I wish I had mod points to offer for that comment. It reminds me of when I bought my first new PC in 2000.
It's a miracle I ever used it after the belittling I got from the person who sold it to me. Note to self: never pre-pay for a machine from a freelancing (unemployed) vendor just building & selling computers on the side. It's a miracle I started using Linux. I kept the Slackware CD when a more benevolent individual helped me set up a network.
I have used linux since the middle of 2000. I love it to bits. I have Slack 9 on my router and laptop. I have Mandrake 9.1 with an operating system who's name escapes me dual booting on the desktop.
I have been tempted to be a zealot about Linux because it can do so many things in so many situations. A few weeks ago, my brother asked me to help him fix his computer. The cable internet connection wouldn't work. I assumed it was a driver issue because from what I knew about Rogers HiSpeed, it is a simple DHCP connection. If the modem was okay and he didn't have a connection, it was probably the NIC driver. So, I popped in a Knoppix CD that I brought with me. The NIC worked fine. I downloaded windows drivers and rebooted windows and all was okay. I left the CD behind. In a pinch, they can use Knoppix to get on the internet and if they are curious, they have a way of using Linux without messing up their existing system.
I just don't see how anyone is going to get anyone to try Linux (why bother) if they put on a "Beat the Geek" sort of attitude.
Think about it-- we're still measuring stuff in feet, quarts, and pounds, for God's sake.
But your ounces, pints, quarts & gallons are different than the rest of the world.
A British ounce is 28.4 mL. An American ounce is 29.1mL.
A British pint is 20(UK) oz (568mL) and an American pint is 16(US) oz or 473mL.
A British quart is 40(UK) oz. (1.14L) and an American quart is 32(US) oz. or 946mL.
A British gallon is 160(UK) oz. (4.5L) and an American pint is 16(US) oz. or 3.8L.
It is so confusing! Apologies for the upper case L in litres. It is a Canadian deviation of SI (metric). Upper case units are supposed to only be named after people.
oops....I spent some time in the US after completing University. It influenced my language. Upon my return to Canada, I slipped back into Canadian English. Sometimes the American language slips out.
The one UK word I do not understand is tyre (tire). There must be a reason it is spelled with a y in the UK and an i in North America.
Wrong. Centre is the proper spelling. Center is wrong in Canadian English. It is tolerated, but it is a good idea to stick to one style in a sentence, unless you are referring to a place that is actually spelt center such as the World Trade Center, Kennedy Space Center etc.
In my experience doing dial-up support, it was closer to 7. By the time you verify the customer's credentials, a minute was gone. If you got to 6, you would see IMs from the shift supervisors to hurry the hell up. 90% of people's problems either required deleting and re-setting up a person's OE account or reinstalling the TCP/IP stack, bit of which took at least that long.
Toll free faxes are great. What I usually do is print a sheet of 50% grey with white text asking to be removed. I sometimes send it a few times if the fax spammer sends me multiple advert. Often an ad will come in 5-10 times as spammers just troll the federal government directory.
I figure if we overwhelm their means of getting contacted, they will nned to find another way to sell their "cheap" flights, useless courses and "affordable" toner cartridges.
I had a look around www.evidence-eliminator.com and noticed this little blurb on the main page:
URGENT NEWSFLASH MONDAY 21 JULY 2003 - YOUR INTERNET TRAFFIC IS BEING ROUTED THROUGH THE CANADIAN ISP GC AND OTTAWA, ONTARIO CANADA - YOU ARE AT VERY HIGH RISK OF INVESTIGATION!
As an employee of the federal government, I just happen to have one of those gc.ca email addresses. I didn't realise that gc was an internet provider, but rather a sort of top-level domain name (like.gov for the US). Smaller government organisations contract out for ISPs, other departments provide their own servers.,P>
Holy paranoia, Batman!. Fear and mistrust of the government(s) is a good and healthy thing, however please know what to be worried about.
