"I have four PhDs in theology, sociology, psychology, and nuclear physics, so I feel I'm qualified to answer this question."
Really? So spending your entire life reading about life makes you somehow more qualified than the rest of us who live it?
Bollocks. Try getting out and experiencing life for a change
Wow since everyone is being so candid and original on their concepts of terrorism 2.0 how about we just cut to the chase. Say the terrorists buy a remote control and just start wheeling the planes out of the hangars before the pilots get to use them. Then they could just wheel them into oncoming traffic coming into the airport.
Why stop at that. Why not paint up a commandeered plane as a bus and load it up with passengers. They're poor and noone cares about them so why not load them up. See you can argue for increased security and a new solution for longterm welfare recipients. Wow a solution for terror from abroad and the less fortunate members of society.
Man being paranoid about a remote control system that has just merely been announced is about as logical as trying to hijack a train to drive into the white house. Yes its been used (ali g) but the logic is just the same.
Did you ever think that the only result of the war on terror has been the reduction of your rights? I for one want them back.
"Well, of course... it's called the "Bill of Rights", not the "Bill of Needs".
It's great that you guys think different up there. But if you're going to comment on US law, first try to understand where we're coming from."
Yeah nice job twisting things to make a point. He made no comment towards what you stated other than that Canadians dont need to carry guns. You're the one twisting context to feel superior. I know a lot more about US law than you do about Canadian law and yeah we do think differently up here but we dont need some pompous person snipping at us anonymously because they have a bug up their butt. Use a real name next time and point those crosshairs right at me buddy. I dont need a gun to defend myself nor do I feel its my right.
OMG the Clean Air Act? That's the biggest joke Ive ever heard. Neither of the big parties in Canada are serious about this. Its either a) a way to get votes or b) act concerned then wait till the voters forget about it. I dont buy Harper's recent conversion to green living as much as I buy anything that a politician/oil company slave might say.
Jeez its buying their policies that causes us to forget about pushing them to tackle problems with real responses. Im sick of the spin and three word buzzwords that are so fashionable these days.
There is no way that anyone can claim that the air quality in Central Canada is being fixed by any government policies. I left there 5 years ago because I wasnt a fan of breathing that crap.
The Clean Air Act will be about as effective as the Accountability Act is now. Hold it up in committees while the teeth are removed. Then the public thinks they got what they wanted and dont realize how ineffective the new laws are.
When will people stop taking politicians at face value and put them to the test. Jeez if we dont do it soon with this government we may lose the ability to do so in the long run.
Clean Air Act my @ss
Um I wouldnt call those advantages. We arent from the Cretaceous period and we aren't really used to that high of a CO2 level. Ever been in a room with 10% CO2 levels? You know if you had cause you'd have a huge headache. You arent a dinosaur and you arent indestructible. Why would you want to change the world to something you may not adapt to? Why not try to keep the world as we know and love.
You know they didn't have air quality warnings and smog alerts when I was a kid. Now you can barely breathe the air in major cities on a hot day due to pollution. Excess CO2 is in that pollution.
Now when you can barely breathe the air Id like you to state how that is advantageous to anyone.
Interesting. The Canadian music industry has actually benefitted from downloading. Even my cat knows that an MP3 is not the real thing and Im not planning on shelling out any money for a cd with 1 or 2 good songs. I end up test driving a lot of stuff before surprise, surprise I end up buying it. It just makes sense.
This whole thing could have been done differently if the RIAA hadn't listened to the "wisdom" of people like Lars Ulrich. Sell Mp3s super cheap right off the start with a online purchase coupon that gives them a discount on buying the cd copy. Incentive marketing but the RIAA would rather be a fat old dinosaur. And we know what happened to the dinosaurs...
Okay Im out of here before that Archangel Michael guy gets all preachy and self-righteous on me. I can already hear him saying "be a good boy and stand in line, individual thought is bad"
Okay big boy step off the morally superior box for a bit.
Who's morals are you using? I know Im not a big fan of the "Do as I say not as I do" technique the US is trying to force others to adhere to the US copyright laws. They are amongst the worst copyright and IP laws going right now cause they put the power in the hands of lawyers not the content creators. If something isnt morally right then yes you dont do it but the US copyright laws stop at the US border. If you have a problem with my morals then I wont come over to dinner but dont come over to my house and tell me to live like this because YOU think I should.
Content should be free. Make it ad driven. Id rather watch the Apple Computers presents Heroes free and legally then pay for it. Do you have a problem with that? Tough luck. It's thinking off the stream and challenging questionable ethics that you espouse that is a huge part of being an individual.
