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Re:Half of Canadians favour joining EU on Monday March 17, 2025 @06:45PM (#43393505)
Link to the poll itself, which has other data and insights: https://abacusdata.ca/what-canadians-think-about-canada-join...

For those unfamiliar with it, Western Standard sits in a similar factuality and bias position as Fox https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/western-standard-bias/

Re:The frequent fliers who flew too much on Monday May 07, 2012 @12:41AM (#3937615)
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation had a similar incentive ($100 in credit) set up to promote their online gambling site. The trick involved betting on both sides of baccarat, which was better than roulette as it avoided the chance of the 0/00 outliers.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/09...

Re:Microsoft Support: Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music on Saturday April 30, 2011 @03:55PM (#2501422)
I had two old computers that would play the first 2.5 notes of Fur Elise every time they were power cycled, before the fan was completely spun up. I only figured out what it was after holding the fan one day and recognising the tune.
Re:Title Junk on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @12:49AM (#2027085)
Just delete the text
Re:IPhone commands 60% of Japan's Smartphone Market on Sunday November 07, 2010 @03:14PM (#1880209)
From what I understand, iPhones aren't really bought to be used as everyday phones and an iPhone owner will probably have a second, Japanese phone as well. If someone has one it's because it is a cool, western thing to have (basically just a gadget) plus they can be used on trips to the US and elsewhere.
Re:The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine on Saturday November 06, 2010 @09:25PM (#1878312)
They basically need a GAVIA[1] system with an extra couple of battery modules and one of the dvl/ins modules to allow for long travel distances with less accumulated error. Build a payload module and screw them all together and you're there. [1]http://www.gavia.is/Products/Gavia-Technology/Payloads/
Re:How to write cross-platform code on Friday October 22, 2010 @11:54AM (#1820115)
>Rule #9: Require all programmers to compile on all platforms

... and have a build server do this automatically & email the results. Manually building for each platform if there are more than two seems like quite a hassle and you know programmers will skip over it for minor changes.

Re:40% of Groupon merchants say "never again" on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @01:15AM (#1762828)
Ironic that Abebooks, of all sites, managed to convert you: they are an Amazon subsidiary.
Re:Crash Data Suggest Driver Error in Toyota Accidents on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @11:40PM (#1513523)
"An attorney who represents four drivers who sued Toyota in state courts over sudden acceleration said the NHTSA finding doesn't mean much for his litigation."

Gotta love how a scientific study by an impartial 3rd party never gets in the way of the legal balance of probabilities and a jury of average Americans.

Re:RIP Microsoft Kin on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @09:01PM (#1476703)
Only two attendees, I guess that means good odds for free swag?
Or you could make a programmer with this.
Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you on Monday May 10, 2010 @01:59PM (#1335360)
Subjectively agree with 1. I find that each result doesn't seem separate enough, as if it was just a bunch of text and not individual results.

Subjectively and strongly disagree with 2. I love being able to just scroll down to the second page of results, it saves a few clicks and lets me scroll quickly through a bunch of results so I can quickly gauge the quality of the search terms.

Re:IPad in college for EE or CS degree? on Monday May 10, 2010 @02:40AM (#1333751)
Forget about taking notes in class with a laptop.

For some EE classes there is absolutely no way you are going to be able to take notes with all of the integrals, subscripts, superscripts, greek letters and strange symbols (but don't let that all scare you). The best way to get this all down is to write it down on paper, but I have seen some students do decently with a tablet computer (the kind that have a rotating/folding screen).

The other problem with a laptop (as another poster has mentioned, but I just wanted to emphasize) is that you will end up distracted. All it takes is for the lecture to slow down or someone to ask a silly question and the next thing you know is that the lecture is over and you're in the middle of some article about the next Apple product.

Base your decision on what you will be using your computer for outside of class: programming, maths simulation, circuit simulation, and lab reports. All of those can be done from within a Windows VM.

Who do you have for your ISP, if you don't mind me asking? Here's Telus (25Mb fiber): http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/349/chartchxtx2cychds3auw...
Re:Blu-ray player firmware update required to view Avatar on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @11:03PM (#1323405)
Best part is that you can't even take the Blu-ray back for a refund if it doesn't work: most stores only have a same-title policy for movies/software.
Re:Nikola Tesla predicted mobile phones in 1909 on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @04:02PM (#1319119)
Looks like there have been 9 female presidents (of various countries, mostly Latin America). That and a bunch of other female heads of state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_or_appointed_fe...

For the article, Evan's credit card statements were provided to everyone by Wired as part of the game. It was done to provide everyone with with what the government or well-connected individuals could easily access (either through the courts or other means).
Re:Jurors more likely to convict unattractive people on Friday April 30, 2010 @05:45PM (#1309496)
Perhaps. Prison inmates who receive plastic surgery are less likely to get charged with new crimes. Of course, maybe they also don't get charged as often in much the same way as better looking people don't get convicted as often.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3420443

Shouldn't SSL be part of the basic package? Having to pay for it seems a bit off, especially for something high in personal data, like invoicing.

Edit: looks good, btw

Would be really neat if there were a few of the earlier models too, for comparison
... and despise every minute of it. Ok, so it isn't that bad, but I'm not really surprised a 3rd grader could hack it.
Re:Google Voice's 4/1 on Friday April 02, 2010 @05:32AM (#1236231)
This kinda made me feel sad; numeric keypad access, automatic deletion, annoying menus: that's what I have right now. Damn CRTC & Canadian carriers for not letting this into Canada.