Actually from the research i've done, most restaurants pay for collection companies to pick up this material, who then sell to (or are owned by) rendering companies who use it in the manufacturing of animal feed or refine it and resell it...
I just switched to Vonage at the beginning of May and I honestly have to say it was the best thing I could have done in regards to my phone plans. My situation is such that I am living in Canada, working for a U.S. company and having to make day time long distance calls all over north america. My previous cell phone bills would be anywhere from 200-650.00 / month! Now that I've switched to Vonage, I'm spending 50.00/month (CDN) for unlimited long distance in north america and unlimited local calls which is a fantastic deal as far as i'm concerned. I haven't had any troubles hooking up their hardware to my home office network and it's worked great from the start. the only time i've had to call tech support was when i was having trouble dialing out and then i found out that the problem was that i had to dial 1-area code-number at all times, which is something they plan to fix in the future. Tech support took me about 4 minutes to reach and they were very helpful right away.
I highly recommend the Vonage VOIP service, it's cheap, reliable, high quality and has many features.
It's basically impossible to get an unlocked phone in Canada through the most recognized retailers - ie) Rogers, Fido, Telus, Future shop. I bought my phone last year while I was in Australia (3650) over the web without even seeing the thing. I received my phone which i used in Aus for 6 months, and when I came to Canada, hooked it up with Rogers. I'm now free to roam the globe without any issues;) (i hope). One thing to note is, the 3620 they sell here (which looks EXACTLY like the 3650) is *NOT* a world phone like mine... which makes me glad that I didn't wait until I came to Canada to buy one from Rogers... it would have been locked, and wouldn't have worked anywhere else anyway.
My view would be to make the switch as soon as possible... there's many reasons to do this, and eVC is downloadable as a free toolkit as far as I know.
I too am going to be working with the O2 soon, it's a very nice device, I may be able to help if you need it.
Bloody hell, obviously you can't code worth shit. I've been developing with WinCE (all platforms) for 5 years now and it's come a long, long way. The problems you describe all stem from poor design decisions. If you actually did your research, you would find that there are many, many options out there for what you want to do. For example, if you want to use XML, try using the Expat parser - I do, and it's great. If you need a rdbms, there's SQL Server CE (has it's issues), Oracle Lite (also has it's issues) and Sybase Ultralite (which i think is the best out of the three) - but all in all, there are some very good tools out there. If you would have done any research, you would have found out quite soon that eVB sucks shit and the only real choice for embedded development on that platform is to go with C++ or Java (powered by Jeode JVM)...
Do your research b4 you start shittin on the OS.
Obviously this guys is being influenced in a huge way by corporate entities or he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. As a Canadian who is constantly travelling overseas, the CDMA standard that North America has adopted is a major pain in the ass. The premium phones that are being manufactured right now always come out in GSM form first, most of them only supporting the two standard frequencies, and those that support the third you can't even use in North America most of the time because of a lack of carriers that will support the phone (some carriers won't allow phones that they don't sell to be connected to their networks).
You really think we have 'decades in which to start changing?' - the environment as a whole is much too complex of a system for us to understand the effects that we are having on it. I don't think the current scientific models are accurate enough to base our decisions on.
We as a society do not have the right to jeopardize the planet, neither in the present or for the people of tomorrow .
I for one think the way of western life is a sad one, based primarily on mass consumerism, and it is wrecking our planet. One of the biggest problems is the compelling need we westerners have for the 'big ticket' items in life.. the cars, the boats, the wasteful appliances. We buy these products when they first come out, filling a void we all have in which we require the 'newest' or the 'best' new product to feel satisfied. This void remains temporarily filled, until we see the next big ticket item that we want, and strive to buy it. It's a vicious cycle of consumerism that is wrecking our planet, can you imagine if China had as many vehicles per capita as the U.S. ?! Most people would say 'yeah right', but that's exactly what these eastern countries are striving for. Many easterners want to be like 'America' and the earth will not support it in a sustainable manner, if we continue this behavior, the earth will suffer for it, and it will be a global catastrophe!
We need to change our habits, our way of life, and we have to do it soon, it's not just the huge consumption of oil that's the problem. The top scientists of our planet issued a statement entitled 'Warning to Humanity' in 1998, outlining how much trouble the planet and humanity is really in. Take a look: http://www.deoxy.org/sciwarn.htm
I think the problem is not so much finding alternative fuels to sustain our current levels of consumption, but altering the way in which live so that it is sustainable, without sacrificing the only place we can live - the earth...
