jolipparcreek

Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:04AM (#10569633)

I know the difference which is why I specified not in power. The Greens, NDP, Liberals had elected members in the Canadian system of governance. If you want to be pedantic and argue that government in a parliamentary system refers to the party with the most seats in parliament and in control of the executive branch then go ahead. I find that pointless as you're ignoring the main thrust of my argument.

Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:30AM (#10569547)

federal civil service -- the ones whose jobs exist precisely for the purpose of giving advice to the government

I'd say their jobs are giving advice to the public. Moreover the Harper party made it difficult for federal civil service scientists to communicate with journalists (aka the fourth estate of government) and the Greens, NDP, Liberals i.e. any other part of the government not in power. The Harper party overreach has no justification in a democratic society and you shouldn't be making excuses for them.

Re:Apple in Talks with US Banks to Develop Mobile Person-To-Person Pay... on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @06:03PM (#10550035)

That article was very misleading[1] and I wonder why[2] people keep citing it…

[1] here's a deconstruction of the data in the article: http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/158143/twitter-heat-map-sho...

[2] here's one explanation why: http://readwrite.com/2013/01/29/why-do-americans-hate-androi...