So lets say you do run syslog, but don't want journald. Is that possible?

If not, then it means systemd forces you to run software you don't want, increasing the attack surface for no benefit.

systemd does have some very good ideas when it comes to the init system. Socket-based activation and process supervision are Very Good Things.

But when the systemd developers started trying to embrace, extend and extinguish other things like syslog, core dumps, etc. then systemd jumped the shark.

How about penalizing clothing manufacturers unless they make certain amount of clothing in Canada with a Canadian theme.

You've been listening to the CBC again. Link is to an excellent Canadian comedy show, by the way, that I'm sure would survive even without CanCon protection.

The population of Canada is roughly the same as the population of California. I can't see any company willingly ceding such a market.

Killing a non-competitive industry causes short-term pain. But in the long-term, a more competitive and stronger industry will emerge.

Just as the US and Canada should never have rescued the auto-makers when they imploded, there's no way a government should use taxes or protectionist laws to protect non-competitive industries.

If everyone starts watching all their TV on Netflex and similar services, Canadian TV could all but disappear.

Speaking as a proud Canadian, I say: Good. That's called the power of the free market.

I have no doubt that 90% of Canadian content producers would shrivel up and die without CRTC protection. I also have no doubt that the survivors would adapt, improve, and make shows that people actually want to watch, possibly even opening up an export market for Canadian content.

Any time the government protects cultural content, the quality of that content plummets because there's no free market competition to keep producers sharp.

Government can help content producers with strategic investments. TV Ontario produces far superior shows to the CBC with a fraction of the amount of government investment and in a commercial-free environment. The CBC needs to go commercial-free and concentrate on making decent shows, not copycat shows of American crap.

Actually, this federal government is more likely than the Liberals and way more likely than the NDP to restrain the CRTC. So if you are not happy with the CRTC, giving Harper the boot is not going to help. (Not that I'm a Harper fan, particularly, but on this issue his party is probably closer to the consumers' position than the other parties.)

If you want Canadians to watch Canadian content, then... make content that Canadians want to watch. It's that simple.

I watch a few excellent Canadian shows (for example, TV Ontario's The Agenda). But most TV shows produced in Canada are crap. They're no better than the cheap American shlock.

The CRTC is nuts. The only things the CRTC should regulate are telecommunication tariffs, bandwidth allocation, telemarketing abuse and wireless interference. Trying to "protect" Canadian content is ridiculous in 2014. Either our Canadian content is good and will find a Canadian and international audience, or it's crap and the content producers will deservedly go out of business.

There's no place any more for cultural protectionism.

Canada is a monarchy that's allowed to make some of it's own laws and have meetings but really its an oil emirate for the Brittish Royals

Umm... ? Bullshit. Canada hasn't relied on Britain for "permission" to make laws for over three decades. Read up on your history.

Muhammad used beheading to great effect. Google Banu Qurayza

ISIS are in fact faithfully following the 7th-century teachings of Muhammad. Those who sugar-coat things by claiming it's "anti-Islam" are simply deluding themselves.

No, Islam is fundamentally different from other religions. It's a fascist ideology whose goal is world domination; read any of the Islamic writings to see Islams attitude towards non-Muslims. This fascist ideology is cloaked in religion in order to call those who criticize it bigoted.

I don't believe that killing terrorist breeds terrorism. Eventually, even the dumbest of the dumb will realize that it doesn't pay.

In the short term, the only effective answer to ISIS is to kill them.

The universe is plenty big enough. 2^64 is about 1.8x10^19 and there are around 10^59 atoms in just one average-sized star. That leaves 5.5x10^39 atoms per bit. That's a lot of atoms; a lot more than a trillion kilograms, in fact.

The universe is really, really big..

Come on, everyone! Camp out and pay $600+ for a device that's gonna cost much less a few months later! Be L337!