It would be interesting to see the evolution of the department's budget in the last few years.
It wouldn't surprise me that they got ride if their best assets and replaced them with cheaper guys with less than the required experience just to "reduce operating cost". They may have saved a few dollars during a year or two doing that but the shit had to spread one day...
In other news, Baidu implement a website to download MP3s
http://mp3.baidu.com/
WRT160NL with a bonus USB port for your external hard drive (who said cheap media server?)
http://gizmodo.com/5301321/linksys-wrt160nl-is-fully-linux-powered-80211n-and-acts-as-media-server
2 Weeks ago, I had to hire someone... at least 30% were lying.
Strong SQL skills and can't do a select query or join tables... they probably spent the last 10 years reading Slashdot at their workplace
My bill in Vancouver is like 13$/month for my appartment but heating is included.
I use 2 computers and my projector all the time + kitchen stuff, microwave
If you don't know how much time is remaining in the empty spot, you'll get another time slot. That's the way it works in Montreal. Also, you can't add more time to an existing parking. You need to buy a new ticket. 2 hours remaining, want to add an extra hour NOW well, pay for 3.
Yeah Alberta you're so great. You have oil in your backyard and it gives you lots of money. Turns out we have water in ours. We'll see in 100 years if oil, if any is left and you didn't destroyed completely your environment is of any value. On the other side, you will be welcome to drink my water because we're a united country and even if we whine a lot, we do care of the rest of Canada (well... at leat 51% of its people!)
btw I lived in Calgary half a year for work. I know the place and the people. While I admire some of your traits, others or just as dump as ours.
As a quebecer, I was so fed up with this crap that I moved to BC.
Movies are better in their original language. I watch french movies in french and english movies in english.
Same for books.
Same for any technical profession where you have to talk to someone or learn cutting edge stuff not yet translated.
The french language is beautiful but not that useful and people fail to recognize it.
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?
