When I went to E3 two years ago, getting money out of my Canadian bank account was as easy as walking up to the nearest ATM.
It came out in American funds, and got converted on my statement. It was great! It beats the heck out of waiting in line at the bank before a trip just to exchange some currency, like in the "old" days:)
Canadian banks are also ringing in profits in the billions for the last couple of years. No problems with our banks here. And loan interest rates are great too. But not that hot from an investment perspective.
I've never known anyone to be prosecuted for speaking out against the government here.
For spreading hate against Jews and minorities, yes, I've seen the government do that. And that's just fine with me.
Nobody made a fuss over a nipple on TV here. Heck CITY-TV in Toronto shows softporn every Friday night, and Showcase has it practically every night, except it's mostly gay. Darn.:)
I've been intending to read the books for a while, and even though the movie looks pretty bad, I doubt I'll be disappointed with the original text.
Just wondering though... do the robots' eyes turn red whenever they're doing bad things in the book? Seems like an obvious giveaway. Red eyes = bad ass robot.
So they need to remove all religion based programming from the air because it may pollute my kid and my nieces and nephews with this "jesus" garbage.
But wait, it's a free country where a religious group can broadcast their message. And if I don't like it, I can change the channel, block the channel etc.
Did you know your TV has features to block shows that contain nudity, violence, or offensive language?
How about locking out the TV completely unless you're around.
As said before, the TV is not a baby sitter. We are under no obligation to sit back and have our thoughts and actions censored by you because you don't like it.
It's hard to get the adrenaline rush of a fight/flight response when your body is expecting a mild vibration.
Get nailed by a paintball in the neck in the first round, and the rest of the matches you play in you'll practically be vibrating on your own from the adrenalin you produce while your body lets you know it doesn't want that to happen again.
The "joke" of it was the whole experience, not just the lack of pain. Can you imagine being dropped into a lager tag arena and being told you can't even walk at a fast pace, or duck to avoid shots? People would also cover the sensor with their hand to avoid hits, similar to the "wipe-off" that some paintballers do to avoid getting booted for being tagged. At least the paint ball leaves a residue the observant can use to catch cheaters.
And biking isn't a combat sport... at least not yet:)
A bunch of college kids we knew were addicted to playing "Laser Quest, and tried encouraging us (paintball fans) to play.
What a joke.
There's no real incentive not to get shot, besides the lack of points. With paintball you know when you've been hit, because it hurts like hell. Laser Quest's hits resulted in your vest buzzing and your gun not working for a few seconds.
Plus there was no running or ducking in the arena.
Suggestions of wiring eletrodes to the vest to zap players were met with blank stares and hostility. I still think that's the way to go... modify them from "laser tag" to "pain gun tag":)
If you don't want your kids to hear "bad words" on TV, then don't drop them in front of it and treat it like a babysitter.
Bad words, violence, educational programming, soap operas. Whatever it is, they should be able to broadcast it, and you should be able to choose if you want to watch it, or if your kids should be able to watch it.
The advertisers will decide which shows get funding anyway.
I would rather watch a well written show with realistic dialog than something as sanitized and inane as Full House. But someone else might want to watch Full House too. Let the viewers decide what they want to see.
MSNBC has articles that put Microsoft in a bad light all the time. And they do the standard disclaimer at the end that they are owned by MS as well.
They understand that it's a bad idea to mess with the "ethics" of journalism (though that's questionable these days), and that it can all be countered with advertising anyway.
The average consumer won't go looking for that article, and they know it.
While you provide lots of interesting information, and I don't begrudge you the desire to preserve your french culture and heritage, nothing gives you the right to tell someone else what language they must use.
No one should be able to step on your rights for speaking or writing French, but if someone chooses English, Arabic, Hebrew, etc. as their primary method of communication, be it at work or in signs, the government should not be able to restrict the use of that language.
Accepting that Quebec is "different" has nothing to do with basic rights. I don't care if you talk backwards and shave your eyebrows, and put up signs in invisible ink. It's your choice to do so. And denying that choice to others is no better than how the French have been treated in the past.
If we don't tolerate any form of racism then why is Quebec allowed to enforce a law that REQUIRES all signs to be predominately French, and all English or other lettering be smaller.
French pride is one thing. Quashing freedom of speech is another.
