No, Canada did not agree to have our flag and the name removed from the Canadarm for the Hubble repair missions.
The repair missions were huge publicity opportunities to gain US public support for NASA and to show the world how great the USA is.
Wouldn't want the average american dumbass to know that the star piece of hardware that made the repair possible was Canadian... so the flag and name simply disappeared for those missions.
what, like spread rediculous lies to justify invading a souvereign nation that not only had ZERO WMD's but definately had nothing to due with Al Qaeda?
While you 'did something'... we had the balls to stand up and say you were wrong, and to not join in on the murder of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civillians.
hmmm lets see, how did that shuttle time line go again? . ....
-early on lots of heat tiles used to just fall off during launch. -several launches showed obvious evidence of dangerous O-ring problems in the SRB's.. ignored of course. -then a shuttle blew up due entirely to pure american arrogance. -2 years of delay -years of not being able to keep up with the needed launch schedule, causing the scaling back of the ISS. -chunk o foam makes shuttle go boom. -2 years of delay, great expense reworking things -first new flight... delayed by electronic glitches, still foam problems, still heat tile related problems, and now we have the new and improved thermal blanket problems.
The space shuttle was cool. But it is far too complicated with too many highly sensitive systems constantly on the verge of breakdown compared to the capsule based system used for decades by the Russians.... and the new capsule system ESA is developing.
It is absolutely rediculous how the astronaut repairing the belly of the shuttle had to make every effort possible not to touch any thermal tiles... lest he break one due to their extreme fragility!
If we can put aside all the Roland protests for a second, lets go a bit deeper into the actual story...
Yes it is Canadian lidar technology that was used to scan the shuttle for damage.
But, what you'll never hear from any American media outlet is that the laser camera was mounted on the Canadian extention arm... used to give more reach to the Canadarm.... you know, that device that american media refers to only as the remote manipulator arm, never by its proper name, yes, the device that hauled in the Hubble telescope for repairs must never get the credit it is due. Remember how it's Canada insignia was removed to hide its origin during the big media coverage of the hubble events? Wouldn't want anyone to think that anyone other than the US can do anything great now would you!
And of course the lets not forget about the other big tool that helps assemble the space station... as well as taking more pictures to investigate the shuttle, the robotic arm that can go end over end inch worming between connection points along the space station... the Canadarm2
Do you Americans build any of the space hardware you use?
By 'impressive enough' do you perhaps mean... 'enough evidence to be sure that the planet is real'?
Perhaps by releasing the data sooner, we are meeting your requirement of 'full disclosure'... which for you seems to mean 'releasing scientific data before it has been properly verified'.
Keeping in line with the way you feel the world should think... I have a great Cold Fusion device I'd like to sell you.
Anyone who can actually find some way to detemine when baseball is exciting can't be all that bad!... perhaps one day we'll be able to tune in for that magical 2 seconds of each game without having to watch the other 3 hours!
Usually MS tries to hide its evil ways... at least somewhat.
The WGA tool however has been hidden in a way which I can see some litigious bastard somewhere jumping on for a good lawsuit.
You go to the windows update page. It tells you to download a new installer with great new enhanced features. It lists the great new features... all of which it is obvious that no new installer is actually needed for, it could all be done on their side just as easily. No mention of the WGA validation tool, just that you need the new installer (even though automatic updates works fine)
And as soon as you've installed it... voila! it says thanks for installing the WGA validation tool. It doesn't say thanks for installing the new installer... just thanks for installing the WGA validation tool.
So they told you you were installing one thing, and they thank you for installing something quite different.
That pretty much defines what malicious spyware is.
When hasn't the US threatened everyone it could find with a 27% tariff regardless of any reason or how damn illegal it is?
like the softwood lumber tariff which has hurt your housing industry more than it helped your tree farmers, which has been denounced around the world as unfair and illegal.
like the tariffs on UK steel, same lame story as lumber, damn lies about dumping steel, and your government constantly 're-defining' the tariff and blocking your legal obligation to pay back the money you stole.
Its been going on since the beginning.
like the good old (200+ year old) tariff on sugar which forces you to pay twice for sugar what the rest of the world pays and has driven sugar dependant companies to leave the US (for example the makers of LifeSavers)
I'm sure there's a few thousand other examples available for you to digest.
