When they advertise unlimited high speed access over here in Quebec, they advertise it as unlimited time and in the fine print tell how many gigs in upload and download can be done each month.
Take Videotron for example, leader in High-speed access Internet in Quebec. Advertised at 34.95CAN$+taxes each month (provided you bought the modem), you have unlimited time access and 15 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload. (with speeds of 375k/sec in download and 50k/sec in upload)
At 49.99CAN$ (provided you bought the modem), you get unlimited time, unlimited download, unlimited upload, speeds of 450k/sec in download and 80 or 100k/sec in upload.
Other providers like Bell offer if I'm not mistaken unlimited time and bandwidth for 39.99CAN$, though the speeds are about 80k upload and 150k download.
Bottom line is, everything is advertised as what you get, though Sympatico capped the download one year ago and decided to uncap them after a few months because they were losing too many customers.
Videotron so far has been the only provider to offer more and more for the same price. It started as 6 gigs in download and upload combined, then 6 gigs in download and 1 gig in upload, then 10 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload, then they upped the downloading speed from ~300k/sec to ~375k/sec and the upload from 15k/sec to 50k/sec and now we have 15 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload. I think they're one of the rase case that with time the quality of the service became better, while the monthly price rose by 5$ over a 6 year period .
Also there was Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox. It should have come out on December 15th and was delayed to Februrary 26th for the Japanese release and God knows when for the rest of the world.
Worst example of that was playing Kotor and finding a techno beat in some places. Ewh. I don't know what you didn't like about the cantina music in the lower-city on Taris (scary how it came to me fast). It feels right at home in this cantina.
What I didn't like about the music in KOTOR is that it didn't feel epic enough for a SW based game. I didn't exactly feel immersed when playing the game. Plus, having some variation of the Darth Vader theme would have been nice, we only got a variation of the Skywalker theme.
Insightfull??? I read it as "At least there is [another movie] to look forward to after ROTK". This is just pointless bashing in quest for some moderator points.
As for if there's nothing good coming up in theaters after ROTK, there's Exorcist: The Beginning (I hated the first movie but I realise a lot of people are very fond of it, so it's a big event a lot of people won't miss), The Passion of Christ (wether you believe in God or not, this is a movie not to miss, the buzz in the press around this one is awesome), Hellboy (another comic book adaptation that a lot of people have been waiting for a while) and finally the best of the lot, Harry Potter : The prizonner of Azkaban. In fact, I'm more looking forward to HP than Spiderman2.
This game had one of the coolest collection of tracks available for a game ever. Over a hundred songs all from indie artists. Really great stuff. And there's music for "almost" everyone. (read Britney Spears style crap not included)
Is that you are assuming an Iraqi Tribunal will follow American Law and codes. So what if they don't follow American law and code? These people have a different set of beliefs and law, who cares what they do with him. The only thing that is sure is that they will either kill him or put him in jail for the rest of his life. They'll definitely want to put him in a trial, so every one is happy.
The only so-called proof about nuclear weapons were shipments of aluminium tubes which were bought from Africa. It was discovered later that the aluminium wasn't pure enough to be used in a nuclear weapon (I don't know who al uminium is used in nuclear weapon so sorry if this seems a bit clunky), and was destined for ground-air artillery.
As for the biological weapons, how do you think the US knows he had some at one point. Because countries like the US, France and Britain (the obvious three) SOLD them to him. Now there were supposedly destroyed years ago. Or to other countries. (Terrorists, well see about that in the coming weeks I guess)
As for the oil, COME ON!!! Bush and his friends all have huge interrests in oil companies. They need that oil to flow to the US. Bush even said recently that they'd pay themselves back with the oil from Iraq. Now can this oil pay for billions of dollars invested in this war. Maybe not, I honestly don't have a clue. But oil is at the base of our economy. Without oil, cars don't work, people can get to their job, plastics are made with some derivative of oil I think. It's VERY important to people with money that oil keeps coming out of Iraq.
Never believe that any governement, be they American, Canadian, French, Chinese, whatever, is going to spend 500 billions just for good will and peace. There's ALWAYS an ulterior motive.
Its no secret that Saddam recieved aid from many countries, don't just pick on the US and Britain Well, I'm going for the obvious ones here, I mean. Didn't I say France in my previous post? Sorry if I didn't cause I definitely wanted to put that in. Anyway.
And Martyr him? I meant killing him to shut him up. (For the record I don't have an opinion on the Lee Oswald case, I'm just citing it as a possible scenario)
Don't get us wrong, I don't think a single slashdotter is pissed right now that Saddam Hussein won't have another chance at governing Iraq. It's just that we're pissed that while this is a good thing, there's a lot of others things that should have been done first.
But you're right anyway, this should be a day to rejoince. There was even a suggestion made today in Iraq to make December 13th a national day for them, which is a good idea in my opinion.
