"Any company that gets caught doing this sort of thing, even if it's found out after the fact should be destroyed"
Never mind that, in the case of Merck and similar sized companies, dismantling it ends up being akin to smashing a fly with a sledge hammer; gross over-kill that ends up punishing thousands of innocent employees, employees of Merck suppliers, their families, and creditors.
The real answer is to punish only those who broke laws. That rarely, if ever, includes every single employee right down to the janitor and security guards, and it usually is only a handful of middle and top level managers.
I have the same feelings. Blockbuster also had a habit of losing my membership, forcing me to fill out their silly form multiple times. I complained and it took three months (!) to get a reply to my complaint. By that time I had given up on it forever.
Many years ago I had a couple of friends who got jay walking tickets. One friend's ticket was correct and he paid it. However, the other friend's ticket was dated a month before the actual infraction took place. Even though he pointed this out in court whilst contesting the ticket, the judge decided that it didn't matter and made him pay anyway.
But isn't the legal system in both places based on Common Law? So therefore precedent can be set by judges, which makes any discussion of case law in either place highly relevant to the other. No?
According to the article, this start up is less interested in U.S. business than it is in Canadian and Euro business, with companies which, for whatever reason, can't or won't use U.S. data centers. So they are apparently unconcerned that "that U.S. institutions are highly unlikely to store their critical business data, especially financial data, in another country"
This seems like a far more reasonable, though smaller scale, approach that may work well for them.
This isn't the first time the CBC has pulled a stunt like this, and once a similar non-event, it pulled the plug on a CFL game during a lightening delay in Saskatchewan and switched to a lame movie instead because they couldn't find the executive producer's phone number, was likely a contributing factor in the CBC losing the broadcast rights to one of the most popular sports in the country.
A couple of corrections to your corrections. Igaluit has been a city since 2001, and its population is 6184 (according to the 2006 census). You are right that Alert's transient population is around 200, but its permanent population is only 5. You're also right about the distance from Iquluit; I should have stated it was ~2000 km to the South.
This is as much about protecting sovereignty as it is about oil, of which Canada already has the second largest reserve in the world. It doesn't really need any more, but it does need to protect itself from the expansionist greed of other nations.
But I do agree about the utter insanity of burning fossil fuels.
Only about five people live that far North (840 km from the North Pole), in Alert, which is a small military outpost and weather station and the Northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. The nearest Canadian city is some 2000 miles to the South.
Your advice is probably good. Assuming he can actually afford to purchase a tv then pay the monthly fee for service. Since he apparently has children, maybe that's an important consideration.
You're not the only one. I personally think these look pretty tacky, especially compared the sleek/slick, classy look of the previous model MBP.
In two years these will look like even uglier, like that K-car your stuffy old man used to drive. Of course by then all the others notebook manufacturers will have copied the design and nobody will notice that they all look cheesy.
Myspace doesn't sell anything. If you want to buy a song you have to purchase it from Amazon through the link provided. Otherwise you use Myspace's music player.
First, half of Canada's defence is sheer size and extreme cold. Any idea how difficult it is to navigate ANY kind of ship in the North. This problem effectively eliminates about 90% of navies.
Second, Canada is a far, far richer and able country than many give it credit for (even some Canadians). Particularly those of us in the U.S., where the parochial media makes it all USA all the time, ignorance of Canada's collective will as a nation, ability in war, and industrial potential is profound. Fortunately, there are also great numbers of Canadians and friends of Canada in the U.S. (as well as MANY Canada Studies programs) and these people have great influence over many aspects of U.S. policy. Not to mention that nearly everyone in Canada is related to somebody in the U.S..
Third, Canada's defence of the North is ongoing, active, aware, and more capable that some think. It already knows what ships are where, when, and why. It wouldn't take much to recover any fees owed though levies on countries that try to jump the turnstiles. This includes the U.S.. Planning on reducing dependence on Middle East oil? Then Canada is your very best friend. Don't piss her off.
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44GB a year...in 1999.
"Any company that gets caught doing this sort of thing, even if it's found out after the fact should be destroyed"
Never mind that, in the case of Merck and similar sized companies, dismantling it ends up being akin to smashing a fly with a sledge hammer; gross over-kill that ends up punishing thousands of innocent employees, employees of Merck suppliers, their families, and creditors.
The real answer is to punish only those who broke laws. That rarely, if ever, includes every single employee right down to the janitor and security guards, and it usually is only a handful of middle and top level managers.
