Yeah, I don't get what's with all the big-shot vandals around here. Destroying hundreds of dollars of tires, and wasting at least a victim's, a tow-truck driver's, and a cop's time is a sick thing to do under almost any circumstance.
Maybe you can use this, or post your own Australian version, modifying it to what applies in your laws being proposed, and write your Government Representative to voice your concerns at the loss of personal rights.
Please write your MP on this matter. Use my letter below if you don't want to write your own.
Send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to your MP at the following address: [your MP's name] M.P. House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Breitkreuz
To summarize the issues in this letter: 1. Internet Service Providers should not be required to keep extensive logs of private and legal online communications.
2. The government must not stop Canadian citizens from making personal-use copies of their legally purchased software, music, and movie media.
Here is the reasoning:
The purpose of the Copyright Act is to support creativity and innovation in the arts and culture. To design a new Act on the failed and draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act of the United States of America, would be a disaster for Canadian culture, and innovation. Also our court system could become clogged with law abiding citizens who make personal use copies of their music, software, and movie collections for no personal financial gain. An implementation of the proposed changes to the Copyright Act would unleash another "Gun Registry boondoggle" onto the Canadian people - creating criminals out of law abiding citizens at the expense of Canadian taxpayers.
Internet Service Providers like Sasktel should not be made to keep extensive client usage logs for possible future prosecution by various copyright-based industries. I don't want to pay for that system to be put into effect, and I don't think most people do. The phone companies are not forced by the government to record the content of phone conversations, only police can do that with a proper warrant. ISP logs are going to be equivalent to phone-taps, and that's a violation of my privacy. It's doing the job of the police, and is for the sole benefit of an industry basing its profits on an outdated business model that is no longer realistic for the Canadian government to protect.
It is completely unfair to be paying a levy to artists organizations for purchasing blank CD media to make home-use private copies of legal CD music, and now to also be unable to legally copy the music I've paid for off of Digital Rights Managed CDs. If copying CD music is going to be illegal, why is the government collecting money from the product for an illegal activity? I'm satisfied that the current levy is helping to compensate artists from illegitimate copying, and no new law is required to prevent me and other people from making sensible backups of our legal music, software, and movie collections.
Your representation in the House of Commons on this matter is greatly appreciated by me, and other supporters of personal liberty and innovation in the arts. I look forward to hearing from you.
Read http://www.vmyths.com/ The site may be shrouded in spyware ads now, but Rob the author knows his AV, and had the FBI NIPC pegged before they became known for allowing 9/11 to happen, and do little to prevent the spread of worms since its inception.
He's reported for at least 5 years on the corruption in government and the AV industry when it comes to their stance on viruses. They don't give a damn, they just want your money.
"But wouldn't it be cool if one of these "Microsoft Killing Apps" would strike out in a truly new, really interesting direction, rather than focusing on reimplementing everything Microsoft has done?"
Yeah, I think a killer feature would be the abillity to start typing a letter before your hand returns to the keyboard from the mouse. It would be possible, without a quickstarter even, if a buffer type program were opened first [something more simple than Notepad even, then the full OOffice product opens in the background, then it would smoothly dump the newly typed data into the blank page. It would be a way to get around the annoying wait while the program starts up before you can type into it, so that you could use OO even on a Pentium 166 without pulling your hair out.
There was a study out of Europe, I think Germany, last month that concluded that having multiple computers in the home led to lower testing grades at school.
The previous studies in North America of course have concluded that computers give people a competitive advantage over their computerless peers, but that trend I don't believe. I work in the computer industry so to speak, and in a type of educational field, and I may be nuts to say this, but we need fewer computers in the schools, or homes if teachers and parents aren't going to supervise the computer use.
If you watch a 10 year old use the Internet these days for instance, if they are unsupervised, they will be on MSN or AIM talking with some people they don't even know, and visiting games and marketing websites, or playing games that teach nothing, not even pseudo-educational games like Oregon Trail are played. Having unrestricted computer access as a child is harmful to education, as are things like TV and video games. The only time a computer is going to help, is when it is one of many tools in the parent's strategy for educating their children in the home. A kid can't be plunked in front a computer with no educational goal in mind, for an undefined period of time.
