Bell's minimum xDSL plan is $22 (bundled) and only provides 2GB of bandwidth. How can a Windows user even keep up with OS patches, Anti-virus & Anti-spam definitions and Adobe patches with 2GB of bandwidth?
I think the CRTC should mandate that all large commercial/wholesale ISPs (Telus, Bell, Rogers, Videotron, etc.) must provide everyone a free minimal amount of bandwidth for security, anti-malware and other patches. I'd say 5 GB/month would suffice (AV updates, OS patchesand can be used for any purpose (ie if the person doesn't use it all for security, they can use it for anything). They should have to provide it to ALL citizens as all the telcos have been given monetary grants and the ability to charge us 'taxes' to improve Internet connectivity to rural Canada (btw: where is that?). If you are not with one of the big telcos, they should be forced to pass this allotment on to the local providers like Teksavvy, etc. If you don't have an ISP, you can choose one of your liking to provide this, again at no cost. This is an issue of national security to ward off a potential cyberwar.
Note to the moderator, it's against the guidelines to mod people troll just because you don't agree with them.
I had the same thing happen to me on another post. I had heard of trolling but I'm not one to actively engage in it, I was adding my personal opinion. I didn't find any way of fighting it so I gave up and now rarely post.
Back to the subject at hand, I'm wondering how the Canadians and Mexicans near the borders may be affected. I'm not sure if our spectrums (I'm Canadian) are being sold off in a similar fashion. Maybe we'll lose a few channels of rerun TV but inherit ad-supported GoogleNet.
Why is this even on Slashdot? It's argument-bait if I've ever seen it. I agree that anyone using the DMCA improperly to pull down arguments against them is underhanded but this has turned into a Creationism vs Evolution argument like so many before.
There are very little posts here about the actual DMCA challenge. It's time for Mods to close this one down or get it back on topic.
Though a lot of us wish they had went the way of the Dodo, there are still a lot of Dodo companies putting media out there using Real technologies. I haven't installed any Real products for years due to their shady past with ad/spyware and their apps monitoring/calling home. I've heard they have changed their practices but with other arguably better technologies out there, why risk it? I can normally find the video/audio in another format with a bit of looking.
Do we really need a 600-post discussion criticizing the US education system and society? Hell yeah. How else do you think it would improve?
Yes, why bother? Current students won't be able to read it anyway.
Both evolution and creationism are considered THEORIES in the scientific definition.
Neither are scientific LAWS and therefore has not been proven without a doubt, unlike something like gravity, which is a scientific LAW. Most people believe in micro evolution, basically, within our own species (ie humans have changed slightly over the years: height, etc) but do not believe in macro evolution (ie we have evolved from some organic soup in a process that started a gazillion years ago).
As much as people want to discredit either theory, none of us were around 10,000 years ago or 100 gazillion years ago. Science is using infallible science to try and prove their theory and religion is using their infallible, God-inspired Bible to prove their theory. Infallibility is in the eyes of the beholder. There is no first-hand, human recorded knowledge of either process.
My subject explains my feelings on it all and I'm leaving it at that. Politics, Religion and sports will always start a flame-war and heated discussion.
The biggest key to getting into a Top Tier School is to have your rich daddy make an extremely large donation, that'll get you in for sure. "Sleeping your way in" might also help.
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Seriously speaking, if they don't accept you, they don't deserve you! Go to the best school you get accepted to and work hard. Do the same as you are doing in high school: work hard, volunteer/lead some clubs and organizations, and most of all have some fun. Life is too short to worry about things like this.
It's not necessarily where you go for college, it's what you do there and afterwards. Some employers might even shy away from Top Tier school grads as they might be perceived as overpriced. Don't get me wrong, a reputable institution is a must but there are many good community colleges/universities that are well respected, too.
Seriously speaking, no matter what government is in, it's big business who lobbies to get things like this. As previously stated, the CRTC is in charge of this so quit bashing our current government. They won the election fairly so suck it up, we had to while the Liberals were in power.
The problem we have is this: Telus does cell, Internet, land line, VoIP; Rogers does cell, Internet, cable, land line, VoIP; Bell Canada does cell, Internet, satellite; Shaw does cable, Internet, etc. See the pattern here? Vonage comes in and undercuts the telcos with VoIP and they get scared. How can they defend themselves? Simply reduce the priority of their competitors so their product appears to be the 'best'.
With Internet television and on-demand products from whomever wants to offer the service competing with them, they have to do even more drastic things to make their service look like the best. It's kind of like the ISPs going after Google (months ago) for people using the search engine. Google, along with these other providers are paying their own fees to their providers and shouldn't be impaired because they don't give into extortion.
