I think it would be funnier if Canada musterred all the resources together and launched a scientific probe that got to Pluto before the Americans did. *grin*
Better yet, lock him in a room that has only a sink, a toilet, and enough cans of spam to last him for 7 years. He can choose not to eat the spam and starve to death, he can eat the spam and die from poisoning from the chemicals in spam accumulating in his body (if he survives after eating all the spam, he'll be free to go), or he can stop halfway and use the sharp edge of an opened can and slit his wrists.
And his only reading material would be spam (of the e-mail variety).
I have to admit, I dislike those yankee folk down south, but I hate Toronto and its people even more. Heck, they can't even field a proper hockey team, fercrissakes!
Toronto could sink into the Great Lakes for all I care, and I wouldn't even cry for a second.
(Go ahead, moderators, mod me down...that's how much I hate Toronto...)
Actually, 10-digit dialing is getting to be the norm. The telephone company here in Vancouver is moving to that, to be implemented by November of 2001.
Personally, I'd much rather see all pager and cellphone traffic moved to its own "area code", meaning that to dial those numbers, you'd need 10 digits, and everything else (copper-wire-connected) that is "local" only use 7 digits. It may make matters interesting if you want to call from a cell phone to a local number - you'd only want to use 7 digits - but I'm sure those Eletrical and Electronic Engineering wizards could easily cook up a switching system.
There are several Linux-based palmtop OSes emerging, and I would like to know what people are expecting from a non-WinCE, non-PalmOS handheld.
Too bad the Newton was discontinued a few years back. If I had the money back then, I certainly would have gotten one. Now that I have the money, and now that I'm looking to acquire a hand-held device, I have to go with what's on the market, and quite honestly, I'd rather just stick with a pen and notepad.
(Although I have to admit that the Handspring Visor does look tempting, with all of its expandability...)
I agree. In fact, you might want to check out newer ISPs, since they'd be hungry for some free publicity.
I helped out with organizing a student conference/competition one year, and one of the things we needed was a website. Naturally, since we're a student organization, our intent was not to gain profit - just to meet costs. That meant that we didn't have a whole lot of money to splurge on a website (in fact, our budget was already stretched to the limit). A few calls around, and one of the newest ISPs in town had jumped at the opportunity to provide free space for our website. In return, we offered them a spot in our "sponsors" listing, both on the website, and in the conference package.
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And his only reading material would be spam (of the e-mail variety).
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Toronto could sink into the Great Lakes for all I care, and I wouldn't even cry for a second.
(Go ahead, moderators, mod me down...that's how much I hate Toronto...)
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Personally, I'd much rather see all pager and cellphone traffic moved to its own "area code", meaning that to dial those numbers, you'd need 10 digits, and everything else (copper-wire-connected) that is "local" only use 7 digits. It may make matters interesting if you want to call from a cell phone to a local number - you'd only want to use 7 digits - but I'm sure those Eletrical and Electronic Engineering wizards could easily cook up a switching system.
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Too bad the Newton was discontinued a few years back. If I had the money back then, I certainly would have gotten one. Now that I have the money, and now that I'm looking to acquire a hand-held device, I have to go with what's on the market, and quite honestly, I'd rather just stick with a pen and notepad.
(Although I have to admit that the Handspring Visor does look tempting, with all of its expandability...)
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I helped out with organizing a student conference/competition one year, and one of the things we needed was a website. Naturally, since we're a student organization, our intent was not to gain profit - just to meet costs. That meant that we didn't have a whole lot of money to splurge on a website (in fact, our budget was already stretched to the limit). A few calls around, and one of the newest ISPs in town had jumped at the opportunity to provide free space for our website. In return, we offered them a spot in our "sponsors" listing, both on the website, and in the conference package.
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