I agree completely. Though I do have a couple of nits with Amalur. First, the stealth mechanism was almost non-existent. Even once the stealth skill was maxed out, managing to sneak behind a mob was an exercise in futility. Super fun if they were pointed away from you, but otherwise... Second, the lack of tooltips for the abilities on the hotbar was a bit of a pain. I went through most of the game using nothing but the default lightning blast because I couldn't tell what anything else was, and I was too lazy to try to match the picture to the icon on the skill tree. Much better than both Oblivion and Skyrim though. Comparing combat, Skyrim is just flat out boring. Amalur was way more exciting and over-the-top. Bigass Broadsword of Pwnage? Yes, I think so.

To be fair, BC just (as in last year) had a referendum on the HST and voted emphatically to go back to the GST/PST system. Better or worse, we'll see.

Still, does nothing to reduce or repeal overall taxation, so GPs point on never seeing it repealed is still valid.

No, you certainly can.

There are three classes of firearms licenses:
- Non-Restricted - things like rifles and shotguns
- Restricted - Handguns, short rifles/shotguns, and some other random restrictions (scary looking guns, for example)
- Prohibited - Short barrel handguns, fully automatic rifles, etc

To get your firearms license, you have to (optionally) take a firearms safety course and then write (or challenge) the exam, where you demonstrate safe handling and use of the firearms, as well as knowledge of the firearms regulations.

To get a permit for a restricted license, there's an additional course and exam. Also, restricted firearms are limited to government approved firing ranges - no taking them out into the bush to shoot cans.

Prohibited licenses are not issued, only given to people 'grandfathered' in to the licensing system. Once they die off, there will be no more prohibited class.

For any of these, you submit ID, proof of exam, personal questionnaire, and $$$ to the government, where they perform a criminal record check and reference check. Fired from your job recently? They'll look into that. On anti-depressants? They'll look into that. And yes, they do check your references - they checked mine.

So yes, you can. But it's a lengthy process.

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Congratulations. They've developed a more advanced Kisekae set.

Completely a non-issue. Things like this have been around for 10+ years. The only difference is that now it has a lifelike face on it.

I think one thing that is missing from a lot of this discussion is the concept of liability.

When data is put on the "cloud", if some data breach then happens, the company in question can scapegoat the cloud provider, or otherwise shift blame to them. "They told us that (y)our data would be secure! It's not our fault!"

When dealing with data in-house, you don't have that luxury. Data breach happens, and the person getting the blame is part of the company.

Interesting. A way to DDOS a politician? Almost worth the money. Wish we could do that in Canada...

The Canadian prime minister McKenzie King thought his dog was a medium for his dead mother. Just sayin' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_King

Beautifully written... If I had mod points...

I do medical coding myself, and I can tell you that she's right on the money. ICD-9 covers basically everything that's needed already. There's really no need to break it down into ridiculous categorization. They say that it'll be useful for reporting, but I think the opposite. When you've got 140,000 codes, it'll be impossible to run meaningful reports. And she's right about the mistakes too. The doctors I know are the most stubborn people you can imagine. You think they are going to wade through 140k codes for the most accurate? Not likely.

How does the court in Germany have jurisdiction over all of Europe? Can someone explain this?

niner...

It's already used in physiotherapy / physical therapy. It's called Electro-Muscle Stimulation. It helps to build proprioceptive feedback in patients with injuries. On a side note, if you jack up the dial, it'll turn your extremity into a fully seized claw. Fun times.

... they don't HAVE to love each other...