Agreed, I switched from Twonky + WD Live Plus Gen 2 units, and toyed with the Gen 3 Live units.
But Roku + Plex is pretty much the only way to fly.
Wife and kid approved.
I was going to say, ATM/PPPoE encapsulation is approximately 15% of total traffic. Bell Canada and all providers do that up here.
I thought everyone knew this, or were able to google it especially if they are able to upload something like DDWRT to their router. Perhaps I had too much faith.
And that would literally be the ammunition I need to nuke my account. I've noticed the only people I kep in touch with on there that I don't see regularly in real life, I could do without anyhow.
We're using this. BES5 server for the old devices. BES10 BDS (BlackBerry Device Server) for a couple Q10s and a couple Playbooks, then UDS (Universal Device Server) for a bunch of ipads.
All three servers are managed by one interface, Mobile Fusion.
For us, it's not about "hey, apple has this" or "hey android already has this" it's about "hey, I can manage these all from one console". Saves a tonne of time, and a tonne of hassle. I am not super happy that with BDS/UDS they moved to Active Sync, but our AS Server is behind a firewall and we have the UDS devices set to VPN in automatically to get to it. The BDS devices are "in the network" like the old BES stuff and don't need a VPN. Hell, I had a case open with BlackBerry as I needed RRAS and the UDS/BDS working on one server, long story short, it looks like a KB article will be made based on that support case.
Yeah, I'm going to have to call complete utter bullshit on that one. There isn't a UGLE recognized jurisdiction in this world that does any sacrificing of animals or humans, dead or alive. And I doubt any of the clandestine lodges (not real Freemasonry lodges, but ones that purport themselves to be) do either.
Actually. CB Radio is outlawed as well. I know, I have one and I feel like a rebel using it HAH!
In seriousness, the ONLY exemption to CB radio is (and I am paraphrasing here): Truckers and delivery vehicles *performing* their duties while on the clock, other highway maintenance agencies *performing* their duties while on the clock, and HAMS. As a normal person, unless I have an *valid* Amatuer Radio License, I cannot use my CB. (I don't have a valid HAM license).
No way! I was on the board at Friendship's installation last month of the new WM. I'm the WT go-to guy it would seem;) Actually, having said that, there's a Friendship up in Sudbury, ON too. Could be either one I suppose. Crazy if it's the one in Pickering/Toronto... that would be a small world.
Instead of saying "District 3" I should have said "East District" - they redrew the boundaries a few years ago. I always forget. My bad.
Ok, here's my take as a Canadian trying to pickup American stations and Canadian ones as well (who just spent the better part of last night up on the frigging ladder in -20C weather trying to get his damn preamp going)...
Bowtie is the way to go. Channel Master 4221 for suburban/urban areas and 4228 if you're out farther. The latter is more directional and doesn't pickup the side lobes as well. I'm 35Km from downtown toronto (20 miles or so), and much farther from buffalo and rochester NY. With a 4221 I can aim just west of Buffalo and pickup nbc/abc/cbs in full HD glory. My side lobes pickup downtown toronto and rochester.
The poster who pointed out a silver sensor... no good for anyone outside say 15 miles or so. I got one as a freebie when I picked up my samsung hd converter (I only have an hd ready crt projection tv)... he gets... nothing on his brand new 6th generation atsc chipset tv. Well, not nothing, but very little. He gets some of the toronto stations and can barely pull in NBC from buffalo. I ended up gifting him my old 4221 clone for the superbowl, and now he gets most of the stations I get, but is still missing out on some toronto stations.
So, I can say from experience, that the bowtie is the way to go. Which one depends on how far you're trying to "reach" out into the ether.
I can pull in Fox, CBC and CTV with a frigging paper clip attached to my antenna port. The rest, need a better antenna and sometimes even a preamp like in my case. I even tried building a gray-hoverman, and while it was OK, it was far too rickety to put outside. I tried those RCA loop/rabbit ear antennas amped and not... no good whatsoever unless you live right near the transmitter.
Up here we don't need to worry about VHF HI, so the bowtie works fine. But those old huge antennas still work... as long as they are rated for UHF and not VHF (or also VHF if you need VHF HI).