Fellow Canucks, call/mail/email your local MPs and ensure they know what's going on and what your opinion is. If you don't let them know, stop complaining!
In the past, we've been lucky enough to just stick the CD in the drive when I install an upgrade and have it work. I hope they haven't put this into place but I guess I'll find out on Tuesday.
I don't 'upgrade' any OS, I backup my data and start from scratch. There's so many pieces of software and drives out there that aren't yet released, how do they expect it to work?
I really hope everyone to runs into this call Microsoft for support, maybe that'll cause them to fix it.
Isn't the first thing Security people tell people to do to protect against a browser vulnerabilty to disable Javascript? There goes your functionality!
Actually, I think IPTV or on-demand will be the wave of the future, especially in 5 years. While I love HD, I really don't like the fact of paying an inflated premium to the cable company to have it. I'd much rather pay per show in an on-demand, commercial-free format.
I'm at the point that I'm ready to go back to analog cable as digital cable always gives artifacts, stuck screens and missing sound. Our on-demand movie network was out of commission for over a month and we had to fight to get a refund.
I have a beautiful 27" CRT that I'm more than happy keeping. I'm not 100% sold on LCD (dead and stuck pixels along with pixelated screens drive me nuts) and Plasma has a few downfalls as well. CRT is still the best in my opinion. I wish Sony still sold their 40" CRT Wegas.
Call me a neo-Luddite but I don't want to pay any more to my cable company for sub-par programming. If you wrap dog crap in gold foil, it's still dog crap; HD doesn't make a bad show any better.
Each time the cable company raises the price, I call and ask them what I get for my money. They're only reply is that their costs have went up and they aren't giving me anything more for my money. I'm glad CBC is at least recognizing HD isn't worth it for everyone.
Obviously you didn't read the EULAs for the Microsoft software you've installed lately. They don't have to steal them, you've already granted their ownership away.
Our company sends and receives hundreds of letters each day. In fact, so many, that we were told by the post office that we have to get them to the post office ourselves (we were filling the mail box occasionally). It seems the poor letter carrier was carrying too much mail away. We have a courier drop off the mail from our P.O. Box each morning as well, at our expense. Each year, the price of Canadian stamps goes up and each year our services received go down.
Wanna know what happened to the box we used to fill? Due to lack of use, it's now been removed. If you beat a customer enough, it will eventually not come back.
'the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.'
So her son can become an over-worked, under-paid executive/admin assistant to a jerk of a boss who under-appreciates him? Wow, sign me up!
Seriously, computers are making us stupider and do not belong in primary education institutions except for specialized, scheduled 'computer courses'. Laptops should not be in the classroom for note taking, etc. as penmanship seems to be going the way of the dinosaur.
Reading any Internet forums proves we are training a bunch of grammar- and spelling-challenged idiots. Can they use MS Windows? Sure, but can they add/multiply without a calculator? Can they write a grammatically correct paragraph?
they leave the dial menu in place. I really loved the fact that you could press 1-4-5-1 and get to where you wanted to go. Now they disable it and FORCE you to use the voice systems, limiting the dial options to account/phone numbers only.
Just remember, the squeeky wheel gets the oil. Whenever you have to use one, complain to the person you finally get to talk to. Tell them you don't like it and want to make a formal complaint against it. Will it help? I don't know but it's worth a shot.
Merging Lotus Domino with the power and stability of an IBM iSeries (aka AS/400) would give you the stability and robustness you require. Unfortunately, the cost isn't cheap.
The iSeries also runs Linux if you are looking for a stable, hig performance (but not cheap) 'server'. You may already have an iSeries if you have 1 million people working for you.
Lotus Domino runs on Linux so you could run it on a Lintel box and get the stability of Linux with the Domino feature set. Alternatively, an IBM mainframe (or any other that would run Linux) could be a Domino server, if you wanted to re-use existing equipment you may have.
As for the client, Lotus Notes runs on Windows and Linux (in WINE). Their web client, iNotes, while not perfect, performs nicely and has some security features built-in that you'd need for roaming users.
