Story
A coalition of U.S. utilities and sports fishing groups has threatened litigation if Washington doesn't renegotiate a Canadian salmon treaty.
The groups complain that, despite the Pacific Salmon Treaty, new DNA samples show nearly 90 percent of chinook caught by Canadian fishermen off the west coast of Vancouver Island come from the United States.
Let me get this straight.
There are some fish. They swim around in the ocean, across the border's so to speak.
Because sometimes, they are on the US side of the border, they are US fish. Because sometimes they are on the Canadian side of the border... well that doesn't count, does it ?
I mean really... it says right there in the article the candian fishermen were fishing in canadian waters... you laying claim to fish in some forien country's waters now ?
Get a life !
Only in the USA...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Monday, September 26, 2005
TiVo again
Story
TiVo and other digital video recorders let users skip commercials and jump around a recording quickly. Since TiVo introduced its DVR in the late 1990s, customers have enjoyed the ability to record anything they want, and store it indefinitely.
But last year, TiVo quietly disclosed that it would employ copyright-protection software from Macrovision Corp. for pay-per-view and video-on-demand programs. According to a post on TiVo's Web site, the software allows broadcasters to restrict how long a DVR can save certain recordings or in some cases prevent someone from recording altogether.
This goes under the heading of false advertising, specifically... making promises you can't keep.
TiVo is a box that sits on your TV that records TV shows.
Guess what ? The guys who make TiVo don't make the TV shows, those are different people entirely. And when the makers of those TV shows say "Don't record my show ! Or I'll sue you ! " guess what kind of position that puts TiVo in ?
They are renting out a service that they cannot deliver on , basically. It aint their movies. It aint their TV shows. They're in the position of a member of the general public taping movies to play back later instead of paying for them, thus violating the rights of the movie makers.
Dump TiVo , and infact TV , entirely. Buy a movie every two weeks, maybe a rush of purchases at the beginning to build up you're library there's always some cheap second hand stuff kicking around of old movies you can grab, and after that a movie a month is cheaper than any cable TV bill will ever be.
TiVo and other digital video recorders let users skip commercials and jump around a recording quickly. Since TiVo introduced its DVR in the late 1990s, customers have enjoyed the ability to record anything they want, and store it indefinitely.
But last year, TiVo quietly disclosed that it would employ copyright-protection software from Macrovision Corp. for pay-per-view and video-on-demand programs. According to a post on TiVo's Web site, the software allows broadcasters to restrict how long a DVR can save certain recordings or in some cases prevent someone from recording altogether.
This goes under the heading of false advertising, specifically... making promises you can't keep.
TiVo is a box that sits on your TV that records TV shows.
Guess what ? The guys who make TiVo don't make the TV shows, those are different people entirely. And when the makers of those TV shows say "Don't record my show ! Or I'll sue you ! " guess what kind of position that puts TiVo in ?
They are renting out a service that they cannot deliver on , basically. It aint their movies. It aint their TV shows. They're in the position of a member of the general public taping movies to play back later instead of paying for them, thus violating the rights of the movie makers.
Dump TiVo , and infact TV , entirely. Buy a movie every two weeks, maybe a rush of purchases at the beginning to build up you're library there's always some cheap second hand stuff kicking around of old movies you can grab, and after that a movie a month is cheaper than any cable TV bill will ever be.
Blog Spam
Ottawa Boy
Anonymous said...
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Adrian
1) This was left as a comment to an article I just wrote. elapsed time ? perhaps 30 min from when I wrote it to when the comment apeared.
2) Aside from a nebulous "your site is great" there's no sign that anyone actually read the blog. Looks like some kind of automated posting mechanism.
3) It's advertising a work from home scam, one of the most ancient and venerated of rip off scams in the world, actually predating the internet itself.
What do you want to bet someone set up an automated program to search through all blogs and plant this on any new entries ? The creativity of spammers just never stops !