A yagi is great, but is far too directional for most applications... even on a rotor... most of the new boxes and tv's need to be rescanned every time you move it... annoying and takes 2 minutes or so. Good luck using that as a selling feature;)
My other neighbour has one of those big antennas on a rotor, and his reception is piss poor and it's rated for UHF. The problem is... UHF goes less distance, but is better at getting around objects blocking your path. In his case, we;ve upgraded all the cabling, but it's proably his 4th gen converter box... the newer 5th and 6th gen chipsets have much better mutipath interference rejection which is essential for uhf, and can also work with weaker signals.
Long story short - people WILL need new antennas depending on where they live, and yes, going up a pole requires some scary freezing cold cojones in the winter. I've been doing it for the past few days tweaking my setup and let me tell you... it's not fun. As much as I am not affected by the american switch (aside from reception hopefully getting better once the analog stuff stops interfering - I hope) - this switch will let those in colder climates hopefully NOT have to get up on the roof in this weather.
And, I don't have cable nor satellite. Been free of those expenses for a year or so now.
From personal experience, myself, I was having passing out spells. Totally random. My blood pressure was fine, so nothing was deemed critical and life threatening. I had an untrasound that day and bloodwork. Took me 3 weeks to get a MRI, mind you, I live in Toronto. Turns out, I'm OK.
Having said that, one of my lawyers here at work, her partner had an aneurisym a couple years back. He went into the hospital literally last weekend (in Montreal) as he was having a pain threshold of 10 (whatever that means to him) headaches. He was in the emergency, and within 3 hours had a CAT scan, and an MRI.
The difference between the people you've talked to and the people, including myself, who've got these done quickly is EMERGENCIES. Electives take a while, if you're at risk and require emergency support - you're bumped to the head of the line. That's how it works. Even if you're rural - you may have to travel to a city centre to get the required attention - but you get it, in the time required to save your life.
Yes, but having worked at a nclear power plant, I can tell you that Gamma is stopped by about 3 feet of concrete.
I can only imagine, that this test was way deeper than gamma can penetrate back up through the soil. I don't have numbers, but I'd bet probably no more than 15 feet of dense earth would stop gamma.
First off: Chalouli was a case brought in the SCC several months ago about waiting times, and is what most people like you try to use as fodder in your arguments, I'm surprised you didn't know of it, research it and maybe next time you will come off as a more intelligent debater. Cause' right now my friend, you ain't exactly a shining star.
And for the rest of your argument with me, and the original poster, you do nothing more than strawman the argument. You don't address the original questions or facts, you only go off on a tangent and re-repeat what you previously stated (although I am sure anyone else following this thread can ascertain that for themselves quite easily)
So I call you for what you are: A Dumbass Strawman
Every statement you make, never actually addresses the facts. What's with your kind huh? Do you actually have any logic to you?
Please go away now, I will respond no further until you actually address my statements directly, or the statements of the great-granddaddy, if you have nothing intelligent or useful to say through the smoke over your eyes, please don't.
The last place on earth I'd want to fall ill is Canada.
The first place I would want to fall ill, is Canada (being a canadian citizen). The last place I would ever want to fall ill is the US. I'd go broke... I'd rather put a bulet through my head.
What your "statistics" fail to show is the P2/P3 Level that you quote. THOSE ARE ELECTIVE SURGERIES DUMBASS. Not sure if you know what an elective surgery is, but according to the text about one imperial inch (on my screen, I'm told you guys use some archaic measuring system down there that nobosy else on the planet uses) it says....
Priority 1 (Urgent) - in the opinion of the physician, the individual's health may be significantly compromised if the procedure is not performed within about two weeks of submitting the booking form to the hospital.
Priority 2 & 3 - in the opinion of the physician, the surgery can be appropriately scheduled two weeks or more after submitting the booking form to the hospital.
As with ANY electives, the doctor/surgeon can have it moved in priority if the patient is in dire need. A fucked up knee, yeah, that ain't dire....
Oh, and one other peice of information you missed from your quoted page: Of all the people who have had their surgery in the past three months, half will have waited less than the median wait time.
