It seems like they are doing this just to spite the US. Good for them!! The US policy on this type of reasearch has been way to tight. Politicians make these silly laws because of there ignorance in the area. I hope a chineese company makes a way to cure people of back injuries.. then you will see the US change it's laws very quickly..
is it just me or does anyone else remember the days of sneeking around to swap files on a BBS? FTP's still do exist right?? When exactly did it become socially acceptable to launch multimillion dollar corperations based on Pirating Music/Software/Pornography ??? I'm not trying to be a hipocrit or anything cause my MP3/Warez/Porn collection could impress even the geekiest of geeks, but if I opened a "Stolen Goods & Porn Store" and advertised it on TV, I would be expecting a knock on the door from the police.
People will always :
1.Burn red lights 2.Lie to the IRS (Revenue Canada) 3.Steel Music
The idea is that you don't go around announcing it to everyone !!
Montreal is a great city, I love living here. I just wanted to comment on the problems you brought up:
1. There is lots of funding to be had here. There are some new tax law that make money spent on reasearch tax exempt. Nortel has cashed in on this recently.
2. Quebec is a very large land mass, we are as big as the whole east coast of the US. there are alot of less inteligent peoples in our northern regions that have never seen an english person and hate the idea of being under an English/Canadian Government. They represent about half of the population but there numbers are dwindeling lately as darwins theory takes it's effect.
3. This is true for the northern regions but not as much for the island of Montreal. Montrealers are usually willing to speak english and those that don't speak it usually understand it (Tv, Internet).
4. Very little racial tention. Some people are a bit ignorant to others backgrounds but they are not trying to be mean in any way. For example, my girlfriend is cambodian but some still insist on refering to her as chineese.. which is like calling a Canadian an American ! =)
5. Very safe almost everywhere, but as with most big citys, there are some bars you just shouldent visit at 3 in the morning.
6. English highschool and elementary school is not as good as it could be. English schools lack funding but if you spend some time looking around you can usually find some schools that receive large amounts of private funding (parents, local companies..etc). The Cégep system is good and bad. I would say that it's good for discouraged/less-fortunate students but worse for those that wish to goto university. You can goto Cégep for very little money (240$ CAD/year) and allows you to get a pretty good eduaction but if you were planning on going to university anyways, it just adds an extra year you have to spend in school.
Montreal is a unique place to live, there are all of the big city comforts along with a very low cost of living and great culture. Oh, and for those that are not married/involved with someone, the women here are better than any other place I have been with the exception of Iceland.
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It seems like they are doing this just to spite the US. Good for them!! The US policy on this type of reasearch has been way to tight. Politicians make these silly laws because of there ignorance in the area. I hope a chineese company makes a way to cure people of back injuries .. then you will see the US change it's laws very quickly ..
is it just me or does anyone else remember the days of sneeking around to swap files on a BBS? FTP's still do exist right??
When exactly did it become socially acceptable to launch multimillion dollar corperations based on Pirating Music/Software/Pornography ??? I'm not trying to be a hipocrit or anything cause my MP3/Warez/Porn collection could impress even the geekiest of geeks, but if I opened a "Stolen Goods & Porn Store" and advertised it on TV, I would be expecting a knock on the door from the police.
People will always :
1.Burn red lights
2.Lie to the IRS (Revenue Canada)
3.Steel Music
The idea is that you don't go around announcing it to everyone !!
Montreal is a great city, I love living here. I just wanted to comment on the problems you brought up: 1. There is lots of funding to be had here. There are some new tax law that make money spent on reasearch tax exempt. Nortel has cashed in on this recently. 2. Quebec is a very large land mass, we are as big as the whole east coast of the US. there are alot of less inteligent peoples in our northern regions that have never seen an english person and hate the idea of being under an English/Canadian Government. They represent about half of the population but there numbers are dwindeling lately as darwins theory takes it's effect. 3. This is true for the northern regions but not as much for the island of Montreal. Montrealers are usually willing to speak english and those that don't speak it usually understand it (Tv, Internet). 4. Very little racial tention. Some people are a bit ignorant to others backgrounds but they are not trying to be mean in any way. For example, my girlfriend is cambodian but some still insist on refering to her as chineese.. which is like calling a Canadian an American ! =) 5. Very safe almost everywhere, but as with most big citys, there are some bars you just shouldent visit at 3 in the morning. 6. English highschool and elementary school is not as good as it could be. English schools lack funding but if you spend some time looking around you can usually find some schools that receive large amounts of private funding (parents, local companies..etc). The Cégep system is good and bad. I would say that it's good for discouraged/less-fortunate students but worse for those that wish to goto university. You can goto Cégep for very little money (240$ CAD /year) and allows you to get a pretty good eduaction but if you were planning on going to university anyways, it just adds an extra year you have to spend in school.
Montreal is a unique place to live, there are all of the big city comforts along with a very low cost of living and great culture. Oh, and for those that are not married/involved with someone, the women here are better than any other place I have been with the exception of Iceland.