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...