I'm also not going to bother pointing out the fact that you picked DUNCAN. One of the smallest, tiniest towns on Vancouver island, with a not-so-big hospital, but several major VERY Big hospitals within a two hour driving distance. Take Vancouver General, median of 22 weeks and only one P1 (URGENT) and that patient is going to get less than.1 weeks of wait (ie next day).
What about your cardiac surgery you were talking about previously (like my issue, it turned out I have heart problems), in BC, according to your webpage, the median wait time is 6 weeks. Again, if the doctor feels it appropriate and the patient is going to die the next day, they will move it up.
So your "statistics" were a bit off, and considering you fail to take a large urban centre and small urban centre into account, I cannot totally fail you on that - however a little research would have been able to clear this up - on your part.
So give it up, you're wrong. Plain and simple. Your own data that you point at shows your argument to be false. And you know what? Having been there myself, I can personally attest that your data is false. Utterly false. Anyone trumpeting otherwise is an impatient, arrogant, or otherwise uninformed ass. Please take your Americana "only we can do it right" mindset somewhere else, you're not wanted here.
And yes, Chalouli (the decision that stated wait times were too long in Quebec about 6 months ago), that doctor, as much as he intends well, is an arrogant ad impatiet ass.
Dumbass... He asked if you have first hand knowledge - not if you would go over the border or not in a hypothetical situation. And being a canuck myself, I can pretty much tell you what he is saying is spot on, and you sir, are frankly an idiot.
I used to have passing out spells, I got an MRI scheduled 5 business days AFTER I was diagnosed. This 6-12 month bullshit just doesn't happen - except only to be trumpeted by puppets who are trying to make the system look bad and come in and try and get for-profit healthcare instituted.
It seems those with the biggest pocketbooks always buy everything, including overhyped and false information into the media.
I got twenty canadian that say's you aren't even a canuck... so seriously, shut the hell up.
The alternate reality that the reporter is that they are pretty much trumpetting the Press Release by Taanta Gupta at Rogers. Check out this thread on DSLReports Toronto Star Article(original is subscription only) which their reporter pretty much did the exact same thing. And the guy at The Star is normally pretty good...
-Cancel Rogers Hi-Speed Internet (a few months back: they implemented ridiculous up/down caps, they blocked port 25, they started enforcing "no servers", they hinted at taking away Usenet, they raised the price per month, they started throttling torrents from all sources using pCubes so their voice-over-ip service could take precedence, and oversaturated their networks causing upstream issues)
-Cancel ALL of Rogers, digital cable, analog cable. The whole shebang. I'm using rabbit ears now and frankly couldn't care less.
-Make sure Rogers Customer Service noted why I was cancelling, and sent a letter to the Office of the President.
Anyways, DSL in my area *is* an option, 3Mbit down, 800K up. And it's solid. None of this oversaturated BS that Rogers kept shoving on me.
I just migrated my servers from 5.5EP to 6.5, and it is by far the best solution IMHO. Now, we are a Novell Shop mind you.
We've seen every iteration since the WordPerfect Messaging Server 4.x days. I am debating going to 7.x as the latest version is so solid from the server end and client end (you have to make sure you admin your servers right and not take shortcuts or cheap out, then it's solid). It's decreased my support time dramatically - the users love it, expecially compared to 5.x - the jump we just did was like foing from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000, oh much more fun now.;)
I will have to disagree. I am 28 and I love my cube, it's got enough gore type games to keep me happy AND I get mario kart. I don't have my collection in front of me, but it's something like this:
Medal of Honour
Call of Duty
Ghost Recon
Splinter Cell
Turok (ok, slow and old I know)
Goldeneye
Tiger Woods
360 Snowboard
Tony Hawk Underground
and of course mario kart!
blah blah blah. there are more but I can't remember them right now.
Anyhow, I'm not trying to start a pissing match - but the one thing I (personally) dislike about the PS2 is the graphics, they just don't seem as clear and vibrant as either the cube or xbox for every game I have ever played, and I really, really can't stand the xbox controllers. They are too damn big and they frustrate my carpel tunnel. And it's not like I have small hands, I'm a big ass white guy for chrissakes.
Regardless... the quantity of games on the cube for adults is still large. Some titles won't appear, same as some titles don't appear on the xbox that appear on the PS2 - it's a fact of life.
