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Comment Re:Another Cirrus (Score 3, Interesting) 30

I own a DA40, not as sexy as the SR22 but I can tell it's more forgiving aerodynamically having flow a SR22. I agree low time pilots should hold off on an SR22 pilots such as myself (I'm only 1,000 hours), about 800 in the DA40. I've never found the glass cockpit difficult at all. Was thinking of a SR22 about 5 years ago, got turned off with all the stall/spin accidents - including an acquaintance who fatally crashed last year in an SR22. Looking at all this, I know engine had nothing to do with this accident, but I'm now turned off by single engine piston. Got the twin rating on a DA42, looking to buy a DA62. Trouble is, insurance on a twin is mega bucks - now I know why a lot of people keep single engine. Smart thing to do would to exit aviation altogether, but I just can't - it's too much fun. Stay safe.

Comment He's a criminal and won't last (Score 1) 405

Liberal government won't last in Canada for much longer. Minister Steven Guilbeault is actually a criminal. Look it up. Liberals keep using environment as revenue stream. Only thing that can save the environment is either less people, dropping/reducing dependence on technology, or technology that doesn't pollute. Wishful thinking and taxing is not the solution.

Comment Re: can the telcos force 3rd vendors to rent gatew (Score 2) 28

I think I know what point youâ(TM)re trying to make. Answer is NO. Tax dollars funded the incumbent monopolistic telcos here in Canada. Tax dollars did not fund gateway manufacturers. As such, it cannot be ignored that the telcos although private, were partially paid for by citizens and corporations. We have had 3rd part access to the telco networks for years - including fiber, but not the low cost / SOHO / GPON based systems. Thatâ(TM)s going to change soon.

Comment Cables or Strands of glass? (Score 1) 118

2,000 cable cuts seems like a lot of work, and the ratio of subscribers to cables being cut seems suspect. Did they cut, perhaps, approximately 7, 288 count fiber loose tubes? Vandalism not cool, but counting the number of strands in the cable vs number of cables plays a role in sensationalizing the headline.

Comment Finally - really nice man (Score 1) 21

Nice they are finally getting around to doing it. I met Dr. Cerf in Texas about 7 years ago, what a gentleman. He and I spoke about wine and hearing loss for a good 30-40 minutes one on one. Was nice, I figured he was probably tired of techie talk : ) Definitely a hero of mine. When I was a kid working in a computer store, 2x speed CD-ROMs with MPEG video were kinda new. I saw a video of him being interviewed on a disc and was just plainly impressed. I thought it would be 'really neat' to meet this guy, years later, who knew?! I mentioned this to him and he chuckled. He gave me his Google business card, I keep it displayed in my office.

Comment 14 years - fascinated with programming (Score 1) 95

I was 14, fascinated with programming and 3D (but was terrible at coding, didn't know where to turn to for help - no Internet) Doom really caught my attention - worked part time at a computer store building clone PCs. Purchased a Gravis UltraSound card for my computer because Doom supported it - was great playing the game with the 'best' audio available at the time. Loved connecting PCs together for LAN/serial game. Great times - still have a 486 with a GUS and Doom is the only game on it! One Halloween, I took the Doom .WAD file, grabbed the audio files from it (at least this is how I remember obtaining the audio files) - rigging up a PC as so when someone rang the door bell at the front door, scary Doom sounds played on a loud speaker. A lot of people recognized the sounds and were intrigued on how I rigged that up. Long live Doom!

Comment costly vs convenience (Score 4, Insightful) 104

I pay full price for cable and I do resent it. What I don't resent is how easy a cable box is to use... and how I can surf thru a bunch of channels until I can find something interesting - versus - researching what I should be watching and then having to navigate to that program. There is something to be said about pressing "ON" and "UP" "DOWN" until your marginally happy with what's on the tube with no further commands to issue besides volume level. Streaming services have more hoops to jump thru until you're watching something, and I'm just not that creative/dedicated/interested to bother with the research of what I want to watch. TV in the conventional and traditional sense is comforting (for me) and appeals to my lazy nature. Streaming hasn't made it that easy as of yet. I subscribed to several streaming services (that is a problem in itself). My local cable provider amalgamates the local and network cable TV offerings and most of the streaming services into one offering - this helps to some degree. Trouble is, so many things to pay for individually. Maybe in the era when cable had more to offer it wasn't such a bad deal after all? Add up your streaming service bills... I have Netflix, Amazon, Crave (Canada), Disney+ and a little Roku. Gets expensive - like cable! - not to mention all the individual apps needed to view. Just some perspective from a lazy guy.

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