* Posts by John

3 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Mar 2008

Canadians go out clubbing

John
IT Angle

Oh for christ's sake. . .

Is the world really that large nowadays that people still refer to our country as one, giant, borderless, cultureless land mass? Get real people. There is a very small portion of our population under scrutiny here. VERY small. . . I highly doubt there are people who will travel the nearly 4000 Km from the opposite side of the country just to club a seal. I won't even get out of bed to smack the cat when it scratches the carpet. Of the 30,000,000 people that live in Canada, how many do you think are gonna be out on the ice with a weapon? So what if they practice a "culling" (though I would use the word massacre, not being a supporter of the event) once a year? We don't execute retards, we don't shoot people based on skin color -- or hang them or chase them down in trucks or hold rallies against them -- and we try our best to elect fairly sane, independent thinking leaders. Now that I've laid down a good stereotype, how many Americans are pissed off that I said that? Sucks to be lumped into a category based on the COUNTRY you live in, isn't it? That goes for you, too, Reg. We don't all say "eh" or "aboot" and we CERTAINLY do not all appreciate being associated with what happens in a small part of part our country with a small number of residents.

ThruVision camera shows weapons, not bodies

John
Black Helicopters

Now where did we put that training and standards manual. . .

I have always been a big fan of technological advancement. That is, until it started falling into the hands of the indignantly untrained and ill-informed (please spare the military jokes. TSA is fair game. . .)

Exhibit A - http://www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2008/03/steve_jobs_made_me_miss_my_fli.html

"We were certain that it was an iPod shaped bomb. There was no hard drive in it. That, and he had TWO cell phones. Surely a sign of a terrorist."

I'm beginning to think I may have to hoop my AT&T SIM whenever I travel to the States.

Paranoid partners to get GPS snooper

John
Coat

Agreed.

Googling "piece of mind", the top hit was just as I suspected - A link to the Wikipedia entry on Iron Maiden's 4th studio album of the same name. As for a price? Well, I doubt I'd go much higher than about $25 depending on the condition.