Just an aside, accuweather in my experience isn't very accurate. I don't know what the US service is like, but Environment Canada is far more accurate than accuweather
I don't know where to begin, but isn't that type of thing what you guys want? I'm Canadian, and often half the mud slung at us from south of the border has to do with the notion that we choose to have the government pay for a number of services through our taxes for the benefit of all citizens. We tend to like it that way. Often though, what I hear is that the services provided are free (they're not, except to the poorest who don't make enough to pay taxes) and that we're taking food off the plate of some corporate suit.
So I ask you, what is the benefit of a corporate weasel over a government weasel. In my book, a weasel is a weasel, but at least we can vote out a weasel. You can't vote out a corrupt robber baron. Boycotts are hard to organize and maintain, elections come pre-organized and soon I suspect you'll see our government tossed because of misappropriation of funds.
That being said, this is a trial balloon floated by some fool. I can't see it being made into a bill, let alone passed. But it is the world you made. Government by lobby group.
There are certain things you have to do and certain things you don't have to do. I recommend only doing the things you actually have to do. Just because you have to do somethings, it doesn't mean you have to do everything
I blow away all my history, caches, etc before I shut down each and every time. I run a virus update and scan each evening while running my spyware catchers. I never give my real info on the net, I only ever give out my hotmail address except to a few friends and wouldn't you know it, my ISP mailer never gets spam, I've never had a virus hose my machine and I don't sweat too much on privacy.
In a world where the consumer's rights are constantly being eroded in favour of corporate and governmental rights, you'd best cover your ass.
Hold companies accountable for their security! You hippy pinko!
Seriously, don't do business on-line and never, never, put real personal information out there. If the pentagon can't keep people out of their system... do you really think commercial business is going to do it
There are more than a few software companies that would love to be bought out for a retirement price (ie, the owners get to retire), but that is just one of the things that happens in reality. I'd do it if I could. It doesn't mean they don't care about their product, just that really, how many of us would work if we didn't have to so that we could eat etc.
I don't think game development on the PC is going to dry up. It's is probably the simplest platform on which to develop. Originality on the other hand, will suffer. It is the same really across all industries. Look at how many FPS games there are, how many movies are the same, what really is the difference between a Denny's and a Perkins? Once companies develop what the public buys, they milk it to death and don't like to take chances. Sadly, usually they are proven right.
Development of originality is generally left to the smaller companies, if they make a splash, they will be assimilated - for a price. It has ever been thus. I will say this for nintendo though, generally, their games are more fun.
While I grasp the concept of brand loyalty, I have to shake my head at attributing good, evil etc to MS, Apple Google and the like. They are after all, companies that look to their bottom line and shareholders first. Anyone one of these companies will, and have made decisions that have pissed off their faithful and warmed the cockles of their users hearts at times. Jobs wasn't brought in, for example, to warm the hearts of the apple fans, he was brought in to get the company making lots of money. He's done that, mainly through the iPod of late, but he's done it. Gates, like him or not, has done his job very well. Screeching "robber baron" is pointless, he isn't that, he's a business man. A successful business man. Frankly, all of these companies practices are mild compared to the historical record of how companies have behaved in the past 100 year (and more). Google's core business is information retrieval, something they do very well.
Just remember, all these companies are really after your dollar and should not be confused with being your pals. As one of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition goes: "a friend is a friend until you sell him something, then he becomes a customer".
I think one thing to remember is that the DS is not nintendo's next generation hand held. That is still coming. The DS was something to throw at the psp to slow it down. I don't know if the Revolution will bring back some of niontendo's lost market share, in fact I doubt it will, but nintendo didn't end up with billions in the bank by being stupid.
That said, I think all of the next consoles are going to have an uphill fight for volume simply because their projected street price brings them awfully close to computers which have more utility and a larger body of games.
If time is a continuous loop that gets reborn, then it may all come from some goo (I think it was soup) I spilled in my school cafeteria back in the day. On the other hand, I would not have called it super fluid
Lemme see, an interesting article by the Sons of Evil detailing their rise and experience. Yet another reason to hate PDF's
This was called interesting?
Personally, I wish it named the person who came up with the first pop-up ad so we could have a lottery to hunt him/her down and beat them senseless with a sock filled with sand
My buddy had to pick his doctor from a slate of HMO aproved doctors. I've heard this is common. Also, we don't hide the cost of our lifestyle, we share the burden of certain aspects of it. It's not the same.