Attitudes like yours make it hard for those who try to find legal and useful purposes for such technology. If I choose to copyright my stuff and give it out for free that's my perogative. If I choose to allow advertisers to brand my stuff in order to give it out for free that is also my perogative.
Im glad your getting sick because you cant have your technically sound formats. MP3 is crap and so are a lot of the formats available on the stores. Heck, you can get better codecs that are open source these days. The big companies refuse to listen to thier customers and if their customers dont feel that they should pay for crap then the big companies should come up with better stuff.
By the way since when did conforming to the rules ever produce anything profound. If we stuck to that way of looking at the world, then the sun would rotate around the world and the Earth would be flat. The companies need to change their attitudes and catch up with the public or someone else will.
Ive also grown up and realize that dissent is not a bad thing. Maybe it is you archangel michael that needs to grow up and stand up for something except authority and the perceived status quo.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
I'd tend to disagree with you. While Apple uses DRM, it's pretty obvious that aren't 100% on it. I've worked with DRM and its like trying to pull your sportscar with a horse. It doesnt work all that well and probably costs the end user a lot. When it gets to more than its worth you'll see the end of DRM.
Yeah the Liberals proposed and passed the legislation but it was never meant to last forever. Most people agreed that it was needed at the time but due to the haste in which it was made law it was obvious that it would need to be changed.
I really dont dig the fear politics that Harper likes to use. What scares me is the possibility of losing my freedoms and rights so that a perceived security can be achieved. What security is that where most of the laws can actually be used detrimentally to the people they are trying to protect. Yes anti-terror measures need to be in effect but we have the time now to look at the original provisions and make the necessary changes. I dont think that noone has abused them in the past is a good reason for keeping them as is. Harper's been busy changing the system to politicize it (ie: police having influence on judges/how is that fair if the police have been abusing the citizens) and even though things may not have been abused in the past, this doesnt mean that they won't in the future.
I live in a city that was recently branded as having the worst police in North America (yay another badge of pride for Vancouver) and it chills me to think that people like that should influence my rights. What happens if a power hungry cop takes out someone cause he can't control himself. It happened to a guy who happened to be walking by a police action during a riot in Vancouver a few years back. A police officer who was a bit too amped decided to broadside a guy in the mouth for being nowhere near the action. The guy lost his teeth and the cop got suspended without pay. If you give the cops an influence of the way the courts run then the cop stands the chance of having no punishment. I for one would rather relook our rules than slip further into a police state. If we just say "it's to punish terrorists" when will those rules be changed to come after other unworthies?
After all its easier to be a conservative in a liberal society than a liberal in a conservative society.
"You don't really have enough all 'round experience in the 'real world' to ask or even understand such a question. You seem to have no concept of loyalty to an employer, etc."
- Wow first that is truly an a-hole tone to take djupedal. First, an employer cant expect loyalty if they don't show any themselves. If you feel like another part in the drawer and that you're employer views you as disposable then you owe them no responsibility. Plus, if you feel that you want to switch careers and go for the money then become a contractor. It keeps you on your game, exposes you to a wide variety of situations and allows you to become a better coder.
I've dealt with recruiters as both a salary guy and a contractor and to be honest they only care about commission. Ive had a contractor force me to take skills tests so that they could say that the "guaranteed" their employers yet when I refused to take anymore they gave me the job anyways. Most recruiters would prefer that you contract anyways as its a good cash stream for them as well. My favourite line ever from a recruiter "Why would you want to go on salary? Contracting is way more lucrative." Looking out for your best interest of the clients? Hardly.
I do agree that having a year of experience is a good thing but I dont think that you stay with the job if you are given a better offer. Noone ever got ahead by playing safe and if you feel that the offer can help you in more ways than money then go for it. Only an idiot would turn down a chance to advance themselves. Plus if you dont take it someone else will.
As for the banks. Ive had employers check my credit and police background and both have never been a problem. The banks have been fine with me because no matter the amount of jobs Ive always had a consistent income. Ive never had a banker worry whether Im a credit risk and even after they've looked at my history they treat me the same. Ive also not been turned down for bank services.
I say get your years experience, network and when you have the contacts and experience go out there and be a freelancer. Ive been doing it for over 10 years and I started with 8 months of experience. Yes it was scary starting out but it was the best experience I have ever had. As for naysayers like djupedal, take it with a grain of salt. There will always be someone who is afraid to fly the coop and wants everyone to play it safe like them. It's your career, pursue what you want to do.
Ugh. DS9 sometimes had to be the painful experience for television watching. Take a pointless episode, through in some superficial drama, some schmaltz and a lesson that is more suitable for a Saturday mornng program and there you have it - DS9. I wont deny that I do love science fiction with a plot but then Im looking more for something like Philip K Dick. But for adventures in space? The other Star Trek stories will do for me.
