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  1. Re:around here it is lower if you have your own on Unlocking New Mobile Phones Becomes Illegal In the US Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Where is around here?

  2. Re:No persuasion required on Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones? · · Score: 1

    You thing like a union man who sleeps on the job, and gets away with it.

  3. Re:A wake up call on Coral Reefs In Grave Danger, Say Climate Simulations · · Score: 1

    Wait, a minute. Stay on point bubba. We are talking about the belief that carbon emissions are the root of all evil, however you just switched to talking about pollution of the soil, water and general.

    Not believing that .00003% more carbon will fry us, is NOT the same as endorsing wholesale pollution of our environment.

    Thats where you alarmists fall flat on your faces. Its exactly like the save the children argument with internet privacy and child porn.

  4. Re:Incidentally... on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    Because the stock would be worthless faster than they can wind down operations.

  5. Re:Incidentally... on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    Its a problem to the wind down neatly strategy.

  6. Re:Incidentally... on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    I think the problem would be, once shareholders start realising the corporation is winding down, they would start dumping the stock.

  7. Re:Corporations are people on BP and Three Executives Facing Criminal Charges Over Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    They can affect the prices at the pump by increasing refining prices. In Canada the refineries have double, even tripled refining costs over the last 5 years.

  8. Re:Canipre's Head Office is a PO Box on Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates · · Score: 2

    No, the website says 15400.

    http://canipre.com/company-info.html

  9. Re:Canipre's Head Office is a PO Box on Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    Its not a PO box. Its a suite. However i don't know the company, but in that same building there is a sushi shop, convenience store, bakery
    , bankruptcy agency AND a Thai massage parlor... With happy ending!!!

  10. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    I drove my RX8 in Montreal winters for 5 years. What you're saying is just untrue.

    I found it to have one of the better traction control systems I have driven in. The corrections where minor and always done at the right time.

    When you hit a patch of black ice, there really isn't much any system can do. If you went into a spin, its because you made a steering correction, or you weren't going straight when you hit the patch of ice.

    I would constantly test the RX8's system in snow or ice, Id give it a sideways swing, step on the gas and keep the steering straight ahead... the car would swing "lightly" back and forth (because of the aggressive input steering I had given it), but its trajectory would remain STRAIGHT as long as I kept the steering straight.

    After a few swings it would eventually taper off and just drive straight.

    Honestly, DSC/TSC systems are a burden when on a race track, but they are not on the road, even for experienced drivers. (I do Solo I and Solo II, time attack and other road racing/lapping activities) and I still keep DSC-TSC on when I drive on public roads.

  11. Re:recipie for disaster on Nissan Develops Emergency Auto-Steering System · · Score: 1

    The ATTESA is an AWD system, not a traction control system.

    Now AWD systems do incorporate traction control, as they need to electronically or mechanically send power forward, or to the back and account for slippage.

  12. Re:Interesting: Teksavvy Bad Throttler in Canada on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    Are you serious?

    Your asking for a small indy ISP to just lay down another last mile?
    Even the big ISP didint have the money to do so. They got heavy subsidies from the government.

    I think your being disengenous to an extreme.

  13. Re:Interesting: Teksavvy Bad Throttler in Canada on ISPs Throttling BitTorrent Traffic, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    You cant make sweeping statements about Teksavvy, the data in the study is meaningless because Teksavvy uses the big ISPs last mile and have no control if those big ISPs decide to throttle.

    Was it CABLE or DSL?
    In which province? (this determines which ISP they are using as the last mile, rogers, bell, videotron, cogeco, etc...)

    If all tests where done on DSL, then they would get the same throttling results as they would with Bell.

    In my case, in Quebec on Cable with a 70$/month unlimited packet at 30mbps. No throttling, no limits (I use almost 1 TB per month easily), no problems.

  14. Re:Obama SIGNED ACTA... WTF? on Rep. Darrell Issa Requests Public Comments On ACTA · · Score: 2

    How can you be surprised?

    At what point during his presidency has Obama shown he is anything other than a corporate stooge?