Seriously - if you are basing your opinion on some outdated mindset that "Nintendo is only for kids" you just need to grow up. Pun intended.
That's my company. 85 Staff, 8 servers, in two offices, in different time zones - on either sides of the country.
We don't qualify for volume licensing, nor does it break even for us. All individual licenses for XP and 2K. Granted, we run Novell/GroupWise (so there's a time saver) and WordPerfect on the desktop... but I swear... I have already been evaluating Novell Linux Desktop for 6 months now, and with Wine - there isn't much I can't do. If only I could get the accounting software to run.... and it isn't going to. That's my deal killer right there.
I do the server installs, server software and hardware upgrades and networking. I plan the moves, do the phones and voicemail, all the inter-office moves. I install the desktops, support the users 24/7 and there is one of me. I clean the keyboards and take the gunk out of the mice balls. I'm just waiting for one real, real good reason to ditch Microsoft other than the semi-good ones I already have...
Having been a grad of only a Technical College for Computer Engineering, I cannnot even call myself an Engineer. I am working through the OACETT tests currently, and only then will I be able to actually call myself an Engineer by title if/when I pass them all.
Thanks for pointing out the true letter of the law, I have read those cases, at least the conclusions anyways, and unfortunately I just don't have the time nor training to properly interpret them.
I did notice dissenting opinions from the justices in the first (which dealt with s.319 of the Act), and in the latter that the court specifically states to the effect that it still upholds the section of the Act (s.181) which prohibits anti-hate speech, and explains it is still democratic and reasonable. Either way, I will take your word for the time being.
In the Zundel case - if my memory serves, I thought that they took him back to court under another section of the Act did they not (a brief search of the web references section 13.1 of the CHRA)? However, those could be two entirely different matters altogether.
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Still there... in the enterprise version
Which costs more, and there you have it, they get your money one way or the other.
Agreed, I switched from Twonky + WD Live Plus Gen 2 units, and toyed with the Gen 3 Live units. But Roku + Plex is pretty much the only way to fly. Wife and kid approved.
I was going to say, ATM/PPPoE encapsulation is approximately 15% of total traffic. Bell Canada and all providers do that up here. I thought everyone knew this, or were able to google it especially if they are able to upload something like DDWRT to their router. Perhaps I had too much faith.
And that would literally be the ammunition I need to nuke my account. I've noticed the only people I kep in touch with on there that I don't see regularly in real life, I could do without anyhow.
We're using this. BES5 server for the old devices. BES10 BDS (BlackBerry Device Server) for a couple Q10s and a couple Playbooks, then UDS (Universal Device Server) for a bunch of ipads. All three servers are managed by one interface, Mobile Fusion. For us, it's not about "hey, apple has this" or "hey android already has this" it's about "hey, I can manage these all from one console". Saves a tonne of time, and a tonne of hassle. I am not super happy that with BDS/UDS they moved to Active Sync, but our AS Server is behind a firewall and we have the UDS devices set to VPN in automatically to get to it. The BDS devices are "in the network" like the old BES stuff and don't need a VPN. Hell, I had a case open with BlackBerry as I needed RRAS and the UDS/BDS working on one server, long story short, it looks like a KB article will be made based on that support case.
WD TV Live Plus and Netflix.ca do work as of two firmware revisions ago. Just had Dora streaming for the little one an hour ago!
Yeah, I'm going to have to call complete utter bullshit on that one. There isn't a UGLE recognized jurisdiction in this world that does any sacrificing of animals or humans, dead or alive. And I doubt any of the clandestine lodges (not real Freemasonry lodges, but ones that purport themselves to be) do either.
Actually. CB Radio is outlawed as well. I know, I have one and I feel like a rebel using it HAH!
In seriousness, the ONLY exemption to CB radio is (and I am paraphrasing here): Truckers and delivery vehicles *performing* their duties while on the clock, other highway maintenance agencies *performing* their duties while on the clock, and HAMS. As a normal person, unless I have an *valid* Amatuer Radio License, I cannot use my CB. (I don't have a valid HAM license).
