Every now and again I watch crazy YouTube video of crazy drivers... Usually they are Russian. Though it seems as though everyone has a video camera on their dash in lieu of insurance or something, hence all the videos, and YouTube coverage. Still, I've seen some pretty crazy things, so I don't doubt that for a second.
I guess they don't call it a Crazy Ivan for nothing!
If this ever makes it to parliament (which I seriously doubt), I would love to see the Opposition all come to work wearing Guy Fawkes masks in protest. I might actually watch parliamentary TV that day!
Of course knowing Harper, he would just arrest all the opposition and throw them in jail for 10 years, at the same time announcing his new title of King Harper.
Top Gear would be pretty boring for one. Unless they built driverless cars using 5,000$ and then had to complete several challenges. Then it would be entertaining!:)
I got a cab home from an after hours club in Rome once. It was well worth the euros!
It was like one of those race driving video games. Apparently about 5,000,000 scooters get parked when the sun goes down, and downtown Rome turns into the Hippodrome!
I *was* pretty drunk at the time, but it seemed like the fastest cab ride I have ever taken!
During the day, so long as your not afraid to run over the 5,000,000 scooters that are darting everywhere you'll be fine!
Also I loved the advice for crossing the busy scooter laden road. "Walk, with confidence... but be prepared to jump out of the way". I think half the time we would just wait for someone else to cross first and then use them as blockers...
As they will take that same movie you are talking about which made a Billion dollars at the box office, and took 100 Million to make, yet post a fiscal loss, ripping off all the actors, directors, etc...
Of course it is hard to have too much sympathy for someone crying into a platinum diamond encrusted cup on top of a pile of money...
Agreed. Anime is the same thing. If it is not available at all in your region, I feel no qualms about pirating it. If they do not feel like distributing it to sell to me in my area, I will feel much less guilty finding a copy online. This is particularly true for Anime, where in many cases you have fan groups making subs for movies, to allow a wider audience to enjoy them. From the distributors it probably doesn't make sense, as there is not enough market anyway, however that won't stop them complaining like heck about it.
eBooks are a joke. Same with regional iTunes. Heck, I don't know why anyone in Canada would buy a Kindle Fire when all the features are disabled unless you live in the US. I also keep hearing about the US VS Canada versions of NetFlix... I have heard of people paying a online service simply so they can spoof their IP address to a US one, so they can get the US NetFlix, apparently it puts the Canadian one to shame insofar as selection goes...
The caps here in Canada are WAY worse. I just had my cap increased to 80GB from 60GB which it has been for years. Most people probably have a 20-30GB cap.
Canada is great for some things, but we exist in the dark ages for our internet.
Yes because we should all adopt sane laws that allow for multinational corporations to sue an 80 year old grandmother into oblivion because her grand kid downloaded the latest Britney Spears album. Because 2.8 Billion dollars is a just and fair punishment for 24 beautiful songs. Not to mention basically infinite copyright (its what? 125 years + life of owner now? That is until they lobby to make it even longer).
The whole thing is so insane it angers my blood. Every time I see a stupid bought and paid for politician trying to defend this garbage I just want to punch him in the face. It is just so against common sense, it boggles my mind how this is even an issue.
German Interrogation Technique: Germans: Ha! You call that porn? Make him watch some German stuff for a few hours! Al Qaeda: No more! I'll tell you everything!
Why bother when you can just recharge VIA lighting strikes!
Seriously, Volta Volare? I can think of way better names surrounding Thunder, Lighting, heck throw in Thor or Zeus for good measure!
The Thor Hammer Thunder Zeus Lighting Bolt 3000 for example! Way more manly than the Volta Volare, which sounds like a pansy french philosopher, drinking mincey Chardonnay whilst giving looks of condensation/indignation.
First of all, most IT staffers don't know anything about it, at least from my experience. Some like I have experimented at home, but not everyone brings stuff like that home with them. They have all heard of it of course, but if they don't have to use it they don't. And really for good reason, as many point out, there are 100 different distro's out there, all with little differences. Heck even if a company could pick one, and nail it down to make it standard for support and compatibility, you have the issue of lack of software, games for home, or applications for work. Sure for basic use it would be fine, but how many OS to you want to support in your org. Anyway it is not nearly there by a long shot...
However things seems to be converging. Android which is basically Linux is making BIG inroads into both phones and tablets. Both phones and tablets are becoming more powerful and more computer like everyday. Linux already had a brief appearance in consoles before Sony pulled a Sony. However there seems to be word of Valve entering the game, and with Linux support to boot (pardon pun), so I have to sort of assume that they might be going that route perhaps, if they indeed do. So now you have phones, tablets, and desktops all converging. You also have had linux and android into the netbooks when they were popular. You also see various big players starting to converge their OS, Apple with their iOS5 and Microsoft with Windows 8.