Of course the problem with spamming a blog is that I get to write about it ! Anyone reading the spam also reads my comments on what kind of scuzz ball you are.
OH , the work at home scam ?
You have to buy materials from them only , to build some gew gaw or another. And no matter how careful you are about building the thingy , your "quality of workmanship" is never considered good enough , so they never buy back the articles you produce, and you are stuck with a bunch of junk you bought from them until you give it up and walk away.
Anonymous said...
PRESS RELEASE: ABOUT THE BEST WORK FROM HOME PROSPECT AND WHY: Press Release From Google News about the site link below
Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely going to bookmark you!
I have a work from home site. It pretty much covers work from home opportunities.
Come and check it out if you get time :-)
Adrian
1) This was left as a comment to an article I just wrote. elapsed time ? perhaps 30 min from when I wrote it to when the comment apeared.
2) Aside from a nebulous "your site is great" there's no sign that anyone actually read the blog. Looks like some kind of automated posting mechanism.
3) It's advertising a work from home scam, one of the most ancient and venerated of rip off scams in the world, actually predating the internet itself.
What do you want to bet someone set up an automated program to search through all blogs and plant this on any new entries ? The creativity of spammers just never stops !
Of course the problem with spamming a blog is that I get to write about it ! Anyone reading the spam also reads my comments on what kind of scuzz ball you are.
OH , the work at home scam ?
You have to buy materials from them only , to build some gew gaw or another. And no matter how careful you are about building the thingy , your "quality of workmanship" is never considered good enough , so they never buy back the articles you produce, and you are stuck with a bunch of junk you bought from them until you give it up and walk away.
Democracy Vs Dictatorships
I have been considering the claims of the religious fundamentalists about Iraq and the US policy in the middle east for some time, and I have concluded that the religious fundamentalists are correct. The US really isn't wanted and shouldn't be sticking their nose in the business of other countries.
Well , sort of. Kind of ... maybe it's not all the way the way you think.
*evil grin*
The purpose of a democracy is to empower the people. The comman man. The guy on the ground who just goes to work every day driving a truck , or cutting hair, or digging ditches, or whatever he does to get by, he aint rich, he aint powerful, he's probably not even particularily handsome. He is The Common Man.
The purpose of a Dictatorship, or Religious Theocracy, or most any other form of government, is to empower a few "special" people , maybe the rich , maybe the priest hood, but some small minority of people living in that country , and basically to rape and pillage the majority and turn them into slaves and chattle. (Witness the Muslim minority in Iraq's treatement of the Majority muslim and Kurds ).
So ... when I say "The US really isn't wanted ... " the question becomes ... Who is it that is not wanting them ?
The answer is , of course... the priviledged few who are living high on the hog arn't interested in things changing.
The oppressed majority , being constantly raped and pillaged by their so called "lawful government" are all for change. Any change... nothing could be as bad as what they have right now , right ? Oh yes conquer and force a regime change, we'll try anything once !
Yup. The actions of the US are not apreciated among the ruling elite of the world. Of course, since the purpose of democracy is to knock those ruling elite off their golden thrones and stop them from raping and pillaging the common people of their countries...something they are loath to stop ... this would almost seem a trite statement. One would think it obvious they do not like the USA , and in fact can never like them.
This also dove tails into this whole "World Opinion" stuff I keep hearing , why does the world hate the US so ? Well... the world doesn't ... the only people you are hearing from are the elites in danger of being de-throned. The silent majority stays silent , and usually uninformed, because if they face a firing squad (or worse) for openning their big mouths and complaining about their current situation.
Just an opinion , just an opinion.
So .... when do we invade Syria and conquer them ? And who's next after that ?
(Edited to add this part)
This comes back to the futility of terrorism in Iraq.
I mean , lets face it. Under the old regime, the cops walked down the street , picked up people , demanded a kick back. If you didn't have the money in your pocket, they shot you. They found pictures of prisoners being tortured, graves with 100 000 people inside of them... not because they were criminals, but because they were the raped and pillaged majority and the "special minority" did as they pleased to them.
