I'm in Ontario, and if I buy stuff from DirectCanada [directcanada.com], who are based in BC, but ship some stuff from Toronto, I only ever pay GST (5%). And yes, this applies even if stuff is being shipped from the Ontario location.
Neither country's official name has the word "North" or "South". "South" Korea is officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), while "North" Korea is officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Neither is "America" the official name of the USA.
I do keep the little response cards with "return postage guaranteed" stamps, though. Those are great for gluing to bricks or other heavy objects you want to dispose of.
I'm only getting preprinted envelopes. They're kind of small and I'm not sure that if I fill it with heavy junk (rusty nails?) they will get delivered.
terrorism [ter-uh-riz-uhm] -noun 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. 4. any activity that the current administration disapproves of.
terrorist[ter-er-ist] -noun 1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism. 2. a person who terrorizes or frightens others. 3. (formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror. 4. an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. 5. any individual that the current administration disapproves of.
Hell, going to a regular American prison, and potentially getting raped, for committing a non-violent crime (drug possession for instance) seems much worse [...]
This always baffled me. How can a supposedly civilized society not only tolerate prison rape but accept it as normal?
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Warrantless wiretapping isn't a "conservative" thing to do. We should bash Obama because what he's doing is un-American.
Oh, come on. Such things have been going on at least since Nixon, possibly longer. That's 8 presidents by my count. What can be more American than that?
Copyright laws may be used to benefit both large and small, and I have seen instances of the later, while we all have seen instances of the former. Eliminating copyright and endorsing nothing but public domain is not the solution. Frequently people advocate complete elimination of a broken system instead of actually fixing it. I cannot abide such a position as it is too much like just walking away from a problem rather than actually analyzing and correcting the underlying issue.
Yes, we are seeing copyright and patent laws abused the world over. But put everything in the public domain? Too communistic for me, thank you. (Though probably not the best way to describe the situation, since the interpretation of Communism which we know involves the State taking possession of its peoples' creations and efforts for the benefit of all and the Greater Good, or however it sees fit. I simply lack a better way to describe it.)
I enjoy owning things, and that includes anything that I create. Sure, I may choose to make something available for others to use, but other items of my creation I want to stay under my control, so it represents what I want it to represent and not be usurped by ulterior, unintended, or inappropriate presentations.
I urge you to get a refresher course on the differences between ownership and time-limited distribution rights.
>> I will not let lobby organizations like the MPAA or RIAA have more power than any other company in the world > And what, pray tell, do you think the EFF is?
Good points, all of them. Very valid to the average slashdotter, completely "whoosh" to the average voter.
I was not talking about lies, my point was that, unfortunately, appeal to emotion usually trumps logic and facts. Like it or not, 9 times out of 10 smear campaigns work.
FBI: shit, everyone drop their rape cases, their kiddie porn cases, their terrorist cases, the new wolverine film has been leaked we must find out who did this
Anything that will make the FBI drop the bogus "Kiddie Porn" and "Terrorist" cases is a good thing.
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Which gives k=49.
I am more than willing to test this hypothesis in practice.
Let's abolish all copyright for a 100 years and see how it works.
That's what happens when the population is conditioned to believe that they can only choose between Kang and Kodos.
You pay GST on out of province purchases (or at least I do)
When Ontario harmonizes the tax, what do you think will happen?
What happened to the link? Oh well...
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=77182
Not for long.
Rather, you get a "few" bad apples and the rest are complicit.
Bingo!
Neither is "America" the official name of the USA.
Wait, I don't understand.
If I come to Twitter, they will pay me one Shilling?
I'm only getting preprinted envelopes. They're kind of small and I'm not sure that if I fill it with heavy junk (rusty nails?) they will get delivered.
For the metrically inclined among us, I'd like to point out that Saddam/911 is approximately 1.1 milliSaddams.
I live in the GTA you insensitive clod!
terrorism [ter-uh-riz-uhm]
-noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
4. any activity that the current administration disapproves of.
terrorist[ter-er-ist]
-noun
1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
2. a person who terrorizes or frightens others.
3. (formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror.
4. an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
5. any individual that the current administration disapproves of.
This always baffled me.
How can a supposedly civilized society not only tolerate prison rape but accept it as normal?
> An absolute fuckton shitload of people?
Can you convert it to SI units please?
I'd tell you what he learned but that would be insulting to the American voters.
Oh, come on. Such things have been going on at least since Nixon, possibly longer.
That's 8 presidents by my count. What can be more American than that?
Speaking of ARM, there are several companies producing processors with the ARM instruction set.
How does one compare them?
For the sake of example, a Qualcomm MSM7200A to a Samsung S3C6410?
I urge you to get a refresher course on the differences between ownership and time-limited distribution rights.
> Free of nukes only works until some other 4 foot 9 dictator decides to raise his status the only way he can to impress the world.
4 foot 9 dictator?
Is that something like 2 girls 1 cup?
The Corvair and the Pinto could cause big problems when things went wrong.
I suggest we ban all cars.
>> I will not let lobby organizations like the MPAA or RIAA have more power than any other company in the world
> And what, pray tell, do you think the EFF is?
Unfortunately, they were suspended.
Good points, all of them. Very valid to the average slashdotter, completely "whoosh" to the average voter.
I was not talking about lies, my point was that, unfortunately, appeal to emotion usually trumps logic and facts.
Like it or not, 9 times out of 10 smear campaigns work.
Anything that will make the FBI drop the bogus "Kiddie Porn" and "Terrorist" cases is a good thing.