To oversimplify, Canada became independent through negotiations. In 1864, leaders of the colonies met to agree to a proposal to Parliament in London. In 1867, Dominion status was granted with the passage of the British North America Act, 1867 (Now the Constitution Act, 1867). Our constitution was supposed to be like that of the UK, but it was written out like the US.
Responsibilities were devolved from London to Ottawa and the provinces throughout the late 19th century and early 20th century. In 1931, the Statute of Westminster (UK) was enacted whereby the Parliament of the UK renounced administrative responsibility for Canada, Newfoundland (and Labrador), South Africa, Australia & New Zealand. Canadians were still British subjects.
In 1947, the Supreme Court of Canada was established (which meant no more appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (UK)[Independent Judiciary]) and Canadian Citizenship was established.
In 1960, the Canadian Bill of Rights was passed giving Canadians essentially the same rights as Americans and it just basically codified what rights already existed.
In 1982, the Canada Act, 1982 UK, and Constitution Act, 1982 as well as the Charter of Rights & Freedoms were passed in the UK and Canadian Parliaments simultaneously and at that point Canada became fully independent. The Queen is still our head of state. She appears on the money and visits now and then, but she exerts no influence on the government. If anything, the governments tell her what to do, re appointing Judges, Senators, Governor-General, Lieutennant-Governors.
With the UK and to a lesser extent France, the US has had a major influence on how our country has developed (ie federal system, codified constitution. I hope you find it useful. About using the adjective Unitedstatesian, it is silly. Stick to Americans. It sounds better and after a nearly a quarter of a millenium, it's too late to change.
If it weren't for France and Spain saving our butts in the Revoulionary War, we'd be saying "Long live the Queen" instead of "Bush sucks."
I think that is an exaggeration. What became Canada did not want to join the War of Independence and yet we do say 'Bush sucks' and we don't say 'Long Live the Queen' or 'God Save the Queen' for that matter. I'm sure if you asked people from the other former Dominions: Australia & New Zealand, they would say 'Bush sucks' too.
I work for a federal Government in Canada. From what I understand of the Minsterial Correspondence system, we are only obligated respond to postal mail and at that there are boundaries to what will be discussed. For example, our office will not provide advice (legal or other). The policy predates the internet.
Considering the size of the US government, and the greater exposure of the president, I can't imagine that all emails were read even in 1992.
I'd be happy with a fencw along the 49th parallel, through the great lakes, along the St-Lawrence river to Cornwall ON/Massena NY and then across the land boundaries that Quebec and New Brunswick share with New York, Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine.
Just kidding....Americans are ok....The fence should be around Hollywood and Washington with a lid to block oxygen from entering.
All of this makes me really glad I got a job with the federal government. I made 2/3 of what I could have made three years ago and the work can be a tad boring. However, due to this choosing a safer and more predictable job, I am able to continue paying into a generous pension plan, plus RRSPs (I guess equivalent to IRAs), build seniority and continue my college programme, which is being paid for by myself (I can't take on more student loans). Some things have been outsourced, but not everything can be. The government is responsible for what the private sector can't or won't do and it's great that the Queen does not lay people off that often.
Had I stayed in the higher-paying, more volatile job, I may have unemployment to deal with, sure I may have made more money, but gains would be lost in the downtime between gigs. In many cases, job-hunting is more work and more draining than day-to-day work. With seniority, I have more control over my work and freedom with its scheduling.
So, yes, I agree with you that change is inevitable and people have to deal with it. Fortunately, people can choose how they deal with it. For those who rode the roller coaster up, they must accept that it comes down. That being said, I do feel sorry for all those that the tech fallout is hurting.
I would like to know why I get German spam. I live in Canada and I read, write & speak German, but I have never (knowingly) submitted information to a German or German language website.
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How do they know? If they know I understand German without being told, they should know too that umm I'm not gay so naked women are not terribly appealing. Actually, even if I was gay, the porn wouldn't be that interesting as it is all so androcentric.
Why do you insist on denigrating the whole chimpanzee species by comparing them to the Mr Bush & Mr Balmer? Certainly you could find something more appropriate further down the evolutionary tree.