Remove that , and replace it with the odd suicide bomber every now and then.
No dice.
Hear about a suicde bomber three towns over every few days... or face the corrupt cop on the street picking your pocket and killing you if you object every day ...which are you going to choose ? Suicide bombers are wasting their time. And their lives. And the clerics that are pushing them into it are equilly futile. They actually have to go out of country to find suicide bombers because there arn't any inside Iraq willing to do the job. The Iraqi's are frustrated at the slow pace of reform the americans impose... but they sure as heck aint going back to what they had before..no way in hell they'll do that. They'll risk hell and high water to avoid that.
Well , sort of. Kind of ... maybe it's not all the way the way you think.
*evil grin*
The purpose of a democracy is to empower the people. The comman man. The guy on the ground who just goes to work every day driving a truck , or cutting hair, or digging ditches, or whatever he does to get by, he aint rich, he aint powerful, he's probably not even particularily handsome. He is The Common Man.
The purpose of a Dictatorship, or Religious Theocracy, or most any other form of government, is to empower a few "special" people , maybe the rich , maybe the priest hood, but some small minority of people living in that country , and basically to rape and pillage the majority and turn them into slaves and chattle. (Witness the Muslim minority in Iraq's treatement of the Majority muslim and Kurds ).
So ... when I say "The US really isn't wanted ... " the question becomes ... Who is it that is not wanting them ?
The answer is , of course... the priviledged few who are living high on the hog arn't interested in things changing.
The oppressed majority , being constantly raped and pillaged by their so called "lawful government" are all for change. Any change... nothing could be as bad as what they have right now , right ? Oh yes conquer and force a regime change, we'll try anything once !
Yup. The actions of the US are not apreciated among the ruling elite of the world. Of course, since the purpose of democracy is to knock those ruling elite off their golden thrones and stop them from raping and pillaging the common people of their countries...something they are loath to stop ... this would almost seem a trite statement. One would think it obvious they do not like the USA , and in fact can never like them.
This also dove tails into this whole "World Opinion" stuff I keep hearing , why does the world hate the US so ? Well... the world doesn't ... the only people you are hearing from are the elites in danger of being de-throned. The silent majority stays silent , and usually uninformed, because if they face a firing squad (or worse) for openning their big mouths and complaining about their current situation.
Just an opinion , just an opinion.
So .... when do we invade Syria and conquer them ? And who's next after that ?
(Edited to add this part)
This comes back to the futility of terrorism in Iraq.
I mean , lets face it. Under the old regime, the cops walked down the street , picked up people , demanded a kick back. If you didn't have the money in your pocket, they shot you. They found pictures of prisoners being tortured, graves with 100 000 people inside of them... not because they were criminals, but because they were the raped and pillaged majority and the "special minority" did as they pleased to them.
Remove that , and replace it with the odd suicide bomber every now and then.
No dice.
Hear about a suicde bomber three towns over every few days... or face the corrupt cop on the street picking your pocket and killing you if you object every day ...which are you going to choose ? Suicide bombers are wasting their time. And their lives. And the clerics that are pushing them into it are equilly futile. They actually have to go out of country to find suicide bombers because there arn't any inside Iraq willing to do the job. The Iraqi's are frustrated at the slow pace of reform the americans impose... but they sure as heck aint going back to what they had before..no way in hell they'll do that. They'll risk hell and high water to avoid that.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Two Teired Health
Article
So what is a Two Teired Health care system ?
Well... this is a system where by the public health care system takes care of the poor people , like me , and the rich people get to jump ahead in line by going to private clinics , which charge a lot more than the government rates. Which most people can't pay , so there's a very short line up , and so they basically queue jump to the head of the line.
Oh ... and the doctors get paid more in private clinics. And they don't have to work as hard.
Which , if you're a smart doctor , means leaving public service behind and working for a private clinic only, for rich people only. But if you're a a dumb doctor, the rich peoples clinics won't have you , so you're stuck in public service.
