Basically your link tell us there's 50% lost in the microwave/laser transmission and that a solar power plan have a life time of ~12 years compared to ground based solar power plan with ~40 years (which is calculated as a 70% lost).

It's interesting at most, but those two factor are clearly not set in stone and could evolve with the advancement of the technologies.

Oh yeah you're probably right.

Embarrassed? Not at all. There's retard everywhere and Quebec certainly isn't an exception. I actually love my Quebec but for some reason the rest of the country seem to believe we're isolationists.

Well, we aren't. The young generation doesn't share the hate toward Canada of our elder and from what I've saw in my travel, the young generation from the rest of Canada doesn't seem to hate us either. I like Canada and being Canadian, I just love been a Quebecer more. It doesn't mean I want to separate.

??? When exactly I've said that I've designed only 1 PCB? I've done a little more than a dozen. And before you answer this, I just want to make clear that my intent was never to compete with you to see which one of us was the best PCB designer. You said that you have ton of experience but couldn't find job because of the lack of diploma and Altium experience so I suggested that you suck it up and either learn it, go back to school or find a company in the continent that need someone with your skill.

And about electronics company, that's what my friends in electric engineering told me. They didn't have problem to find jobs and the fact that I don't work for an electronics company doesn't mean anything.

Omg! Well, sadly I cannot discuss my work on forum like those but let me tell you this, you have absolutely *no idea* of what I'm doing in Bombardier. Quite funny to read you thought. Assuming I don't have what it take to be an engineer and that I cannot design shit. Oh well, you can go on about bashing the province, the company, the young all you want if it make you fell better. Not that I really care to be honest.

So now you're showing me some crappy book about money laundering and tell me I'm ignorant? And what does it have to do in this discussion? Afaik money laundering is a problem in most (if not all) country of the world.

Furthermore, I've never said that Quebec wasn't corrupted, I've said it was far less corrupted when compared to the rest of the world : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

And about the Charbonneau Commission, most of those crime doesn't made any significant impact on the economy. We're billion in the red, who the f**k care about 100k$ contract sold to the brother or the cousin? Corruption not the main reason why the province is in the red.

What the actual heck? So Altium cannot make PCB now? I'm not claiming the program are identical, I'm claiming they are two different tool with the same purpose so your experience of PCB designer can be used on a employer that look for PCB designer with Altium experience as long as you learn it.

When I say "Robotic", I mean "Robotic" (A.K.A. Industrial Robot). And if there's no robotic, I really wonder what are those odd orange mechanical things I've been working with in the last few years.

You certainly seem to be a pleasant person so I can say that the sentiment is mutual. I usually avoid answering personal question but what the hell, I work with Bombardier so I you can sleep safe knowing Bombardier doesn't hire PCB designer.

Yeah I already got your hate for the ETS in your previous post. It's your opinion but I certainly doesn't share it (nor does most of the company in Montreal).

Well, I couldn't know that scholarship wasn't available to you since I didn't know your age. I'm not sure how studying with "Like, crazy hot. Like, movie hot." woman bothered you but I'm not sure Concordia was the best choice.

Also, I'm falling to see how getting an electric engineering degree is stupid for someone with a strong PCB design background but law or administration isn't. But I guess it's your call and your life.

Huh? What french part? Or are you asking me to rewrite my post in french?

It was for an internship. I'm not working on PCB design anymore, I've found my way in robotic.

Oh, so that's why. We're more similar that I thought. I also had a similar experience. I've quit school to start working as a Perl/Java/Python/C# programmer with only my high-school diplomat. Sadly, we live in a society that value a piece of paper more than actual skill.

I got lucky thought, I found that out at 23 and decided to go back to college. I don't know how old you are but going back to school is always an option. Plus, since you worked for a long time you should have access to a huge scholarship (I'm serious, simulate it on the government website). It certainly won't be as much than what you have earned but it's probably better than being unemployed.

