Hell we're just starting to process the tar sands in Alberta
Yeah, I was informed a couple of weeks ago that our (Alberta) current drought situation is being assisted by oil companies pumping our H2O reserves into the ground to get the oil out & that water isn't being replentished (fast enough). Any truth that that?? kuz it sure is dry. Anyone have a link to something like that? I did a quick search but alas, the mighty Google didn't find me any info so far.
Also, the Banff hot springs has been operating on town water for like 8 months or so now and not H20 served up from the depths. The "actual" hot springs appear to be dry at the moment.
Why is "piracy" the major problem when movies/music hit the net before their public release date? And why is it now the public responsibility to have our freedom's revoked for their ineptitude?
lots & lots? got a list? I haven't seen every lawyer, but as I've implied, the ones I have dealt with are great bill collectors & nothing more. pro bono/public interest is not in their vocabulary...and they certainly aren't "results" oriented.
...doing pro bono work...frequently for people who otherwise couldn't afford representation.
While they hike up their rates & make the rest of us "middle class" pay for it:) Such a wonderful system...sounds almost like Gov't. So far, I haven't met a lawyer that performs to the standard they charge me - $120/hr (and that's a cheap one, isn't it?...oh, so I need to waste MORE money to get the same results). $20 to receive a fax? $20 to make a 2 minute phone call and speak to answering machine? An Expensive paper pusher perhaps. And despite all their "education", not all of them can even add correctly, but they sure know how to charge.
Yes, it is too much to drop the lawyer bashing. Welcome to freedom of speech. Besides, it's funny kuz it's so true.
Obviously the lawyers I've consulted with have been living under a rock somewhere concerning this "pro bono expectation".
It would take more than one day to get the latest Linux distro
Bah. phuken innernet. what mirrors did you use? Two weeks ago, to get the ISO's (Enigma), I used one mirror at a wobbly 8k/s and it disconnected me once every hour or so. Thank Developers for resume FTP d/l!! I used the redhat ftp at the same time and got a walloping 4k/s. The D/L was so insignificant I played UT while those were coming down and i was still an LPB (helps when the the cable company finally brains up and doesn't route your packets ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF CANADA to a server that is only a 5 minute drive away).
Eventually got the 4 ISO's but it took from Wednesday night till Saturday night for them to come down.
It's too bad these cable companies can't mirror this kind of crap locally - proxy it, I guess. Then bandwidth could be cheaper - using the LAN instead of the WAN to get files.
if you are refering to the term "twat", you have fallen victim and give support to the very society that invented the pathetic work/pay/role difference between men and women. "twat" is just a word. nothing more. A (wo)man made sound.
You have been trained just like Pavlov's dog. But instead of salivating, you have been taught to feel angry and offended. Let me guess..."cunt" also offends you too?
They are just words and meaningless drivel. It is interesting to see that nothing makes you angry/offended and you are not the only one. Be free and break the shackles society has placed on your thinking patterns.
Slashdot Mirror
put the merry band of poliTICKians in the Seakings for transport and give the military the new jets :) Nothing like heading to the front line in a Leer
Yeah, I was informed a couple of weeks ago that our (Alberta) current drought situation is being assisted by oil companies pumping our H2O reserves into the ground to get the oil out & that water isn't being replentished (fast enough). Any truth that that?? kuz it sure is dry. Anyone have a link to something like that? I did a quick search but alas, the mighty Google didn't find me any info so far.
Also, the Banff hot springs has been operating on town water for like 8 months or so now and not H20 served up from the depths. The "actual" hot springs appear to be dry at the moment.
[insert RIAA/MPAA conspiracy thoughts here]
Well, good thing you posted it on Slashdot. Everyone site should go down at least once ever 3 months.
Energon cubes! :P
Europe in a million years will be far from the polluted closet it is today, so polluting now would have less of an impact.
75% of $120/hr is $30/hr which aint too shabby :)
While they hike up their rates & make the rest of us "middle class" pay for it :) Such a wonderful system...sounds almost like Gov't. So far, I haven't met a lawyer that performs to the standard they charge me - $120/hr (and that's a cheap one, isn't it?...oh, so I need to waste MORE money to get the same results). $20 to receive a fax? $20 to make a 2 minute phone call and speak to answering machine? An Expensive paper pusher perhaps. And despite all their "education", not all of them can even add correctly, but they sure know how to charge.
Yes, it is too much to drop the lawyer bashing. Welcome to freedom of speech. Besides, it's funny kuz it's so true.
Obviously the lawyers I've consulted with have been living under a rock somewhere concerning this "pro bono expectation".
Bah. phuken innernet. what mirrors did you use? Two weeks ago, to get the ISO's (Enigma), I used one mirror at a wobbly 8k/s and it disconnected me once every hour or so. Thank Developers for resume FTP d/l!! I used the redhat ftp at the same time and got a walloping 4k/s. The D/L was so insignificant I played UT while those were coming down and i was still an LPB (helps when the the cable company finally brains up and doesn't route your packets ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF CANADA to a server that is only a 5 minute drive away).
Eventually got the 4 ISO's but it took from Wednesday night till Saturday night for them to come down.
It's too bad these cable companies can't mirror this kind of crap locally - proxy it, I guess. Then bandwidth could be cheaper - using the LAN instead of the WAN to get files.
Yeah, I can scribble with a pen like a chicken with Parkinsons at 55wpm, too. OHhh you expect me to read it later? UMmm.....does the word "a" count?
'Linux kernel 2.4.19 is out"
PS: don't forget today is 2/4 :)
WHOAH! I can't wait till 12/31 then!!!
You Hoser.
Regards,
Canada
I don't hafta tell my wife where I *really* got that rash now.
Exactly my point!
You have been trained just like Pavlov's dog. But instead of salivating, you have been taught to feel angry and offended. Let me guess..."cunt" also offends you too?
They are just words and meaningless drivel. It is interesting to see that nothing makes you angry/offended and you are not the only one. Be free and break the shackles society has placed on your thinking patterns.
It wasn't always like this sonny. Back in my day...
THAT'S IT. I'm quitting programming. Time for a lateral career move. So what should my faux name be?
IMHO, they were the pioneers of Ecommerce.
Yeah, kuz they'll never sell a lot of computers to home users.
These are Apple's new line of "I-Mellon's", aren't they??
You just described the Eniac, and look where we are today in computing.