  15. Re:I was thinking of something like this ... on RIM To Offer Multiplatform Device Management · · Score: 1

    Same goes for my Samsung Galaxy Captivate with Android 2.x+, using exchange.

  16. Re:Even better on Smart Meters Wreaking Havoc With Home Electronics · · Score: 1

    Its my understanding (and its a limited one) that the reason for that is a change of phase.

    Basicaly EoP works like a big hub for all plugs on the same phase.

    You cannot make a reliable connection to plugs on another adjacent phase.

  17. Re:Even better on Smart Meters Wreaking Havoc With Home Electronics · · Score: 1

    HD movies on wireless just doesnt work right now.
    Not on g or n.

    600 Mb/s. You must seriously be kidding me.

    I can sit a dlink access point on top of my router and not get half that because of all the neighbors wifi signals. ( yes yes I know, not supposed to put a transmitter and receiver so close, but I'm just making a point. At any distance, line of site or not, its not going to happen).
    And even without the interference, consumer grade wifi equipement is NOT good enough to give you what the specs say you should be getting.

    Even the semi pro equipment wont do it.

  18. Re:Funny thing... on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    Oh my god.

    Do people like you realize how bat shit crazy you sound?

  19. it's the end of the world on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 0

    Nt

  20. Re:The whiner is a spammer on Microsoft's Office365 Limits Emails To 500 Recipients · · Score: 1

    I hate spammers as much as the next guy, bu that description is missing some in my opinion.

    In sales you can work on relationships for years before landing an account. I'm not talking about sending an e-mail about a penis enlarger kit. I'm talking about chrismas greetings to your customers and your most important prospects. Let them know you think of them. You follow that mailing up with a phone call.

    I guess I'm just trying to say, not everything thing fits neatly into a little box.

  21. Re:The whiner is a spammer on Microsoft's Office365 Limits Emails To 500 Recipients · · Score: 1

    Though i understand your point, prospects means people or companies you arent doing business with yet.

    However it doesnt necessarily mean you dont have a relationship established with your prospects.

  22. Re:Victory against the MPAA and RIAA on Canadian Government Says DRM Circumvention Not Related To Copyright · · Score: 1

    I am Canadian and to my knowledge copyright infringement is not a crime yet.

    Though, like you, I loath bill C-32, it hasn't passed yet. And thus does not apply for the moment as such.

    Now I wont ask others to sympathize with those that copy others materials, but I don think they should be slapped with hefty fines, penalties or thrown in jail.

    We live in a digital age. Copying is easy, simple and harmless.

    The industry, the government and society need to get with the times and find a way to make it work. When something is easy to copy and plentiful, there is no reason to pretend it is scarce.

  23. Re:Victory against the MPAA and RIAA on Canadian Government Says DRM Circumvention Not Related To Copyright · · Score: 1

    You cant eliminate the most important difference and ask what the difference is exactly...

    THAT is the difference. And its a major one.

    If you screw someone over for 20$ in a way that isn't criminal, you wont do 1 day in jail.

    Might cost you 500$ or more in court costs, reparation and penalties. But that is leaps and bounds better than even 1 month in jail wouldnt you say?

    I think you are being disingenuous or simply obtuse.

    Here in Canada and its pretty much the same everywhere, there is a Criminal Code of Law and a Civil code of Law.
    If its not in the criminal code of law, you haven't committed a "crime" and thus cant be sent to jail.

  24. Re:Victory against the MPAA and RIAA on Canadian Government Says DRM Circumvention Not Related To Copyright · · Score: 1

    What he's saying is loosing in court /= being criminal.

    Violation of civil contracts is not a criminal act. You can do it all day every day for as long as your wiish.

    When you dont pay your bills, thats violation of civil contract.

  25. Re:Why has it taken 50 years? on The Dead Sea Scrolls and Information Paranoia · · Score: 1

    Really now?

    We are talking about the bible and you are using the word "fact".

    It is quite evident who is showing bias in this conversation.

    In any case, how about you bring up some citations for your "evidence" that "suggests" that that passage was a clerical mistake.