No way! I was on the board at Friendship's installation last month of the new WM. I'm the WT go-to guy it would seem ;) Actually, having said that, there's a Friendship up in Sudbury, ON too. Could be either one I suppose. Crazy if it's the one in Pickering/Toronto... that would be a small world.
Instead of saying "District 3" I should have said "East District" - they redrew the boundaries a few years ago. I always forget. My bad.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - District 3 here. You?
Good to meet you in our travels, brother.
Ok, here's my take as a Canadian trying to pickup American stations and Canadian ones as well (who just spent the better part of last night up on the frigging ladder in -20C weather trying to get his damn preamp going)...
;)
Bowtie is the way to go. Channel Master 4221 for suburban/urban areas and 4228 if you're out farther. The latter is more directional and doesn't pickup the side lobes as well. I'm 35Km from downtown toronto (20 miles or so), and much farther from buffalo and rochester NY. With a 4221 I can aim just west of Buffalo and pickup nbc/abc/cbs in full HD glory. My side lobes pickup downtown toronto and rochester.
The poster who pointed out a silver sensor... no good for anyone outside say 15 miles or so. I got one as a freebie when I picked up my samsung hd converter (I only have an hd ready crt projection tv)... he gets... nothing on his brand new 6th generation atsc chipset tv. Well, not nothing, but very little. He gets some of the toronto stations and can barely pull in NBC from buffalo. I ended up gifting him my old 4221 clone for the superbowl, and now he gets most of the stations I get, but is still missing out on some toronto stations.
So, I can say from experience, that the bowtie is the way to go. Which one depends on how far you're trying to "reach" out into the ether.
I can pull in Fox, CBC and CTV with a frigging paper clip attached to my antenna port. The rest, need a better antenna and sometimes even a preamp like in my case. I even tried building a gray-hoverman, and while it was OK, it was far too rickety to put outside. I tried those RCA loop/rabbit ear antennas amped and not... no good whatsoever unless you live right near the transmitter.
Up here we don't need to worry about VHF HI, so the bowtie works fine. But those old huge antennas still work... as long as they are rated for UHF and not VHF (or also VHF if you need VHF HI).
A yagi is great, but is far too directional for most applications... even on a rotor... most of the new boxes and tv's need to be rescanned every time you move it... annoying and takes 2 minutes or so. Good luck using that as a selling feature
My other neighbour has one of those big antennas on a rotor, and his reception is piss poor and it's rated for UHF. The problem is... UHF goes less distance, but is better at getting around objects blocking your path. In his case, we;ve upgraded all the cabling, but it's proably his 4th gen converter box... the newer 5th and 6th gen chipsets have much better mutipath interference rejection which is essential for uhf, and can also work with weaker signals.
Long story short - people WILL need new antennas depending on where they live, and yes, going up a pole requires some scary freezing cold cojones in the winter. I've been doing it for the past few days tweaking my setup and let me tell you... it's not fun. As much as I am not affected by the american switch (aside from reception hopefully getting better once the analog stuff stops interfering - I hope) - this switch will let those in colder climates hopefully NOT have to get up on the roof in this weather.
And, I don't have cable nor satellite. Been free of those expenses for a year or so now.
Completely UNTRUE. Unless you're talking ELECTIVES.
From personal experience, myself, I was having passing out spells. Totally random. My blood pressure was fine, so nothing was deemed critical and life threatening. I had an untrasound that day and bloodwork. Took me 3 weeks to get a MRI, mind you, I live in Toronto. Turns out, I'm OK.
Having said that, one of my lawyers here at work, her partner had an aneurisym a couple years back. He went into the hospital literally last weekend (in Montreal) as he was having a pain threshold of 10 (whatever that means to him) headaches. He was in the emergency, and within 3 hours had a CAT scan, and an MRI.
The difference between the people you've talked to and the people, including myself, who've got these done quickly is EMERGENCIES. Electives take a while, if you're at risk and require emergency support - you're bumped to the head of the line. That's how it works. Even if you're rural - you may have to travel to a city centre to get the required attention - but you get it, in the time required to save your life.
Yes, but having worked at a nclear power plant, I can tell you that Gamma is stopped by about 3 feet of concrete.