So yes I do see a time with Linux desktop, but it won't win by beating competitors at the desktop game. It will slide in sideways as devices converge.
Stupid comparison. Must be a stupid article, I won't bother reading, as obviously they don't know what they are talking about.
Small form factor is not new. ITX (Mini, Nano, Pico) have been around for years and years.
Raspberry Pi is a totally integrated 25$ ultra low power computer not a lot bigger than a thumb drive.
Intel has something that is modular, is 4" by 4" square, will cost over 100$, and not include a CPU, Memory, Etc... and will need a significant power supply.
Stupid sentence, absolutely meaningless and inflammatory.
ANY changes "if spatially large enough" *might*... have noticeable impacts on [local] to [regional] [weather] and [climate]....
If I build a single windmill 1000km high, I bet it might have some noticeable impacts on a whole host of things, likewise if I build 10,000,000 windmills all within close proximity of each other, it will likely have a bunch of different noticeable impacts on "stuff"...
Anyway, a stupid headline, to a stupid summary, to likely a stupid story, which I'm not going to bother to read.
So you are some Imperialistic nation, with an aristocracy, which had a rebellion a long time ago, in which colony states wanted independence, and now you host games, where each region sends representatives to compete in games...
Those are Surface to Air Missiles! Those are the Anti-Poision Barry System.
Though I am sort of assuming (haven't read the books) that the whole thing is alluding to the US war of independence, if what would happen if they lost... (Even the number of colonies is the same, combine that with the royal silly makeup etc...).
Wow, considering this was the "first time" for this to happen, the patient must have been very desperate.
"We have a kidney available, however it is 3rd hand, and currently diseased, and no one has ever transplanted a diseased kidney and have it get better on its own. Still want it? Yes? Really?"
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So the conversation probably went:
"Good afternoon sir, I've stopped you because your car seems to be radioactive"
"AGGGGHH! HULK SMASH!"
Every now and again I watch crazy YouTube video of crazy drivers... Usually they are Russian. Though it seems as though everyone has a video camera on their dash in lieu of insurance or something, hence all the videos, and YouTube coverage. Still, I've seen some pretty crazy things, so I don't doubt that for a second.
I guess they don't call it a Crazy Ivan for nothing!
If this ever makes it to parliament (which I seriously doubt), I would love to see the Opposition all come to work wearing Guy Fawkes masks in protest. I might actually watch parliamentary TV that day!
Of course knowing Harper, he would just arrest all the opposition and throw them in jail for 10 years, at the same time announcing his new title of King Harper.
Top Gear would be pretty boring for one. Unless they built driverless cars using 5,000$ and then had to complete several challenges. Then it would be entertaining! :)
I got a cab home from an after hours club in Rome once. It was well worth the euros!
It was like one of those race driving video games. Apparently about 5,000,000 scooters get parked when the sun goes down, and downtown Rome turns into the Hippodrome!
I *was* pretty drunk at the time, but it seemed like the fastest cab ride I have ever taken!
During the day, so long as your not afraid to run over the 5,000,000 scooters that are darting everywhere you'll be fine!
Also I loved the advice for crossing the busy scooter laden road. "Walk, with confidence... but be prepared to jump out of the way". I think half the time we would just wait for someone else to cross first and then use them as blockers...
Achievement System
I can think of lots of horrible achievements:
The Weekender ...
Overtime
Bootlicker
Pushover
Talk about have your cake and eat it too!
As they will take that same movie you are talking about which made a Billion dollars at the box office, and took 100 Million to make, yet post a fiscal loss, ripping off all the actors, directors, etc...
Of course it is hard to have too much sympathy for someone crying into a platinum diamond encrusted cup on top of a pile of money...
Clearly this is the case.... :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbuster_(company)#Bankruptcy
Agreed. Anime is the same thing. If it is not available at all in your region, I feel no qualms about pirating it. If they do not feel like distributing it to sell to me in my area, I will feel much less guilty finding a copy online. This is particularly true for Anime, where in many cases you have fan groups making subs for movies, to allow a wider audience to enjoy them. From the distributors it probably doesn't make sense, as there is not enough market anyway, however that won't stop them complaining like heck about it.
eBooks are a joke. Same with regional iTunes. Heck, I don't know why anyone in Canada would buy a Kindle Fire when all the features are disabled unless you live in the US. I also keep hearing about the US VS Canada versions of NetFlix... I have heard of people paying a online service simply so they can spoof their IP address to a US one, so they can get the US NetFlix, apparently it puts the Canadian one to shame insofar as selection goes...
Everyone wants to be a robber baron these days...
I love how everyone is up in arms at a 250GB cap.
