I would *love* to move to Canada, but it's not like I can take a plane, get an apartment, fill out a form and become a citizen. Not to mention the fact that finding a job, even in Canada, is a bit iffy at the moment.
When we moved to Canada, it was pretty close to that.
1. Applied for a permanent resident visa on the "skilled professional" track 1a. Filled some forms and attached some documents 1b. Had a conversation with the immigration officer 1c. Had a medical 2. Got the visa after 10-11 months 3. Took a plane 4. Rented an apartment 5. Got the Ontario healthcare coverage (OHIP) after the mandatory 3 months wait 6. Waited 5 years, took a silly test, pledged allegiance to Lizzy II, got citizenship.
Bonjour is just as bad. It scans your LAN constantly, takes A LOT resources and provides nothing good. And it's installed without asking you along any Adobe product.
Do those Adobe products depend on Bonjour to work? Can you uninstall Bonjour without losing functionality? How?
You are right on target; I had some serious money to invest in a startup in CA, but the sheer humiliation involved with the immigration process just made me sick. Couple that with a sad growing xenophobic hatred for immigrants, from people with no understanding of economic change, and a firm belief that anyone not born in sacred american soil must not be as smart as them, as deserving as them.
Here's your mistake, right where I added the emphasis. Immigration-wise, the "right" CA is not CAlifornia but CAnada.
My experience is a bit outdated but near the turn of century it was easier and faster for a skilled professional to get a permanent resident visa than a work visa and the sheer number of 1st, 2nd or at worst 3rd generation immigrants made xenophobia a non-issue. After all, it's hard to hate immigrants when your one grandmother speaks Cantonese while the other has a thick Polish accent.
Yes, we have our our share of problems and faults (*cough* Harper *cough*) but they are different enough from those you'll encounter south of the 49th parallel to make for an interesting alternative.
For starters, by definition, an atheist must grant that that their belief "that there is no God" is not based on scientific principle.
you seem to be confusing atheism with anti-theism.
Similarly to the difference between immoral (not moral) and amoral (unrelated to morals), atheism is not "a belief that there is no god", it is "a lack of belief that there is a god" (plural included).
Atheism is the faith that you will not stand accountable for your actions.
That's a crock of hope and change.
Atheism is the belief that the choice of your actions, and therefore the responsibility for them, is ultimately yours.
The morally dead will choose atheism.
Tell me, who is the more "moral" person, the one who chooses morality because they fear a punishment or expect a reward from an ultimate authority, or the one that does so just because they feel that it is the right thing to do?
The baby-killing, wife-cheating, porn-addicted, sociopathic, sexual-experimenting person will choose atheism
And yet the atrocities committed in the name of religion vastly outnumber those committed in the name of atheism (or anti-theism).
1. Euro ~= Dollar so about $100,000 is about 100,000. If you have that much cash, the currency rate won't bother you much.
Currently, $100K ~= 136K. Around here, it's about the difference between a condo and a condo + 2 cars. It's not only cash but also the property that you can sell if and when you decide to immigrate.
I have. Allow me to quote from it: The decision averted another penalty for Microsoft which has been fined 1.68 billion euros ($2.44 billion) by the European Commission for previous infringements of anti-competition rules (emphasis mine). I was actually referring to the "previous" fine. Thank you for making my point.
1. i4i is a patent case between two corporations hence it isn't germane to the conversation.
It has something to do with Microsoft's behaviour. To wit: Appeals court rules Microsoft willfully infringed i4i's patent (emphasis mine).
2. The India case involves 4 alleged pirates I believe.
In most jurisdictions alleged == innocent (until proven guilty). For example, I am alleging that you are molesting kittens. You are alleging that Microsoft is a different company than it was in the 90's. Both allegations have no merit without proof.
Microsoft circa 2010 is very misunderstood on Slashdot. I also had my doubts before being assimilated by the collective. Microsoft is fundamentally a different company now than in the 90s. We have to be due to competition, compliance, and regulation.
This is a fine marketing spiel but the onus of proof is on you. So, please tell us how how exactly the 21st century Microsoft is different from the 20th century Microsoft.
Please do not forget to comment on the following: - Fines in the i4i case - Fines in India for abusing "money power" - Fines in Germany for price fixing - Fines by EU for failing to comply with an antitrust order
Microsoft circa 2010 is very misunderstood on Slashdot. I also had my doubts before being assimilated by the collective. Microsoft is fundamentally a different company now than in the 90s. We have to be due to competition, compliance, and regulation.
