I think that's how they'll have to do it for now. There's currently no way to really identify a person's location over the net.
The only way to do it is to go by the address the user has entered. If they refuse to or they're too dumb to register an address with their VoIP provider, all their provider can do is go by the billing address.
I keep hearing people say GPS is the answer, but it's not. Unless we'll all be using VoIP outside? lol
Personally I don't see what they're so upset about. I'm a Vonage user and I don't even have 911 turned on. I really don't care. We have a bunch of cell phones in the house, if I need to call for help, I'll just use one of those?
If you're willing to use a VoIP line as your only connection to the outside world, then you also have to accept responsibility for your own safety and the safety of your family.
What has happened to people actually being responsable for things? We live in a culture today where everything is always someone elses fault. It's sick!
That's not true! A HDTV signal uses the same amount of bandwidth as an analog NTSC transmission.
Of course you can put more content onto your digital channel. But those will be new services not available before. Thus you're not saving any spectrum by going digital.
Am I the only one who fiends it VERY disturbing that a software company would have any sway in social issues?? That's just not right! What is this country coming to eh! They already control our desktops, now they want to control our lives as well? Yeah... Something wrong there eh!
Oh! and does this mean Bill and Steve Jobs have broken up? I know Bill's been a bit miffed about that whole OSX thing, and then that MacMini stuff. I'd hate to see them break up over something like that.
Exactly! It's NOAA's mission to inform the public about the weather. And hell, we're paying for it!
What's next? Taking weather radio off the air because it's competition to local tv and radio stations?
If these other weather services can't compete against NOAA. Then they're really doing something seriously wrong! NOAA isn't trying to compete against anyone. Maybe it's time for them to rethink their marketing?
This is going way too far! It makes me sick! What do these worthless fucks in Washington think they're doing? I feel like writing that asshole a long and nasty rant about this shit. But then I'd probably end up on a "list" eh. lol
I find blocking cookies causes annoying problems with sites you need to log into. They all require the evil things! So since I login a lot, I just have Mozilla and Opera delete my cookies when I exit the browser.
Before that I would have a batch file delete my cookies. I still have the old batch file, now I just use it for deleting my cache and other files.
I wouldn't trust those Mozilla people with the future, as a user of the Mozilla Suite for years, I can tell you that they seem more than happy to dump a product that millions of people use. In their own words, they said that the user base of the suite was in the "low millions".
So I don't put much faith in Mozilla any longer. At least you know Opera isn't going to dump their product next week for something "better".
I still don't buy that Firefox is "better" than the suite. And I've never really cared for Firefox.
I've found the answer! Thankfully it's good news for me. lol
"Canada Customs does NOT have to collect the levy at the border if you import blank audio recording media"
This site has a lot of info on this lovely levy: http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml
Is it just me, or is 21 cents per CD like very EXCESSIVE?? I pay on average 20 cents per CD here in the US. I can't imagine having to pay more than twice as much for the same product!
No wonder my friend never buys CD-R's eh. They're too bloody expensive! lol
I plan on bringing over 50 CD-R's next month when I visit a friend of mine in Toronto. I'm bringing it as a gift, so I hope customs doesn't try to charge me for it!
They say you can bring a gift valued up to $60 into Canada without having to pay duty on it. I sure hope that applies to CD-R's! lol
Let's see... you're stuck at the north pole, it's freakin' cold outside, sure you have shit to do, but c'mon? Who wants to work! "financial transactions" eh... I'm thinking online gambling and LOTS of porn! And I'm sure that's what intel meant by "financial transactions"! They just didn't want to come out and say it.;)
They wouldn't allow them to starve on the ISS. The Russians would resupply the ISS and thus the astronauts could survive until the third shuttle can be launched. Or if that doesn't work out, they could always remotely dock unmanned Soyuz craft and farry the astronauts off three at a time until all residents of the station could be returned to Earth.
So as long as they can get to the station, they're safe.
I'm sure they gave it back to him? The bills were examined by the secret service dude, and once he determined they were indeed real bank notes, they'd have to return them to him.