Perhaps you should actually open and READ your copy of the FT instead of waving it around like a magic wand.
China (and other asian nations that own lots of american debt) already tested the waters a few months ago when they indeed did hint they may reduce their holdings.... and the mighty US dollar flew!.... Like a Lead Zepplin. (my apologies to Jimmy Page for stealing his line).
It's only a matter of time before they take some real action, maybe just before they finaly fully reclaim Taiwan. I'd suggest investing in gold to protect yourself from the pain and suffering.
Their government represses religion instead of letting religion run everything thinly veiled by the supposed 'separation of church and state'.
Their government doesnt force the fables of creationism on kids during SCIENCE classes.
Their government doesnt tell their own scientists to go back and try again when evidence is found supporting the idea of global warming.
Their government doesnt force kids in some schools to recite the lord's prayer regardless of what religion (or lack thereof) they come from.
Their government invades / annexes other countries because of historical ties, to repress sepratism of semi-autonomous regions... not becuase 'they tried to kill my daddy!'
Sure, there's a problem here and there with how China does things too, but there's no wonder why they are poised to take over.
Their government owns SO MUCH american debt, they just need to threaten to dump a little of it to send the US dollar plummetting. hmmm wonder why they just de-linked the value of their money from the US dollar peg?
Any dumbass who has tries to get support for pirated software deserves the consequences.
If the pirate(s) would pay for the software, the company could have recovered the development costs... and a reasonable profit... and perhaps only asked $3000 or $3500 for the same package.
The customer support you witnessed was actually benefiting you.
The union is putting the safety of the management replacement workers at risk. The union has been vandalizing telephone lines. Do you think none of them will consider attacking those workers? Why not? There were gunshots through windows of the Telus head office a year or so ago.
Telus is doing the right thing by protecting them. If they failed to do so, They'd face harsher penalties for not providing a safe workplace im sure.
This isn't a freedom of speech issue. When the speech of one group endangers another innocent group or person's safety in society, freedom of speech is justly limited.
You could apply the hate-crime laws here im sure. The union is showing predjudice towards the Telus management who are crossing the picket line, and endangering their safety in the process.
But what about the safety of the Telus Management who are replacing the strikers... the people in the blocked photos? They must go to work. They aren't in the union.
In Canada, some of the basic freedoms are justly limited when someone or a group's safety is in danger.... another example is anti-hate laws.
Sound unreasonable?... well at least the Canadian Government has Judges with enough balls to strike down laws that break our constitution, unlike the American judges who have let the Patriot Act stand and be extended with its many illegalities and abuses.
The photos the Union are trying to show are Telus's 'strike contingency workers'... Telus Management doing the jobs the strikers would usually do. They are the non-unionized management... not non-unionized replacement workers.
Considering how the strikers have apparently started vandalizing phone lines in a bizarre attempt to get public support, I think its perfectly reasonable to block the images of the Telus Scabs lest they too get 'vandalized'.
The people crossing the line have every right to do so. No one, not even them deserves to be a victim of assault.
You can not enter any intersection which you can not safely proceed through. That's all there is to it, the colour of any traffic light is irrelevant, the actions of other people are irrelevant, end of arguement.
If you can't pass through the intersection safely, you must stop before entering it.
This means you don't enter the intersection if there's no room on the other side, which would stick you in the middle if the light changes. It means you can not inch forward ahead of your stop line while waiting to turn left.
It may be worded differently depending on where you live, but there's nothing else too it. It was absolutely your fault for the accident because you entered the intersection when it was not safe and hit the other vehical... and yes the other driver was guilty of entering an intersection either when it wasn't safe, or when she couldn't proceed, but YOU caused the accident.
If the other driver was trying to commit insurance fraud, it is still irrelevant, you must be sure the intersection is safe before you proceed. You have no right to drive with your eyes closed.
by pointing out the blatantly obvious, and showing how hundreds of geeks have wasted their lives trying to break audio protections when they really didnt need to bother, i'm rewarded with a flamebait mod!
I guess the truth really really hurt someone bad huh!