Wow did you ever read a lot into things. I never said that I was anti-consumer. But you know we are trying to maintain a lifestyle that is unmanageable. Why can't we opt for technology and products that are more useful and better technology that what gets the manufacturer a bigger profit for less. Why do SUV sales keep dropping and yet our North American auto manufacturers keep making them.
Simply put we have forgotten to compete in a consumer driven world. Instead of better we confuse it with bigger meaning more instead of quality. Id love to know that I can buy something and have it last for a while. Id rather not keep buying the same thing over and over again.
As for global warming it exists. Look at the arctic where the effects are happening four times faster than everywhere else. Both the US and Canada have admitted that Polar Bears are in big trouble. Then again you seem more interested in amassing more stuff and getting fatter. What's it going to take to change your mind? Not being able to breathe? or not ever having clean drinking water again?
How about you get off your moral soapbox for a change and look into changing the way we consume. Why do we allow outsourcing of manufacturing to countries with lax environmental laws? Why is my government (Canada) more interested in consulting with Oil Company execs when it comes to the environment over scientists. Why arent both sides being heard? Oh that's right you want a big SUV and a 72 plasma TV and you dont care what happens.
There's more than Global Warming at stake. Look at the stupid things that we're doing to the planet. Cloned meat and milk? Why the hell are the Swiss creating a Hadron Collider? Why are salmon genes being introduced to strawberries and tomatoes?
That is not smart consumerism. Why are there growth hormones in our food. There is a difference in being smart and being stupid and consumerism because "people like it" without any common sense is a dead end street.
So get your paintbrush out RexRhino and try to paint me again as a tree-hugger or enviro etc. It makes no difference in the long run when climate-change deniers like you are choking on the mess of an atmosphere that we've created. And just to give you a new buzzword try out Global Dimming. There's another thing to put in your pipe and smoke.
Ive saw a story on this on the news a few weeks ago here in British Columbia. The fungus seems particularily effective in warmer climates. Still, saying that they're worried about it wiping out Canadian colonies as well.
Hmm, maybe its time our world leaders started thinking more effectively on how to curb our fatal overconsumption lifestyle. And maybe the rest of us should put up mason bee homes to do our part to help
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"I have four PhDs in theology, sociology, psychology, and nuclear physics, so I feel I'm qualified to answer this question." Really? So spending your entire life reading about life makes you somehow more qualified than the rest of us who live it? Bollocks. Try getting out and experiencing life for a change
Wow since everyone is being so candid and original on their concepts of terrorism 2.0 how about we just cut to the chase. Say the terrorists buy a remote control and just start wheeling the planes out of the hangars before the pilots get to use them. Then they could just wheel them into oncoming traffic coming into the airport. Why stop at that. Why not paint up a commandeered plane as a bus and load it up with passengers. They're poor and noone cares about them so why not load them up. See you can argue for increased security and a new solution for longterm welfare recipients. Wow a solution for terror from abroad and the less fortunate members of society. Man being paranoid about a remote control system that has just merely been announced is about as logical as trying to hijack a train to drive into the white house. Yes its been used (ali g) but the logic is just the same. Did you ever think that the only result of the war on terror has been the reduction of your rights? I for one want them back.
"Well, of course... it's called the "Bill of Rights", not the "Bill of Needs". It's great that you guys think different up there. But if you're going to comment on US law, first try to understand where we're coming from." Yeah nice job twisting things to make a point. He made no comment towards what you stated other than that Canadians dont need to carry guns. You're the one twisting context to feel superior. I know a lot more about US law than you do about Canadian law and yeah we do think differently up here but we dont need some pompous person snipping at us anonymously because they have a bug up their butt. Use a real name next time and point those crosshairs right at me buddy. I dont need a gun to defend myself nor do I feel its my right.