You know you're reading Slashdot that most of their readers only speak english and don't know that in french we write "Iraq" Irak. So I made a mistake, big deal. I'd like to see you write in french.
Thanks for writing in a coherent way what I was thinking all along.
The Bush administration doesn't want a real PUBLIC trial to take place, because Saddam could reveal everthing the Bush Senior administration told him during the Gulf War, everything the US, France, Britain and about every other country did for Irak and him WHILE he was in power and known to be a dictactor. This isn't going to look good at all for a lot of countries if this guy gets to speak publicly.
I wouldn't be surprised for a second if they pulled a "Lee Harvey Oswald" and have Saddam conveniently killed or "suicided".
You're 100% right. What people don't like though is that people use this as an excuse to justify the war in Irak. Yes, it's a perfectly 100% good reason to go to war with Irak, these people deserved to be freed, and I'm glad they were, but don't think for a second that the US did this ONLY for the good of Irak's people.
I'm really happy for these people, but at the same time it's a shame that they weren't freed because they we're badly treated. Oil was always their #1 target. Freeing the people, WMD and false links to Al-Quada were only excuses to go there.
That's what sickens people. And we have every right to be. This isn't childish at all.
You, sir, are an ignorant. Who do you think supported Saddam Hussein in the 80's when he was a bad man back then? The US of course. The only reason why they went to war with Irak back then was because Saddam said that the oil was the citizen's and Iraq's property. And the only reason they went back is because of unfinished business.
Freedom, terrorism and WMD were only a means to an end. It was never about these, and we were told countless times that they had undeniable proofs to support their accusations. The only truth was that the Iraki people were badly treated. If that was really the real reason to go to Irak, then why didn't the US 1) go there much earlier, and in fact, abandonned the first effort in the 90s 2) don't go to other countries.
This is not a war on terror, this is a war for oil.
... who said that US went to Iraq for the WMD : oops, there are none. Who then said he had links to Al Quadea : Oops, there are none. Who then said he was a very bad man : Yeah, you're right, he was bad, but that's not why you went there.
And if you don't believe me, ask Bush when he is going to invade other countries with dictators or very evil government? Countries like Egypt who is considered an US ally?
This war was NEVER about the iraki people. Saddam was a truly evil man, but don't believe for a second Bush went in Irak for the people, it was just an afterthought.
Your blind loyalty to America regardless of her actions is what most people dislike about your country. Please, dont' say "America". Canada is part of America. Mexico too, as is Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, etc. Don't bring us into this. Say United States of America. Thanks.:)
It's been at least 3 hours since the news is out. Anyway, that's now what my post is about.
I'm really glad for the iraki people that this man has been captured. Finally, they'll be able to put him to trial for the atrocities he did (like releasing chemical weapons on his OWN populace in the 80s). He also did good things at the beginning, such as opening lots of schools and giving women access to education. I think we'll all agree though that the bad far outweights the good he did.
Now, what I'm worrying about are two things: 1) Bush will appoint american people on Saddam's trial. It's time to step down now Mr. Bush. Leave the iraki judge Saddam for the crimes he commited against them, and if they chose death penalty, or only to send him to prison, respect that choice. 2) As much as I hate Bush, I'm happy for him because at least he proved people wrong that they couldn't do this. What I'm afraid now is that american citizen will see him once again as a great ruler because of this single event and re-elect him next november. This has tremendous political implication for the president. Let's not forget that in his cases the bad far outweights the good, even though his bad decisions don't compare to Saddam's.
The concept of Jack's mental health and its slow degradation is one of the core concepts in Dark Corners of the Earth. This loss in sanity will risk the development of specific mental conditions; these include shaking, blurred vision, hallucinations, dizziness, and panic
If you like this idea, then I suggest you try Shadowhearts, a PS2 RPG, that has something similar. Basically, each character have sanity points. At the beginning of each round in a fight, each character lose sanity points. When you reach zero, the character starts panicking, goes berzerk, etc. I can't tell more since I never actually played the game, I had a friend show it to me, but it seemed nice at the time. I think there's also a sequel right around the corner.
Paying for gas on your way to the mall : 20$ Eating at McDonalds when you're there : 6$ Doing you holiday shopping : 500$ The satisfaction of doing all this without even taking out your wallet : priceless.
.... what would happen if for some reason the PS3 CELL technology didn't scale at all or the processor wasn't nearly as fast in practice as it was on paper. What would happen then? Sony is trying something really special with the CELL technology, but what if it doesn't deliver? This could Jeopardize all Sony's efforts in the PS3.
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When they advertise unlimited high speed access over here in Quebec, they advertise it as unlimited time and in the fine print tell how many gigs in upload and download can be done each month.