NO warrant is needed in the USA. The manager simply has to use the word 'terrorist!' and every cop around will jump at the chance to violate the guy's rights, and stop him from allowing his 'terrorist' neighbours from being able to access the wireless connection.
Its called the Patriot Act. Perhaps you've heard of it?
This is just one of the ways it takes away rights guaranteed to you under the constitution, yet strangly your country's judges don't have the balls to strike down the law the way it would have been in every other democratic first world country. Strangely you fucked up americans are allowing your government to renew the theft of your rights as the date of expiration comes to pass on it.
I guess all those thousands who died to gain independance and create a free country for you over the last 200+ years died for nothing.
Damn, its not often i run into someone so blind. All that 'irrelevance' you heard was you realizing you have no family values to pass on to your children.
Do you deny every obvious thing you see that you haven't signed your name to? is grass not green for you? is the sky not blue for you?
You own the license to the game. if you choose to play the game, you have implicitly agreed to the terms of the license. Any clicking of the mouse is meaningless. Stop denying responsibility for your actions.
You are aware that a license exists, you can't claim ignorance just because you refuse to read the agreement, or because you think some judge will somehow believe that your one single copy of the game, unmodified from the store, never required you to agree to the license before playing, or that some stranger wanders in when no one is looking to click the mouse at the start of your games.
Whether you can deal with the facts or not, you shall be held responsible for your actions. Don't like it? then dont buy the game.
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No, Canada did not agree to have our flag and the name removed from the Canadarm for the Hubble repair missions.
... so the flag and name simply disappeared for those missions.
The repair missions were huge publicity opportunities to gain US public support for NASA and to show the world how great the USA is.
Wouldn't want the average american dumbass to know that the star piece of hardware that made the repair possible was Canadian
what, like spread rediculous lies to justify invading a souvereign nation that not only had ZERO WMD's but definately had nothing to due with Al Qaeda?
... we had the balls to stand up and say you were wrong, and to not join in on the murder of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civillians.
While you 'did something'
hmmm lets see, how did that shuttle time line go again? . . ...
.. ignored of course. ... delayed by electronic glitches, still foam problems, still heat tile related problems, and now we have the new and improved thermal blanket problems.
... and the new capsule system ESA is developing.
... lest he break one due to their extreme fragility!
-early on lots of heat tiles used to just fall off during launch.
-several launches showed obvious evidence of dangerous O-ring problems in the SRB's
-then a shuttle blew up due entirely to pure american arrogance.
-2 years of delay
-years of not being able to keep up with the needed launch schedule, causing the scaling back of the ISS.
-chunk o foam makes shuttle go boom.
-2 years of delay, great expense reworking things
-first new flight
The space shuttle was cool. But it is far too complicated with too many highly sensitive systems constantly on the verge of breakdown compared to the capsule based system used for decades by the Russians.
It is absolutely rediculous how the astronaut repairing the belly of the shuttle had to make every effort possible not to touch any thermal tiles
Still care to take credit for the flying brick?
If we can put aside all the Roland protests for a second, lets go a bit deeper into the actual story ...
... used to give more reach to the Canadarm. ... you know, that device that american media refers to only as the remote manipulator arm, never by its proper name, yes, the device that hauled in the Hubble telescope for repairs must never get the credit it is due. Remember how it's Canada insignia was removed to hide its origin during the big media coverage of the hubble events? Wouldn't want anyone to think that anyone other than the US can do anything great now would you!
... as well as taking more pictures to investigate the shuttle, the robotic arm that can go end over end inch worming between connection points along the space station ... the Canadarm2
Yes it is Canadian lidar technology that was used to scan the shuttle for damage.
But, what you'll never hear from any American media outlet is that the laser camera was mounted on the Canadian extention arm
And of course the lets not forget about the other big tool that helps assemble the space station
Do you Americans build any of the space hardware you use?
I can tell how hard Ebay is trying, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
I can see their effort in every account confirmation email they send me.
I've been getting a few every week recently. Ebay has definately increased their efforts to keep my account valid.
I hear they hired O.J. Simpson to help them in their eternal fight to find the real criminals.
By 'impressive enough' do you perhaps mean ... 'enough evidence to be sure that the planet is real'?