But most people wouldn't know a hard drive if they tripped over one. They should.
How many people have experienced this scenario?
I was asked to look at a family member's PC as it was not booting. Basically, the hard drive was broken and told her that. I replaced the hard drive and got a call later telling me that I didn't change the hard drive but the old one is working now. She can see it plain as day. I went back with the broken drive to show her the old one. I asked her to show me the hard drive and she tapped the case and said "right here".
Cable & satellite services in Canada do this to American channels. Since they pay the US companies for rights to re-broadcast these signals, they also bought the right to modify the adverts. In Canada (at least), that behaviour is okay. Do we really need to see an ad for he House of Guitars in Rochester NY when people in Ottawa ON only have a vague idea of where the place is and will never go to the places advertised?
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I sure hope there aren't any 19th Century carrots lying arround. A batch of those could kill more than SARS, West Nile and Mad Cow combined.
It's a miracle I ever used it after the belittling I got from the person who sold it to me. Note to self: never pre-pay for a machine from a freelancing (unemployed) vendor just building & selling computers on the side. It's a miracle I started using Linux. I kept the Slackware CD when a more benevolent individual helped me set up a network.
I have used linux since the middle of 2000. I love it to bits. I have Slack 9 on my router and laptop. I have Mandrake 9.1 with an operating system who's name escapes me dual booting on the desktop.
I have been tempted to be a zealot about Linux because it can do so many things in so many situations. A few weeks ago, my brother asked me to help him fix his computer. The cable internet connection wouldn't work. I assumed it was a driver issue because from what I knew about Rogers HiSpeed, it is a simple DHCP connection. If the modem was okay and he didn't have a connection, it was probably the NIC driver. So, I popped in a Knoppix CD that I brought with me. The NIC worked fine. I downloaded windows drivers and rebooted windows and all was okay. I left the CD behind. In a pinch, they can use Knoppix to get on the internet and if they are curious, they have a way of using Linux without messing up their existing system.
I just don't see how anyone is going to get anyone to try Linux (why bother) if they put on a "Beat the Geek" sort of attitude.
and Visa was called Chargex.
Isn't that the current sit-ye-ay-shin?
But your ounces, pints, quarts & gallons are different than the rest of the world.
A British ounce is 28.4 mL. An American ounce is 29.1mL.
A British pint is 20(UK) oz (568mL) and an American pint is 16(US) oz or 473mL.
A British quart is 40(UK) oz. (1.14L) and an American quart is 32(US) oz. or 946mL.
A British gallon is 160(UK) oz. (4.5L) and an American pint is 16(US) oz. or 3.8L.
It is so confusing! Apologies for the upper case L in litres. It is a Canadian deviation of SI (metric). Upper case units are supposed to only be named after people.
The one UK word I do not understand is tyre (tire). There must be a reason it is spelled with a y in the UK and an i in North America.
Wrong. Centre is the proper spelling. Center is wrong in Canadian English. It is tolerated, but it is a good idea to stick to one style in a sentence, unless you are referring to a place that is actually spelt center such as the World Trade Center, Kennedy Space Center etc.
I think laws were codified to get away from this, however.
In my experience doing dial-up support, it was closer to 7. By the time you verify the customer's credentials, a minute was gone. If you got to 6, you would see IMs from the shift supervisors to hurry the hell up. 90% of people's problems either required deleting and re-setting up a person's OE account or reinstalling the TCP/IP stack, bit of which took at least that long.
I figure if we overwhelm their means of getting contacted, they will nned to find another way to sell their "cheap" flights, useless courses and "affordable" toner cartridges.
Wow, now THAT's what I call a MICROpayment.
It must be at least $1.50 Canadian.
I wonder if they have got the patent on this yet.
