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  1. Re:RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Flash Mobs a Threat to Security? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The RCMP enforces federal laws and statutes.

    In provinces where there is no provincial police, it also enforces provincial laws and statutes, usually as a police force under contract with the provincial government.

    Some cities and towns also contract the RCMP for municipal police services as well.

    From their website: We provide a total federal policing service to all Canadians and policing services under contract to the three territories, eight provinces (except Ontario and Quebec), approximately 198 municipalities and, under 172 individual agreements, to 192 First Nations communities.

    Also for those who don't know, "First Nations" refers to Native Americans.

  2. In 5 to 10 years? on 1 Terabyte Optical Storage Disks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Just about the same time when we should be getting our first flying cars!!!

    I'll be installing a Terabyte Disk player in the dashboard for sure!

  3. can someone explain on Updated UT2004 Demo Available · · Score: 1

    Why some people run 32-people servers with ONS-Primeval?

  4. Wouldnt it be better on Amec Working on Long-Term Nuclear Waste Solution · · Score: 1

    (Couldnt RTFA - page /.ed)

    Wouldn't it be better to use metallic glass (amorphous steel) to store radioactive waste?

  5. Re:Try this car instead on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 1

    looks like a vehicle for people who love motorcycles but who are afraid to drive on two wheels...

  6. ok so imagine we all have a flying car on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 1

    That solves the problem of normal car gridlocks.

    [forgive the farkism]
    Still no cure for lack of downtown parking space...

  7. Re:holy grail? hardly. on NYT On Flying Cars · · Score: 1
  8. Troll! on Lucasfilms Nixes Star Wars Live Screening · · Score: 1

    Lucasfilm: "Fr1st c3a23 & d3s12t!!!"

  9. Re:Would it be better if China took Google offline on Google Confirms Chinese Censorship Claims · · Score: 1

    Do you really think the people living in the PRC are really so dumb they don't realize what the government is doing?

    I think they know, but feel powerless to change things overnight, or at all.

  10. Re:What?! on A Liquid That Turns Solid When Heated · · Score: 1

    If the people at google had a sense of humor, they would've made their cookie expire at GMT 03:14:07, on Tuesday, January 19, 2038.

  11. censorship through google ignorance/laziness on Optimizing News Sites For Google News · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you go to google.ca, click news, there is a Canada News section in English...

    But if on the google.ca page you click on Google.ca offered in: Français, then on Actualités (News), you're forwarded to the google.fr (France) news page.

    France != French Canada

  12. Question for GW Bush on Submit and Moderate Questions for Bush and Kerry · · Score: 1

    Will the highways of the Internet become more few?

  13. Re:my impression of the beta on MMORPG Circle of Life · · Score: 1

    I didn't say I wanted to play E&B alone, I just thought that the game didn't lend itself well to playing a character along with other character-playing people...

    It would be great if a game like E&B was sold along the lines of Unreal Tournament and enabled people to have their own servers... it would be even better if there was a centralized, master server that could enable individual servers (with moddable content) to interconnect, so that you could explore an ever-expanding and changing universe.

  14. Microsoft... on Star Wars DVD Changes XBox Dashboard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny...

  15. Re:Stop press! on Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain? · · Score: 1

    how the heck does one "forget" a space shuttle in the desert?

  16. my impression of the beta on MMORPG Circle of Life · · Score: 1

    was that E&B would have made a great single player exploration/quest game... kinda like Star Control 2 but in 3D

    apart from the XP sharing benefit of teaming up with other people, the game didn't motivate me to chat it up with other people or otherwise cooperate with non-NPCs.

  17. The Necris Fashion Faux Pas on UT2004 Editor's Choice Edition Released · · Score: 1

    Just look at their rolled-up pant bottoms!

    Also, the skaarj models look like they were rushed a bit, with their oversize claws going through other parts of the model.

  18. France != French Canada on Google Local Launched In Canada · · Score: 1

    Why does the Google.ca French News page redirect to Google.fr?

    The Google.ca English News has a Canada news section, while the Google.ca French News has a France section.

    It would be like Americans googling news at google.com and trying to find local news at news.google.co.uk

  19. so i guess on Camera that Sees through Smoke and Fog Underway · · Score: 1

    that the terahertz cameras which were also being developped, while being capable of filming through walls, are not good for fog, smoke and dust?

  20. Re:Alex, I'll take Level 6 for $200 on "Levels" of Computers the Future? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't see much difference between shopping for a car or shopping for a computer...

    With both items, you can go in detailed specifics, you can tweak the performance if you have the know-how, you can buy generic products from big name brands, etc.

    I don't think that marketers or whoever is behind that "level" initiative should assume that their customers are dumb/ignorant.

    I think it's a given that when someone feels the need to buy something that is complex, that person should research the product beforehand and become educated about it.

  21. Re:I have two on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 1

    only if you drive a riced out Mini

  22. Re:I hate subject lines. on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 1

    or an 8" floppy, as a, ah, symbol of your virility.

  23. Re:Pocket protectors? on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 3, Funny

    well then, in the unlikely case that a member of the opposite sex asks you if that is a thumbdrive, just take an air of mystery and state vaguely: "No, that's my encryption security key".

  24. I have two on USB Thumb Drives as ... Fashion Statement? · · Score: 4, Funny

    One for each crowd I hang out with:

    1) Thumbdrive with an Apple logo
    2) Thumbdrive with a Type R logo

  25. Re:unsure on Astronaut Wants Space Program With No Frills · · Score: 1

    maybe they can extract better oxygen from feces?