I can only imagine, that this test was way deeper than gamma can penetrate back up through the soil. I don't have numbers, but I'd bet probably no more than 15 feet of dense earth would stop gamma.
I only own a Cube. That, and a Gameboy Advance SP.
;)
So There!
First off: Chalouli was a case brought in the SCC several months ago about waiting times, and is what most people like you try to use as fodder in your arguments, I'm surprised you didn't know of it, research it and maybe next time you will come off as a more intelligent debater. Cause' right now my friend, you ain't exactly a shining star.
And for the rest of your argument with me, and the original poster, you do nothing more than strawman the argument. You don't address the original questions or facts, you only go off on a tangent and re-repeat what you previously stated (although I am sure anyone else following this thread can ascertain that for themselves quite easily)
So I call you for what you are: A Dumbass Strawman
Every statement you make, never actually addresses the facts. What's with your kind huh? Do you actually have any logic to you?
Please go away now, I will respond no further until you actually address my statements directly, or the statements of the great-granddaddy, if you have nothing intelligent or useful to say through the smoke over your eyes, please don't.
Thanks.
The last place on earth I'd want to fall ill is Canada.
.1 weeks of wait (ie next day).
The first place I would want to fall ill, is Canada (being a canadian citizen). The last place I would ever want to fall ill is the US. I'd go broke... I'd rather put a bulet through my head.
What your "statistics" fail to show is the P2/P3 Level that you quote. THOSE ARE ELECTIVE SURGERIES DUMBASS. Not sure if you know what an elective surgery is, but according to the text about one imperial inch (on my screen, I'm told you guys use some archaic measuring system down there that nobosy else on the planet uses) it says....
Priority 1 (Urgent) - in the opinion of the physician, the individual's health may be significantly compromised if the procedure is not performed within about two weeks of submitting the booking form to the hospital.
Priority 2 & 3 - in the opinion of the physician, the surgery can be appropriately scheduled two weeks or more after submitting the booking form to the hospital.
As with ANY electives, the doctor/surgeon can have it moved in priority if the patient is in dire need. A fucked up knee, yeah, that ain't dire....
Oh, and one other peice of information you missed from your quoted page: Of all the people who have had their surgery in the past three months, half will have waited less than the median wait time.
I'm also not going to bother pointing out the fact that you picked DUNCAN. One of the smallest, tiniest towns on Vancouver island, with a not-so-big hospital, but several major VERY Big hospitals within a two hour driving distance. Take Vancouver General, median of 22 weeks and only one P1 (URGENT) and that patient is going to get less than
What about your cardiac surgery you were talking about previously (like my issue, it turned out I have heart problems), in BC, according to your webpage, the median wait time is 6 weeks. Again, if the doctor feels it appropriate and the patient is going to die the next day, they will move it up.
So your "statistics" were a bit off, and considering you fail to take a large urban centre and small urban centre into account, I cannot totally fail you on that - however a little research would have been able to clear this up - on your part.
So give it up, you're wrong. Plain and simple. Your own data that you point at shows your argument to be false. And you know what? Having been there myself, I can personally attest that your data is false. Utterly false. Anyone trumpeting otherwise is an impatient, arrogant, or otherwise uninformed ass. Please take your Americana "only we can do it right" mindset somewhere else, you're not wanted here. And yes, Chalouli (the decision that stated wait times were too long in Quebec about 6 months ago), that doctor, as much as he intends well, is an arrogant ad impatiet ass.
Dumbass... He asked if you have first hand knowledge - not if you would go over the border or not in a hypothetical situation. And being a canuck myself, I can pretty much tell you what he is saying is spot on, and you sir, are frankly an idiot.
I used to have passing out spells, I got an MRI scheduled 5 business days AFTER I was diagnosed. This 6-12 month bullshit just doesn't happen - except only to be trumpeted by puppets who are trying to make the system look bad and come in and try and get for-profit healthcare instituted.
It seems those with the biggest pocketbooks always buy everything, including overhyped and false information into the media.
I got twenty canadian that say's you aren't even a canuck... so seriously, shut the hell up.
The alternate reality that the reporter is that they are pretty much trumpetting the Press Release by Taanta Gupta at Rogers. Check out this thread on DSLReports Toronto Star Article (original is subscription only) which their reporter pretty much did the exact same thing. And the guy at The Star is normally pretty good...