OMG the Clean Air Act? That's the biggest joke Ive ever heard. Neither of the big parties in Canada are serious about this. Its either a) a way to get votes or b) act concerned then wait till the voters forget about it. I dont buy Harper's recent conversion to green living as much as I buy anything that a politician/oil company slave might say. Jeez its buying their policies that causes us to forget about pushing them to tackle problems with real responses. Im sick of the spin and three word buzzwords that are so fashionable these days. There is no way that anyone can claim that the air quality in Central Canada is being fixed by any government policies. I left there 5 years ago because I wasnt a fan of breathing that crap. The Clean Air Act will be about as effective as the Accountability Act is now. Hold it up in committees while the teeth are removed. Then the public thinks they got what they wanted and dont realize how ineffective the new laws are. When will people stop taking politicians at face value and put them to the test. Jeez if we dont do it soon with this government we may lose the ability to do so in the long run. Clean Air Act my @ss
Um I wouldnt call those advantages. We arent from the Cretaceous period and we aren't really used to that high of a CO2 level. Ever been in a room with 10% CO2 levels? You know if you had cause you'd have a huge headache. You arent a dinosaur and you arent indestructible. Why would you want to change the world to something you may not adapt to? Why not try to keep the world as we know and love. You know they didn't have air quality warnings and smog alerts when I was a kid. Now you can barely breathe the air in major cities on a hot day due to pollution. Excess CO2 is in that pollution. Now when you can barely breathe the air Id like you to state how that is advantageous to anyone.
Interesting. The Canadian music industry has actually benefitted from downloading. Even my cat knows that an MP3 is not the real thing and Im not planning on shelling out any money for a cd with 1 or 2 good songs. I end up test driving a lot of stuff before surprise, surprise I end up buying it. It just makes sense. This whole thing could have been done differently if the RIAA hadn't listened to the "wisdom" of people like Lars Ulrich. Sell Mp3s super cheap right off the start with a online purchase coupon that gives them a discount on buying the cd copy. Incentive marketing but the RIAA would rather be a fat old dinosaur. And we know what happened to the dinosaurs... Okay Im out of here before that Archangel Michael guy gets all preachy and self-righteous on me. I can already hear him saying "be a good boy and stand in line, individual thought is bad"
Okay big boy step off the morally superior box for a bit. Who's morals are you using? I know Im not a big fan of the "Do as I say not as I do" technique the US is trying to force others to adhere to the US copyright laws. They are amongst the worst copyright and IP laws going right now cause they put the power in the hands of lawyers not the content creators. If something isnt morally right then yes you dont do it but the US copyright laws stop at the US border. If you have a problem with my morals then I wont come over to dinner but dont come over to my house and tell me to live like this because YOU think I should. Content should be free. Make it ad driven. Id rather watch the Apple Computers presents Heroes free and legally then pay for it. Do you have a problem with that? Tough luck. It's thinking off the stream and challenging questionable ethics that you espouse that is a huge part of being an individual. Attitudes like yours make it hard for those who try to find legal and useful purposes for such technology. If I choose to copyright my stuff and give it out for free that's my perogative. If I choose to allow advertisers to brand my stuff in order to give it out for free that is also my perogative. Im glad your getting sick because you cant have your technically sound formats. MP3 is crap and so are a lot of the formats available on the stores. Heck, you can get better codecs that are open source these days. The big companies refuse to listen to thier customers and if their customers dont feel that they should pay for crap then the big companies should come up with better stuff. By the way since when did conforming to the rules ever produce anything profound. If we stuck to that way of looking at the world, then the sun would rotate around the world and the Earth would be flat. The companies need to change their attitudes and catch up with the public or someone else will. Ive also grown up and realize that dissent is not a bad thing. Maybe it is you archangel michael that needs to grow up and stand up for something except authority and the perceived status quo.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ I'd tend to disagree with you. While Apple uses DRM, it's pretty obvious that aren't 100% on it. I've worked with DRM and its like trying to pull your sportscar with a horse. It doesnt work all that well and probably costs the end user a lot. When it gets to more than its worth you'll see the end of DRM.
Yeah the Liberals proposed and passed the legislation but it was never meant to last forever. Most people agreed that it was needed at the time but due to the haste in which it was made law it was obvious that it would need to be changed. I really dont dig the fear politics that Harper likes to use. What scares me is the possibility of losing my freedoms and rights so that a perceived security can be achieved. What security is that where most of the laws can actually be used detrimentally to the people they are trying to protect. Yes anti-terror measures need to be in effect but we have the time now to look at the original provisions and make the necessary changes. I dont think that noone has abused them in the past is a good reason for keeping them as is. Harper's been busy changing the system to politicize it (ie: police having influence on judges/how is that fair if the police have been abusing the citizens) and even though things may not have been abused in the past, this doesnt mean that they won't in the future. I live in a city that was recently branded as having the worst police in North America (yay another badge of pride for Vancouver) and it chills me to think that people like that should influence my rights. What happens if a power hungry cop takes out someone cause he can't control himself. It happened to a guy who happened to be walking by a police action during a riot in Vancouver a few years back. A police officer who was a bit too amped decided to broadside a guy in the mouth for being nowhere near the action. The guy lost his teeth and the cop got suspended without pay. If you give the cops an influence of the way the courts run then the cop stands the chance of having no punishment. I for one would rather relook our rules than slip further into a police state. If we just say "it's to punish terrorists" when will those rules be changed to come after other unworthies? After all its easier to be a conservative in a liberal society than a liberal in a conservative society.