The majority of callers to the radio station that reported the German study, concurred that a computer is no good unless access is restricted, in the way that video game time should be.
"And humans discovered fusion in the morning, when they opened their eyes and looked at the sun."
Isn't that like saying someone discovered radon gas by entering an unventilated basement with cracks in the floor? A true discovery requires some perception beyond just experiencing the object that is encountered. It could be said using my definition, that Columbus didn't "discover" North America for Europe, because he didn't know where in world he was. Hence, Columbus ENCOUNTERED North America, and these scientists ENCOUNTERED fusion in a form previously unknown. But since they realized what they were looking at, they did discover this type of fusion.
I play an alternate personality on a message board other than slashdot, and do what some people would refer to as trolling, but I and at least several others who don't know my true identity, think it's a form of performance art/humour. Many people find my routine funny, and although I should be irritating in how I portray myself, I give enough clues than I'm not as dumb as I come across, and that is humourous to people.
John Titor is a performance comic/troll, which sounds to me like an interesting guy/group of people to know.
My points are still valid. If you think of another angle that this law will hurt Canadians, please post your letter to your MP, or a letter Canadians can submit to their MP, in a way that a 60 year old white guy who's in love with business, can understand [to draw on a stereotypical MP].
Please write your MP on this matter. Use my letter below if you don't want to write your own.
Send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to your MP at the following address: [your MP's name] M.P. House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Breitkreuz
To summarize the issues in this letter: 1. Internet Service Providers should not be required to keep extensive logs of private and legal online communications.
2. The government must not stop Canadian citizens from making personal-use copies of their legally purchased software, music, and movie media.
Here is the reasoning:
The purpose of the Copyright Act is to support creativity and innovation in the arts and culture. To design a new Act on the failed and draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act of the United States of America, would be a disaster for Canadian culture, and innovation. Also our court system could become clogged with law abiding citizens who make personal use copies of their music, software, and movie collections for no personal financial gain. An implementation of the proposed changes to the Copyright Act would unleash another "Gun Registry boondoggle" onto the Canadian people - creating criminals out of law abiding citizens at the expense of Canadian taxpayers.
Internet Service Providers like Sasktel should not be made to keep extensive client usage logs for possible future prosecution by various copyright-based industries. I don't want to pay for that system to be put into effect, and I don't think most people do. The phone companies are not forced by the government to record the content of phone conversations, only police can do that with a proper warrant. ISP logs are going to be equivalent to phone-taps, and that's a violation of my privacy. It's doing the job of the police, and is for the sole benefit of an industry basing its profits on an outdated business model that is no longer realistic for the Canadian government to protect.
It is completely unfair to be paying a levy to artists organizations for purchasing blank CD media to make home-use private copies of legal CD music, and now to also be unable to legally copy the music I've paid for off of Digital Rights Managed CDs. If copying CD music is going to be illegal, why is the government collecting money from the product for an illegal activity? I'm satisfied that the current levy is helping to compensate artists from illegitimate copying, and no new law is required to prevent me and other people from making sensible backups of our legal music, software, and movie collections.
Your representation in the House of Commons on this matter is greatly appreciated by me, and other supporters of personal liberty and innovation in the arts. I look forward to hearing from you.
Will this mean more clones, or more genetic modification treatments will become available, now that highschool students can get ahold of this, and work with it on their next science fair project?
I know you meant that as a joke, but maybe we didn't have digital ones, because Einstein didn't focus enough of his life on computers, and instead opted to spend time on courting women, with his gi-normous hair.
I wonder why they didn't provide the rover with two skis, just in case they ran into a problem like this? Lower the skis, and use the rear wheels to drive it, like a ski-doo.
I mean, they could have envisioned encountering a snow bank maybe? [Yeah I'm kidding about the snow, but the ski idea is a good one I think, on a sandy planet.]
I'd have thought the dust devils the rover's been seeing to be hazardous to the mission [and they potentially could be] but at this point they've given the rover a boost, as the dust that's been settling on the solar pannels, has been partially cleaned off, which increases the rover's power generation.