Take Videotron for example, leader in High-speed access Internet in Quebec. Advertised at 34.95CAN$+taxes each month (provided you bought the modem), you have unlimited time access and 15 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload. (with speeds of 375k/sec in download and 50k/sec in upload)
At 49.99CAN$ (provided you bought the modem), you get unlimited time, unlimited download, unlimited upload, speeds of 450k/sec in download and 80 or 100k/sec in upload.
Other providers like Bell offer if I'm not mistaken unlimited time and bandwidth for 39.99CAN$, though the speeds are about 80k upload and 150k download.
Bottom line is, everything is advertised as what you get, though Sympatico capped the download one year ago and decided to uncap them after a few months because they were losing too many customers.
Videotron so far has been the only provider to offer more and more for the same price. It started as 6 gigs in download and upload combined, then 6 gigs in download and 1 gig in upload, then 10 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload, then they upped the downloading speed from ~300k/sec to ~375k/sec and the upload from 15k/sec to 50k/sec and now we have 15 gigs in download and 5 gigs in upload. I think they're one of the rase case that with time the quality of the service became better, while the monthly price rose by 5$ over a 6 year period .
Also there was Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox. It should have come out on December 15th and was delayed to Februrary 26th for the Japanese release and God knows when for the rest of the world.
Worst example of that was playing Kotor and finding a techno beat in some places. Ewh.
I don't know what you didn't like about the cantina music in the lower-city on Taris (scary how it came to me fast). It feels right at home in this cantina.
What I didn't like about the music in KOTOR is that it didn't feel epic enough for a SW based game. I didn't exactly feel immersed when playing the game. Plus, having some variation of the Darth Vader theme would have been nice, we only got a variation of the Skywalker theme.
Insightfull??? I read it as "At least there is [another movie] to look forward to after ROTK". This is just pointless bashing in quest for some moderator points.
As for if there's nothing good coming up in theaters after ROTK, there's Exorcist: The Beginning (I hated the first movie but I realise a lot of people are very fond of it, so it's a big event a lot of people won't miss), The Passion of Christ (wether you believe in God or not, this is a movie not to miss, the buzz in the press around this one is awesome), Hellboy (another comic book adaptation that a lot of people have been waiting for a while) and finally the best of the lot, Harry Potter : The prizonner of Azkaban. In fact, I'm more looking forward to HP than Spiderman2.
This game had one of the coolest collection of tracks available for a game ever. Over a hundred songs all from indie artists. Really great stuff. And there's music for "almost" everyone. (read Britney Spears style crap not included)
Is that you are assuming an Iraqi Tribunal will follow American Law and codes.
So what if they don't follow American law and code? These people have a different set of beliefs and law, who cares what they do with him. The only thing that is sure is that they will either kill him or put him in jail for the rest of his life. They'll definitely want to put him in a trial, so every one is happy.
The only so-called proof about nuclear weapons were shipments of aluminium tubes which were bought from Africa. It was discovered later that the aluminium wasn't pure enough to be used in a nuclear weapon (I don't know who al uminium is used in nuclear weapon so sorry if this seems a bit clunky), and was destined for ground-air artillery.
As for the biological weapons, how do you think the US knows he had some at one point. Because countries like the US, France and Britain (the obvious three) SOLD them to him. Now there were supposedly destroyed years ago. Or to other countries. (Terrorists, well see about that in the coming weeks I guess)
As for the oil, COME ON!!! Bush and his friends all have huge interrests in oil companies. They need that oil to flow to the US. Bush even said recently that they'd pay themselves back with the oil from Iraq. Now can this oil pay for billions of dollars invested in this war. Maybe not, I honestly don't have a clue. But oil is at the base of our economy. Without oil, cars don't work, people can get to their job, plastics are made with some derivative of oil I think. It's VERY important to people with money that oil keeps coming out of Iraq.
Never believe that any governement, be they American, Canadian, French, Chinese, whatever, is going to spend 500 billions just for good will and peace. There's ALWAYS an ulterior motive.
Its no secret that Saddam recieved aid from many countries, don't just pick on the US and Britain
Well, I'm going for the obvious ones here, I mean. Didn't I say France in my previous post? Sorry if I didn't cause I definitely wanted to put that in. Anyway.
And Martyr him?
I meant killing him to shut him up. (For the record I don't have an opinion on the Lee Oswald case, I'm just citing it as a possible scenario)
What the fuck are you saying??? Iraq is sitting on one of the biggest oil reserve in the world!
Don't get us wrong, I don't think a single slashdotter is pissed right now that Saddam Hussein won't have another chance at governing Iraq. It's just that we're pissed that while this is a good thing, there's a lot of others things that should have been done first.
But you're right anyway, this should be a day to rejoince. There was even a suggestion made today in Iraq to make December 13th a national day for them, which is a good idea in my opinion.