Oh , and the rich peoples doctors ? They don't want the hard cases, only the easy ones that occur most commonly and are easy to fix. Hard cases they dump on the public health care system, because hey , Crohns Disease (as an example) only affects 7 people in 100 000 , so it's just not cost effective to bother with it. Leave it to the dumb doctors too stupid to work in the private sector of rich people.
Oh , and you're only mediocre rich ? You may use the rich peoples clinic until you run out of money , then back to the public sector for you with all the dumb doctors. Basically we fleece you for every dime and then dump you.
So how would I fix this ?
I was talking to a nurse recently , and she points out that the government deliberately limites the number of doctors, refusing to train more than 250 in a year even though thousands apply for the position.
Why are we even talking about a two tiered health care system when the government is already imposing an artificial shortage of doctors ? Just stop imposing the artificial limit, thats all. Whats your problem ?
Greed , of course is the problem. It all comes down to money. Some special interest group , probably the doctors themselves or some medical council , doesn't want to flood the market with doctors, their salaries might go down !
Stupid , self inflicted problem. I hate this.
So what is a Two Teired Health care system ?
Well... this is a system where by the public health care system takes care of the poor people , like me , and the rich people get to jump ahead in line by going to private clinics , which charge a lot more than the government rates. Which most people can't pay , so there's a very short line up , and so they basically queue jump to the head of the line.
Oh ... and the doctors get paid more in private clinics. And they don't have to work as hard.
Which , if you're a smart doctor , means leaving public service behind and working for a private clinic only, for rich people only. But if you're a a dumb doctor, the rich peoples clinics won't have you , so you're stuck in public service.
Oh , and the rich peoples doctors ? They don't want the hard cases, only the easy ones that occur most commonly and are easy to fix. Hard cases they dump on the public health care system, because hey , Crohns Disease (as an example) only affects 7 people in 100 000 , so it's just not cost effective to bother with it. Leave it to the dumb doctors too stupid to work in the private sector of rich people.
Oh , and you're only mediocre rich ? You may use the rich peoples clinic until you run out of money , then back to the public sector for you with all the dumb doctors. Basically we fleece you for every dime and then dump you.
So how would I fix this ?
I was talking to a nurse recently , and she points out that the government deliberately limites the number of doctors, refusing to train more than 250 in a year even though thousands apply for the position.
Why are we even talking about a two tiered health care system when the government is already imposing an artificial shortage of doctors ? Just stop imposing the artificial limit, thats all. Whats your problem ?
Greed , of course is the problem. It all comes down to money. Some special interest group , probably the doctors themselves or some medical council , doesn't want to flood the market with doctors, their salaries might go down !
Stupid , self inflicted problem. I hate this.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Mind My Mask
Article
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A suspected American member of Al-Qaeda threatened attacks against Los Angeles and the Australian city of Melbourne in a videotape shown by ABC television on the fourth anniversary of September 11.
The threat was made by Adam Gadahn, a US national who converted to Islam
oops ! But I was wearing a mask when I made that tape ! Honest !
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing," said the warning.
It would have to be with god willing, because it certainly aint going to happen with ninnies like you in charge !
"We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."
In other words , WE WANT TO BE THE OCCUPIERS AND DICTATORS ! Yeah right. Check out the article link , nice beard buddy.
ABC said US intelligence believed the man who appears on the tape is Gadahn, who comes from Orange County, California. He made a similar tape last year that US intelligence said was authentic.
Oops..pardon my mask. Didn't know it was optional.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A suspected American member of Al-Qaeda threatened attacks against Los Angeles and the Australian city of Melbourne in a videotape shown by ABC television on the fourth anniversary of September 11.
The threat was made by Adam Gadahn, a US national who converted to Islam
oops ! But I was wearing a mask when I made that tape ! Honest !
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, God willing," said the warning.
It would have to be with god willing, because it certainly aint going to happen with ninnies like you in charge !