... which for you seems to mean 'releasing scientific data before it has been properly verified'.
... I have a great Cold Fusion device I'd like to sell you.
Perhaps by releasing the data sooner, we are meeting your requirement of 'full disclosure'
Keeping in line with the way you feel the world should think
Come on!
... perhaps one day we'll be able to tune in for that magical 2 seconds of each game without having to watch the other 3 hours!
Anyone who can actually find some way to detemine when baseball is exciting can't be all that bad!
Microsoft just announced that they've changed their minds and won't be including RSS in IE7
It absolutely works.
I installed the 'new installer' and tried to proceed to check for updates.
It asked me to run the validation tool.
instead, i hit 'back', used the javascript as instructed and again checked for updates.
This time it did not ask me to run the validation tool, it instead gave me the list of updates.
Usually MS tries to hide its evil ways ... at least somewhat.
... all of which it is obvious that no new installer is actually needed for, it could all be done on their side just as easily. No mention of the WGA validation tool, just that you need the new installer (even though automatic updates works fine)
... voila! it says thanks for installing the WGA validation tool. It doesn't say thanks for installing the new installer ... just thanks for installing the WGA validation tool.
.... now's your time to shine.
The WGA tool however has been hidden in a way which I can see some litigious bastard somewhere jumping on for a good lawsuit.
You go to the windows update page. It tells you to download a new installer with great new enhanced features. It lists the great new features
And as soon as you've installed it
So they told you you were installing one thing, and they thank you for installing something quite different.
That pretty much defines what malicious spyware is.
litigious bastards
and another thing!
When hasn't the US threatened everyone it could find with a 27% tariff regardless of any reason or how damn illegal it is?
like the softwood lumber tariff which has hurt your housing industry more than it helped your tree farmers, which has been denounced around the world as unfair and illegal.
like the tariffs on UK steel, same lame story as lumber, damn lies about dumping steel, and your government constantly 're-defining' the tariff and blocking your legal obligation to pay back the money you stole.
Its been going on since the beginning.
like the good old (200+ year old) tariff on sugar which forces you to pay twice for sugar what the rest of the world pays and has driven sugar dependant companies to leave the US (for example the makers of LifeSavers)
I'm sure there's a few thousand other examples available for you to digest.
Perhaps you should actually open and READ your copy of the FT instead of waving it around like a magic wand.
... and the mighty US dollar flew! .... Like a Lead Zepplin. (my apologies to Jimmy Page for stealing his line).
China (and other asian nations that own lots of american debt) already tested the waters a few months ago when they indeed did hint they may reduce their holdings.
It's only a matter of time before they take some real action, maybe just before they finaly fully reclaim Taiwan. I'd suggest investing in gold to protect yourself from the pain and suffering.
Their government represses religion instead of letting religion run everything thinly veiled by the supposed 'separation of church and state'.
... not becuase 'they tried to kill my daddy!'
Their government doesnt force the fables of creationism on kids during SCIENCE classes.
Their government doesnt tell their own scientists to go back and try again when evidence is found supporting the idea of global warming.
Their government doesnt force kids in some schools to recite the lord's prayer regardless of what religion (or lack thereof) they come from.
Their government invades / annexes other countries because of historical ties, to repress sepratism of semi-autonomous regions
Sure, there's a problem here and there with how China does things too, but there's no wonder why they are poised to take over.
Their government owns SO MUCH american debt, they just need to threaten to dump a little of it to send the US dollar plummetting. hmmm wonder why they just de-linked the value of their money from the US dollar peg?
Come on!
... and a reasonable profit ... and perhaps only asked $3000 or $3500 for the same package.
Any dumbass who has tries to get support for pirated software deserves the consequences.
If the pirate(s) would pay for the software, the company could have recovered the development costs
The customer support you witnessed was actually benefiting you.
bullshit i say!
bull
shit
the same goes for your replies.
The union is putting the safety of the management replacement workers at risk. The union has been vandalizing telephone lines. Do you think none of them will consider attacking those workers? Why not? There were gunshots through windows of the Telus head office a year or so ago.
Telus is doing the right thing by protecting them. If they failed to do so, They'd face harsher penalties for not providing a safe workplace im sure.
