It's not as if we are ever going to learn the truth in these kinds of "incidents". Russia will say they were in Syria, Turkey will say they were in Turkey. However this time since the pilot parachuted in Syria, and got captured by rebels, I tend to believe the Russian story. If the plane was shot down in Turkey, the Turkish army would have recovered the pilot, isn't it?
I agree with you, my post was sarcastic. There is a reason we have "standby" modes except of "off" modes. The most common reason is to power the IR receiver. Cable set-top boxes are also use a standby mode because they are very slow to boot from real off.
Yeah, I can't wait to have TVs with a big "enable" button to enable the IR receiver, so that I can then use the remote to turn on the TV. It would make remotes much more useful.
When you want to deploy scripts to computers used by others, including people outside of slashdot, yes. At least with a CMD I can tell anyone "just double-click on that icon".
OK let say 2015 is an outlier. Then the hottest year ever recorded is 2014. And if 2014 is also an outlier, then 2010 and 2005 are both tied as the hottest years. Then 1998, 2013, 2003, 2002, 2006, 2009 and finally 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Why are all the hottest years in the 2000s (save 1998, which is close enough)? Why are all the coldest years before 1920? Sounds like a trend.
It's not like gamblers are inherently trusting people.
Gamblers are irrationals. But yes, they trust that they can win money when they play. Most do not really care about their ods, otherwise, they wouldn't play.
It would happen legally. Under both Quebec and international law. The only law that would be broken would be the constitution of Canada, and it wouldn't matter since it would no longer apply.
It was "legal" (in accordance with UK law) but what wasn't is the conception that Canada is now fully independant from the UK. There is no such provision in UK law. Even if the UK sign a law saying that Canada is now independent, it isn't, since the UK can repeal that law "legally".
But all that is BS. Quebec can get its independence under both Quebec and international law and this is what counts in the end, not Canadian law. Canadian law can only affect Canada's recognition of an independent Quebec.
And no, there wouldn't be a civil war. Canada wouldn't like it, but they would, in the end, negotiate with Quebec because it's in their best interest.
Well, a lot of private casinos/lotteries, online or not, have worse odds than state lotteries. At least I trust the state lotterie's published odds. If I do not agree with those odds, I do not play.
With offshore online casinos, who knows what are your real odds? Who knows they aren't cheating?
If by "legally" you mean in accordance with the canadian constitution, then I agree. But the whole point is to get out of the canadian constitution, therefore it would no longer apply. Just like Canada chose that the UK constitution stopped to apply in 1982. According to UK law, the UK parliament could still change the constitution of Canada. But Canada doesn't care. That's what is called independence.
By the way, agreement from all provinces is required to amend some parts of the constitution of Canada. But not all provinces agreed to it, making this constitution a joke.
Even if Quebec actually got a majority provincial government in favour of secession, it will take much more than just a single provincial referendum for them to separate. It's a foregone conclusion that if the secession is to be legal, then *EVERY* province in Canada will have to unanimously agree to it, and even then it would probably require a 75 or 80% majority to be considered for each province. The odds of this happening of are so staggeringly unlikely, that I'd wager it is more probable we will achieve faster-than-light interstellar travel in our lifetime.
This is just plain wrong for so many different reasons. Imagine country A invade and annex country B. Country A then write into the new constitution that any separation requires the agreement of every citizen of the whole country. Then country B makes a referendum on independence. 100% of them vote yes. A single person in country A oppose. Country B can't secede? Wait? According to what? Not international law. According to a constitution which was never democratic or agreed with the same standards that it is trying to put in place. There is no chance of such a fraud constitution to be even considered a problem in Quebec getting its independence, whether we agree or not with it.
No private casino has house odds as bad as a typical state lottery.
Yeah right. Because when you play poker online, you are 100% sure your hand isn't being sold to someone else. I don't gamble, but if I did it would be on Loto-Quebec's web site, or the equivalent from any other government I trust.
Your argument would be a valid reason for the Quebec government to shut down online gambling services in Quebec.
They can't shutdown web sites hosted outside of Quebec. Do you think web sites hosted offshore should be allowed to sell child pornography even if it is illegal in Quebec?
I think in the case of gambling, it's better to block the access to illegal web sites than to spend resources to track and arrest those who use them.
That would be unfair competition from abroad. If a Quebec based company can't run a gambling web site, why would a foreign web site get this privilege?
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It's not as if we are ever going to learn the truth in these kinds of "incidents". Russia will say they were in Syria, Turkey will say they were in Turkey.
However this time since the pilot parachuted in Syria, and got captured by rebels, I tend to believe the Russian story. If the plane was shot down in Turkey, the Turkish army would have recovered the pilot, isn't it?
I agree with you, my post was sarcastic. There is a reason we have "standby" modes except of "off" modes. The most common reason is to power the IR receiver.
