No, I can't install my own or use a portable version. Well, I could but then... let's just say that I wouldn't have to worry about work's security policies.
The one with the psychic positronic network. The robot knows why it's made the way it is, but it can't tell the researchers because it would hurt their feelings.
The 80% of us that did NOT vote for the current bag of asshats are waiting patiently for the investigations to conclude. Stewie's lucky it's not the US or he'd be leaving Parliament Hill in a custom-fitted pine suit.
I am mad enough to riot and drag people bodily from the Hill.
Your VM isn't secure, you only think it is because the machine that you're running it on says that it's secure. Are you running it off a live CD? Where did you get it from? Where did you get your md5 check program from? Where did that USB stick come from? What about your hardware, did you just get a cheap Chinese-made box from Best Buy?
Who's to say that your "real" machine isn't compromised? Sure, it's fine against the drive-by attacks of Botnet operators, but have you gone up against a military-grade threat?
The expression used to be that the only secure computer is one that's in a separate room, powered down and unplugged, and encased in concrete. Now I'm not so sure...
Not just housing. Everything here is subject to a "luxury tax" (not a real tax) -- it's way more expensive to buy things in Victoria vs. Vancouver. Everything has to be ferried over.
My car was $10k cheaper new in Vancouver than a used car in Victoria.
I can't order stuff online without playing the lottery. I got a dev kit for $50 including shipping, nothing extra at the door. I bought a camera housing for $50 online, shipping was $38 after FedEx stuck their dick in the box.
Cross-border shopping requires a boat and an overnight stay.
I lost my job as an Optician in 1999 after selling too many glasses. (The AM felt I was cutting into her commissions.) I was on EI for a few months and decided to get off my butt and finish my degree.
I was let go from a post-degree job in 2006 after I optimized the code to the point they just ordered it pre-programmed from Microchip for $0.37. (That's the code that run the Project Lifesaver transmitters.) I was on EI for about a month.
My contract was not renewed in 2007 after I built a prototype to showed an existing radio set could be upgraded to work with P25 using only a software patch. That was a rough place to work. I was on EI for 5 months after that, looking for work and working on my own to keep ends meeting. Since I didn't have my P.Eng. at that time, I couldn't do actual Engineering work.
The shop I worked at after that closed during the recession in 2009. My boss (and still friend) took me out to coffee, said, "there's... no easy way to say this." "Let me guess, we're out of money and we have to close." "Uh, yeah, that's pretty much it. I don't even have money for severance." I was on EI for a few months, got three job offers, and I've been at my current place for about three years.
(Given my track record, I appear to be an insufferable ass, so next time I'm out the door I'll start my own business. )
If I hadn't had EI, I'd likely have lost my house and wife.
If you're not in town, you can't collect the benefits. If you want to head to Mexico, then you don't get the bennys for that time. There was a case where a guy had a friend call in and answer his cell for several months. He was an "involuntary guest of the Crown" for six months for breaking and entering. I guess that's one (non-recommended) way to supplement EI.
All criminals wear clothing. Clothes can be used to hide weapons or drugs, mask your identity, and blend into crowds.
Therefore, we should make it unlawful to wear clothing. It will make it easier for the police to do their jobs. After all, if you've done nothing wrong -- and you've been to the gym and haven't been at the crisps again -- you've got nothing to hide, do you?
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It is compared to IE6.
No, I can't install my own or use a portable version. Well, I could but then... let's just say that I wouldn't have to worry about work's security policies.
We're running XP SP3 here.
Hell, I've only recently got IE8, and that was an improvement.
I don't know, the edition I got didn't label each story, at least as far as I can remember. It's been a while and the book's at home.
Synthroid is cheap and readily available. If that's the cost for not dying of radiation exposure, that's a pretty cheap price.
The one with the psychic positronic network. The robot knows why it's made the way it is, but it can't tell the researchers because it would hurt their feelings.
no one wants to end immigration to america, our country was built on that concept, We simply want it done correctly. like our ancestors did
Kill everyone who's already living here, throw the survivors in reservations, and strip-mine all the resources? 0_o
Or even I, Robot.
Skippus, the current government we have up here was elected by fraudulent means.
They're actively blocking the investigation into voter oppression with the line "They should have filed the complaint before they found out about the fraud!" The head investigator into the biggest case of voter oppression had his budget cut by seven million dollars and was forced into early retirement last week. A recent court decision found that fraudulent votes for a CPC candidate were greater than the difference, forcing a by-election.
Several senior members of the government are under investigation for election fraud, including the head of the Ethics Committee.
The party has plead guilty to breaking election law in the last three elections, and responded by appointing those that did the fraud into Senate positions. (Our senate is appointed for life!)