I don't get it? What's wrong with sequentially numbered bills? I've gotten sequentially numbered 20's before out of the ATM. So that means if I used all of them to buy something that they should have called the police because it was suspicious? And smudges happen. I've had smuged bills before. And if I know that, why doesn't someone who handles money for a living know that??
I think this all comes down to the casher being a complete idiot and the cops being not much smarter than that!
I agree! We should definitely dump the penny. I don't know about the nickle? That would be adding quite a bit to the cost of an item. But having to pay an extra two or three cents is nothing. I mean, what is a penny worth anyways? I just store mine. I'm too lazy to do anything with them! lol
Really they're just annoying. I hate getting pennies back as change.
But who can say what's moral? There's so many different versions of "morality" that it's impossibe to pick just one.
Anyways... I find that morality seems to always infringe on a person's rights and freedoms. Some may say flag burning is immoral or that saying something insulting about our government is immoral.
So you see, you can't simply force a set of moral upon an entire population.
Morality is a personal choice. If someone chooses not to be moral, well there's no way you're going to force them to have a sense of morality.
Part of freedom is being free to choose, and in this case being free to choose what you think is moral and immoral.
I've been NiMH for the past couple years now. It's definitely far more economical than using alkalines! I'm shocked that more people don't realize how cheap rechargeables are!
I gave up on "regular" batteries about 12 years ago. I thought NiCd's were great, but once I went NiMH I was totally blown away! The capacities are just amazing! They last so much longer than NiCd batteries!
I use them in everything I own. Except of course remote controls and also my wireless mouse. Because they're not really suited to those uses. But for my collection of ham radio equipment and my portable receivers, they're just wonderful!
The only thing I use alkalines for is backup. I usually have enough fully charged NiMH AA cells to last about a week. But you never know what might happen eh. So I keep a small reserve of alkalines due to their extended shelf life. But that's all they seem to be useful for.
Holy crap! They have affordable health care? And what are these gay rights you speak of? You mean Canadians have the right to be happy?? And they have pot too?!?!
No wonder they're trying to keep us in Michigan! I'm swimming over to the Canadian side tonight, wish me luck!;)
I've never had any problems using my Michigan drivers license and a certfied copy of my birth certificate at the bridge.
Maybe they don't like you? lol
Now I have been searched a couple times, but then they do search cars randomly.
One time I crossed without my birth certificate, because I hadn't planned on crossing. One of my friends in Windsor wanted me to pop by for something, so I just went there after work. When I came back, the woman seemed understanding, although she did tell me to make sure I bring it next time. lol
A couple times (post 9/11) they haven't even asked for my documents. They just asked the normal questions and sent me on my way.
I believe they'll still be able to send you back...
However! If you really want them to keep you, just go to the nearest US consulate or embassy and renounce your US citizenship in writing! The US will NEVER take you back!:)
Oh so it was perfectly okay for us to have medium range nuclear missles in Western Europe, but when the USSR put them in Cuba it was somehow a "threat" against the US?? But our missles weren't a "threat" to the USSR?? LOL
Oh you've got to love that great American logic eh!
I do too... Before 9/11 life was so much easier. (And I still don't understand how the world has "changed"... But oh well)
At the Detroit/Windsor crossing they used to barely ask you anything. The Canadians seemed happy that you were going to their bars? lol
As for the Americans, they wanted to know what you were doing in Canada and what your citizenship was. Then they just let you go.
Now it's insane! I was never searched before, but now it's like every few trips over the border they have to pull the car over to the side and the search it.
Although a couple times I've gotten off easy. Some of those customs agents get lazy and they just ask you questions and never bother to ask to see your documents. lol
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I think that's how they'll have to do it for now. There's currently no way to really identify a person's location over the net.
The only way to do it is to go by the address the user has entered. If they refuse to or they're too dumb to register an address with their VoIP provider, all their provider can do is go by the billing address.
I keep hearing people say GPS is the answer, but it's not. Unless we'll all be using VoIP outside? lol
Personally I don't see what they're so upset about. I'm a Vonage user and I don't even have 911 turned on. I really don't care. We have a bunch of cell phones in the house, if I need to call for help, I'll just use one of those?
If you're willing to use a VoIP line as your only connection to the outside world, then you also have to accept responsibility for your own safety and the safety of your family.