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Almost all McDonalds restaurants in Canada now have free Wi-Fi and many other coffee shops, etc. do as well. http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/news/releases/release_May-18-2011.aspx Before you buy a SIM/sign up for a plan, check out the big three's web sites for their coverage maps (just search for coverage map or give them a call). I have a feeling your remote island may have extremely limited access. Our cell telcos state they cover 90+% of the population but that's because most Canadians live in lage urban areas or near the USA border. http://www.telusmobility.com/ http://www.bellmobility.com/home/ http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=WRLS_HOME
Bell's minimum xDSL plan is $22 (bundled) and only provides 2GB of bandwidth. How can a Windows user even keep up with OS patches, Anti-virus & Anti-spam definitions and Adobe patches with 2GB of bandwidth? I think the CRTC should mandate that all large commercial/wholesale ISPs (Telus, Bell, Rogers, Videotron, etc.) must provide everyone a free minimal amount of bandwidth for security, anti-malware and other patches. I'd say 5 GB/month would suffice (AV updates, OS patchesand can be used for any purpose (ie if the person doesn't use it all for security, they can use it for anything). They should have to provide it to ALL citizens as all the telcos have been given monetary grants and the ability to charge us 'taxes' to improve Internet connectivity to rural Canada (btw: where is that?). If you are not with one of the big telcos, they should be forced to pass this allotment on to the local providers like Teksavvy, etc. If you don't have an ISP, you can choose one of your liking to provide this, again at no cost. This is an issue of national security to ward off a potential cyberwar.
Note to the moderator, it's against the guidelines to mod people troll just because you don't agree with them.
I had the same thing happen to me on another post. I had heard of trolling but I'm not one to actively engage in it, I was adding my personal opinion. I didn't find any way of fighting it so I gave up and now rarely post.
Back to the subject at hand, I'm wondering how the Canadians and Mexicans near the borders may be affected. I'm not sure if our spectrums (I'm Canadian) are being sold off in a similar fashion. Maybe we'll lose a few channels of rerun TV but inherit ad-supported GoogleNet.
Why is this even on Slashdot? It's argument-bait if I've ever seen it. I agree that anyone using the DMCA improperly to pull down arguments against them is underhanded but this has turned into a Creationism vs Evolution argument like so many before. There are very little posts here about the actual DMCA challenge. It's time for Mods to close this one down or get it back on topic.
You have to add Parallels/Boot Camp and a legimate copy Windows XP so you can user your apps and play your games on the Mac. That adds to the price.
Though a lot of us wish they had went the way of the Dodo, there are still a lot of Dodo companies putting media out there using Real technologies. I haven't installed any Real products for years due to their shady past with ad/spyware and their apps monitoring/calling home. I've heard they have changed their practices but with other arguably better technologies out there, why risk it? I can normally find the video/audio in another format with a bit of looking.
Friends don't let friends install Real Player.
Yes, why bother? Current students won't be able to read it anyway.
Both evolution and creationism are considered THEORIES in the scientific definition.
Neither are scientific LAWS and therefore has not been proven without a doubt, unlike something like gravity, which is a scientific LAW. Most people believe in micro evolution, basically, within our own species (ie humans have changed slightly over the years: height, etc) but do not believe in macro evolution (ie we have evolved from some organic soup in a process that started a gazillion years ago).
As much as people want to discredit either theory, none of us were around 10,000 years ago or 100 gazillion years ago. Science is using infallible science to try and prove their theory and religion is using their infallible, God-inspired Bible to prove their theory. Infallibility is in the eyes of the beholder. There is no first-hand, human recorded knowledge of either process.
My subject explains my feelings on it all and I'm leaving it at that. Politics, Religion and sports will always start a flame-war and heated discussion.
You mean like DeVry? I went there :).
The biggest key to getting into a Top Tier School is to have your rich daddy make an extremely large donation, that'll get you in for sure. "Sleeping your way in" might also help.
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Seriously speaking, if they don't accept you, they don't deserve you! Go to the best school you get accepted to and work hard. Do the same as you are doing in high school: work hard, volunteer/lead some clubs and organizations, and most of all have some fun. Life is too short to worry about things like this.
It's not necessarily where you go for college, it's what you do there and afterwards. Some employers might even shy away from Top Tier school grads as they might be perceived as overpriced. Don't get me wrong, a reputable institution is a must but there are many good community colleges/universities that are well respected, too.
Good luck in your pursuits.
How's aboot we withold Canadian bacon, maple syrup and cheap pharmacy drugs from Americans?
I'm sorry, I had to say it.
Seriously speaking, no matter what government is in, it's big business who lobbies to get things like this. As previously stated, the CRTC is in charge of this so quit bashing our current government. They won the election fairly so suck it up, we had to while the Liberals were in power.
The problem we have is this: Telus does cell, Internet, land line, VoIP; Rogers does cell, Internet, cable, land line, VoIP; Bell Canada does cell, Internet, satellite; Shaw does cable, Internet, etc. See the pattern here? Vonage comes in and undercuts the telcos with VoIP and they get scared. How can they defend themselves? Simply reduce the priority of their competitors so their product appears to be the 'best'.
