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  1. Re:Then Leave... on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    sorry that was last week when $2 CAD bought $1.40US.

    I haven't really had a need for $US since they decided I was a persona non grata when I forgot to turn my green card in at age 15 (like I was going to skateboard to Buffalo from Toronto to hand it in :-)

  2. Re:Then Leave... on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Canada's health care system is by no means FREE.

    When I send my checque to the government every year, the payment for my health insurance is in there.

    When you send your check to the government, regime change and prison building and liberty stripping is in there.

    It's a matter of choice for both nations as to what is more important.

    If a federal election candidate (in Canada) ran on the platform of lower taxes (ala bush) at the expense of healthcare, they would have their careers abruptly terminated.

    If a federal election candidate (in America) ran on the platform of lower taxes at the expense of healthcare, they get elected.

    It just illustrates what is important to the populations. We are WILLING to pay taxes to not have to deal directly with (and pay) private health insurance (when it can be afforded in the first place).

    just my $.02 CAD (or $.0170 US)

  3. Re:Canada on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article?

    tell me again?

    Who was lecturing who on liberties?

  4. Re:the US, Canada, and weed on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    no need for

    1.5 ???

  5. Re:Interesting read but.. on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Were they locked up because of it?

    NO let me guess.....They were given treatment under the US's very comprehensive health care system.

    How many lives and families could have been saved or at least not terribly disrupted by a fine and treatment over long term jail sentences?

    The war on drugs in not only illogical, but a complete waste of money.

  6. Re:sigh on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1
    he didn't say CIVIL liberties. He said liberties (think military leave for fun).

    He was just pissed that he had to spend all his Ramen money on tuition and healthcare.

  7. Re:Mice And Elephants on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1

    Canadians with a drug conviction on record (and yes the US guard at the border has this information) are NOT welcome in the US.

    The Canada/US border is already heavily monitored (at the official crossings) Drugs move both ways across the border and always have. Cocaine comes north and pot goes south. Heroin ,via Vancouver, also goes south.

    Your argument about the border should be referencing what happens in Holland. The proposed relaxation of pot laws here are (on the surface anyway) similar to Holland's. Do you have to go through addition crap to go to/from Holland.

  8. Re:The lines of code they are referencing are..... on SCO DOS'ed · · Score: 1

    especially if you compare margins on hardware

  9. Re:Crime in Canada on U.S. Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties · · Score: 1
    The last stat can be clarified as such:
    People locked up for pot possession... Canada-0..US-428

    The Americans are way ahead, but that's ok. I want them to win in this category :-)

    Locking people up for pot possession (under an ounce) should be illegal as it is usually (not always) reserved for minorities....(proof? Is the Dell guy in prison?)
    . <- the grain of salt that may be necessary to get this moderated as Funny

  10. Re:Zim on Rapid Open Source Development for the Unix Console? · · Score: 1

    I like their current customer support page.

    404 page not found.....

  11. The lines of code they are referencing are........ on SCO DOS'ed · · Score: 4, Informative

    contained in the SYS V startup scripts.

    It's time to move to bsd style startups to avoid having SCO pull an RIAA (removing them)

  12. Re:Well, if they wanna play like that... on RIAA Plans Cyberwar Effort · · Score: 1

    one can only hope/dream/pray.....

  13. Lemme guess the next Article..... on The Unix-Haters Handbook Online · · Score: 1

    A New Meaning For Geotargeting At Monster.com

    Could it be?

  14. Munitions etc... on More on OpenBSD Funding Saga · · Score: 1

    Was anyone really comfortable with Theo et al accepting funds from the U.S. government with their prior stance on crypto?

    I know I wasn't.