"Accompanied by Wind
NASA's Spirit rover spotted the first dust devil of the Mars Exploration Rover mission on martian sol, or day, 421 (March 10, 2005). The dust devil was observed the day after martian winds cleared the rover's deck and increased the amount of power the rover harvested from sunlight shining on its solar panels." http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20050325. html
I created this handy package the other year, but no one from JPL bought it, although one NASA person did write to enquire about the plan:
Thanks for looking at my sale. This item comes from Canada, but is listed on es.eBay.com on purpose for their more reasonable listing fee, and their money is about as close to alien gold-pressed latinum as any currency on Earth.
Martian Automobile Association Membership card with booklet. Motto: Don't be caught on Mars without us!
If you are planning on travelling to the Red Planet before 2030, be sure to take your MAA card with you. This makes the perfect gift to your future astronaut child, or favourite NASA engineer.
The card will come with a water resistant covering, and features the MAA logo and motto. The expiry date on the card says December 31, 2029.
If you know a kid with Spirit, and is a real Rover, then this is the gift for them. Help them Find their Path, give them the gift that keeps giving every time they need help on their interplanetry Sojourn. This is an Opportunity of a lifetime, membership cards are extremely limited.
Member Benefits listed in the included booklet: Rover towing to nearest Mars base, or Platform Oxygen/Nitrogen/Hydrogen fuel supply delivered in emergencies. MS BSOD insurance. Planetary impact insurance up to $100,000,000US. Access to toll free MAA help line 1-555-GOT-MARS? The Terms Of Service [If you bid without reading these, heaven help you]:
I take the following forms of payment only [in the equivalent value of the winning bid price + shipping]:
Canadian Tire money [at face value] Monopoly money [exchanged at 0.0005% face value] Traveler's cheques Shiny beads, trinkets, or gold coins Chocolate bars Cod, the fish, at current market value. Mexican Pesos, Japanese ¥, and even European Euros. Australian $, UK £, Canadian $, coins or Money Orders. American $ cash preferred. Lots of it please. Hershey's Kisses(tm) - please note that I will not consider melty sticky kisses a valid payment. PayPal balance transfers in US$ are accepted if you don't have any of the above payments to offer, and are a boring fuddy duddy or poopy pants buyer. All legal currency must be dated from after the year 2000, since I don't want it to have the Y2K bug. I prefer foreign cash, but you are welcome to pay with any option here. I will put your separate eBay items in one package, to save you money. Weight and thickness restrictions of the package may limit how many auctions you can combine. Shipping to the USA is Air, and $2.00US. Shipping to Canada is $1.50Can. Shipping Internationally is 2,00EUR. Shipping Interplanetary to Mars is $80 Million USD. Expect 7 to 22 months for delivery.
Consult my eBay About ME page for handy links regarding Canada Post shipping. I'll ship the same day, or next business day payment arrives. Insurance is available on request if you do not want me to ship by the regular Lettermail or standard XpressPost. I will ship almost anywhere in the world.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns, before buying. I'm happy to help... Contact me if you want to see detailed pictures of the item. Please see my other auctions which feature a variety of items. I'm a very diverse seller.
Copyright computer_saskboy 2004 Please note this is for the card and booklet only; membership benefits are only available on Mars.
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I didn't know you were joking, there are people just that rotten in the world, and sometimes what seems absurd to one, is reality to another.
Yeah, I don't get what's with all the big-shot vandals around here. Destroying hundreds of dollars of tires, and wasting at least a victim's, a tow-truck driver's, and a cop's time is a sick thing to do under almost any circumstance.
Maybe you can use this, or post your own Australian version, modifying it to what applies in your laws being proposed, and write your Government Representative to voice your concerns at the loss of personal rights.
u se/PostalCode.asp?lang=E
/ statement_e.cfm
Please write your MP on this matter. Use my letter below if you don't want to write your own.
Send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to your MP at the following address:
[your MP's name] M.P.
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Find their email address, but write by paper mail too. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/ho
Dear Mr. Breitkreuz
To summarize the issues in this letter:
1. Internet Service Providers should not be required to keep extensive logs of private and legal online communications.
2. The government must not stop Canadian citizens from making personal-use copies of their legally purchased software, music, and movie media.