God forbid indeed, but that is actually likely the most likely scenario. Right now the US has a huge accounts deficit, very high consumer debt and a persistently high per barrel price of oil which I don't see ever dropping back below 48 dollars a barrel.
The oil price in fact is going to likely rise mainly from the market pressure brought by emerging economies. The US and Canada have enough oil to last 1000 years. Unfortunately it is mainly in shale and oil sands which is presently brutally expensive to extract.
Most of the present consumer debt has been due to a run of many years of cheap credit, if interest rates take off which I could easily see happening if oil prices keep rising, look out. Double those chances if banks continue to merge.
Pretty much the same applies to the US and Canada equally, the only saving grace for Canada being that it is still a net producer of energy. If I were an american, I would especially be pissed at the new bankruptcy laws that protect the credit card companies. It's now wonder that master card and visa each made more money than microsoft last year.
The thing is, most of the rulings that are ignored are cannibalistic. Example, the US forestry companies lobby the government to put a tariff on canadian lumber. Direct result, the price of a house, and other products using softwood in the US goes up by that amount. Other examples can be found, but usually this seems to be more of one industry pitting itself against another.
While it is true, a lot of companies would suffer if the US consumer cut back, the US is only 250 million people on a planet of a couple of billion. While most of those are not huge consumers, the rest of the world is starting to catch up.
Frankly, in the end I don't know what will hurt the US consumer more, increasing energy costs (which are going to happen regardless), or the incredible growth of consumer indebtedness (which is another topic entirely).
This isn't about whether or not we would stand up for each other, we may not have gone to Iraq, but we went to Afghanistan (and are still there), run patrols in the persian gulf, were there in Bosnia, in fact, pretty much everywhere in the past except Viet Nam and Iraq. That being said, we keep hearing we would be protected. From Whom? You have the enemies. That's why americans have often stitched canadian flags to their backpacks.
None-the-less, the US has often bargained in bad faith, ignoring not only international rulings but their own rulings if a lobby group got the right bribe to the right congressman. Unfortunately this pattern is obviously going to get your trading partners eventually pissed off. What is the point of a free tade tribunal if its ruling are ignored if they don't suit you? Especially if you have equal representation on that tribunal.
That being said, no, we shouldn't be fighting, especially as most of it is pointless bickering that hurts people on both sides of the border. Often it's one industry group against another. I have friends in the states, I have travelled a lot in the states. I have never been treated badly, and always well.
I think the problem is the politicians. They should be baked with fava beans and served with a nice chianti
Hey, I'm all in favour of us charging more for oil etc. However, I will point out a few things as I have travelled extensively in the states and have friends there. First, they pay for everything. A number of thing we take for granted in other countries that are provided through a collective use of tax dollars, they don't get.
All the places you mention for example and in Canada, ensure that all citizens get health care. You fall down a set of stairs, you will hurt, you will spend time in rehab, but it won't break you financially. There, a medical disaster can also spell financial ruin. Plus, if they have insurance, they don't get to pick their doctor, some faceless corporate insurance HMO bureaucrat does that.
There is more, but the difference comes down to this which is what I have observed to be the basis of the american social contract: One man's dollar is equal to another man's dollar. Everything seems to spiral out from that. Anything that stands in the way of that is un-american.
Funny thing is the NAFTA tribunals have as many americans on it as canadians and they have consistently ruled against US trade actions. Frankly the US has shown itself time and time again to bargain in bad faith.
Free to retaliate, anyone is free to retaliate. I wonder how the US would like to see a 25 per cent surtax on energy exports to the US. Before you laugh, see how much of the US engery requirements are imported from Canada in terms of electricty, natural gas and oil.
There is going to be an increase in the heat applied to the US to bargain fairly by a number of countries. The tariffs put in already are just starting point. How about a 25 per cent tax on energy exports to the US (Canada supplies 40 per cent of US energy imports)? They are already talking in BC about refusing to alow the propsed pipeline from Alaska through the province if they don't start abiding by the softwood lumber rulings. How does $3.00 at the pump sound?
As for this tariff, as others have pointed out, this is just a proposal by music industry lawyers. I mean really. What is a crying shame? A bus full of lawyers going over a cliff with one empty seat.
Really, downloads stink most times. Usually my friends and I just buy one CD each and then copy the one we like.
