Honestly, not supporting a business that resides in your nation during the current state of the economy is a pretty bad thing for the government to do. I am not arguing that it should not happen, but right now may not be the time. In Canada, the government run Lottery corporation just bought 20 Mercedes for prizes, when all the auto companies here are having massive lay-offs/closures. Needless to say they're taking a little flak. The point is that the government should be helping to foster the development of it's own economy by investing into it.
Personally, I use those old (read small; less-than 512meg) memory cards/sticks to back-up my personal programming projects redundantly (apart from my project's web hosting and my HDDs). I have about 3 hooked up right now, and every so often a little script looks for changes and replaces/updates each drive. I feel much more comfortable having them as a mirrored backup for this, than a 2nd HDD, external HDD, or having to burn CDs all the time (and with the script I can't forget to do it). Of course every so often I backup all the data onto DVDs for safe keeping... in case my computer gets eaten by a rabid squirrel or something (it's a well known fact that squirrels will not eat DVDs)
Even more product placemen.... I can see it now: Scene from CSI: Hmmm... I can't seem to find blood spatter anywhere on these sheets. They're so brilliantly white and smell like wild flowers. Damn it! They must have used new Tide Ultra Super Concentrated Plus with Bleach! It always leaves your laundry looking its best and beats out its competitors in every trial.
I would think having a nice big Infra-red spotlight above the screen pointed at the audience would be a better deterrent. Of course this may put crazy people like this out of business. It's just a risk we'll have to take.
Phantom -noun : (1)an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. (2)A person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.
One things for sure, they should get an A+ for naming it appropriately.
Honestly we, Canada, are quite content with the fact that you preach such crazy patriotism to your kids at a young age and we don't have any worries.
We're taught more to come up with our own views and opinions of the world and the country itself (through school and society). And from looking around, myself, I feel that I live in a country that is much less off-the-wall (so to speak) than the rest of the world. I was not told through school and/or society that I need to worship Canada like it's a second/first religion, however I would put my life up for this country in a heart-beat if it were ever threatened.
You can't force anyone to love a country, but you can let them.
If I wanted to create and market a brand new mountain bike with square wheels, there's nothing in the constitution or laws that say I can't try to sell it to you.
Didn't realize that Cincinnati was having trouble with their franchise... a shame the team had to leave the country and an even bigger shame they had to leave the planet.
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There's only one bag that I truly need, care about, and make sure it's consistently safe from harm.
And there certainly isn't any alcohol in it ;)
Just saying....
Better get a tinfoil hat for your keyboard too.
Honestly, not supporting a business that resides in your nation during the current state of the economy is a pretty bad thing for the government to do. I am not arguing that it should not happen, but right now may not be the time.
In Canada, the government run Lottery corporation just bought 20 Mercedes for prizes, when all the auto companies here are having massive lay-offs/closures. Needless to say they're taking a little flak.
The point is that the government should be helping to foster the development of it's own economy by investing into it.
Just my two cents
Yep.
It's kind of like running an obstacle course against a few of your friends. But, when the obstacle looks too tough you just run around it.
(for some reason the Twit of the Year from Monty Python comes to mind)
How will the ever prepare themselves for the impending zombie infestation?!
Personally, I use those old (read small; less-than 512meg) memory cards/sticks to back-up my personal programming projects redundantly (apart from my project's web hosting and my HDDs). I have about 3 hooked up right now, and every so often a little script looks for changes and replaces/updates each drive.
I feel much more comfortable having them as a mirrored backup for this, than a 2nd HDD, external HDD, or having to burn CDs all the time (and with the script I can't forget to do it).
Of course every so often I backup all the data onto DVDs for safe keeping... in case my computer gets eaten by a rabid squirrel or something (it's a well known fact that squirrels will not eat DVDs)
Even more product placemen.... I can see it now:
Scene from CSI:
Hmmm... I can't seem to find blood spatter anywhere on these sheets. They're so brilliantly white and smell like wild flowers. Damn it! They must have used new Tide Ultra Super Concentrated Plus with Bleach! It always leaves your laundry looking its best and beats out its competitors in every trial.
The real question is why? It's not going to help.
I would think having a nice big Infra-red spotlight above the screen pointed at the audience would be a better deterrent. Of course this may put crazy people like this out of business. It's just a risk we'll have to take.
Phantom -noun :
(1)an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. (2)A person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.
One things for sure, they should get an A+ for naming it appropriately.
"all y'all" ?!
It makes me want to cry thinking that some people not only talk, but type like this.
wooooosh!
Honestly we, Canada, are quite content with the fact that you preach such crazy patriotism to your kids at a young age and we don't have any worries.
We're taught more to come up with our own views and opinions of the world and the country itself (through school and society). And from looking around, myself, I feel that I live in a country that is much less off-the-wall (so to speak) than the rest of the world. I was not told through school and/or society that I need to worship Canada like it's a second/first religion, however I would put my life up for this country in a heart-beat if it were ever threatened.
You can't force anyone to love a country, but you can let them.
No, a melting pot would retain the heaviest, which the US has quite well
Was it the Safari Beta 4 default homepage that was bringing in the statistics?
That's why they shouldn't have used floating points... I think they have a precision problem.
uptime is exactly equal to the number of days since we last had to reboot for a patch
So... last Tuesday?
I love how Quebec loves to ignore federal laws/policy then run off on a tangent and make their own.
Damn it!
I had 1000:1 odds on "Kinky Kangaroo"
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... unfortunate salad
It's not a 'device' it's two pieces of fucking cardboard. I agree with the parent, this is fucking stupid.
Exactly!
If I wanted to create and market a brand new mountain bike with square wheels, there's nothing in the constitution or laws that say I can't try to sell it to you.
The point is, you don't have to buy it.
Shouldn't we put brown paper bags over our head or something?
If you like.
Will it help?
No.
It's not so much the karma...
Wikipedia just lacks CowboyNeal
Didn't realize that Cincinnati was having trouble with their franchise... a shame the team had to leave the country and an even bigger shame they had to leave the planet.
Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha ho-hum
Sorry couldn't resist.
Is there a part in this bail-out plan for bailing out dumbass states?