Should we invade the US then? ;)
You know you're reading Slashdot that most of their readers only speak english and don't know that in french we write "Iraq" Irak. So I made a mistake, big deal. I'd like to see you write in french.
Thanks for writing in a coherent way what I was thinking all along.
The Bush administration doesn't want a real PUBLIC trial to take place, because Saddam could reveal everthing the Bush Senior administration told him during the Gulf War, everything the US, France, Britain and about every other country did for Irak and him WHILE he was in power and known to be a dictactor. This isn't going to look good at all for a lot of countries if this guy gets to speak publicly.
I wouldn't be surprised for a second if they pulled a "Lee Harvey Oswald" and have Saddam conveniently killed or "suicided".
You're 100% right. What people don't like though is that people use this as an excuse to justify the war in Irak. Yes, it's a perfectly 100% good reason to go to war with Irak, these people deserved to be freed, and I'm glad they were, but don't think for a second that the US did this ONLY for the good of Irak's people.
I'm really happy for these people, but at the same time it's a shame that they weren't freed because they we're badly treated. Oil was always their #1 target. Freeing the people, WMD and false links to Al-Quada were only excuses to go there.
That's what sickens people. And we have every right to be. This isn't childish at all.
You, sir, are an ignorant. Who do you think supported Saddam Hussein in the 80's when he was a bad man back then? The US of course. The only reason why they went to war with Irak back then was because Saddam said that the oil was the citizen's and Iraq's property. And the only reason they went back is because of unfinished business.
Freedom, terrorism and WMD were only a means to an end. It was never about these, and we were told countless times that they had undeniable proofs to support their accusations. The only truth was that the Iraki people were badly treated. If that was really the real reason to go to Irak, then why didn't the US
1) go there much earlier, and in fact, abandonned the first effort in the 90s
2) don't go to other countries.
This is not a war on terror, this is a war for oil.
... who said that US went to Iraq for the WMD : oops, there are none.
Who then said he had links to Al Quadea : Oops, there are none.
Who then said he was a very bad man : Yeah, you're right, he was bad, but that's not why you went there.
And if you don't believe me, ask Bush when he is going to invade other countries with dictators or very evil government? Countries like Egypt who is considered an US ally?
This war was NEVER about the iraki people. Saddam was a truly evil man, but don't believe for a second Bush went in Irak for the people, it was just an afterthought.
Your blind loyalty to America regardless of her actions is what most people dislike about your country. :)
Please, dont' say "America". Canada is part of America. Mexico too, as is Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, etc. Don't bring us into this. Say United States of America. Thanks.
You mean he won the first time? ;)
It's been at least 3 hours since the news is out. Anyway, that's now what my post is about.
:
I'm really glad for the iraki people that this man has been captured. Finally, they'll be able to put him to trial for the atrocities he did (like releasing chemical weapons on his OWN populace in the 80s). He also did good things at the beginning, such as opening lots of schools and giving women access to education. I think we'll all agree though that the bad far outweights the good he did.
Now, what I'm worrying about are two things
1) Bush will appoint american people on Saddam's trial. It's time to step down now Mr. Bush. Leave the iraki judge Saddam for the crimes he commited against them, and if they chose death penalty, or only to send him to prison, respect that choice.
2) As much as I hate Bush, I'm happy for him because at least he proved people wrong that they couldn't do this. What I'm afraid now is that american citizen will see him once again as a great ruler because of this single event and re-elect him next november. This has tremendous political implication for the president. Let's not forget that in his cases the bad far outweights the good, even though his bad decisions don't compare to Saddam's.
If the results of the study were available in PowerPoint?
The concept of Jack's mental health and its slow degradation is one of the core concepts in Dark Corners of the Earth. This loss in sanity will risk the development of specific mental conditions; these include shaking, blurred vision, hallucinations, dizziness, and panic
If you like this idea, then I suggest you try Shadowhearts, a PS2 RPG, that has something similar. Basically, each character have sanity points. At the beginning of each round in a fight, each character lose sanity points. When you reach zero, the character starts panicking, goes berzerk, etc. I can't tell more since I never actually played the game, I had a friend show it to me, but it seemed nice at the time. I think there's also a sequel right around the corner.
Paying for gas on your way to the mall : 20$
Eating at McDonalds when you're there : 6$
Doing you holiday shopping : 500$
The satisfaction of doing all this without even taking out your wallet : priceless.
Makes me think about cross-genre game: Rock paper scissor rusian roulette
.... what would happen if for some reason the PS3 CELL technology didn't scale at all or the processor wasn't nearly as fast in practice as it was on paper. What would happen then? Sony is trying something really special with the CELL technology, but what if it doesn't deliver? This could Jeopardize all Sony's efforts in the PS3.
You know what this might mean then : Doom3 will be out only in a year for now. ;)