URGENT NEWSFLASH MONDAY 21 JULY 2003 - YOUR INTERNET TRAFFIC IS BEING ROUTED THROUGH THE CANADIAN ISP GC AND OTTAWA, ONTARIO CANADA - YOU ARE AT VERY HIGH RISK OF INVESTIGATION! As an employee of the federal government, I just happen to have one of those gc.ca email addresses. I didn't realise that gc was an internet provider, but rather a sort of top-level domain name (like .gov for the US). Smaller government organisations contract out for ISPs, other departments provide their own servers. ,P>
Holy paranoia, Batman!. Fear and mistrust of the government(s) is a good and healthy thing, however please know what to be worried about.
Responsibilities were devolved from London to Ottawa and the provinces throughout the late 19th century and early 20th century. In 1931, the Statute of Westminster (UK) was enacted whereby the Parliament of the UK renounced administrative responsibility for Canada, Newfoundland (and Labrador), South Africa, Australia & New Zealand. Canadians were still British subjects.
In 1947, the Supreme Court of Canada was established (which meant no more appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (UK)[Independent Judiciary]) and Canadian Citizenship was established.
In 1960, the Canadian Bill of Rights was passed giving Canadians essentially the same rights as Americans and it just basically codified what rights already existed.
In 1982, the Canada Act, 1982 UK, and Constitution Act, 1982 as well as the Charter of Rights & Freedoms were passed in the UK and Canadian Parliaments simultaneously and at that point Canada became fully independent. The Queen is still our head of state. She appears on the money and visits now and then, but she exerts no influence on the government. If anything, the governments tell her what to do, re appointing Judges, Senators, Governor-General, Lieutennant-Governors.
With the UK and to a lesser extent France, the US has had a major influence on how our country has developed (ie federal system, codified constitution. I hope you find it useful. About using the adjective Unitedstatesian, it is silly. Stick to Americans. It sounds better and after a nearly a quarter of a millenium, it's too late to change.
I think that is an exaggeration. What became Canada did not want to join the War of Independence and yet we do say 'Bush sucks' and we don't say 'Long Live the Queen' or 'God Save the Queen' for that matter. I'm sure if you asked people from the other former Dominions: Australia & New Zealand, they would say 'Bush sucks' too.
Considering the size of the US government, and the greater exposure of the president, I can't imagine that all emails were read even in 1992.
Just kidding....Americans are ok....The fence should be around Hollywood and Washington with a lid to block oxygen from entering.
Had I stayed in the higher-paying, more volatile job, I may have unemployment to deal with, sure I may have made more money, but gains would be lost in the downtime between gigs. In many cases, job-hunting is more work and more draining than day-to-day work. With seniority, I have more control over my work and freedom with its scheduling.
So, yes, I agree with you that change is inevitable and people have to deal with it. Fortunately, people can choose how they deal with it. For those who rode the roller coaster up, they must accept that it comes down. That being said, I do feel sorry for all those that the tech fallout is hurting.
Hmmm, I got a woman on the phone and she sounded generic, west-coast American maybe. Damn they're good.
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How do they know? If they know I understand German without being told, they should know too that umm I'm not gay so naked women are not terribly appealing. Actually, even if I was gay, the porn wouldn't be that interesting as it is all so androcentric.
While I'm willing to view ads on wepages, and occasionally click on them, it's bad from to cover content with those ads.
Why do you insist on denigrating the whole chimpanzee species by comparing them to the Mr Bush & Mr Balmer? Certainly you could find something more appropriate further down the evolutionary tree.
I am confused about this bata testing. I mean where do the shoes fit into the picture?
How many people have experienced this scenario?
I was asked to look at a family member's PC as it was not booting. Basically, the hard drive was broken and told her that. I replaced the hard drive and got a call later telling me that I didn't change the hard drive but the old one is working now. She can see it plain as day. I went back with the broken drive to show her the old one. I asked her to show me the hard drive and she tapped the case and said "right here".
Cable & satellite services in Canada do this to American channels. Since they pay the US companies for rights to re-broadcast these signals, they also bought the right to modify the adverts. In Canada (at least), that behaviour is okay. Do we really need to see an ad for he House of Guitars in Rochester NY when people in Ottawa ON only have a vague idea of where the place is and will never go to the places advertised?