Well the liberal got elected with a promise to reach zero-deficit budget by any means necessary and, well, it's kinda what they did. What did you expect? And I'm a little tired to hear comment about how "corrupted" the government is. Not only Quebec if far from the worst worldwide but even if you removed all the stuff that came out in the news, those million would still not make a dent in the economy (wanna talk about the hundred billion tax break of the oil company in the US?).

So...you're passing an interview in this forum? I pointed that out because it was completely nonessential in your comment.

No, I know both program and I've done multi-layer and high speed. Granted, faster I've make is about 300MHz on 4 layer but I've used then long enough to know that your experience with Orcad can easily be transferred into Altium.

You're a grown man, I'm sure you can figure out a way if you really want it. That is if you don't want to take a course in some university.

Is it hate that I feel in this post? Either way I got a bunch of friend in that school working on PCB design and they didn't have problem finding job. Why does they can and not you? Only you can answer this one.

My point was that if employer require Altium experience and you're competing with those student, it's not hard to figure out that they'll prefer them over you if you don't have it. But if you learn Altium and add your X years PCB design "then" you'll have the edge. But if you don't know the program, they certainly won't be interested to teach you.

It was a few minute search to have an idea. I'll certainly not take my night to find all available job in PCB design in NA. Yes there's competition but if you're as good as you say that you are (hell, just 12GHz + 24 layer PCB design is a clear selling argument), I don't get how you could stay unemployed for a long time and not get any interview.

I'm quite surprised a post with so much sensationalism get quoted "Insightful".

False, English can have the same size signage. It just can't be bigger or/and have more emphasis than french. So basically, they force label to be written in french in a french populated province. Big deal, what did you expect? Or course french label should be required on everything. Are label written in English in Italy or in Germany? Especially when label are, well, important?

They proposed and quickly made fun of by even the french population. It was a huge blunder that only happened one time and we never heard of anything similar since.

Well there's "whiny assholes" everywhere in the world, big news. You don't have to judge all of us because of a few. Also, this statement is also wrong since the religion ban include the catholic cross. It made the news when they had to remove the crucifix of the Parliament because of a bill they pass and, guess what, they removed it. And now plan on extending the ban of religious symbol on most of the civil servant like the police or elementary school teacher. And they aren't the only secular state/country in the world doing this.

Ha come on. Same as above, judging the majority because of a few illiterate is just stupid. And France isn't better, their teenager is as bad than ours when it come to writing and I'm sure it's the case for the young of the rest of Canada too.

Well they still speak in french today so I think they preserved it quite fine. I don't see why it seem to piss you off so much. Would you prefer that we give up our heritage and teach English to our kids like good little Canadian? Does a little diversity in the country is such a burden for you?

I'm quite young and I'm a french Quebecer and I still have difficulty to understand all this hate between our elder. Yes, the English screwed the French and the French screwed the English, we get it. Can we just bury the war hatchet and work on our Canada now?

I'll not comment the whole (unnecessary long) post, but here's a few things. First :

Humility much?

Second :

So basically you're so close-minded that you don't want to learn the new popular software that is, by the way, greatly similar to the one you know already? Resistance to change isn't a virtue that employer want. Suck it up, learn the damn program and use your experience as level to gain an edge over the young. Because if you don't, you can be certain that all the new engineer from the ETS with a shit-load experience in Altium will kick your ass in every interview around Montreal. And as I say, finding job is not especially hard in that domain in North America. I've found easily a dozen job offer for PCB designer in the USA (and even a few in Canada) in a few minutes. Do you even know how to use Google?

Well I guess Quebec bashing from the rest of the country is to be expected in news like those.

Well like it or now, Quebec bring a shit lot of stuff and specialization for Canada that isn't to look down (aerospace, hydroelectricity and videogame to name a few). Furthermore, I don't know in what world you live but I don't see how speaking a different language is in any way related in actual capabilities or skill.