There is no "on a computer" exemption

Yes there is! It's the same as the "copyright doesn't apply on the Internet" rule.

Sexism Still a Problem Everywhere
Fixed that for you....

Ah! Never even considered the 32/64 bit question. In my defense, the site just says "Linux (Ubuntu)" so I assumed it would just work.

Gee whiz, looks good. I WANT IT. But my limit for mucking about trying to make something work in Linux is 60 minutes.

Seriously, I'm using Mint, the bastard son of Ubuntu, so it should be easy.

.... error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 indeed....

Never have points when I need them! ABSOLUTELY right!

In point of fact, the only intrinsic advantage between Photoshop and the current version of The Gimp is that Photoshop offers arguably better support for CMYK than The Gimp does.

Pure nonsense. Working with PS is an order of magnitude easier than working with The GIMP. It's quite simply a better program in every sense.

I slogged along with The GIMP for a couple of years after switching to Linux, figuring it was good enough for my needs. When Adobe offered the "free" downloads of Photoshop CS last year I installed that under WINE and was pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised with how much easier it was to do almost everything.

Now, whether it's better enough to be worth a thousand bucks is another question entirely.

I can't see where it says that the carriers have to comply with this code under penalty of law...am I missing something?

Too lazy to actually check, but it may be yet another semi-voluntary thing. At a guess I'd say that this new set of rules was pretty much developed within, and then handed to the CRTC by the Big Three telcos.

As you noted, the CRTC really doesn't regulate mobile phones. In fact they hardly regulate anything any longer, what with years of neo-liberal Harper government, and a Prime Minister's Office that will happily jump in and force them to change anything that they corporate buddies don't like.

But it can do nothing to force a business to support or continue an unprofitable venture.

Trust me, These piddly little changes will still allow Telus, Bell, and Rogers to charge overly high prices, buy up or stifle competition, and generally make obscenely large profits. There never has been, and likely never will be, an unprofitable business in Canadian telecoms, as long as you belong to the Big Three monopolists.

disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair this month on a technicality.'

It wasn't a "technicality." It was a rule, and even a fairly reasonable one.

Students are only allowed to compete in one qualifying regional fair, and then another larger qualifying fair such as a state fair, said Michele Glidden, director of science and education programs for the Society for Science and the Public, the organization that runs the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The rule is to keep students from jumping from one qualifying fair to another until he or she is finally allowed to move on, she said.

So he was disqualified for not following the rules, then tried to get around that by playing the ever-popular "Duh, I didn't know the rules..." card. The one that always works with police and courts. Any fault lies with him, his parents, or his advisors. One of them should have had the sense to check it out.

I'll admit to a) reusing the same password on most forums, since it largely wouldn't matter if someone accessed them. b) using shorter passwords for most stuff, and long complex ones for the handful of places that actually need security, a c) Using the "Forgot Password?" link on most web sites that I don't visit often and just accepting whatever reset they offer.

It's time to acknowledge that passwords are an idea that has come and gone. Too much hassle. Too many different password specifications from site to site. Too many to remember. Too many poorly constructed sites trying to tell users that bad security is their fault for not have super long and complex passwords. Too many sites where I actually now have three or four user IDs and passwords because I couldn't remember the last password I used there, or had changed my e-mail address since last visiting.

And too many sites, banks especially, that still demand to know my mother's maiden name, or worse yet, arcana from my youth that I don't even remember. My first pet's name? My favourite TV show? I have no idea. Or likely would answer that differently a month from now.

It's no wonder that most people ignore all of the password edicts that are thrown at them, and never change anything, and use the same password everywhere.

Surely we can develop some new way of confirming people's identity that allows us to abandon the idea of passwords? I vote for an RFID pinky ring with a plug in USB reader on my computer.

I think... what a time to have no mod points!

The new version has combined its search and address bars, allowing users to make searches directly via Amazon, Bing, Google and Wikipedia.

A few times lately I've found myself using Firefox, and have been gobsmacked that you still have to type searches into a separate box instead of the usual URL bar. How many years has it been since Chrome added their one box for everything?

Aside from unaddressed junk mail, and two or three paper bills each month (since the cableco's on-line bills are more or less impossible to navigate and understand) we see virtually no "mail."

It's been years since I received an actual letter from anyone, and aside from my mother, an actual birthday card.

Eidos Vision improves vision allowing wearer to see 'time trails' similar to a timelapse photography."

Oh joy. Tech that mimics the effects of magic mushrooms......

" and helped some customers save money, according to the utility that operates it. "

I'll believe that when I can see an actual measurable decrease in my power bills. I'm only slightly less skeptical of utility companies than I am of politicians and cel providers.