If the owner of a Chinese grocery moves into my neighborhood and wants to make ALL of his signs Chinese, that is his choice. He may be catering to the needs of recent immigrants who haven't been able to adapt to English. There are many senior citizens who come to Canada and find it very hard to learn the language.
If his choice of language doesn't infringe on MY rights, then the government should butt out. After all, if I took issue with it, I could shop somewhere else.
Redundant it may be, but how many people were going to read the article or those like it before it got put on Slashdot.
Now that it's up there, reporters cruising for an easy story for one of the big news providers will take that story, turn it into something at a 5th grade reading level (that's the bar for tabloid news, I shit you not) and turn it into something that the average consumer may read and understand (albeit poorly, because the meaning will get twisted along the way).
But if it gets more uninformed consumers to say "Hey, why are we paying for poorly designed crap?" then it's done its job, and you're out nothing but the time it took to reply to the parent.
If such a game made it to release, they'd better have some hardcore security in place. Duping of in-game currency would bankrupt them pretty quickly without a decent safety net.
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When I went to E3 two years ago, getting money out of my Canadian bank account was as easy as walking up to the nearest ATM.
:)
It came out in American funds, and got converted on my statement. It was great! It beats the heck out of waiting in line at the bank before a trip just to exchange some currency, like in the "old" days
Canadian banks are also ringing in profits in the billions for the last couple of years. No problems with our banks here. And loan interest rates are great too. But not that hot from an investment perspective.
I've never known anyone to be prosecuted for speaking out against the government here.
:)
For spreading hate against Jews and minorities, yes, I've seen the government do that. And that's just fine with me.
Nobody made a fuss over a nipple on TV here. Heck CITY-TV in Toronto shows softporn every Friday night, and Showcase has it practically every night, except it's mostly gay. Darn.
Thanks :) When I saw the clip on Letterman the other night, it turned me off the movie completely. I'll watch it for the CG, if at all.
:)
The books are still on my must read list
I've been intending to read the books for a while, and even though the movie looks pretty bad, I doubt I'll be disappointed with the original text.
Just wondering though... do the robots' eyes turn red whenever they're doing bad things in the book? Seems like an obvious giveaway. Red eyes = bad ass robot.
Heh, if you're going to be picky, why do Brits pronounce "a" as "er"?
eg. Edna as Edner?
Sorry Luddite, I was responding to parent :)
Okay, so you don't like bad words.
Well, I don't like religion.
So they need to remove all religion based programming from the air because it may pollute my kid and my nieces and nephews with this "jesus" garbage.
But wait, it's a free country where a religious group can broadcast their message. And if I don't like it, I can change the channel, block the channel etc.
Did you know your TV has features to block shows that contain nudity, violence, or offensive language?
How about locking out the TV completely unless you're around.
As said before, the TV is not a baby sitter. We are under no obligation to sit back and have our thoughts and actions censored by you because you don't like it.
We played there in 95 or 96, and it was just some solo and team "deathmatch".
Chess sounds like it might be interesting, but the mechanics of the vests and guns, as well as the strolling pace, were big turn-offs.
Has anything been added to the weapons or vests to determine if the sensors are being obstructed?
I like that idea.
Adding a heavy duty rumble pack to the weapon and giving it hit points might liven it up a bit too.
The more damage the weapon takes the worse the rumble gets, making it harder to aim, until the weapon finally gives out.
Still, there needs to be a way to prevent sensor blocking.
It's hard to get the adrenaline rush of a fight/flight response when your body is expecting a mild vibration.
:)
Get nailed by a paintball in the neck in the first round, and the rest of the matches you play in you'll practically be vibrating on your own from the adrenalin you produce while your body lets you know it doesn't want that to happen again.
The "joke" of it was the whole experience, not just the lack of pain. Can you imagine being dropped into a lager tag arena and being told you can't even walk at a fast pace, or duck to avoid shots? People would also cover the sensor with their hand to avoid hits, similar to the "wipe-off" that some paintballers do to avoid getting booted for being tagged. At least the paint ball leaves a residue the observant can use to catch cheaters.
And biking isn't a combat sport... at least not yet
No, because there's no taser wires involved.
Ear protection's a good idea too. Those little BB's can really hurt, and I wouldn't want to get nailed in the ear canal.