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Actually from the research i've done, most restaurants pay for collection companies to pick up this material, who then sell to (or are owned by) rendering companies who use it in the manufacturing of animal feed or refine it and resell it...
I just switched to Vonage at the beginning of May and I honestly have to say it was the best thing I could have done in regards to my phone plans. My situation is such that I am living in Canada, working for a U.S. company and having to make day time long distance calls all over north america. My previous cell phone bills would be anywhere from 200-650.00 / month! Now that I've switched to Vonage, I'm spending 50.00/month (CDN) for unlimited long distance in north america and unlimited local calls which is a fantastic deal as far as i'm concerned. I haven't had any troubles hooking up their hardware to my home office network and it's worked great from the start. the only time i've had to call tech support was when i was having trouble dialing out and then i found out that the problem was that i had to dial 1-area code-number at all times, which is something they plan to fix in the future. Tech support took me about 4 minutes to reach and they were very helpful right away.
I highly recommend the Vonage VOIP service, it's cheap, reliable, high quality and has many features.
It's basically impossible to get an unlocked phone in Canada through the most recognized retailers - ie) Rogers, Fido, Telus, Future shop. I bought my phone last year while I was in Australia (3650) over the web without even seeing the thing. I received my phone which i used in Aus for 6 months, and when I came to Canada, hooked it up with Rogers. I'm now free to roam the globe without any issues ;) (i hope). One thing to note is, the 3620 they sell here (which looks EXACTLY like the 3650) is *NOT* a world phone like mine... which makes me glad that I didn't wait until I came to Canada to buy one from Rogers... it would have been locked, and wouldn't have worked anywhere else anyway.
My view would be to make the switch as soon as possible... there's many reasons to do this, and eVC is downloadable as a free toolkit as far as I know. I too am going to be working with the O2 soon, it's a very nice device, I may be able to help if you need it.
Bloody hell, obviously you can't code worth shit. I've been developing with WinCE (all platforms) for 5 years now and it's come a long, long way. The problems you describe all stem from poor design decisions. If you actually did your research, you would find that there are many, many options out there for what you want to do. For example, if you want to use XML, try using the Expat parser - I do, and it's great. If you need a rdbms, there's SQL Server CE (has it's issues), Oracle Lite (also has it's issues) and Sybase Ultralite (which i think is the best out of the three) - but all in all, there are some very good tools out there. If you would have done any research, you would have found out quite soon that eVB sucks shit and the only real choice for embedded development on that platform is to go with C++ or Java (powered by Jeode JVM)... Do your research b4 you start shittin on the OS.
Obviously this guys is being influenced in a huge way by corporate entities or he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. As a Canadian who is constantly travelling overseas, the CDMA standard that North America has adopted is a major pain in the ass. The premium phones that are being manufactured right now always come out in GSM form first, most of them only supporting the two standard frequencies, and those that support the third you can't even use in North America most of the time because of a lack of carriers that will support the phone (some carriers won't allow phones that they don't sell to be connected to their networks).
You really think we have 'decades in which to start changing?' - the environment as a whole is much too complex of a system for us to understand the effects that we are having on it. I don't think the current scientific models are accurate enough to base our decisions on. We as a society do not have the right to jeopardize the planet, neither in the present or for the people of tomorrow . I for one think the way of western life is a sad one, based primarily on mass consumerism, and it is wrecking our planet. One of the biggest problems is the compelling need we westerners have for the 'big ticket' items in life.. the cars, the boats, the wasteful appliances. We buy these products when they first come out, filling a void we all have in which we require the 'newest' or the 'best' new product to feel satisfied. This void remains temporarily filled, until we see the next big ticket item that we want, and strive to buy it. It's a vicious cycle of consumerism that is wrecking our planet, can you imagine if China had as many vehicles per capita as the U.S. ?! Most people would say 'yeah right', but that's exactly what these eastern countries are striving for. Many easterners want to be like 'America' and the earth will not support it in a sustainable manner, if we continue this behavior, the earth will suffer for it, and it will be a global catastrophe! We need to change our habits, our way of life, and we have to do it soon, it's not just the huge consumption of oil that's the problem. The top scientists of our planet issued a statement entitled 'Warning to Humanity' in 1998, outlining how much trouble the planet and humanity is really in. Take a look: http://www.deoxy.org/sciwarn.htm I think the problem is not so much finding alternative fuels to sustain our current levels of consumption, but altering the way in which live so that it is sustainable, without sacrificing the only place we can live - the earth...