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  1. Re:Request a blood test on SFPD Breathalyzer Mistake Puts Hundreds of DUI Convictions In Doubt · · Score: 1

    You should know that, depending on where you are, refusing the roadside breath test is a criminal offence with the punishment being the same as failing the breath test (worse in fact because it is considered an aggravating factor).

    The previous is valid anywhere in Canada, under Section 254(5) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

  2. Re:I'm sure it didn't help. on Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but at least when entering the US by car, you're already on american soil when talking to the border patrol. On a ski trip to Jay Peak, two stupid heas brought marijuana with them. But was searched, border patrol found it. All three were then detained for investigation.

  3. Re:I'm sure it didn't help. on Did Chicago Lose Olympic Bid Due To US Passport Control? · · Score: 1

    I'm from Canada. I've been in the US dozens of times (last time being two weeks ago) and my fingerprints were never taken from a border patrol. I had some bad stories at the borders though.

  4. Re:...and will be used against you on Body 2.0 — Continuous Monitoring of the Human Body · · Score: 2, Informative

    DUI (driving with more than 0.08) is only for motor driving (car, boat, snowmobile, tractor, plane).
    But you still can get a ticket for riding a horse while drunk, though the consequences are a lot less important. A 100$ ticket.
    http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.ca/journaldequebec/actualites/quebec/archives/2009/01/20090123-120605.html/ Two months ago in Trois-RiviÃres.

  5. Re:...and will be used against you on Body 2.0 — Continuous Monitoring of the Human Body · · Score: 1

    In Quebec, it also applies on private land. Same ticket if you're caught having a beer on a lawn tractor in your yard than while driving a car on the road.

  6. Re:Corn on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    Why do you think I precised where I live and that these numbers are for our farm? Beef farms in Abitibi-Témiscaminque (~48 degrees north, still in Quebec, rocky peaty soil) raise their beef with grass. But they still complete part of their diet with corn. I do know that this is not the case worldwide.

  7. Re:Corn on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    Corn is far from being difficult to grow. (Neither is hay though)Why using corn ensilage over hay? Lot more tons for the same surface. It's easier to have a good quality (hay ensilage tends to keep more air, which degrades quality. Needs more preservatives).

    It is also much cheaper to grow. About 40$can/ton (metric) for corn silage versus 95$/ton for hay. (calculated with 2007 costs in our farm, in Quebec)

  8. Re:Corn on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    It can be from corn, from hay, from peas (less yields, more proteins). Corn ensilage is all the plant, not only the grain.

  9. Re:Corn on Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices · · Score: 1

    Never heard of ensilage?

  10. Re:Radio 1 report. on CDN Forces Reactor Online Against Safety Regulations · · Score: 1

    Having a four-month-reserve of an isotope having a six hour half life would make sense?

  11. Radio 1 report. on CDN Forces Reactor Online Against Safety Regulations · · Score: 5, Funny
    On the radio channel of Radio-Canada (french CBC), there was a report on the subject. Said the reactor woulf be closed for four months. Also said the half-life of the isotope, technétium-99, is 6 hours.

    Then someone asked the question : why don't they make a four-month-reserve?

  12. Re:No turns on red in the UK on UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns · · Score: 1

    In fact, right-turn-on-red is allowed in Quebec (except in Montreal) since 2002. In other cities, some intersections have a "no-right-turn-on-red" sign.

  13. Re:Ahem. on FBI Accused of Abusing Criminal Database · · Score: 1

    Some years ago, I was driving to see a friend just south of the border (I'm from Quebec). No need of a passport or birth certificate, but I had my passport with me "just to be sure". I have no criminal reccord. I was the lucky one for a full car search. He didn't found anything.

    Even though, I was refused access to usa. No reason given. What a good day. (since been in the adirondacks about twenty times, everything ok)

  14. Re:Armchair doctors says: on Caffeine Prevents Liver Disease · · Score: 1

    So is alchool...
    Your point was?

  15. The MozCorp .... on MozCorp Announces Firefox 1.5 Extension Competition · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    thinks that Québec isn't in Canada! I knew it! In your face Canada.

  16. Top Price/Performance CPU on Which CPU Is Tops in Price/Performance? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be better to have a Top Performance/Price? Just wondering...

  17. Onratio first? Québec too... on Ontario to Match U.S. DST Change · · Score: 1

    Just to say that Ontario isn't the first province that will match US DST time. Québec will to, announced last week.
    http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/article/artic le_complet.php?path=/actualites/article/16/1,63,0, 102005,1193040.php

  18. Re:Greed. on Jobs Resists Music Industry Pressure · · Score: 1

    On the Canadian version of iTMS that album is 9.99$. Even more then all bought seperately... (6 songs)

  19. Re:OSC is not known for judgement... on No Need For Trek Anymore · · Score: 1
    van Gogh (or Vincent van Gogh) didn't cut his ear to give it to a woman but rather send it to a friend to give him a forecast of what would happen if he'd change of city, as he said he would.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh/

  20. Re:258$ "stealing" tax?!? on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 1
    In Canada, the tax is on all mp3 players. Depends of the capacity. As in germany. Though, we have a 15$ top.

    But why has all this money go to the corporate major label? (Socan in Canadan, RIAA and so on) Same with CD-R, DVD-R....

  21. 258$ "stealing" tax?!? on Dutch Pass iPod Tax · · Score: 5, Insightful
    And I believed the 15$ tax was heavy in Canada...

    I hate to pay a "steal" tax. But if I'd pay 258$ steal tax, I'd "steal"....

  22. Re:Not in the states on Nokia Announces Hard-Drive Phone · · Score: 1
    I would love to see the pre-paid market get in touch with reality. No more crap like "you must buy a card every X days or lose your credits and phone number" or "we only have 2 phones to chose from".

    Here in Canada, cell phone numbers will soon be portable. From a company to another, a plan to another, from landline to portable. http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/2831299265946 25.php

  23. Re:When will India/China/Brazil/Russia enter the r on Airbus A380 Completes Maiden Test Flight · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Canadian firm being http://www.bombardier.com/. Which began in Québec with snowmobiles....

  24. Great, fair use copy! on French Courts Ban DRM on DVDs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    But this judgement goes in the opposite direction of the EMI case, by a Versailles appeal juge. They said EMI could apply the copy protection scheme on audio-CD, given that the costumers knew what they bought. The court asked EMI to give 10 000E to UFC-Que choisir to repair the moral damage, since this system cause some players not to read their audio-CDs. http://www.clubic.com/actualite-19778-la-protectio n-dvd-rendue-illegale-.html/

  25. Re:It is cool, however on Buying DRM-Free Songs From the ITMS · · Score: 1

    But couldn't he extraded to the US just like last week australian? http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/11/18 24236&tid=123&tid=103&tid=17