Flash forward to the 80's when comics started going really adult in this country for the first time. Really dark, gory, and real. Congressional hearings? No. New standards? No. Perhaps some of us prefer to Batman forward to the 80's, or Guy Gardner forward to the 90's, or Spider-man forward into the year 2000. Don't force us into your Flash-centric world view.
Yay!
I dislike Intel (I get a negative vibe from them, man) and generally like AMD. I hope AMD gets some real success as Intel always seems to outplay them in terms of getting their product into our machines.
I agree that the leafs suck, that HNIC has become the toronto maple leafs jamboree, and that habs coverage is deplorable. That said, CTV has become bought by a company that sells satellite coverage and they want to shut down their OTA distribution. The same company also bought City TV and wants to do the same there. Who will be left? Global? They want to go cable only as well. Well, if nobody wants to provide OTA television to Canadians, why not open it up to American interests? I would rather not have to pay extra to watch hockey on saturday night and still be subject to commercials and have my HDTV compressed, and possibly scrambled so I cannot watch it on a linux computer. I live in a city (winnipeg) where I cannot get american digital TV (at least not yet) and there is no canadian digital broadcasts yet. Will I be forced to move to vancouver, victoria, or toronto to watch OTA? The problem is the CRTC has let these companies have a monopoly for far too long, the cable and satellite companies own a piece of all the channels they broadcast, in the interests of maximum profitability and to claim there is no other way to compete with american television.
There is a lot of confusion on the issue, you can still watch standard definition digital broadcasts over the air on an older tv all thats needed is an adapter device of some sort, and certainly adapter units for older televisions will be made available for the changeover.. but consider the lifespan of a television is maybe 10-15 years, and many people have been holding off buying a nice TV for the last 5 years until HDTV becomes more widespread.
Well, I'm Canadian, and my horrible html aside, I thought we were talking about Canada. A majority of Canadians who watch TV currently pay cable (I used to be one of them, but mostly for the US stations in basic cable which the government wont let us watch without paying the cable companies)
I ranted about this whole thing (probably incoherently) on my blog just the other day. The state of television and distribution ownership in Canada is pitiful, and it's all done to further Canadian content creation, which just is not occuring. So why do we, here in Canada, continue funding these lying monopolies that do nothing but profit from American entertainment?
Exactly! That's why I purchased an OTA capable HDTV tuner for my computer, so I could one day watch OTA transmissions (rather than pay the cable company).. but I guess if the cable companies and satellite companies continue to charge for it, why should I pay for it? I can pay for the internet and get what I need. And if more people like me realise how the game is being played, well, go ahead and lose your audiences, dinosaur broadcasting companies. Take your ball and go home if you can't adapt to new rules.
What I find deplorable is that HDTV and Digital OTA are being mixed up to mean the same thing. Digital OTA can be standard definition, reception would improve well enough for most people, adapters would be necessary but who cares if you have crystal clear reception?
Sure it will cost to upgrade, but THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING! honestly what did they expect. If Canadian broadcasters and distributers can't keep up, open up the sky's to american interests then. They seem open to doing business unlike our little monopolies. We're already watching american TV, let them come in and have the government spend the money on tax credits for producing canadian content.
The CBC has been mismanaged and out of touch with Canadian's for so long that they deserve their position. However Canadian's haven't deserved what the CBC has force fed them all these years and shouldn't lose the CBC (Which was once a wonderful institution and a positive force)
Rabinovitch should be fired.
As for HNIC going to CTV/Bell GlobalMedia, well, The CRTC should earn its keep for once by saying NO unless CTV switches over to OTA broadcasting as well. I should not be forced to pay money to a media cartel set up in the interests of promoting Canadian entertainment when it does no such thing and does not allow ordinary Canadians access.
So how about us that are at least 70 miles (no lie!) from the nearest transmitter? Analog degrades somewhat gracefully. Do we get blocky/choppy video? Do we need to put up a 200 foot tower for the equivalent performance of an antenna at 50 feet for analog reception?
Depends on the power of the transmitter, but hey, if you want to live in the middle of nowhere, get a freakin' satellite.
Digital stays crisp and clear without ghosting or anything. That's the main problem with regular over the air transmissions and why most Canadian's don't bother with them. The CBC is using digital OTA as an excuse to weasel more money out of Canadians. Sorry, but nobody watches analog, switch to digital and watch viewership skyrocket. (Even if it isn't HDTV).. or risk losing your audience (as much as it is) to american OTA transmissions accessible from most Canadian cities that are not too far from the border. Hey american OTA channels.. boost your power output!
It's because they'll scale it back and say "how's that, now it's not as restrictive" and people will say "that's better!" even though NO ADDITIONAL LAWS are actually required!