Background:
http://pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/pda-cpb/reform
Here is the reasoning:
The purpose of the Copyright Act is to support creativity and innovation in the arts and culture. To design a new Act on the failed and draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act of the United States of America, would be a disaster for Canadian culture, and innovation. Also our court system could become clogged with law abiding citizens who make personal use copies of their music, software, and movie collections for no personal financial gain. An implementation of the proposed changes to the Copyright Act would unleash another "Gun Registry boondoggle" onto the Canadian people - creating criminals out of law abiding citizens at the expense of Canadian taxpayers.
Internet Service Providers like Sasktel should not be made to keep extensive client usage logs for possible future prosecution by various copyright-based industries. I don't want to pay for that system to be put into effect, and I don't think most people do. The phone companies are not forced by the government to record the content of phone conversations, only police can do that with a proper warrant. ISP logs are going to be equivalent to phone-taps, and that's a violation of my privacy. It's doing the job of the police, and is for the sole benefit of an industry basing its profits on an outdated business model that is no longer realistic for the Canadian government to protect.
It is completely unfair to be paying a levy to artists organizations for purchasing blank CD media to make home-use private copies of legal CD music, and now to also be unable to legally copy the music I've paid for off of Digital Rights Managed CDs. If copying CD music is going to be illegal, why is the government collecting money from the product for an illegal activity? I'm satisfied that the current levy is helping to compensate artists from illegitimate copying, and no new law is required to prevent me and other people from making sensible backups of our legal music, software, and movie collections.
Your representation in the House of Commons on this matter is greatly appreciated by me, and other supporters of personal liberty and innovation in the arts. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
my name
Read http://www.vmyths.com/
The site may be shrouded in spyware ads now, but Rob the author knows his AV, and had the FBI NIPC pegged before they became known for allowing 9/11 to happen, and do little to prevent the spread of worms since its inception.
He's reported for at least 5 years on the corruption in government and the AV industry when it comes to their stance on viruses. They don't give a damn, they just want your money.
...But can these nanomaterials run Linux, that's the real question I think we're all asking ourselves.
What? You aren't?
Well, now with Internet Hunting, and Wardriving illegal, I guess all that's left of the "geek sports" to outlaw is Porn Surfing.
"But wouldn't it be cool if one of these "Microsoft Killing Apps" would strike out in a truly new, really interesting direction, rather than focusing on reimplementing everything Microsoft has done?"
Yeah, I think a killer feature would be the abillity to start typing a letter before your hand returns to the keyboard from the mouse. It would be possible, without a quickstarter even, if a buffer type program were opened first [something more simple than Notepad even, then the full OOffice product opens in the background, then it would smoothly dump the newly typed data into the blank page. It would be a way to get around the annoying wait while the program starts up before you can type into it, so that you could use OO even on a Pentium 166 without pulling your hair out.
You're asking too many questions. Questions are bad. Report for Kansasifying at your local brainwash station immediately!
What may be a bigger coincidence, is this guy selling his Batman #1, and the auction ends tonight, just before he'd have to give it away for free ;-)e gory=35751&item=6528451650&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cat
[yes I'm kidding]
There was a study out of Europe, I think Germany, last month that concluded that having multiple computers in the home led to lower testing grades at school.
The previous studies in North America of course have concluded that computers give people a competitive advantage over their computerless peers, but that trend I don't believe. I work in the computer industry so to speak, and in a type of educational field, and I may be nuts to say this, but we need fewer computers in the schools, or homes if teachers and parents aren't going to supervise the computer use.
If you watch a 10 year old use the Internet these days for instance, if they are unsupervised, they will be on MSN or AIM talking with some people they don't even know, and visiting games and marketing websites, or playing games that teach nothing, not even pseudo-educational games like Oregon Trail are played. Having unrestricted computer access as a child is harmful to education, as are things like TV and video games. The only time a computer is going to help, is when it is one of many tools in the parent's strategy for educating their children in the home. A kid can't be plunked in front a computer with no educational goal in mind, for an undefined period of time.
