These people are about as credible as a scientist trying to prove evolution by searching for the Sasquatch.

Hey fundies, in BC there's supposed to be a sea monster in Okanagan Lake called Ogopogo. Double your chances to prove yourself right, and spend some tourism dollars. The wineries are great.

As I generally understand, only large media distributors are able to distribute and generate revenue in a timeframe as short as that. Small independent artists and creative groups would probably be unable to generate any meaningful return in three months. Sure, they can get exposure in three months, but by the time that happens, they already lose copyright.

Add to that the fact the only way say, a band, could keep a copyright going is to come out with an album every three months. Impossible to make anything worthwhile, and the independent scene would drown in a glut of crap.

A copyright law like this would only be workable to big media groups that can do a broad release and generate revenue quickly, and if you are unable to release on that scale, you'd get slaughtered. I'd be fuming if some MP tried to introduce something like this in Canada. I might be missing some points in regards to this, but it seems that copyright like this would be a death sentence to small artists.

I have a friend who used to live in Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and he told me stories of how fishing boats would rather dump their whole catch in the harbour if they weren't offered the price they wanted for their fish. It was pretty sickening to listen to, and he really didn't want to be associated with that mindset. When it wasn't fishing season, many fisherman just sat on unemployment insurance for the rest of the year. When most of the cod stocks collapsed from overfishing*, they lobbied for government subsidies since their livelihood was dwindling.

Then there's the seal hunters that use the excuse that since seals eat lots of fish, they have to cull the seals to try and preserve the dwindling fish stocks. Another feedback loop of stupidity magnifying the other. Those guys work doing that since there's no work in the fisheries. Go figure.

* To be fair, the collapse of the fisheries on the Atlantic coast (Grand Banks Disaster) was a result of massive exploitation from foreign fishing ships, and not just Canadian. A real shame.

6. Become target of class action suit from Sparrow and Bluejay Association for unauthorised use of copyrighted birdsong.

7. Lose Profit

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to be snarky. Perhaps I should have worded it a little better though. All I meant was that a few pennies in the change box at the grocery line does contribute toward whatever charities that may be, and it does make a difference in the long run.

Couldn't you be bothered to throw that offensive penny into a jar for the sake of giving it to an animal shelter or something? A handful of pennies might be totally insignificant to you, but to others it would make a significant difference.

Since when does the SEC decide whether or not to relegate decisions regarding net neutrality to anyone? That should fall under the domain of the FCC, not a bunch of dipshit shareholders who's only interest is the next quarter return. Fuck them.

Nice response. Even though he hasn't read the new text of the bill, he sounds like he's going to vote for it passing regardless. Nice touch of including a veiled threat of prosecution and of sympathizing with cp dealers.

Same story here in Edmonton. At the so-called recycle depot near where I live, I found all sorts of neat stuff. I found a couple really decent laptops which seemed the only thing wrong with them was windows got dosed up with viruses. Installed linux mint on them and gave them to my nieces. At the time the employees didn't mind if a person grabbed a goodie here or there, but now nobody can take anything at all. All that stuff gets the cords cut off and thrown into shipping containers in the back compound. It's enough to make a geek cry seeing all that neat stuff get trashed. At least I was able to get a couple nice computers out of it while it lasted.

People who believe that if they die in a holy war they will go to heaven, are deranged.

I'm happy to see that the CRTC has failed in their mission to shove their vision of "Canadian culture" down our throats so far. I'm even happier to see the CBC sweating as they are getting grilled by Sun News as to how they account for the billion + a year they get from taxpayers.

But I suppose since I'm not First Nations or Quebecuois, I'm just not good enough to be considered part of Canadian culture in their eyes.

If it were up to these guys, all that would be on Canadian tv would be Road To Avonlea and Corner Gas.

 

Lightning is actually an important source of nitrogen fixation for plants. Nitrogen oxides produced from lightning combine with atmospheric water produces nitrous and nitric acids, and when precipitated back into soil becomes a crucial nutrient source for plants worldwide.

Even better: print out an OLED screen along with a fully functional Radio Shack Color Computer. You could play Dungeons of Daggorath right on a sheet of paper.

I love that machine. I still have one :)

done a study of how the ever increasing monitoring and scrutiny of employees in the workplace impacts their mental well-being? It's one thing to have security cameras watching over a store, but to have every aspect of your behavior put under a microscope and scrutinized would be stressful as hell. I remember there was an article about how in Japan some company was trying to use facial recognition software to track how much employees were smiling, and to report how much of a "happy" demeanor they presented.

Maybe just being human and having person to person contact in a company goes against the new ideas of workplace behavior. Perhaps the boss will give you happy pills to keep you from going nuts and shooting up the place if you snap. Gotta be a happy worker number 4653873...

     

Thanks. I suppose it just seemed to fit better in memory since there were always references of fighting the colonials, and when the modified version came out in the mid 90's, the word clone was getting to be a big buzzword with Dolly the sheep and all. I had the impression that when the new version of ANH came out, TPM was already on the drawing board, and they altered the dialog to make the storylines mesh.