What has happened to people actually being responsable for things? We live in a culture today where everything is always someone elses fault. It's sick!
That's not true! A HDTV signal uses the same amount of bandwidth as an analog NTSC transmission.
Of course you can put more content onto your digital channel. But those will be new services not available before. Thus you're not saving any spectrum by going digital.
Am I the only one who fiends it VERY disturbing that a software company would have any sway in social issues?? That's just not right! What is this country coming to eh! They already control our desktops, now they want to control our lives as well? Yeah... Something wrong there eh!
Oh! and does this mean Bill and Steve Jobs have broken up? I know Bill's been a bit miffed about that whole OSX thing, and then that MacMini stuff. I'd hate to see them break up over something like that.
Exactly! It's NOAA's mission to inform the public about the weather. And hell, we're paying for it!
What's next? Taking weather radio off the air because it's competition to local tv and radio stations?
If these other weather services can't compete against NOAA. Then they're really doing something seriously wrong! NOAA isn't trying to compete against anyone. Maybe it's time for them to rethink their marketing?
This is going way too far! It makes me sick! What do these worthless fucks in Washington think they're doing? I feel like writing that asshole a long and nasty rant about this shit. But then I'd probably end up on a "list" eh. lol
I find blocking cookies causes annoying problems with sites you need to log into. They all require the evil things! So since I login a lot, I just have Mozilla and Opera delete my cookies when I exit the browser.
;)
Before that I would have a batch file delete my cookies. I still have the old batch file, now I just use it for deleting my cache and other files.
I just feel better with those things deleted.
I wouldn't trust those Mozilla people with the future, as a user of the Mozilla Suite for years, I can tell you that they seem more than happy to dump a product that millions of people use. In their own words, they said that the user base of the suite was in the "low millions".
So I don't put much faith in Mozilla any longer. At least you know Opera isn't going to dump their product next week for something "better".
I still don't buy that Firefox is "better" than the suite. And I've never really cared for Firefox.
I've found the answer! Thankfully it's good news for me. lol
"Canada Customs does NOT have to collect the levy at the border if you import blank audio recording media"
This site has a lot of info on this lovely levy:
http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml
Is it just me, or is 21 cents per CD like very EXCESSIVE?? I pay on average 20 cents per CD here in the US. I can't imagine having to pay more than twice as much for the same product!
No wonder my friend never buys CD-R's eh. They're too bloody expensive! lol
I plan on bringing over 50 CD-R's next month when I visit a friend of mine in Toronto. I'm bringing it as a gift, so I hope customs doesn't try to charge me for it!
They say you can bring a gift valued up to $60 into Canada without having to pay duty on it. I sure hope that applies to CD-R's! lol
hmmmmmmmmm... "including, potentially, financial transactions"
;)
Let's see... you're stuck at the north pole, it's freakin' cold outside, sure you have shit to do, but c'mon? Who wants to work! "financial transactions" eh... I'm thinking online gambling and LOTS of porn! And I'm sure that's what intel meant by "financial transactions"! They just didn't want to come out and say it.
I'll only comment on a small part of your post...
They wouldn't allow them to starve on the ISS. The Russians would resupply the ISS and thus the astronauts could survive until the third shuttle can be launched. Or if that doesn't work out, they could always remotely dock unmanned Soyuz craft and farry the astronauts off three at a time until all residents of the station could be returned to Earth.
So as long as they can get to the station, they're safe.
I don't think they should be removed. I think they should be opened up for general use. Porn sites would love them!
n swhitehouse.govc hickswithdicks.gov
;)
.gov is more fun than .mil, but still!)
Imagine...
www.realarmymen.mil
www.lickme.gov
www.clinto
www.clintonswhorehouse.gov
www.
www.blowme.gov
The possibilities are endless!
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I'm sure they gave it back to him? The bills were examined by the secret service dude, and once he determined they were indeed real bank notes, they'd have to return them to him.
I don't get it? What's wrong with sequentially numbered bills? I've gotten sequentially numbered 20's before out of the ATM. So that means if I used all of them to buy something that they should have called the police because it was suspicious? And smudges happen. I've had smuged bills before. And if I know that, why doesn't someone who handles money for a living know that??