The caps here in Canada are WAY worse. I just had my cap increased to 80GB from 60GB which it has been for years. Most people probably have a 20-30GB cap.
Canada is great for some things, but we exist in the dark ages for our internet.
LOL I just watched that episode, maybe it was subliminal!
Yes because we should all adopt sane laws that allow for multinational corporations to sue an 80 year old grandmother into oblivion because her grand kid downloaded the latest Britney Spears album. Because 2.8 Billion dollars is a just and fair punishment for 24 beautiful songs. Not to mention basically infinite copyright (its what? 125 years + life of owner now? That is until they lobby to make it even longer).
The whole thing is so insane it angers my blood. Every time I see a stupid bought and paid for politician trying to defend this garbage I just want to punch him in the face. It is just so against common sense, it boggles my mind how this is even an issue.
For shame if Canada buckles to US pressure.
Did they discover the steganography.
Followed by:
German Interrogation Technique:
Germans: Ha! You call that porn? Make him watch some German stuff for a few hours!
Al Qaeda: No more! I'll tell you everything!
We all know every single one of us is designed intelligently by God...
God created the Walmart people, truly he works in mysterious ways!
You Insensitive Clod!
There was no "Canada" until 1867. That was over half a CENTURY later. It was British rule before that.
The US fought the British, not Canada.
Or when one side realizes they are outnumbered 50-1 and that the enemy doesn't seem to care that they might die.
Why bother when you can just recharge VIA lighting strikes!
Seriously, Volta Volare? I can think of way better names surrounding Thunder, Lighting, heck throw in Thor or Zeus for good measure!
The Thor Hammer Thunder Zeus Lighting Bolt 3000 for example! Way more manly than the Volta Volare, which sounds like a pansy french philosopher, drinking mincey Chardonnay whilst giving looks of condensation/indignation.
First of all, most IT staffers don't know anything about it, at least from my experience. Some like I have experimented at home, but not everyone brings stuff like that home with them. They have all heard of it of course, but if they don't have to use it they don't. And really for good reason, as many point out, there are 100 different distro's out there, all with little differences. Heck even if a company could pick one, and nail it down to make it standard for support and compatibility, you have the issue of lack of software, games for home, or applications for work. Sure for basic use it would be fine, but how many OS to you want to support in your org. Anyway it is not nearly there by a long shot...
However things seems to be converging. Android which is basically Linux is making BIG inroads into both phones and tablets. Both phones and tablets are becoming more powerful and more computer like everyday. Linux already had a brief appearance in consoles before Sony pulled a Sony. However there seems to be word of Valve entering the game, and with Linux support to boot (pardon pun), so I have to sort of assume that they might be going that route perhaps, if they indeed do. So now you have phones, tablets, and desktops all converging. You also have had linux and android into the netbooks when they were popular. You also see various big players starting to converge their OS, Apple with their iOS5 and Microsoft with Windows 8.
So yes I do see a time with Linux desktop, but it won't win by beating competitors at the desktop game. It will slide in sideways as devices converge.
after calling it "unsinkable!"
Stupid comparison. Must be a stupid article, I won't bother reading, as obviously they don't know what they are talking about.
Small form factor is not new. ITX (Mini, Nano, Pico) have been around for years and years.
Raspberry Pi is a totally integrated 25$ ultra low power computer not a lot bigger than a thumb drive.
Intel has something that is modular, is 4" by 4" square, will cost over 100$, and not include a CPU, Memory, Etc... and will need a significant power supply.
Stupid sentence, absolutely meaningless and inflammatory.
ANY changes "if spatially large enough" *might*... have noticeable impacts on [local] to [regional] [weather] and [climate]....
If I build a single windmill 1000km high, I bet it might have some noticeable impacts on a whole host of things, likewise if I build 10,000,000 windmills all within close proximity of each other, it will likely have a bunch of different noticeable impacts on "stuff"...
Anyway, a stupid headline, to a stupid summary, to likely a stupid story, which I'm not going to bother to read.
Please tell me the Myth Busters were in on this!
If not, WHY NOT!
So you are some Imperialistic nation, with an aristocracy, which had a rebellion a long time ago, in which colony states wanted independence, and now you host games, where each region sends representatives to compete in games...
Those are Surface to Air Missiles! Those are the Anti-Poision Barry System.
Though I am sort of assuming (haven't read the books) that the whole thing is alluding to the US war of independence, if what would happen if they lost... (Even the number of colonies is the same, combine that with the royal silly makeup etc...).
Wow, considering this was the "first time" for this to happen, the patient must have been very desperate.
"We have a kidney available, however it is 3rd hand, and currently diseased, and no one has ever transplanted a diseased kidney and have it get better on its own. Still want it? Yes? Really?"