With Internet television and on-demand products from whomever wants to offer the service competing with them, they have to do even more drastic things to make their service look like the best. It's kind of like the ISPs going after Google (months ago) for people using the search engine. Google, along with these other providers are paying their own fees to their providers and shouldn't be impaired because they don't give into extortion.
Fellow Canucks, call/mail/email your local MPs and ensure they know what's going on and what your opinion is. If you don't let them know, stop complaining!
In the past, we've been lucky enough to just stick the CD in the drive when I install an upgrade and have it work. I hope they haven't put this into place but I guess I'll find out on Tuesday.
I don't 'upgrade' any OS, I backup my data and start from scratch. There's so many pieces of software and drives out there that aren't yet released, how do they expect it to work?
I really hope everyone to runs into this call Microsoft for support, maybe that'll cause them to fix it.
Isn't the first thing Security people tell people to do to protect against a browser vulnerabilty to disable Javascript? There goes your functionality!
Actually, I think IPTV or on-demand will be the wave of the future, especially in 5 years. While I love HD, I really don't like the fact of paying an inflated premium to the cable company to have it. I'd much rather pay per show in an on-demand, commercial-free format.
I'm at the point that I'm ready to go back to analog cable as digital cable always gives artifacts, stuck screens and missing sound. Our on-demand movie network was out of commission for over a month and we had to fight to get a refund.
I have a beautiful 27" CRT that I'm more than happy keeping. I'm not 100% sold on LCD (dead and stuck pixels along with pixelated screens drive me nuts) and Plasma has a few downfalls as well. CRT is still the best in my opinion. I wish Sony still sold their 40" CRT Wegas.
Call me a neo-Luddite but I don't want to pay any more to my cable company for sub-par programming. If you wrap dog crap in gold foil, it's still dog crap; HD doesn't make a bad show any better.
Each time the cable company raises the price, I call and ask them what I get for my money. They're only reply is that their costs have went up and they aren't giving me anything more for my money. I'm glad CBC is at least recognizing HD isn't worth it for everyone.
"Damn Contractor"
Microsoft is not coming to steal your children.
Obviously you didn't read the EULAs for the Microsoft software you've installed lately. They don't have to steal them, you've already granted their ownership away.
Aren't the little red lights on the bottom of my mouse iris scanners? That's what they told me at work.
Nah, it's because sending SPAM via the postal service costs cash :).
Our company sends and receives hundreds of letters each day. In fact, so many, that we were told by the post office that we have to get them to the post office ourselves (we were filling the mail box occasionally). It seems the poor letter carrier was carrying too much mail away. We have a courier drop off the mail from our P.O. Box each morning as well, at our expense. Each year, the price of Canadian stamps goes up and each year our services received go down.
Wanna know what happened to the box we used to fill? Due to lack of use, it's now been removed. If you beat a customer enough, it will eventually not come back.
What about (Microsoft's) Bob?
'the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.' So her son can become an over-worked, under-paid executive/admin assistant to a jerk of a boss who under-appreciates him? Wow, sign me up! Seriously, computers are making us stupider and do not belong in primary education institutions except for specialized, scheduled 'computer courses'. Laptops should not be in the classroom for note taking, etc. as penmanship seems to be going the way of the dinosaur. Reading any Internet forums proves we are training a bunch of grammar- and spelling-challenged idiots. Can they use MS Windows? Sure, but can they add/multiply without a calculator? Can they write a grammatically correct paragraph?
they leave the dial menu in place. I really loved the fact that you could press 1-4-5-1 and get to where you wanted to go. Now they disable it and FORCE you to use the voice systems, limiting the dial options to account/phone numbers only. Just remember, the squeeky wheel gets the oil. Whenever you have to use one, complain to the person you finally get to talk to. Tell them you don't like it and want to make a formal complaint against it. Will it help? I don't know but it's worth a shot.
is passing off 1 good song and 11 crappy others as an album (or CD) and selling it for $12.99 or more.
Merging Lotus Domino with the power and stability of an IBM iSeries (aka AS/400) would give you the stability and robustness you require. Unfortunately, the cost isn't cheap.
The iSeries also runs Linux if you are looking for a stable, hig performance (but not cheap) 'server'. You may already have an iSeries if you have 1 million people working for you.
Lotus Domino runs on Linux so you could run it on a Lintel box and get the stability of Linux with the Domino feature set. Alternatively, an IBM mainframe (or any other that would run Linux) could be a Domino server, if you wanted to re-use existing equipment you may have.
As for the client, Lotus Notes runs on Windows and Linux (in WINE). Their web client, iNotes, while not perfect, performs nicely and has some security features built-in that you'd need for roaming users.
(no, I don't work for or sell IBM products)