The 80% of us that did NOT vote for the current bag of asshats are waiting patiently for the investigations to conclude. Stewie's lucky it's not the US or he'd be leaving Parliament Hill in a custom-fitted pine suit.
I am mad enough to riot and drag people bodily from the Hill.
Your VM isn't secure, you only think it is because the machine that you're running it on says that it's secure. Are you running it off a live CD? Where did you get it from? Where did you get your md5 check program from? Where did that USB stick come from? What about your hardware, did you just get a cheap Chinese-made box from Best Buy?
Who's to say that your "real" machine isn't compromised? Sure, it's fine against the drive-by attacks of Botnet operators, but have you gone up against a military-grade threat?
The expression used to be that the only secure computer is one that's in a separate room, powered down and unplugged, and encased in concrete. Now I'm not so sure...
The gym I go to required my fingerprints.
Of course, I volunteer there, and all the volunteers require a Vulnerable Sector Screening.
Just have a couple of IR-emitting LEDs on your person. The cameras get flooded, eyeballs can't tell the difference.
Not just housing. Everything here is subject to a "luxury tax" (not a real tax) -- it's way more expensive to buy things in Victoria vs. Vancouver. Everything has to be ferried over.
My car was $10k cheaper new in Vancouver than a used car in Victoria.
I can't order stuff online without playing the lottery. I got a dev kit for $50 including shipping, nothing extra at the door. I bought a camera housing for $50 online, shipping was $38 after FedEx stuck their dick in the box.
Cross-border shopping requires a boat and an overnight stay.
I've been on EI several times.
I lost my job as an Optician in 1999 after selling too many glasses. (The AM felt I was cutting into her commissions.) I was on EI for a few months and decided to get off my butt and finish my degree.
I was let go from a post-degree job in 2006 after I optimized the code to the point they just ordered it pre-programmed from Microchip for $0.37. (That's the code that run the Project Lifesaver transmitters.) I was on EI for about a month.
My contract was not renewed in 2007 after I built a prototype to showed an existing radio set could be upgraded to work with P25 using only a software patch. That was a rough place to work. I was on EI for 5 months after that, looking for work and working on my own to keep ends meeting. Since I didn't have my P.Eng. at that time, I couldn't do actual Engineering work.
The shop I worked at after that closed during the recession in 2009. My boss (and still friend) took me out to coffee, said, "there's... no easy way to say this." "Let me guess, we're out of money and we have to close." "Uh, yeah, that's pretty much it. I don't even have money for severance." I was on EI for a few months, got three job offers, and I've been at my current place for about three years.
(Given my track record, I appear to be an insufferable ass, so next time I'm out the door I'll start my own business. )
If I hadn't had EI, I'd likely have lost my house and wife.
If you're not in town, you can't collect the benefits. If you want to head to Mexico, then you don't get the bennys for that time. There was a case where a guy had a friend call in and answer his cell for several months. He was an "involuntary guest of the Crown" for six months for breaking and entering. I guess that's one (non-recommended) way to supplement EI.
Victoria or Vancouver?
There's a place in Victoria that says point blank, "The climate here is worth about $15,000 a year."
Yeah, no kidding. I'm Canadian, so add a dash of salt.
EI is 55% of your earnings, and tops out at $438 a week, then you get taxed on that, and it works out to a little over $800 every two weeks.
I make more than double that. EI doesn't pay the bills -- it doesn't even cover my mortgage.
No problem, there's enough bile on /. to share with everyone. That's not even getting into the great bile reserves on fark, reddit, or even usenet.
Two counterpoints:
1. Versatility. There's more than one place to put it.
2. It's not the size of the boat, nor is it the motion of the ocean; it's whether the captain stays in harbour long enough for everyone to disembark.
I think there are some obligatory SMBC comics that should be linked here.
Do you honestly think you're bad enough to get into Hell?
I only drink ZIMA.
"Senator, this will give Russia, China, Iran, and anyone at the UN access to your browsing history.
"They will know everything about you, your family, and your staff."
In the United States of America?
What
the
fuck
So did Canada.
It gets cold here, FFS.
Don't worry, we're putting all the trigger words in the thread.
Also, I've posted in this thread so you're all on the watch list.
Remember, the plan is to blow up the Olympics and behead the Queen during the opening ceremonies
All criminals wear clothing. Clothes can be used to hide weapons or drugs, mask your identity, and blend into crowds.
Therefore, we should make it unlawful to wear clothing. It will make it easier for the police to do their jobs. After all, if you've done nothing wrong -- and you've been to the gym and haven't been at the crisps again -- you've got nothing to hide, do you?