Or do what I did...
-Cancel Rogers Hi-Speed Internet (a few months back: they implemented ridiculous up/down caps, they blocked port 25, they started enforcing "no servers", they hinted at taking away Usenet, they raised the price per month, they started throttling torrents from all sources using pCubes so their voice-over-ip service could take precedence, and oversaturated their networks causing upstream issues)
-Cancel ALL of Rogers, digital cable, analog cable. The whole shebang. I'm using rabbit ears now and frankly couldn't care less.
-Make sure Rogers Customer Service noted why I was cancelling, and sent a letter to the Office of the President.
Anyways, DSL in my area *is* an option, 3Mbit down, 800K up. And it's solid. None of this oversaturated BS that Rogers kept shoving on me.
I'll agree with the parent.
;)
I just migrated my servers from 5.5EP to 6.5, and it is by far the best solution IMHO. Now, we are a Novell Shop mind you.
We've seen every iteration since the WordPerfect Messaging Server 4.x days. I am debating going to 7.x as the latest version is so solid from the server end and client end (you have to make sure you admin your servers right and not take shortcuts or cheap out, then it's solid). It's decreased my support time dramatically - the users love it, expecially compared to 5.x - the jump we just did was like foing from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000, oh much more fun now.
I will have to disagree. I am 28 and I love my cube, it's got enough gore type games to keep me happy AND I get mario kart. I don't have my collection in front of me, but it's something like this:
Medal of Honour
Call of Duty
Ghost Recon
Splinter Cell
Turok (ok, slow and old I know)
Goldeneye
Tiger Woods
360 Snowboard
Tony Hawk Underground
and of course mario kart!
blah blah blah. there are more but I can't remember them right now.
Anyhow, I'm not trying to start a pissing match - but the one thing I (personally) dislike about the PS2 is the graphics, they just don't seem as clear and vibrant as either the cube or xbox for every game I have ever played, and I really, really can't stand the xbox controllers. They are too damn big and they frustrate my carpel tunnel. And it's not like I have small hands, I'm a big ass white guy for chrissakes.
Regardless... the quantity of games on the cube for adults is still large. Some titles won't appear, same as some titles don't appear on the xbox that appear on the PS2 - it's a fact of life.
Seriously - if you are basing your opinion on some outdated mindset that "Nintendo is only for kids" you just need to grow up. Pun intended.
That's my company. 85 Staff, 8 servers, in two offices, in different time zones - on either sides of the country.
We don't qualify for volume licensing, nor does it break even for us. All individual licenses for XP and 2K. Granted, we run Novell/GroupWise (so there's a time saver) and WordPerfect on the desktop... but I swear... I have already been evaluating Novell Linux Desktop for 6 months now, and with Wine - there isn't much I can't do. If only I could get the accounting software to run.... and it isn't going to. That's my deal killer right there.
I do the server installs, server software and hardware upgrades and networking. I plan the moves, do the phones and voicemail, all the inter-office moves. I install the desktops, support the users 24/7 and there is one of me. I clean the keyboards and take the gunk out of the mice balls. I'm just waiting for one real, real good reason to ditch Microsoft other than the semi-good ones I already have...
Actually it was Canada Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
Having been a grad of only a Technical College for Computer Engineering, I cannnot even call myself an Engineer. I am working through the OACETT tests currently, and only then will I be able to actually call myself an Engineer by title if/when I pass them all.
It's like a big cult. Seriously.
Well, I always like to say, IANAL.
Thanks for pointing out the true letter of the law, I have read those cases, at least the conclusions anyways, and unfortunately I just don't have the time nor training to properly interpret them.
I did notice dissenting opinions from the justices in the first (which dealt with s.319 of the Act), and in the latter that the court specifically states to the effect that it still upholds the section of the Act (s.181) which prohibits anti-hate speech, and explains it is still democratic and reasonable. Either way, I will take your word for the time being.
In the Zundel case - if my memory serves, I thought that they took him back to court under another section of the Act did they not (a brief search of the web references section 13.1 of the CHRA)? However, those could be two entirely different matters altogether.