Crappy part is that covering your ears messes with hearing the enemy sneaking up on you.
A bunch of college kids we knew were addicted to playing "Laser Quest, and tried encouraging us (paintball fans) to play.
:)
What a joke.
There's no real incentive not to get shot, besides the lack of points. With paintball you know when you've been hit, because it hurts like hell. Laser Quest's hits resulted in your vest buzzing and your gun not working for a few seconds.
Plus there was no running or ducking in the arena.
Suggestions of wiring eletrodes to the vest to zap players were met with blank stares and hostility. I still think that's the way to go... modify them from "laser tag" to "pain gun tag"
And why shouldn't they be able to?
If you don't want your kids to hear "bad words" on TV, then don't drop them in front of it and treat it like a babysitter.
Bad words, violence, educational programming, soap operas. Whatever it is, they should be able to broadcast it, and you should be able to choose if you want to watch it, or if your kids should be able to watch it.
The advertisers will decide which shows get funding anyway.
I would rather watch a well written show with realistic dialog than something as sanitized and inane as Full House. But someone else might want to watch Full House too. Let the viewers decide what they want to see.
True, but back then people didn't question it. They just accepted it as the truth. Unless they were the subject being liberally doused in untruth.
MSNBC has articles that put Microsoft in a bad light all the time. And they do the standard disclaimer at the end that they are owned by MS as well.
They understand that it's a bad idea to mess with the "ethics" of journalism (though that's questionable these days), and that it can all be countered with advertising anyway.
The average consumer won't go looking for that article, and they know it.
Well put :)
While you provide lots of interesting information, and I don't begrudge you the desire to preserve your french culture and heritage, nothing gives you the right to tell someone else what language they must use.
No one should be able to step on your rights for speaking or writing French, but if someone chooses English, Arabic, Hebrew, etc. as their primary method of communication, be it at work or in signs, the government should not be able to restrict the use of that language.
Accepting that Quebec is "different" has nothing to do with basic rights. I don't care if you talk backwards and shave your eyebrows, and put up signs in invisible ink. It's your choice to do so. And denying that choice to others is no better than how the French have been treated in the past.
These taxes/levies should essentially nullify any legal action by the RIAA, or they should be removed.
Anyone that is sued by the RIAA should be able to present a receipt for blank CDs to the courts and have the case thrown out.
If we don't tolerate any form of racism then why is Quebec allowed to enforce a law that REQUIRES all signs to be predominately French, and all English or other lettering be smaller.
French pride is one thing. Quashing freedom of speech is another.
If the owner of a Chinese grocery moves into my neighborhood and wants to make ALL of his signs Chinese, that is his choice. He may be catering to the needs of recent immigrants who haven't been able to adapt to English. There are many senior citizens who come to Canada and find it very hard to learn the language.
If his choice of language doesn't infringe on MY rights, then the government should butt out. After all, if I took issue with it, I could shop somewhere else.
7) I don't love the Queen of England. In fact the Royal Family is the upper-class equivalent of inbred trailer trash.
8) I never understood why two Canadian characters had silly British accents. But it's Southpark so you have to love them.
9) Celine Dion??? Jeez, you'd think that by now foreign relations with the US would have collapsed when they realized we exiled her to Las Vegas.
10) Very cool flag. Except that the Marijuana Party try to smoke it when there's a shortage.
I tried using Gopher too, but when I tried to deposit some coins the little bugger bit me.
I wish I had heard of this issue yesterday when I contacted Revenue Canada about their lack of support for Mozilla.
:)
Oh well, when they get back to me and say tough luck, I'll have more ammo for the argument
Redundant it may be, but how many people were going to read the article or those like it before it got put on Slashdot.
Now that it's up there, reporters cruising for an easy story for one of the big news providers will take that story, turn it into something at a 5th grade reading level (that's the bar for tabloid news, I shit you not) and turn it into something that the average consumer may read and understand (albeit poorly, because the meaning will get twisted along the way).
But if it gets more uninformed consumers to say "Hey, why are we paying for poorly designed crap?" then it's done its job, and you're out nothing but the time it took to reply to the parent.
If such a game made it to release, they'd better have some hardcore security in place. Duping of in-game currency would bankrupt them pretty quickly without a decent safety net.