Okay, we never say "aboot". Eh? on the other hand is somthing you hear quite often.
However those who decide to move up here would probably be pretty happy people. We have a decently well educated work force, low cost of living compared to the larger U.S. cities, etc.
Not to mention Montreal is probably one of the best cities to party after work in the world(also bars only close at 3am in Quebec). I was a musician for five years and I've been all over North America and Europe doing shows and stuff and Montreal also has one of the best attractive-to-unattractive person ratios by far... Okay I know all these things on a corporate perspective mean little, but hell for the average employee its great here in Montreal... just gotta learn a little french though:P
Speaking of which, any guys thinking of moving up to Quebec, french girls love a guy speaking french with an english accent... somthing about the guy actually making the effort really gets them going:P
I kinda agree... (although my knowledge on bandwith costs, etc. is limited) I personally have a small problem with ad companies in the fact that, yes they help sites cover their bandwith cost, but i would like to know how much ads globally take up bandwith... for the average net user its kinda a catch-22. For example my service provider charges me for bandwith above the "allowed useage". Now so far I never hit the 4GB they allow me but as time goes on I see more and more ads on the net and I hear more and more about the rising cost of bandwith sooner or later ads will be the problem themselves, not for the sites but for the average user... (not to mention the time spent d/ling them for the poor guy thats still using a 28.8kpbs in europe where they pay for every minute on the line). So although writing the code may save us our 5$ now, the way I see it, ultimately you'll wind up paying for it in the long run...
A pair of glasses like these were the central item of William Gibson's novel Virtual Light, which is kinda bizzare cause I read it last week.
I personally would be extremely worried about something like this, for example someone posted somthing about dating how she(he) could know so much about you just by the sight of you (althoug for most geeks she wouldn't really need the glasses IMHO) and so could corporations, etc.
However if it's possible to pull it off efficiently I really think it would be done, and fast considering many major corporations would be very interested in somthing like this, not to mention the goverment and law enforcement agencies...
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Okay, we never say "aboot". Eh? on the other hand is somthing you hear quite often. However those who decide to move up here would probably be pretty happy people. We have a decently well educated work force, low cost of living compared to the larger U.S. cities, etc. Not to mention Montreal is probably one of the best cities to party after work in the world(also bars only close at 3am in Quebec). I was a musician for five years and I've been all over North America and Europe doing shows and stuff and Montreal also has one of the best attractive-to-unattractive person ratios by far... Okay I know all these things on a corporate perspective mean little, but hell for the average employee its great here in Montreal... just gotta learn a little french though :P :P
Speaking of which, any guys thinking of moving up to Quebec, french girls love a guy speaking french with an english accent... somthing about the guy actually making the effort really gets them going
I kinda agree... (although my knowledge on bandwith costs, etc. is limited) I personally have a small problem with ad companies in the fact that, yes they help sites cover their bandwith cost, but i would like to know how much ads globally take up bandwith... for the average net user its kinda a catch-22. For example my service provider charges me for bandwith above the "allowed useage". Now so far I never hit the 4GB they allow me but as time goes on I see more and more ads on the net and I hear more and more about the rising cost of bandwith sooner or later ads will be the problem themselves, not for the sites but for the average user... (not to mention the time spent d/ling them for the poor guy thats still using a 28.8kpbs in europe where they pay for every minute on the line). So although writing the code may save us our 5$ now, the way I see it, ultimately you'll wind up paying for it in the long run...
A pair of glasses like these were the central item of William Gibson's novel Virtual Light, which is kinda bizzare cause I read it last week.
I personally would be extremely worried about something like this, for example someone posted somthing about dating how she(he) could know so much about you just by the sight of you (althoug for most geeks she wouldn't really need the glasses IMHO) and so could corporations, etc. However if it's possible to pull it off efficiently I really think it would be done, and fast considering many major corporations would be very interested in somthing like this, not to mention the goverment and law enforcement agencies...