"We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."
In other words , WE WANT TO BE THE OCCUPIERS AND DICTATORS ! Yeah right. Check out the article link , nice beard buddy.
ABC said US intelligence believed the man who appears on the tape is Gadahn, who comes from Orange County, California. He made a similar tape last year that US intelligence said was authentic.
Oops..pardon my mask. Didn't know it was optional.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Iran 5 years from nukes
Article
"We estimate, if everything goes right, if they throw all their effort into solving their problems, they might be able to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear weapon within five years," Gary Samore, editor of a new report, told BBC radio.
Ha ha. How about you have it today ?
Grind up some nuclear waste to powder, put it in a crop duster plane , over fly an enemy city. (Israel , in the case of these muslims) , start dumping.
Ditto mixing in said poweder waste to a couple of slabs of c-4 explosive and plantting them somewhere provocative. True it's not a "nuclear explosion" but the dust makes a hell of a mess.
These weapons inspectors couldn't find snow in the middle of winter. You want to allow these muslim terrorist / suicide bombers access to any kind of nuclear material ? Even just waste products that can't possibly go nuclear ? Yer crazy.
And so is Iran.
A while back the US ran photo's from its sattalites of the damb being built in egypt somewhere. Nice pictures of tunnels hidden underneath and everything. It was meant as a message to the russions (enemies at the time friends today) that their hidden missile silo's arn't so hidden.
Last year a tunnel connecting the us / canada border was spotted before it was even completed , cops waiting on both sides for the first load of drugs to go through before arresting everyone in sight. Anyone wanna guess how they spotted the tunnel ?
Anyone wanna guess on the odds of Irans nuclear reactor , no matter how well hidden , getting a visit by some high altitude bombers just before completion ?
If they're smart , this is just some political boondoggle to get some aid money out of the west. But they're a muslim state, they're probably not smart. They're probably trying to REALLY produce a nuclear weapon , with intention of lobbing it at their ancient enemy Israel. Religion and nuclear weapons . yech !
Hmmm... Bush is pushing some anti-abortion pro-prayer guy to the supreme court isn't he ? And he has nukes and is pretty churchy himself isn't he ?
yech !
"We estimate, if everything goes right, if they throw all their effort into solving their problems, they might be able to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear weapon within five years," Gary Samore, editor of a new report, told BBC radio.
Ha ha. How about you have it today ?
Grind up some nuclear waste to powder, put it in a crop duster plane , over fly an enemy city. (Israel , in the case of these muslims) , start dumping.
Ditto mixing in said poweder waste to a couple of slabs of c-4 explosive and plantting them somewhere provocative. True it's not a "nuclear explosion" but the dust makes a hell of a mess.
These weapons inspectors couldn't find snow in the middle of winter. You want to allow these muslim terrorist / suicide bombers access to any kind of nuclear material ? Even just waste products that can't possibly go nuclear ? Yer crazy.
And so is Iran.
A while back the US ran photo's from its sattalites of the damb being built in egypt somewhere. Nice pictures of tunnels hidden underneath and everything. It was meant as a message to the russions (enemies at the time friends today) that their hidden missile silo's arn't so hidden.
Last year a tunnel connecting the us / canada border was spotted before it was even completed , cops waiting on both sides for the first load of drugs to go through before arresting everyone in sight. Anyone wanna guess how they spotted the tunnel ?
Anyone wanna guess on the odds of Irans nuclear reactor , no matter how well hidden , getting a visit by some high altitude bombers just before completion ?
If they're smart , this is just some political boondoggle to get some aid money out of the west. But they're a muslim state, they're probably not smart. They're probably trying to REALLY produce a nuclear weapon , with intention of lobbing it at their ancient enemy Israel. Religion and nuclear weapons . yech !
Hmmm... Bush is pushing some anti-abortion pro-prayer guy to the supreme court isn't he ? And he has nukes and is pretty churchy himself isn't he ?
yech !
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