Michael Clayton was an excellent movie though!
I have the same feelings. Blockbuster also had a habit of losing my membership, forcing me to fill out their silly form multiple times. I complained and it took three months (!) to get a reply to my complaint. By that time I had given up on it forever.
They don't deserve to be in business IMHO.
"When it was cancelled...."
And may Diefenbaker, despite his high ethical standards and defence of human rights, forever rot in hell for killing the Arrow.
Thanks Pat.
Screw that. Buy your RAM at Crucial or elsewhere for a small fraction of what Apple charges.
Many years ago I had a couple of friends who got jay walking tickets. One friend's ticket was correct and he paid it. However, the other friend's ticket was dated a month before the actual infraction took place. Even though he pointed this out in court whilst contesting the ticket, the judge decided that it didn't matter and made him pay anyway.
Then why make a distinction between domestic and international roaming?
The timing of this article, given the "Buy American" clause in the new U.S. federal stimulus package, is very suspicious.
But isn't the legal system in both places based on Common Law? So therefore precedent can be set by judges, which makes any discussion of case law in either place highly relevant to the other. No?
I've never understood why ALL phones, including cell phones, don't come with a black/white list feature.
...a Slingbox. If you're using a PPC Mac or certain mobile devices. I'm also 99% sure that somebody, somewhere, will stream it live on line.
According to the article, this start up is less interested in U.S. business than it is in Canadian and Euro business, with companies which, for whatever reason, can't or won't use U.S. data centers. So they are apparently unconcerned that "that U.S. institutions are highly unlikely to store their critical business data, especially financial data, in another country"
This seems like a far more reasonable, though smaller scale, approach that may work well for them.
This isn't the first time the CBC has pulled a stunt like this, and once a similar non-event, it pulled the plug on a CFL game during a lightening delay in Saskatchewan and switched to a lame movie instead because they couldn't find the executive producer's phone number, was likely a contributing factor in the CBC losing the broadcast rights to one of the most popular sports in the country.
LOL You're thinking of the Sybian.
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I'm actually good looking enough to get to noticed by the AGU, but sadly my personality and finances simply aren't worthy of serious consideration.
A couple of corrections to your corrections. Igaluit has been a city since 2001, and its population is 6184 (according to the 2006 census). You are right that Alert's transient population is around 200, but its permanent population is only 5. You're also right about the distance from Iquluit; I should have stated it was ~2000 km to the South.
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This is as much about protecting sovereignty as it is about oil, of which Canada already has the second largest reserve in the world. It doesn't really need any more, but it does need to protect itself from the expansionist greed of other nations.
But I do agree about the utter insanity of burning fossil fuels.
Only about five people live that far North (840 km from the North Pole), in Alert, which is a small military outpost and weather station and the Northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. The nearest Canadian city is some 2000 miles to the South.
Your advice is probably good. Assuming he can actually afford to purchase a tv then pay the monthly fee for service. Since he apparently has children, maybe that's an important consideration.
What makes you think they transport the recyclables anywhere and don't simply process them on-sight?
The third-party patch will be out within a month ;-)
You're not the only one. I personally think these look pretty tacky, especially compared the sleek/slick, classy look of the previous model MBP.
In two years these will look like even uglier, like that K-car your stuffy old man used to drive. Of course by then all the others notebook manufacturers will have copied the design and nobody will notice that they all look cheesy.
Myspace doesn't sell anything. If you want to buy a song you have to purchase it from Amazon through the link provided. Otherwise you use Myspace's music player.
First, half of Canada's defence is sheer size and extreme cold. Any idea how difficult it is to navigate ANY kind of ship in the North. This problem effectively eliminates about 90% of navies.
Second, Canada is a far, far richer and able country than many give it credit for (even some Canadians). Particularly those of us in the U.S., where the parochial media makes it all USA all the time, ignorance of Canada's collective will as a nation, ability in war, and industrial potential is profound. Fortunately, there are also great numbers of Canadians and friends of Canada in the U.S. (as well as MANY Canada Studies programs) and these people have great influence over many aspects of U.S. policy. Not to mention that nearly everyone in Canada is related to somebody in the U.S..
Third, Canada's defence of the North is ongoing, active, aware, and more capable that some think. It already knows what ships are where, when, and why. It wouldn't take much to recover any fees owed though levies on countries that try to jump the turnstiles. This includes the U.S.. Planning on reducing dependence on Middle East oil? Then Canada is your very best friend. Don't piss her off.