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  1. Re:I'll do it... on Vista DRM Cracked by Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    You live in Canada, most likely if someone in the States' really wanted you badly they'd just get you extradited.

  2. Re:What with on Vista DRM Cracked by Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    My mother, who will only touch a computer if someone points a gun at her - Knows about the Sony rootkit, and the general affects of DRM and why it's bad, and No - I never even brought it up with her.

  3. Re:BSD on Why are Free-Desktop Developers Wedded to Linux? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Wrong!

    BSD is a Unix derivative distributed by the University of California, Berkeley, starting in the 1970s.

  4. Re:30 Seconds? on Why Do Computers Take So Long to Boot Up? · · Score: 1

    Obviously you haven't worked at TELUS. .. Oh, and they charge us for parking in their company owned parking lots as well, and jack up the price every time we get a raise.

  5. Re:As soon as you have people willing to cheat.. on Will the Next Election Be Hacked? · · Score: 1

    Why does this sound like the Canadian way of doing things..

  6. Re:Spam? on AIM Bots: Useful or Spam? · · Score: 1

    I've had my AIM account since:

    Member Since: Mon Jul 19 11:42:21 1999 .. and I have not received any spam. Ever.

    I don't know what your problem is..

  7. Re:It's probably true on Did Apple Sabotage the ROKR? · · Score: 1

    I have an cell phone that plays MP3, videos, etc. It's a Motorola E680i.

    It serves its purpose just fine, I get a nice 7 hours on the battery if I'm listening to music or on the phone, and it's pretty compact.

    I get over a week on standby, and the batteries for it were about $15 after S&H.

    I don't see the big deal.

  8. Re:Lack of publicity can be intentional. on Apple Upgrades Mac mini, Doesn't Tell Anybody · · Score: 1

    .. Why does this sound like Nortel?

  9. Re:Nope, sorry. Electricity is still more efficien on When Hybrids Do (And Don't) Make Sense · · Score: 1

    What about areas that use hydroelectrical power, like British Columbia?

  10. Re:Wow! on Can Microsoft Out-Google Google? · · Score: 1

    Most people in the Vancouver area (anyone under the age of 30 years) primarly uses MSN Messenger as their instant messenger.

    Try to find a cluebie that uses anything BUT MSN Messenger is challenging, some people use Yahoo. Nobody I know uses Jabber (besides me).

    FYI: I work in the tech sector.

  11. Re:Lucky fucking kids on Charges Against High School Hackers Dropped · · Score: 1

    I wrote a trojan that took advantage of flaws in NetBIOS and infected a whole school (back in 2001):

    Result $500 (CDN) "fine", 1 week suspension and a year without computer access.. .. Wow those poor kids, stupid school.

  12. Re:Edmonton, Canada on Telcos - How Do Developed Countries Compare? · · Score: 1

    I am 100% sure you are wrong, Shaw's capped at 512Kbit/s up for residental plan, and 1Mbit/s up for Xtreme.

    Also, check here for Broadband reports FAQ, as well as here for maximum speed tests reported by users.

  13. Re:Edmonton, Canada on Telcos - How Do Developed Countries Compare? · · Score: 1

    The parent is wrong about Shaw's speeds, they are listed here for the basic speeds, and there is an Extreme package which adds 2Mbps to your downstream, and 512Kbps to your upstream for $10/mo more.

    Shaw's Residental Plan is 5Mbps down, 512Kbps up with no "set" limits. The Extreme package gives you 7Mbps down, and 1Mbps up with a 50GB/month limit.

  14. Re:Wow on Hundreds of Sites Blocked By Canadian ISP · · Score: 1

    Ontario will be going out on Monday.

  15. Re:Hypocrisy in action. on Hundreds of Sites Blocked By Canadian ISP · · Score: 1

    It comes down to the sysadmins being ignorant, because they are managers with little, to no experience operating routers.

    However, they blocked it on the backbone, which not only serves TELUS users but people that peer with TELUS. So in essence, it was more then just TELUS users being affected by it.

  16. Re:Illegal, reckles, and dangerous. on Hundreds of Sites Blocked By Canadian ISP · · Score: 1

    Since when is it illegal to post pictures of someone? Wouldn't this make the news illegal.

    If they had wanted to deal with this properly, they would have seaked an injuction. They didn't.

  17. Re:Government on Governmental Servers Wiped? Never! · · Score: 1

    Let's hope you can destroy drives better than you can spell.

  18. Re:Blockage Confirmed on Canadian Telco Admits to Blocking Union's Website · · Score: 1
  19. Re:They're screwed on Canadian Telco Admits to Blocking Union's Website · · Score: 1

    Yes, because a bunch of women (which makes up the majority of the TELUS workforce) are aggressive and angry and "dangerous".

  20. Re:The proxy is on Canadian Telco Admits to Blocking Union's Website · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up! =P

    Yes, I am proxying the site.. but it appears that the main site is actually down and having issues.

    http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?file name=bc_telus20050725

  21. Re:So... I see your Bass is as big as mine... on Death Star Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    .. and my bass is bigger then both of yours.

  22. BSD is better.. on Open-source Licensing: BSD or GPL? · · Score: 1

    I believe that the BSD license is a better license then the GPL because the BSD has less license restrictions and enables software companies/developers the ability to link their software product with a library under the BSD license without having to release their source code.

    GPL reminds me of a virus, only license wise.

  23. Re:OO.o, Competitors, and the GPL on OpenSolaris Code Released · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with not releasing it under the GPL? I still think the GPL is "ugly nasty beasty".

    I think OpenSolaris will do much better with the corporate world then Linux, because of the CDDL. Corporations are scared of developing for GPL because of it's license.

  24. Re:Deeds, not words on Bush Wants Right to ISP Customer Data · · Score: 1

    What about the guy that was convicted for having PGP installed on his machine?

    Hmm.

  25. Re:Interesting idea, how can we apply it to spam? on Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology · · Score: 1

    These websites are a bad idea IMO, my personal email address (pfak at pfak dot org) is listed in a bunch of these "databases", and I recieve a couple hundered spams a day because of this.

    Go figure.