"You don't really have enough all 'round experience in the 'real world' to ask or even understand such a question. You seem to have no concept of loyalty to an employer, etc." - Wow first that is truly an a-hole tone to take djupedal. First, an employer cant expect loyalty if they don't show any themselves. If you feel like another part in the drawer and that you're employer views you as disposable then you owe them no responsibility. Plus, if you feel that you want to switch careers and go for the money then become a contractor. It keeps you on your game, exposes you to a wide variety of situations and allows you to become a better coder. I've dealt with recruiters as both a salary guy and a contractor and to be honest they only care about commission. Ive had a contractor force me to take skills tests so that they could say that the "guaranteed" their employers yet when I refused to take anymore they gave me the job anyways. Most recruiters would prefer that you contract anyways as its a good cash stream for them as well. My favourite line ever from a recruiter "Why would you want to go on salary? Contracting is way more lucrative." Looking out for your best interest of the clients? Hardly. I do agree that having a year of experience is a good thing but I dont think that you stay with the job if you are given a better offer. Noone ever got ahead by playing safe and if you feel that the offer can help you in more ways than money then go for it. Only an idiot would turn down a chance to advance themselves. Plus if you dont take it someone else will. As for the banks. Ive had employers check my credit and police background and both have never been a problem. The banks have been fine with me because no matter the amount of jobs Ive always had a consistent income. Ive never had a banker worry whether Im a credit risk and even after they've looked at my history they treat me the same. Ive also not been turned down for bank services. I say get your years experience, network and when you have the contacts and experience go out there and be a freelancer. Ive been doing it for over 10 years and I started with 8 months of experience. Yes it was scary starting out but it was the best experience I have ever had. As for naysayers like djupedal, take it with a grain of salt. There will always be someone who is afraid to fly the coop and wants everyone to play it safe like them. It's your career, pursue what you want to do.
Ugh. DS9 sometimes had to be the painful experience for television watching. Take a pointless episode, through in some superficial drama, some schmaltz and a lesson that is more suitable for a Saturday mornng program and there you have it - DS9. I wont deny that I do love science fiction with a plot but then Im looking more for something like Philip K Dick. But for adventures in space? The other Star Trek stories will do for me.
Wow did you ever read a lot into things. I never said that I was anti-consumer. But you know we are trying to maintain a lifestyle that is unmanageable. Why can't we opt for technology and products that are more useful and better technology that what gets the manufacturer a bigger profit for less. Why do SUV sales keep dropping and yet our North American auto manufacturers keep making them. Simply put we have forgotten to compete in a consumer driven world. Instead of better we confuse it with bigger meaning more instead of quality. Id love to know that I can buy something and have it last for a while. Id rather not keep buying the same thing over and over again. As for global warming it exists. Look at the arctic where the effects are happening four times faster than everywhere else. Both the US and Canada have admitted that Polar Bears are in big trouble. Then again you seem more interested in amassing more stuff and getting fatter. What's it going to take to change your mind? Not being able to breathe? or not ever having clean drinking water again? How about you get off your moral soapbox for a change and look into changing the way we consume. Why do we allow outsourcing of manufacturing to countries with lax environmental laws? Why is my government (Canada) more interested in consulting with Oil Company execs when it comes to the environment over scientists. Why arent both sides being heard? Oh that's right you want a big SUV and a 72 plasma TV and you dont care what happens. There's more than Global Warming at stake. Look at the stupid things that we're doing to the planet. Cloned meat and milk? Why the hell are the Swiss creating a Hadron Collider? Why are salmon genes being introduced to strawberries and tomatoes? That is not smart consumerism. Why are there growth hormones in our food. There is a difference in being smart and being stupid and consumerism because "people like it" without any common sense is a dead end street. So get your paintbrush out RexRhino and try to paint me again as a tree-hugger or enviro etc. It makes no difference in the long run when climate-change deniers like you are choking on the mess of an atmosphere that we've created. And just to give you a new buzzword try out Global Dimming. There's another thing to put in your pipe and smoke.
Ive saw a story on this on the news a few weeks ago here in British Columbia. The fungus seems particularily effective in warmer climates. Still, saying that they're worried about it wiping out Canadian colonies as well.
Hmm, maybe its time our world leaders started thinking more effectively on how to curb our fatal overconsumption lifestyle. And maybe the rest of us should put up mason bee homes to do our part to help