Comment Re:how many pages is the "insert for details" (Score 1) 277
It used to only be a few lines, starting with:
"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;"
Comment This confuses me (Score 1) 89
If Gucci won a court injunction against a knockoff maker of handbags, then Google could still index the knockoff makers results, even though it harmed Gucci - because 'free speech'?
Comment Same thing happened at the Canadian Embassy. (Score 5, Informative) 224
Global Affairs Canada has confirmed at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has been treated in hospital after suffering headaches and hearing loss.
The information comes a day after the U.S. government said it believed some of its diplomats in Havana had been targeted with a covert sonic device that left them with severe hearing loss.
The Canadian diplomat's family members were also affected and treated.
"We are aware of unusual symptoms affecting Canadian and U.S. diplomatic personnel and their families in Havana. The government is actively working - including with U.S. and Cuban authorities - to ascertain the cause," said Brianne Maxwell, a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson.
Comment Radio Shack TRS-80 (Score 1) 857
My Dad's TRS-80 Model III was the first I can recall using. I was about 3, and I like to press the clicky red reset button on it. I think he didn't enjoy that, as he was probably working on something at the time. A kid can be worse than a cat when it comes to computer interference.
The first I owned, as a gift, was a Color Computer II, with the game cartridges like Doubleback, and Megamunchers. Didn't do much computing on it. Then we got a Commodore 64 and Vic 20 parts. Never got the Vic 20 going, but we had fun with the Commodore 64. The school, where my Dad was a teacher had his Model III, and a Model IV, and a bunch of Apple ][, and ][e computers. Soon there was an 8088 as well.
Comment Re:No trust (Score 1) 38
I have the same feeling. With some services where I don't care if I lose access if I stop using my Facebook account, I'll have it sign in for me. Otherwise I try to sign up directly on the site I'm registering for to use.
Comment It's a shame. (Score 4, Interesting) 90
I like my Z10 and Z30. I really like BB OS 10. I love the way messages are organized in "Blackberry Hub"
But if Blackberry is moving to an OS they don't write, on hardware they don't design or build - is there any reason to buy their stuff any more?
Sad. I've had a Blackberry in my pocket since the 5790, a three line pager with the iconic keyboard.
Comment Re:What I would buy (Score 1) 78
And the passport.
And I've got both a Z10 and Z30, and love them as much as my BB 5790, 6210, 6750, 7230, 8820, 9700 Bold, and 9900.
Submission + - BlackBerry hands over user data to help police 'kick ass,' insider says (www.cbc.ca)
CBC News has gained a rare glimpse inside the struggling smartphone maker's Public Safety Operations team, which at one point numbered 15 people, and has long kept its handling of warrants and police requests for taps on user information confidential.
Comment RIP (Score 1) 7
Ghost of Tiber, we hardly knew you.
Comment Re:Gassholes (Score 1) 735
Troll harder, you haven't mastered it yet.
Vegetables don't release 200 - 500 litres of methane a day. And why feed 20 calories of grains to a chicken to get 1 calorie of meat, when you can just eat the grain? Then you have 20 times more land to produce food for people, and we can stop clearcutting a major carbon sink like the rainforest and keep that carbon in place too.
Reality sucks, don't it?
Comment Re:Gassholes (Score 1, Insightful) 735
lol.
Gasoline is such a small part of emissions. You want a real target? Look at the meat farming industry!
A vegan driving a hummer makes far less emissions than a meat-eater driving a bicycle.
Submission + - Canadian Music Industry Faces Competition Complaint Over Public Domain Records (michaelgeist.ca)
Submission + - US Government detained Laura Poitras every time she flew .. (techdirt.com) 1
Each time, they detain her, and then interrogate her at length about where she went and with whom she met or spoke. They have exhibited a particular interest in finding out for whom she works.
Comment Re:Conterproductive, perhaps? (Score 5, Informative) 79
No, the law isn't about hacking. Bill C-51 gives the government power to share information about citizens between departments. It also authorizes heavier surveillance, stronger powers of arrest, while not adding any accountability.