This is a fine marketing spiel but the onus of proof is on you. So, please tell us how how exactly the 21st century Microsoft is different from the 20th century Microsoft.
Please do not forget to comment on the following: - Fines in the i4i case - Fines in India for abusing "money power" - Fines in Germany for price fixing - Fines by EU for failing to comply with an antitrust order
Windows Update checks your PC to determine which updates it needs depending on what software and devices you have installed. The service does not collect personal information -- Windows Update simply collects specific PC details needed for the update, including data such as computer make and model, version and ID numbers, and other such details.
Microsoft is committed to helping protect your privacy, and does not collect your name or other personally identifiable information. For more details on how the information is protected, see the Windows Update privacy statement.
In other words, while MS does not directly collect my name and phone number, they can uniquely identify my computer by "make and model, version and ID numbers, and other such details". Then, they can check where I am (via geolocation) and who I am by cross-referencing the information with data from data-mining companies.
I'll worry about that after you've explained why canibalism and necrophilia should be illegal.
Cannibalism is an act, which may or may not be illegal (depending on jurisdiction). Necrophilia is an "attraction" and as such should never be illegal. Acting on in is a different matter.
Nothing will get any better until things get loony.
If you ask the previous generation, they'll tell you that things are already loony, you are just desensitized (or indoctrinated). What you mean is "loonier", and that will happen, but then the general populace will grow to accept it as well.
You have obviously not done any gambling online. A large percentage, perhaps even the majority of online gambling, is poker. When you go to an online poker site, you are not playing against the house/online gambling site. You are playing against other players, and the gambling site gets its money by charging a fee, a percentage of the buy in in a tournament or a percentage of the pot.
I wouldn't even put poker in the same "gambling" category as casino games (online or otherwise), as it was clearly demonstrated that in poker skill dominates luck. Sure, there is the element of chance but then, it is also present in contract bridge and in backgammon and you don't hear those referred to as gambling.
Of course there is no 100% guarantee that the online gambling site is not putting an employee that can see the cards in on a table, but that would really net them so little money in comparison to hosting 100's or even thousands of tables simultaneously, and getting their little fee from each of them. Not the mention the damage to their reputation if it were discovered (there is great competition amongst online poker sites.)
There can be no 100% guarantees but, given the large number of people analyzing the games for statistical and behavioral discrepancies, it will be hard to pull something like that off. The Absolute Poker scandal shows that cheating will be detected.
Also, the major online poker sites do their best to detect bots, collusions and other forms of cheating using their own server-side analysis. After all, nobody in their right mind wants to kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
I am a citizen of the United States of America, and as such I will gladly lay down my life if necessary to defend my right life, liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness. I will also gladly end the life of any tyrant that tries to rob me or my family of these rights.
So help me understand. Either 1. You feel your and your family's "liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness" are not infringed upon -- in which case your post about tyrants seems a bit disconnected, or 2. You do feel that your and your family's "liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness" are infringed upon -- in which case I assume you are currently risking life and limb trying to "kill the tyrants", or 3. I misunderstood your comments.
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When we moved to Canada, it was pretty close to that.
1. Applied for a permanent resident visa on the "skilled professional" track
1a. Filled some forms and attached some documents
1b. Had a conversation with the immigration officer
1c. Had a medical
2. Got the visa after 10-11 months
3. Took a plane
4. Rented an apartment
5. Got the Ontario healthcare coverage (OHIP) after the mandatory 3 months wait
6. Waited 5 years, took a silly test, pledged allegiance to Lizzy II, got citizenship.
Note that step #6 is optional.
From the era when Dilbert was funny.
Do those Adobe products depend on Bonjour to work?
Can you uninstall Bonjour without losing functionality? How?
We don't have anyjustice system. What we have is a legal system, in which justice is incidental at best.
A Japanese 2nd-hand bazaar?
Are there good Photoshop tutorials on the web that walk you from a beginner level to advanced photo manipulation?
No no no, it's the H2Os and the H1N1s.
I know I shouldn't reply to trolls, particularly not to those with room temperature IQ, but I have karma to burn.
Learn to Google.
Of the top 6, 4 are definitely not Jewish and Deripaska is alleged to have some Jewish ancestry (but that does not make him a Jew).
And by the way, if you want to use a foreign word, try to use it in a grammatically correct way.
Goyim is plural, Oligarch is singular.
In short, you are not only a dickhead (by your own admission) but an idiot as well.
Infringing seatingrights is not "stealing".
Here's your mistake, right where I added the emphasis.
Immigration-wise, the "right" CA is not CAlifornia but CAnada.