Guy had the best ring. Plus it was different from the regular GL rings as he got it during crisis.
It'd be cool to have a yellow ring. One that worked too.
though I'd settle for a Legion flight ring.
Ark Linux has been around since before Ubuntu even existed. I've been using it for at least two years and love it (Though they could use more developers, unlike Ubuntu, it's a completely volunteer effort) I can't stand gnome and find Ark, once installed, feels right to me with its KDE based desktop (and OpenOffice uses KDE the kde look theme). It's hard to explain but I enjoy using it and am glad it exists, it really only needs a little bit of polish to be great. I don't like debs but I like apt-get, so I'm glad Ark is the only distro that standardizes on apt-get with rpm. Plus it'l be nice when Adept works with apt-rpm too. Ark also has a live CD version on its web page somewhere.
I Already had Java installed. How hard is it to install Java and a web browser? Worked fine. The only sickening thing about the Canadian census was it was being handled by an american firm. Like I want my information sifted through by the american government just because it goes through an american proxy and is subject to american laws? Screw that.
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Definitely what he meant to say is GNU/Linux is too fat, and by GNU/Linux he means Linux plus the GNU Utilities that help to create Linux and make GNU/Linux a workable OS, and so by saying GNU/Linux is too fat he's saying Richard Stallman is obese and needs to take pilates
come on, everyone knows the only reason google played atom up was because microsoft was bound to chose the alternative, which is what google wanted all along. google is ten steps ahead of microsoft, bill gates behemoth is a dinosaur, where google is some sort of mechcanical.. robot dinosaur of the future, able to move faster and stealthier and not needing to eat everything in sight in order to survive. Google = Champion of RSS.
I wonder why they dont put slots for SD/CF cards on these things for added functionality. SD/CF cards are pretty ubiquitous nowadays and the ability to turn this thing into a wifi locator would be useful, maybe add some simple generic games to it. play some mp3's , maybe even include a simple (possibly elinks based) web browser and irc chat, and maybe a simple word processor. Theres no middle range for these things. either you get something like this that doesnt do what you want, or you get something like a palm that does too much (if you want the wifi capabilities).. is it so much to ask for something cheap that does wifi?
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The shape of the universe is... (rolls dice) dice shaped! It's all one big boring D&D game
You ARE crazy. You filled it with same sex animal couples. There are some parts of the bible I agree with and parts I dont!
Yay! I dislike Intel (I get a negative vibe from them, man) and generally like AMD. I hope AMD gets some real success as Intel always seems to outplay them in terms of getting their product into our machines.
I agree that the leafs suck, that HNIC has become the toronto maple leafs jamboree, and that habs coverage is deplorable. That said, CTV has become bought by a company that sells satellite coverage and they want to shut down their OTA distribution. The same company also bought City TV and wants to do the same there. Who will be left? Global? They want to go cable only as well. Well, if nobody wants to provide OTA television to Canadians, why not open it up to American interests? I would rather not have to pay extra to watch hockey on saturday night and still be subject to commercials and have my HDTV compressed, and possibly scrambled so I cannot watch it on a linux computer. I live in a city (winnipeg) where I cannot get american digital TV (at least not yet) and there is no canadian digital broadcasts yet. Will I be forced to move to vancouver, victoria, or toronto to watch OTA? The problem is the CRTC has let these companies have a monopoly for far too long, the cable and satellite companies own a piece of all the channels they broadcast, in the interests of maximum profitability and to claim there is no other way to compete with american television.
Socialist propaganda costs 25% more to produce in high definition. Seriously I used to love the CBC but a decade ago they turned to crap.
There is a lot of confusion on the issue, you can still watch standard definition digital broadcasts over the air on an older tv all thats needed is an adapter device of some sort, and certainly adapter units for older televisions will be made available for the changeover.. but consider the lifespan of a television is maybe 10-15 years, and many people have been holding off buying a nice TV for the last 5 years until HDTV becomes more widespread.
Well, I'm Canadian, and my horrible html aside, I thought we were talking about Canada. A majority of Canadians who watch TV currently pay cable (I used to be one of them, but mostly for the US stations in basic cable which the government wont let us watch without paying the cable companies) I ranted about this whole thing (probably incoherently) on my blog just the other day. The state of television and distribution ownership in Canada is pitiful, and it's all done to further Canadian content creation, which just is not occuring. So why do we, here in Canada, continue funding these lying monopolies that do nothing but profit from American entertainment?
Exactly! That's why I purchased an OTA capable HDTV tuner for my computer, so I could one day watch OTA transmissions (rather than pay the cable company) .. but I guess if the cable companies and satellite companies continue to charge for it, why should I pay for it? I can pay for the internet and get what I need. And if more people like me realise how the game is being played, well, go ahead and lose your audiences, dinosaur broadcasting companies. Take your ball and go home if you can't adapt to new rules.
