, and worked there for the next 4 years, allowing me to finish my schooling and gain experience simultaneously. This kept me employed during the dot-com-crash, and made me attractive to my next employer as I had almost 5 years unbroken experience.
So, it wasn't the college that was the issue, but the sense of 'work ethic' that you're going to bring to the job. Working at Packeteer provided me opportunities to upgrade my skills continuously, while travelling to interesting places.
Good luck in your schooling, and go find the part time job.
Here as well. I did the 2 year CS 'diploma' at our college here in Canada (which was essentially 3 years crammed into 2). While studying there (taking 6 courses plus 4 labs per semester), I was working part-time in retail. At the end of my first year, I had the opportunity to interview for a 3 month contract position for Packeteer. Due to my ongoing schooling, the fact I was working as well, and had 2 kids and a wife at home, made me appealing to them (showed I *wanted* to work). The fact I was willing to work for almost nothing helped
Keep in mind that hurricanes fall under meteorology, not geology.
Oh, good. As long as mother nature knows that, no worries then!