My experience is a bit outdated but near the turn of century it was easier and faster for a skilled professional to get a permanent resident visa than a work visa and the sheer number of 1st, 2nd or at worst 3rd generation immigrants made xenophobia a non-issue. After all, it's hard to hate immigrants when your one grandmother speaks Cantonese while the other has a thick Polish accent.
Yes, we have our our share of problems and faults (*cough* Harper *cough*) but they are different enough from those you'll encounter
south of the 49th parallel to make for an interesting alternative.
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you seem to be confusing atheism with anti-theism.
Similarly to the difference between immoral (not moral) and amoral (unrelated to morals), atheism is not "a belief that there is no god", it is "a lack of belief that there is a god" (plural included).
That's a crock of hope and change.
Atheism is the belief that the choice of your actions, and therefore the responsibility for them, is ultimately yours.
Tell me, who is the more "moral" person, the one who chooses morality because they fear a punishment or expect a reward from an ultimate authority, or the one that does so just because they feel that it is the right thing to do?
And yet the atrocities committed in the name of religion vastly outnumber those committed in the name of atheism (or anti-theism).
Currently, $100K ~= 136K. Around here, it's about the difference between a condo and a condo + 2 cars.
It's not only cash but also the property that you can sell if and when you decide to immigrate.
1st, it's 1e5 Euro, not $
2nd, there's a profits tax at a rate rate of 33.33% (I have no idea how it is applied to individuals)
Would you mind disclosing what is your role in Microsoft?
I have. Allow me to quote from it:
The decision averted another penalty for Microsoft which has been fined 1.68 billion euros ($2.44 billion) by the European Commission for previous infringements of anti-competition rules (emphasis mine).
I was actually referring to the "previous" fine. Thank you for making my point.
It has something to do with Microsoft's behaviour. To wit:
Appeals court rules Microsoft willfully infringed i4i's patent (emphasis mine).
In most jurisdictions alleged == innocent (until proven guilty). For example, I am alleging that you are molesting kittens. You are alleging that Microsoft is a different company than it was in the 90's. Both allegations have no merit without proof.
Just Google it. Here's one link.
3. With regard to German price-fixing, Microsoft has stated that it will comply with the finding and be in full compliance of German law.
... after being convicted and fined for illegal practices.
I am still waiting for examples that substantiate your statement.
Also the OOXML voting shenanigans.
This is a fine marketing spiel but the onus of proof is on you. So, please tell us how how exactly the 21st century Microsoft is different from the 20th century Microsoft.
Please do not forget to comment on the following:
- Fines in the i4i case
- Fines in India for abusing "money power"
- Fines in Germany for price fixing
- Fines by EU for failing to comply with an antitrust order
Thank you.
In other words, while MS does not directly collect my name and phone number, they can uniquely identify my computer by "make and model, version and ID numbers, and other such details". Then, they can check where I am (via geolocation) and who I am by cross-referencing the information with data from data-mining companies.
Sweet.
Cannibalism is an act, which may or may not be illegal (depending on jurisdiction).
Necrophilia is an "attraction" and as such should never be illegal. Acting on in is a different matter.
It just did.
So, basically, you agree with SlappyBastard.
If you ask the previous generation, they'll tell you that things are already loony, you are just desensitized (or indoctrinated). What you mean is "loonier", and that will happen, but then the general populace will grow to accept it as well.
Nothing will get any better. Ever.
I wouldn't even put poker in the same "gambling" category as casino games (online or otherwise), as it was clearly demonstrated that in poker skill dominates luck.
Sure, there is the element of chance but then, it is also present in contract bridge and in backgammon and you don't hear those referred to as gambling.
There can be no 100% guarantees but, given the large number of people analyzing the games for statistical and behavioral discrepancies, it will be hard to pull something like that off. The Absolute Poker scandal shows that cheating will be detected.
Also, the major online poker sites do their best to detect bots, collusions and other forms of cheating using their own server-side analysis. After all, nobody in their right mind wants to kill the goose that lays golden eggs.
Your position is perfectly understood.
What I was trying to determine is whether your actions are in line with your stated position or, to use the vernacular, you are full of it.
I believe that question is answered as well.
So help me understand. Either
1. You feel your and your family's "liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness" are not infringed upon -- in which case your post about tyrants seems a bit disconnected, or
2. You do feel that your and your family's "liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness" are infringed upon -- in which case I assume you are currently risking life and limb trying to "kill the tyrants", or
3. I misunderstood your comments.
Which is it?
Without dodging the question, are you willing?