What I find deplorable is that HDTV and Digital OTA are being mixed up to mean the same thing. Digital OTA can be standard definition, reception would improve well enough for most people, adapters would be necessary but who cares if you have crystal clear reception? Sure it will cost to upgrade, but THEY KNEW THIS WAS COMING! honestly what did they expect. If Canadian broadcasters and distributers can't keep up, open up the sky's to american interests then. They seem open to doing business unlike our little monopolies. We're already watching american TV, let them come in and have the government spend the money on tax credits for producing canadian content.
The CBC has been mismanaged and out of touch with Canadian's for so long that they deserve their position. However Canadian's haven't deserved what the CBC has force fed them all these years and shouldn't lose the CBC (Which was once a wonderful institution and a positive force) Rabinovitch should be fired. As for HNIC going to CTV/Bell GlobalMedia, well, The CRTC should earn its keep for once by saying NO unless CTV switches over to OTA broadcasting as well. I should not be forced to pay money to a media cartel set up in the interests of promoting Canadian entertainment when it does no such thing and does not allow ordinary Canadians access.
So how about us that are at least 70 miles (no lie!) from the nearest transmitter? Analog degrades somewhat gracefully. Do we get blocky/choppy video? Do we need to put up a 200 foot tower for the equivalent performance of an antenna at 50 feet for analog reception? Depends on the power of the transmitter, but hey, if you want to live in the middle of nowhere, get a freakin' satellite. Digital stays crisp and clear without ghosting or anything. That's the main problem with regular over the air transmissions and why most Canadian's don't bother with them. The CBC is using digital OTA as an excuse to weasel more money out of Canadians. Sorry, but nobody watches analog, switch to digital and watch viewership skyrocket. (Even if it isn't HDTV) .. or risk losing your audience (as much as it is) to american OTA transmissions accessible from most Canadian cities that are not too far from the border. Hey american OTA channels.. boost your power output!
It's because they'll scale it back and say "how's that, now it's not as restrictive" and people will say "that's better!" even though NO ADDITIONAL LAWS are actually required!
I always Gnu Linus was a hero.
Does this make the Elephant Man the smartest man of all, considering how large elephants brains are?
Guy had the best ring. Plus it was different from the regular GL rings as he got it during crisis. It'd be cool to have a yellow ring. One that worked too. though I'd settle for a Legion flight ring.
Ark Linux has been around since before Ubuntu even existed. I've been using it for at least two years and love it (Though they could use more developers, unlike Ubuntu, it's a completely volunteer effort) I can't stand gnome and find Ark, once installed, feels right to me with its KDE based desktop (and OpenOffice uses KDE the kde look theme). It's hard to explain but I enjoy using it and am glad it exists, it really only needs a little bit of polish to be great. I don't like debs but I like apt-get, so I'm glad Ark is the only distro that standardizes on apt-get with rpm. Plus it'l be nice when Adept works with apt-rpm too. Ark also has a live CD version on its web page somewhere.
http://census.vivelecanada.ca Lockheed Martin is an american company, based in Maryland.
I Already had Java installed. How hard is it to install Java and a web browser? Worked fine. The only sickening thing about the Canadian census was it was being handled by an american firm. Like I want my information sifted through by the american government just because it goes through an american proxy and is subject to american laws? Screw that.
Does it offer WIFI? NO? Then it FAILS.
Personally, I don't take death threats seriously from companies that are already dead.
Definitely what he meant to say is GNU/Linux is too fat, and by GNU/Linux he means Linux plus the GNU Utilities that help to create Linux and make GNU/Linux a workable OS, and so by saying GNU/Linux is too fat he's saying Richard Stallman is obese and needs to take pilates
Usually if you have to explain the joke, it's not classified as funny.
come on, everyone knows the only reason google played atom up was because microsoft was bound to chose the alternative, which is what google wanted all along. google is ten steps ahead of microsoft, bill gates behemoth is a dinosaur, where google is some sort of mechcanical .. robot dinosaur of the future, able to move faster and stealthier and not needing to eat everything in sight in order to survive. Google = Champion of RSS.
I wonder why they dont put slots for SD/CF cards on these things for added functionality. SD/CF cards are pretty ubiquitous nowadays and the ability to turn this thing into a wifi locator would be useful, maybe add some simple generic games to it. play some mp3's , maybe even include a simple (possibly elinks based) web browser and irc chat, and maybe a simple word processor. Theres no middle range for these things. either you get something like this that doesnt do what you want, or you get something like a palm that does too much (if you want the wifi capabilities).. is it so much to ask for something cheap that does wifi?