The majority of callers to the radio station that reported the German study, concurred that a computer is no good unless access is restricted, in the way that video game time should be.
In Soviet Russia, 127.0.0.1 hacks YOU! :-)
"And humans discovered fusion in the morning, when they opened their eyes and looked at the sun."
Isn't that like saying someone discovered radon gas by entering an unventilated basement with cracks in the floor? A true discovery requires some perception beyond just experiencing the object that is encountered. It could be said using my definition, that Columbus didn't "discover" North America for Europe, because he didn't know where in world he was. Hence, Columbus ENCOUNTERED North America, and these scientists ENCOUNTERED fusion in a form previously unknown. But since they realized what they were looking at, they did discover this type of fusion.
So FORD is like GNU, a self referencing TLA?
Gnu's Not Unix.
Three Letter Acronymn for the uninformed.
My favourite FORD is one I made:
Firey Or Rotten Death.
I'm relatively certain the MP for Yorkton doesn't speak l'francais, but I appreciate your joke none the less.
I play an alternate personality on a message board other than slashdot, and do what some people would refer to as trolling, but I and at least several others who don't know my true identity, think it's a form of performance art/humour. Many people find my routine funny, and although I should be irritating in how I portray myself, I give enough clues than I'm not as dumb as I come across, and that is humourous to people.
John Titor is a performance comic/troll, which sounds to me like an interesting guy/group of people to know.
My points are still valid. If you think of another angle that this law will hurt Canadians, please post your letter to your MP, or a letter Canadians can submit to their MP, in a way that a 60 year old white guy who's in love with business, can understand [to draw on a stereotypical MP].
Please write your MP on this matter. Use my letter below if you don't want to write your own.
u se/PostalCode.asp?lang=E
/ statement_e.cfm
Send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to your MP at the following address:
[your MP's name] M.P.
House of Commons
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Find their email address, but write by paper mail too. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/ho
Dear Mr. Breitkreuz
To summarize the issues in this letter:
1. Internet Service Providers should not be required to keep extensive logs of private and legal online communications.
2. The government must not stop Canadian citizens from making personal-use copies of their legally purchased software, music, and movie media.
Background:
http://pch.gc.ca/progs/ac-ca/progs/pda-cpb/reform
Here is the reasoning:
The purpose of the Copyright Act is to support creativity and innovation in the arts and culture. To design a new Act on the failed and draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act of the United States of America, would be a disaster for Canadian culture, and innovation. Also our court system could become clogged with law abiding citizens who make personal use copies of their music, software, and movie collections for no personal financial gain. An implementation of the proposed changes to the Copyright Act would unleash another "Gun Registry boondoggle" onto the Canadian people - creating criminals out of law abiding citizens at the expense of Canadian taxpayers.
Internet Service Providers like Sasktel should not be made to keep extensive client usage logs for possible future prosecution by various copyright-based industries. I don't want to pay for that system to be put into effect, and I don't think most people do. The phone companies are not forced by the government to record the content of phone conversations, only police can do that with a proper warrant. ISP logs are going to be equivalent to phone-taps, and that's a violation of my privacy. It's doing the job of the police, and is for the sole benefit of an industry basing its profits on an outdated business model that is no longer realistic for the Canadian government to protect.
It is completely unfair to be paying a levy to artists organizations for purchasing blank CD media to make home-use private copies of legal CD music, and now to also be unable to legally copy the music I've paid for off of Digital Rights Managed CDs. If copying CD music is going to be illegal, why is the government collecting money from the product for an illegal activity? I'm satisfied that the current levy is helping to compensate artists from illegitimate copying, and no new law is required to prevent me and other people from making sensible backups of our legal music, software, and movie collections.
Your representation in the House of Commons on this matter is greatly appreciated by me, and other supporters of personal liberty and innovation in the arts. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
my name
Will this mean more clones, or more genetic modification treatments will become available, now that highschool students can get ahold of this, and work with it on their next science fair project?
The US Military promised to blow up the rocket should it veer off course and potentially endanger Canadians off the coast of Newfounland.
0 /titan-missile050430.html
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/3
"we can shine our sun through it and fry their planets."
...
Now where did I put my Sol Watt Amplifier?
