Twenty-six hours of courses, and you get to call yourself and engineer? Oy vey!
In other countries, to be able to call yourself an engineer, you need a bachelor, an apprenticeship, AND to pay annual dues to a society.
In the 'States, from what I can tell, anyone who can identify the screwdriver from amongst a collection of objects on a kitchen table is considered an engineer. Does the same, rigorous vetting process apply to judges and politicians?
This might explain a lot of the articles I read here...
For example, Nicholas James Bridgewater does a stirring rendition of Moluvee Roshun Ulee's Ta‘tīlāt or A Treatise Concerning the Permutations of Letters in the Arabic Language. Other gems can be found in the Collections.
In Québec, where Vidéotron operates, if you're using Bell Internet as your ISP, you can remove all caps for an extra $10/month (depending on you 'services package' (TV, Phone, etc).
I'm in the Atlantic Provinces. The Aliant/Bell Internet services is only available with no caps. They never had caps, and promised that they will never have 'em.
Bonus: it's a vanilla 'Net connection, with all ports open, except for the LAN-specific ports. Not the cheapest, but worth every penny.
Uhhh, you do realize that this was a Canadian court ruling, eh?
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, if fact ALL of the CDA, doesn't apply in Canada, much as your country seems to treat of the rest of the world as if it was the 51st state.
Next Sunday's winner for the funniest comment of the week, goes to ALM CEO Noel Biderman.
The rest of you can just stop commenting, ...go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head....
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So, if I understand: Ladar Levison was right to print out his SSL key?
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavabit-tried-giving-feds-its-ssl-key-11-p ages-4-point-type-feds-complained-that-it-was-illegible.shtml
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AWS "Engineer"?
In other countries, to be able to call yourself an engineer, you need a bachelor, an apprenticeship, AND to pay annual dues to a society.
In the 'States, from what I can tell, anyone who can identify the screwdriver from amongst a collection of objects on a kitchen table is considered an engineer. Does the same, rigorous vetting process apply to judges and politicians?
This might explain a lot of the articles I read here...
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Even though you don't seem to know when to use 'its'.
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Sigh....
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Let's Bore The Censors
Re: A suggestion
https://librivox.org/search?q=insomnia%20collection&search_form=advanced
For example, Nicholas James Bridgewater does a stirring rendition of Moluvee Roshun Ulee's Ta‘tīlāt or A Treatise Concerning the Permutations of Letters in the Arabic Language. Other gems can be found in the Collections.
On the post: Court Punishes Bogus Removal Of Juror Who Questioned Police Corruption By... Removing Troublesome Juror
Re: So much wasted time...
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...Use Microsoft Office Like A Boss...?
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More like a habit of NOT thinking.
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On the post: One More Time With Feeling: No, The Internet Is Not Making Us Dumber
A link to the editorial in question at BMJ. (I have no idea why the DOI link is behind a paywall.)
http://press.psprings.co.uk/bmj/august/technology.pdf
/ my google-fu is strong
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Maybe Adam Smith is a graduate of the...
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77ewoodski.phtml
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Re: DRM Free Version?
On the post: Videotron Tests Neutrality In Canada: Biggest Music Apps Now Cap Exempt
Luckily, I don't have to use Vidéotron.
I'm in the Atlantic Provinces. The Aliant/Bell Internet services is only available with no caps. They never had caps, and promised that they will never have 'em.
Bonus: it's a vanilla 'Net connection, with all ports open, except for the LAN-specific ports. Not the cheapest, but worth every penny.
On the post: Canadian Police Chiefs: 'RESOLVED: The Warrant Requirement For ISP Subscriber Data Makes Our Job Harder. Please Fix.'
It's good of the Police Chiefs to speak up, righ now.
On the post: Lenovo Busted For Stealthily Installing Crapware Via BIOS On Fresh Windows Installs
Re: Re: How?
On the post: Sophos: If You'd Like A Copy Of Our Free AV Software, You'll Need To Prove You're Not A Terrorist
Me: If you want me to use your Free AV Software...
On the post: Canadian Court Orders Blogger Who Reposted Another Writer's Defamatory Statements To Pay $10,000 To Defamed Party
Re: CDA § 230
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, if fact ALL of the CDA, doesn't apply in Canada, much as your country seems to treat of the rest of the world as if it was the 51st state.
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"..die cast zinc alloy, rendering it virtually indestructible.."?
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We have a winner, Mike!
The rest of you can just stop commenting, ...go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head....
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