Slashdot Mirror
AKA running for re-election
Just an aside, accuweather in my experience isn't very accurate. I don't know what the US service is like, but Environment Canada is far more accurate than accuweather
I don't know where to begin, but isn't that type of thing what you guys want? I'm Canadian, and often half the mud slung at us from south of the border has to do with the notion that we choose to have the government pay for a number of services through our taxes for the benefit of all citizens. We tend to like it that way. Often though, what I hear is that the services provided are free (they're not, except to the poorest who don't make enough to pay taxes) and that we're taking food off the plate of some corporate suit.
So I ask you, what is the benefit of a corporate weasel over a government weasel. In my book, a weasel is a weasel, but at least we can vote out a weasel. You can't vote out a corrupt robber baron. Boycotts are hard to organize and maintain, elections come pre-organized and soon I suspect you'll see our government tossed because of misappropriation of funds.
That being said, this is a trial balloon floated by some fool. I can't see it being made into a bill, let alone passed. But it is the world you made. Government by lobby group.
Which is why deception is becoming a necessary part of your consumer tool kit
There are certain things you have to do and certain things you don't have to do. I recommend only doing the things you actually have to do. Just because you have to do somethings, it doesn't mean you have to do everything
I blow away all my history, caches, etc before I shut down each and every time. I run a virus update and scan each evening while running my spyware catchers. I never give my real info on the net, I only ever give out my hotmail address except to a few friends and wouldn't you know it, my ISP mailer never gets spam, I've never had a virus hose my machine and I don't sweat too much on privacy.
In a world where the consumer's rights are constantly being eroded in favour of corporate and governmental rights, you'd best cover your ass.
Draconian? I'll give you draconian. Strap'em in a clockwork orange rig and show them endless loops of jar-jar biggs footage
Hold companies accountable for their security! You hippy pinko!
Seriously, don't do business on-line and never, never, put real personal information out there. If the pentagon can't keep people out of their system... do you really think commercial business is going to do it
There are more than a few software companies that would love to be bought out for a retirement price (ie, the owners get to retire), but that is just one of the things that happens in reality. I'd do it if I could. It doesn't mean they don't care about their product, just that really, how many of us would work if we didn't have to so that we could eat etc.
I don't think game development on the PC is going to dry up. It's is probably the simplest platform on which to develop. Originality on the other hand, will suffer. It is the same really across all industries. Look at how many FPS games there are, how many movies are the same, what really is the difference between a Denny's and a Perkins? Once companies develop what the public buys, they milk it to death and don't like to take chances. Sadly, usually they are proven right.
Development of originality is generally left to the smaller companies, if they make a splash, they will be assimilated - for a price. It has ever been thus. I will say this for nintendo though, generally, their games are more fun.
While I grasp the concept of brand loyalty, I have to shake my head at attributing good, evil etc to MS, Apple Google and the like. They are after all, companies that look to their bottom line and shareholders first. Anyone one of these companies will, and have made decisions that have pissed off their faithful and warmed the cockles of their users hearts at times. Jobs wasn't brought in, for example, to warm the hearts of the apple fans, he was brought in to get the company making lots of money. He's done that, mainly through the iPod of late, but he's done it. Gates, like him or not, has done his job very well. Screeching "robber baron" is pointless, he isn't that, he's a business man. A successful business man. Frankly, all of these companies practices are mild compared to the historical record of how companies have behaved in the past 100 year (and more). Google's core business is information retrieval, something they do very well.
Just remember, all these companies are really after your dollar and should not be confused with being your pals. As one of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition goes: "a friend is a friend until you sell him something, then he becomes a customer".
I think one thing to remember is that the DS is not nintendo's next generation hand held. That is still coming. The DS was something to throw at the psp to slow it down. I don't know if the Revolution will bring back some of niontendo's lost market share, in fact I doubt it will, but nintendo didn't end up with billions in the bank by being stupid.
That said, I think all of the next consoles are going to have an uphill fight for volume simply because their projected street price brings them awfully close to computers which have more utility and a larger body of games.
Absinthe
If time is a continuous loop that gets reborn, then it may all come from some goo (I think it was soup) I spilled in my school cafeteria back in the day. On the other hand, I would not have called it super fluid
Shucks, any good gardener will tell you rot makes the best fertilizer
Lemme see, an interesting article by the Sons of Evil detailing their rise and experience. Yet another reason to hate PDF's
This was called interesting?
Personally, I wish it named the person who came up with the first pop-up ad so we could have a lottery to hunt him/her down and beat them senseless with a sock filled with sand
My buddy had to pick his doctor from a slate of HMO aproved doctors. I've heard this is common. Also, we don't hide the cost of our lifestyle, we share the burden of certain aspects of it. It's not the same.