" They had computers in the early 1900's?"
I know you meant that as a joke, but maybe we didn't have digital ones, because Einstein didn't focus enough of his life on computers, and instead opted to spend time on courting women, with his gi-normous hair.
I wonder why they didn't provide the rover with two skis, just in case they ran into a problem like this? Lower the skis, and use the rear wheels to drive it, like a ski-doo.
I mean, they could have envisioned encountering a snow bank maybe? [Yeah I'm kidding about the snow, but the ski idea is a good one I think, on a sandy planet.]
Are you speaking from personal experience?
Just kidding.
I'd have thought the dust devils the rover's been seeing to be hazardous to the mission [and they potentially could be] but at this point they've given the rover a boost, as the dust that's been settling on the solar pannels, has been partially cleaned off, which increases the rover's power generation.
. html
"Accompanied by Wind
NASA's Spirit rover spotted the first dust devil of the Mars Exploration Rover mission on martian sol, or day, 421 (March 10, 2005). The dust devil was observed the day after martian winds cleared the rover's deck and increased the amount of power the rover harvested from sunlight shining on its solar panels." http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20050325
I created this handy package the other year, but no one from JPL bought it, although one NASA person did write to enquire about the plan:
Thanks for looking at my sale.
This item comes from Canada, but is listed on es.eBay.com on purpose for their more reasonable listing fee, and their money is about as close to alien gold-pressed latinum as any currency on Earth.
Martian Automobile Association Membership card with booklet.
Motto: Don't be caught on Mars without us!
If you are planning on travelling to the Red Planet before 2030, be sure to take your MAA card with you. This makes the perfect gift to your future astronaut child, or favourite NASA engineer.
The card will come with a water resistant covering, and features the MAA logo and motto. The expiry date on the card says December 31, 2029.
If you know a kid with Spirit, and is a real Rover, then this is the gift for them. Help them Find their Path, give them the gift that keeps giving every time they need help on their interplanetry Sojourn. This is an Opportunity of a lifetime, membership cards are extremely limited.
Member Benefits listed in the included booklet:
Rover towing to nearest Mars base, or Platform
Oxygen/Nitrogen/Hydrogen fuel supply delivered in emergencies.
MS BSOD insurance.
Planetary impact insurance up to $100,000,000US.
Access to toll free MAA help line 1-555-GOT-MARS?
The Terms Of Service [If you bid without reading these, heaven help you]:
I take the following forms of payment only [in the equivalent value of the winning bid price + shipping]:
Canadian Tire money [at face value]
Monopoly money [exchanged at 0.0005% face value]
Traveler's cheques
Shiny beads, trinkets, or gold coins
Chocolate bars
Cod, the fish, at current market value.
Mexican Pesos, Japanese ¥, and even European Euros.
Australian $, UK £, Canadian $, coins or Money Orders.
American $ cash preferred. Lots of it please.
Hershey's Kisses(tm) - please note that I will not consider melty sticky kisses a valid payment.
PayPal balance transfers in US$ are accepted if you don't have any of the above payments to offer, and are a boring fuddy duddy or poopy pants buyer.
All legal currency must be dated from after the year 2000, since I don't want it to have the Y2K bug. I prefer foreign cash, but you are welcome to pay with any option here.
I will put your separate eBay items in one package, to save you money. Weight and thickness restrictions of the package may limit how many auctions you can combine.
Shipping to the USA is Air, and $2.00US.
Shipping to Canada is $1.50Can.
Shipping Internationally is 2,00EUR.
Shipping Interplanetary to Mars is $80 Million USD. Expect 7 to 22 months for delivery.
Consult my eBay About ME page for handy links regarding Canada Post shipping. I'll ship the same day, or next business day payment arrives. Insurance is available on request if you do not want me to ship by the regular Lettermail or standard XpressPost. I will ship almost anywhere in the world.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns, before buying. I'm happy to help...
Contact me if you want to see detailed pictures of the item.
Please see my other auctions which feature a variety of items. I'm a very diverse seller.
Copyright computer_saskboy 2004
Please note this is for the card and booklet only; membership benefits are only available on Mars.