I think this all comes down to the casher being a complete idiot and the cops being not much smarter than that!
I agree! We should definitely dump the penny. I don't know about the nickle? That would be adding quite a bit to the cost of an item. But having to pay an extra two or three cents is nothing. I mean, what is a penny worth anyways? I just store mine. I'm too lazy to do anything with them! lol
Really they're just annoying. I hate getting pennies back as change.
But who can say what's moral? There's so many different versions of "morality" that it's impossibe to pick just one.
Anyways... I find that morality seems to always infringe on a person's rights and freedoms. Some may say flag burning is immoral or that saying something insulting about our government is immoral.
So you see, you can't simply force a set of moral upon an entire population.
Morality is a personal choice. If someone chooses not to be moral, well there's no way you're going to force them to have a sense of morality.
Part of freedom is being free to choose, and in this case being free to choose what you think is moral and immoral.
I've been NiMH for the past couple years now. It's definitely far more economical than using alkalines! I'm shocked that more people don't realize how cheap rechargeables are!
I gave up on "regular" batteries about 12 years ago. I thought NiCd's were great, but once I went NiMH I was totally blown away! The capacities are just amazing! They last so much longer than NiCd batteries!
I use them in everything I own. Except of course remote controls and also my wireless mouse. Because they're not really suited to those uses. But for my collection of ham radio equipment and my portable receivers, they're just wonderful!
The only thing I use alkalines for is backup. I usually have enough fully charged NiMH AA cells to last about a week. But you never know what might happen eh. So I keep a small reserve of alkalines due to their extended shelf life. But that's all they seem to be useful for.
Exactly! Kids will be like "Mom? What's that weird looking thing?" I should turn Shockwave into an iPod! ;)
22 million Canadians live within 200 miles of the border. That's about three out of four Canadians.
But um... Why would they want to be part of the US?? I don't think you'll find many Canadians who would want to live here.
All of my Canadian friends are shocked by how much we pay for health care here. And they all hate the republicans. (Of course half us do too! lol)
Holy crap! They have affordable health care? And what are these gay rights you speak of? You mean Canadians have the right to be happy?? And they have pot too?!?!
;)
No wonder they're trying to keep us in Michigan! I'm swimming over to the Canadian side tonight, wish me luck!
I've never had any problems using my Michigan drivers license and a certfied copy of my birth certificate at the bridge.
Maybe they don't like you? lol
Now I have been searched a couple times, but then they do search cars randomly.
One time I crossed without my birth certificate, because I hadn't planned on crossing. One of my friends in Windsor wanted me to pop by for something, so I just went there after work. When I came back, the woman seemed understanding, although she did tell me to make sure I bring it next time. lol
A couple times (post 9/11) they haven't even asked for my documents. They just asked the normal questions and sent me on my way.
Same here in Michigan as well. We only have rare plates.
From what I've seen, I think the cameras are pointed at occupants of the vehicle?
They're probably comparing our faces to those of known terrorists in a database. I mean heck, if the casinos can do it, why not the government eh? lol
I believe they'll still be able to send you back...
:)
However! If you really want them to keep you, just go to the nearest US consulate or embassy and renounce your US citizenship in writing! The US will NEVER take you back!
Oh so it was perfectly okay for us to have medium range nuclear missles in Western Europe, but when the USSR put them in Cuba it was somehow a "threat" against the US?? But our missles weren't a "threat" to the USSR?? LOL
Oh you've got to love that great American logic eh!
Ahhhhh... So that explains the seal clubbing! I always wondered about that. ;)
I do too... Before 9/11 life was so much easier. (And I still don't understand how the world has "changed"... But oh well)
At the Detroit/Windsor crossing they used to barely ask you anything. The Canadians seemed happy that you were going to their bars? lol
As for the Americans, they wanted to know what you were doing in Canada and what your citizenship was. Then they just let you go.
Now it's insane! I was never searched before, but now it's like every few trips over the border they have to pull the car over to the side and the search it.
Although a couple times I've gotten off easy. Some of those customs agents get lazy and they just ask you questions and never bother to ask to see your documents. lol