Move to (or just study in) Canada. Those $500 scholarships are half a semesters' tuition, and there's less competition to boot. UBC (not my alma mater) has a good CS/IT department, just for an example.
Also an option. If every woman had 2.1 children average (the stat's from my sociology textbook), the population of the planet (and therefore our resource usage) would not change. However, this may have implications to a capitalist economy which depends on constant growth, so don't expect to see ads or government programs any time soon supporting the 0 population growth people.
Sometimes it's better to try and spread a viewpoint rather than enact it in certain ways. For example, my contribution is that I will not now, nor will I ever have children.
Actually, quite a few... my father not being the least removed of them. It's a shitty way to die, but I still maintain that some sense of population control (through natural rather than political means) is a good idea
" I thoroughly hope this succeeds for the good f man kind."
I don't know, I think leaving well enough alone would be best for mankind, curing cancer would only be good for individuals. The world has a touch too many people in it already...
"I've found that intimating that Jesus was socialistic in His politics will probably get you into a nasty row with most church folks; saying that He was a Communist will virtually guarantee it.
But I really don't know why. "
My guess would be the often quoted, yet extremely minor quote "Religion is the opiate of the masses" -K. Marx, Das Kapital. They take this to mean that the idea of faith is inherently anti-communist. In reality, he was talking about the religious status quo eliminating any drive for change amongst the proletariat through various means (like radio talk shows, or the republican party).
"carrying enough ordanance to make a difference at point of impact it is not."
A modern nuclear warhead with a capacity to take out an entire city doesn't weigh that much anymore
and if launched in time of peace (as per terrorist attack) and kept in unregulated airspace could get within seconds of it's target without radar being an issue.
Without transponder squelching or radio contact, doubtful. If you were to fly low enough over any urban area, the FAA/Transport Canada/Whoever would be on your ass in a heartbeat.
Not to mention that without either an N number or a country code (C-Gxxx) you won't be allowed in the sky, and with one they can trace the origins of the aircraft
Speaking of auto-payroll... is it just me or is everyone in the country paid w/ auto-payroll paid out by ADP? My older brother who works for EA sports, me (i work at panago pizza), My friend alisha (works for a fabric store), my old work ( a call centre), etc.
Pretty much everyone I know gets a stub by ADP... They must make tons of money, I swear.
If I were still working helldesk my reply would be something along the lines of "Sorry sir, Dell inc. has advised me I am not able to help you with removal of spyware, and this includes reccomending such programs as AdAware to you."
Then again, I liked to stir sh*t up, and stuff like this was a common occurance to me (I really wonder how many of my customers tried linux or got off AOL b/c of me)
I don't know about you guys, but I don't download music because I want insurance or whatever... I do it because I don't want to give my money to huge corporations if I can in any way avoid it
I have a couple friends who are sound engineers...
They go through a 100 spindle of CD's a week, easily. The increased CD tax would seriously hurt their business... This is dumb, I thought canada was smarter than this
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There will be no DRM. RTFA.
We are told the OS will not be "locked down", certainly inviting many modifications by the end user.
There is no DRM. RTFA.
We are told the OS will not be "locked down", certainly inviting many modifications by the end user.
Move to (or just study in) Canada. Those $500 scholarships are half a semesters' tuition, and there's less competition to boot. UBC (not my alma mater) has a good CS/IT department, just for an example.
Ever priced anything sony other than a regular PS2?
I think the pricing will stay the same, in accordance with Sony's usual pricing schemes
Windows key.
would the percision be enough though? as far as i know, GPU's do a lot of rounding off
Countries posessing nuclear arms: United States
Russia
China
France
United Kingdom
India
Israel
Pakistan
Too late, India's already got the bomb.
"Though i don't see my future job as something that can be outsourced as easily as other IT jobs"
You think only Americans can learn how to program? India has quite the glut of skilled programmers willing to work for cheap.
Also an option. If every woman had 2.1 children average (the stat's from my sociology textbook), the population of the planet (and therefore our resource usage) would not change. However, this may have implications to a capitalist economy which depends on constant growth, so don't expect to see ads or government programs any time soon supporting the 0 population growth people.
Seeing as how i'm the person in question, I don't think I'd entrust my life and/or reproductive status to an IT-focused forum on the internet. ;)
Not neccessarily...
Sometimes it's better to try and spread a viewpoint rather than enact it in certain ways. For example, my contribution is that I will not now, nor will I ever have children.
Actually, quite a few... my father not being the least removed of them. It's a shitty way to die, but I still maintain that some sense of population control (through natural rather than political means) is a good idea
" I thoroughly hope this succeeds for the good f man kind."
I don't know, I think leaving well enough alone would be best for mankind, curing cancer would only be good for individuals. The world has a touch too many people in it already...
The cash discount that some places offer usually has more to do with the place committing tax fraud than it does for amex/visa fees
"Nothing like tapping into the cowstomer's (sic) impulse buying, especially in the US."
Yep... Boosts the economy. Helps even more if it's on credit (what with the credit based system and all)
"I've found that intimating that Jesus was socialistic in His politics will probably get you into a nasty row with most church folks; saying that He was a Communist will virtually guarantee it.
But I really don't know why. "
My guess would be the often quoted, yet extremely minor quote "Religion is the opiate of the masses" -K. Marx, Das Kapital. They take this to mean that the idea of faith is inherently anti-communist. In reality, he was talking about the religious status quo eliminating any drive for change amongst the proletariat through various means (like radio talk shows, or the republican party).
"carrying enough ordanance to make a difference at point of impact it is not." A modern nuclear warhead with a capacity to take out an entire city doesn't weigh that much anymore
and if launched in time of peace (as per terrorist attack) and kept in unregulated airspace could get within seconds of it's target without radar being an issue.
Without transponder squelching or radio contact, doubtful. If you were to fly low enough over any urban area, the FAA/Transport Canada/Whoever would be on your ass in a heartbeat.
Not to mention that without either an N number or a country code (C-Gxxx) you won't be allowed in the sky, and with one they can trace the origins of the aircraft
88 MPH isn't that bad... 76kts and change... stall speed of the Cessna 152 power off flaps up is 48kts and it cruises at about 91kts
Speaking of auto-payroll... is it just me or is everyone in the country paid w/ auto-payroll paid out by ADP? My older brother who works for EA sports, me (i work at panago pizza), My friend alisha (works for a fabric store), my old work ( a call centre), etc.
Pretty much everyone I know gets a stub by ADP... They must make tons of money, I swear.
If I were still working helldesk my reply would be something along the lines of "Sorry sir, Dell inc. has advised me I am not able to help you with removal of spyware, and this includes reccomending such programs as AdAware to you."
Then again, I liked to stir sh*t up, and stuff like this was a common occurance to me (I really wonder how many of my customers tried linux or got off AOL b/c of me)
I don't know about you guys, but I don't download music because I want insurance or whatever... I do it because I don't want to give my money to huge corporations if I can in any way avoid it
I have a couple friends who are sound engineers...
They go through a 100 spindle of CD's a week, easily. The increased CD tax would seriously hurt their business... This is dumb, I thought canada was smarter than this
Side note re: sig.
Get up kids rock, and I don't know anyone other than myself (and now you I s'pose) who know who they are
"I'd rather play Diakatana, then watch most the crap on TV"
Now, now. That's pretty harsh, I hate TV too, but comparing it to Daikatana I think is taking it a little far.