Cable set-top boxes are also use a standby mode because they are very slow to boot from real off.
Yeah, I can't wait to have TVs with a big "enable" button to enable the IR receiver, so that I can then use the remote to turn on the TV.
It would make remotes much more useful.
When you want to deploy scripts to computers used by others, including people outside of slashdot, yes.
At least with a CMD I can tell anyone "just double-click on that icon".
But... it is an outlier. What is your point?
OK let say 2015 is an outlier. Then the hottest year ever recorded is 2014. And if 2014 is also an outlier, then 2010 and 2005 are both tied as the hottest years. Then 1998, 2013, 2003, 2002, 2006, 2009 and finally 2007. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Why are all the hottest years in the 2000s (save 1998, which is close enough)? Why are all the coldest years before 1920? Sounds like a trend.
You just lost a bet.
It's not like gamblers are inherently trusting people.
Gamblers are irrationals. But yes, they trust that they can win money when they play. Most do not really care about their ods, otherwise, they wouldn't play.
yeah, and of course I should trust a random dude claiming to have statistics on a casino?
We will never make a larger phone.
But they never killed in the name of atheism.
It would happen legally. Under both Quebec and international law. The only law that would be broken would be the constitution of Canada, and it wouldn't matter since it would no longer apply.
It was "legal" (in accordance with UK law) but what wasn't is the conception that Canada is now fully independant from the UK. There is no such provision in UK law. Even if the UK sign a law saying that Canada is now independent, it isn't, since the UK can repeal that law "legally".
But all that is BS. Quebec can get its independence under both Quebec and international law and this is what counts in the end, not Canadian law. Canadian law can only affect Canada's recognition of an independent Quebec.
And no, there wouldn't be a civil war. Canada wouldn't like it, but they would, in the end, negotiate with Quebec because it's in their best interest.
You question isn't limited to web sites. You can't run a private casino in Quebec either. The answer is the courts.
1. yes
2. are you suggesting they should implement a great firewall in order to save the ISP's ressources?
Well, a lot of private casinos/lotteries, online or not, have worse odds than state lotteries.
At least I trust the state lotterie's published odds. If I do not agree with those odds, I do not play.
With offshore online casinos, who knows what are your real odds? Who knows they aren't cheating?
Yup. But as any other law of the UK parliament, it can be repealed.
If by "legally" you mean in accordance with the canadian constitution, then I agree.
But the whole point is to get out of the canadian constitution, therefore it would no longer apply. Just like Canada chose that the UK constitution stopped to apply in 1982. According to UK law, the UK parliament could still change the constitution of Canada. But Canada doesn't care. That's what is called independence.
By the way, agreement from all provinces is required to amend some parts of the constitution of Canada. But not all provinces agreed to it, making this constitution a joke.
PowerShell? You mean that scripting language that can't even run unsigned scripts by defaults? .CMDs.
No thanks, I will stick to
then no need to do it online
yeah. the hell with the slippery slope.
Even if Quebec actually got a majority provincial government in favour of secession, it will take much more than just a single provincial referendum for them to separate. It's a foregone conclusion that if the secession is to be legal, then *EVERY* province in Canada will have to unanimously agree to it, and even then it would probably require a 75 or 80% majority to be considered for each province. The odds of this happening of are so staggeringly unlikely, that I'd wager it is more probable we will achieve faster-than-light interstellar travel in our lifetime.
This is just plain wrong for so many different reasons.
Imagine country A invade and annex country B. Country A then write into the new constitution that any separation requires the agreement of every citizen of the whole country. Then country B makes a referendum on independence. 100% of them vote yes. A single person in country A oppose. Country B can't secede? Wait? According to what? Not international law. According to a constitution which was never democratic or agreed with the same standards that it is trying to put in place.
There is no chance of such a fraud constitution to be even considered a problem in Quebec getting its independence, whether we agree or not with it.
No private casino has house odds as bad as a typical state lottery.
Yeah right. Because when you play poker online, you are 100% sure your hand isn't being sold to someone else.
I don't gamble, but if I did it would be on Loto-Quebec's web site, or the equivalent from any other government I trust.
It's also legal for ISPs to (voluntarily) block access to online gambling sites which ARE authorized by the government, yes?
That would be a net neutrality issue. I don't think an ISP should have the right to block any legal web site.
Your argument would be a valid reason for the Quebec government to shut down online gambling services in Quebec.
They can't shutdown web sites hosted outside of Quebec.
Do you think web sites hosted offshore should be allowed to sell child pornography even if it is illegal in Quebec?
I think in the case of gambling, it's better to block the access to illegal web sites than to spend resources to track and arrest those who use them.
That would be unfair competition from abroad. If a Quebec based company can't run a gambling web site, why would a foreign web site get this privilege?