God forbid indeed, but that is actually likely the most likely scenario. Right now the US has a huge accounts deficit, very high consumer debt and a persistently high per barrel price of oil which I don't see ever dropping back below 48 dollars a barrel.
The oil price in fact is going to likely rise mainly from the market pressure brought by emerging economies. The US and Canada have enough oil to last 1000 years. Unfortunately it is mainly in shale and oil sands which is presently brutally expensive to extract.
Most of the present consumer debt has been due to a run of many years of cheap credit, if interest rates take off which I could easily see happening if oil prices keep rising, look out. Double those chances if banks continue to merge.
Pretty much the same applies to the US and Canada equally, the only saving grace for Canada being that it is still a net producer of energy. If I were an american, I would especially be pissed at the new bankruptcy laws that protect the credit card companies. It's now wonder that master card and visa each made more money than microsoft last year.
The thing is, most of the rulings that are ignored are cannibalistic. Example, the US forestry companies lobby the government to put a tariff on canadian lumber. Direct result, the price of a house, and other products using softwood in the US goes up by that amount. Other examples can be found, but usually this seems to be more of one industry pitting itself against another. While it is true, a lot of companies would suffer if the US consumer cut back, the US is only 250 million people on a planet of a couple of billion. While most of those are not huge consumers, the rest of the world is starting to catch up. Frankly, in the end I don't know what will hurt the US consumer more, increasing energy costs (which are going to happen regardless), or the incredible growth of consumer indebtedness (which is another topic entirely).
California is warmer
This isn't about whether or not we would stand up for each other, we may not have gone to Iraq, but we went to Afghanistan (and are still there), run patrols in the persian gulf, were there in Bosnia, in fact, pretty much everywhere in the past except Viet Nam and Iraq. That being said, we keep hearing we would be protected. From Whom? You have the enemies. That's why americans have often stitched canadian flags to their backpacks. None-the-less, the US has often bargained in bad faith, ignoring not only international rulings but their own rulings if a lobby group got the right bribe to the right congressman. Unfortunately this pattern is obviously going to get your trading partners eventually pissed off. What is the point of a free tade tribunal if its ruling are ignored if they don't suit you? Especially if you have equal representation on that tribunal. That being said, no, we shouldn't be fighting, especially as most of it is pointless bickering that hurts people on both sides of the border. Often it's one industry group against another. I have friends in the states, I have travelled a lot in the states. I have never been treated badly, and always well. I think the problem is the politicians. They should be baked with fava beans and served with a nice chianti
Hey, I'm all in favour of us charging more for oil etc. However, I will point out a few things as I have travelled extensively in the states and have friends there. First, they pay for everything. A number of thing we take for granted in other countries that are provided through a collective use of tax dollars, they don't get.
All the places you mention for example and in Canada, ensure that all citizens get health care. You fall down a set of stairs, you will hurt, you will spend time in rehab, but it won't break you financially. There, a medical disaster can also spell financial ruin. Plus, if they have insurance, they don't get to pick their doctor, some faceless corporate insurance HMO bureaucrat does that.
There is more, but the difference comes down to this which is what I have observed to be the basis of the american social contract: One man's dollar is equal to another man's dollar. Everything seems to spiral out from that. Anything that stands in the way of that is un-american.
Funny thing is the NAFTA tribunals have as many americans on it as canadians and they have consistently ruled against US trade actions. Frankly the US has shown itself time and time again to bargain in bad faith.
Free to retaliate, anyone is free to retaliate. I wonder how the US would like to see a 25 per cent surtax on energy exports to the US. Before you laugh, see how much of the US engery requirements are imported from Canada in terms of electricty, natural gas and oil.
There is going to be an increase in the heat applied to the US to bargain fairly by a number of countries. The tariffs put in already are just starting point. How about a 25 per cent tax on energy exports to the US (Canada supplies 40 per cent of US energy imports)? They are already talking in BC about refusing to alow the propsed pipeline from Alaska through the province if they don't start abiding by the softwood lumber rulings. How does $3.00 at the pump sound?
As for this tariff, as others have pointed out, this is just a proposal by music industry lawyers. I mean really. What is a crying shame? A bus full of lawyers going over a cliff with one empty seat.
Really, downloads stink most times. Usually my friends and I just buy one CD each and then copy the one we like.
It will take your system hostage and demand you upgrade to an octo-core system
Great, now people can crash in the sky. Seriously,there are people that scare me who drive on the ground, to imagine them in the air!