This isn't a freedom of speech issue.
When the speech of one group endangers another innocent group or person's safety in society, freedom of speech is justly limited.
You could apply the hate-crime laws here im sure. The union is showing predjudice towards the Telus management who are crossing the picket line, and endangering their safety in the process.
In general I agree
... the people in the blocked photos? They must go to work. They aren't in the union.
... another example is anti-hate laws.
... well at least the Canadian Government has Judges with enough balls to strike down laws that break our constitution, unlike the American judges who have let the Patriot Act stand and be extended with its many illegalities and abuses.
But what about the safety of the Telus Management who are replacing the strikers
In Canada, some of the basic freedoms are justly limited when someone or a group's safety is in danger.
Sound unreasonable?
Life has far more freedom up here.
I too hate Telus, and live in Vancouver.
... Telus Management doing the jobs the strikers would usually do. They are the non-unionized management ... not non-unionized replacement workers.
Your story is slightly incorrect.
The photos the Union are trying to show are Telus's 'strike contingency workers'
Considering how the strikers have apparently started vandalizing phone lines in a bizarre attempt to get public support, I think its perfectly reasonable to block the images of the Telus Scabs lest they too get 'vandalized'.
The people crossing the line have every right to do so. No one, not even them deserves to be a victim of assault.
You can not enter any intersection which you can not safely proceed through. That's all there is to it, the colour of any traffic light is irrelevant, the actions of other people are irrelevant, end of arguement.
... and yes the other driver was guilty of entering an intersection either when it wasn't safe, or when she couldn't proceed, but YOU caused the accident.
If you can't pass through the intersection safely, you must stop before entering it.
This means you don't enter the intersection if there's no room on the other side, which would stick you in the middle if the light changes. It means you can not inch forward ahead of your stop line while waiting to turn left.
It may be worded differently depending on where you live, but there's nothing else too it. It was absolutely your fault for the accident because you entered the intersection when it was not safe and hit the other vehical
If the other driver was trying to commit insurance fraud, it is still irrelevant, you must be sure the intersection is safe before you proceed. You have no right to drive with your eyes closed.
quit shirking your responsibility.
WOW!
by pointing out the blatantly obvious, and showing how hundreds of geeks have wasted their lives trying to break audio protections when they really didnt need to bother, i'm rewarded with a flamebait mod!
I guess the truth really really hurt someone bad huh!
yes yes, hide the truth!
hide how you dumbfucks have thrown away everything your ancestors ever fought for!
hide your shame at how you've let dubyafucker destroy your constitution!
one day when you've been victimized by your own government maybe you'll see the light.
I discovered this amazing technology that no copy protection can protect against!
I figured I better announce it here since no one seems to have a clue about it!
THE LINE OUT JACKS ON MY SOUND CARD!
dumbasses.
NO warrant is needed in the USA. The manager simply has to use the word 'terrorist!' and every cop around will jump at the chance to violate the guy's rights, and stop him from allowing his 'terrorist' neighbours from being able to access the wireless connection.
Its called the Patriot Act. Perhaps you've heard of it?
This is just one of the ways it takes away rights guaranteed to you under the constitution, yet strangly your country's judges don't have the balls to strike down the law the way it would have been in every other democratic first world country. Strangely you fucked up americans are allowing your government to renew the theft of your rights as the date of expiration comes to pass on it.
I guess all those thousands who died to gain independance and create a free country for you over the last 200+ years died for nothing.
Damn, its not often i run into someone so blind. All that 'irrelevance' you heard was you realizing you have no family values to pass on to your children.
Do you deny every obvious thing you see that you haven't signed your name to? is grass not green for you? is the sky not blue for you?
You own the license to the game. if you choose to play the game, you have implicitly agreed to the terms of the license. Any clicking of the mouse is meaningless. Stop denying responsibility for your actions.
You are aware that a license exists, you can't claim ignorance just because you refuse to read the agreement, or because you think some judge will somehow believe that your one single copy of the game, unmodified from the store, never required you to agree to the license before playing, or that some stranger wanders in when no one is looking to click the mouse at the start of your games.
Whether you can deal with the facts or not, you shall be held responsible for your actions. Don't like it? then dont buy the game.