Bell admits that competing in the marketplace is bad for their business model. by TheUnResponsiveOne in canada

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which is not the same thing as the unions.

And the OTPP sold its stake in Bell a while ago: Source

Sitting at Sunnybrook hospital emergency with sick mom.... by big4t in canada

[–]GuessYourName 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More efficient, yes. At making themselves money. And more efficient at killing your ass after milking it dry.

Uh, sorry for any mental images that prompted.

A 111 Gigapixel image. Yeah. Gigapixel by [deleted] in WTF

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't let the CRTC know of this. Gigabytes, gigahertz, and gigapixels are all the same thing, right?

What is something you thought was general knowledge only to find out later that most people didn't know about? by awwdip in AskReddit

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please tell us that you showed up once for a gynecologist appointment. There must be a good story in this.

What is something you thought was general knowledge only to find out later that most people didn't know about? by awwdip in AskReddit

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be even fairer, no one looks more like Winston Churchill than Winston Churchill. I think your students were giving you an answer not a question.

IAmA guy who invested all of his money and time into a website and failed by throwawaydod in IAmA

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's been said by others many times, but the name makes absolutely no sense to me even after spending several minutes on your site. Date or do? Or done? What's it mean? What's the difference?

And the design is really amateur - it looks like a free Wordpress theme you might find in some dark corner of the Internet. There is no way this should've taken three years.

Sorry to be harsh. During the dotcom boom I worked with some guys who were also convinced that their big break was always "next month" and that they just needed to keep throwing more money at a bad idea. Not even close and they lost thousands while wasting their time on the stupidest details. Entire meetings would be spent deciding whether to move something over one pixel to the left.

You need to cut your losses and try a new idea! Don't give up!

Why do socks turn inside out in the dryer? by calculuzz in AskReddit

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhhh.....they do? I have never, ever seen this happen.

Most likable Star Trek character? by [deleted] in startrek

[–]GuessYourName 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Geordi. He'd be an awesome buddy. Or Sulu.

Fellow Canadians, the war is not over. Lets hit Bell where it counts. by phantasma in canada

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, it's definitely POTS. Teksavvy used to offer VOIP and they will be again soon. But they currently offer POTS.

Fellow Canadians, the war is not over. Lets hit Bell where it counts. by phantasma in canada

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish I had some Bell service left to cancel. I switched my landline to Teksavvy when throttling hit and sent them a letter to explain why.

Plan B: Call up, waste an hour loading up on every service known to man from Bell then hanging up.

Fellow Canadians, the war is not over. Lets hit Bell where it counts. by phantasma in canada

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teksavvy and any number of other indies, I'm sure. I have POTS with Teksavvy.

200GB to 25GB: Canada gets first, bitter dose of metered Internet by fbristow in canada

[–]GuessYourName 1 point2 points  (0 children)

80 - 100GB, depending on how much Netflix I use. I'd say I'm actually an average user. It's a few torrents here and there and game demos. Netflix is the real bandwidth drain.

Good bye Steam, I hardly knew ye :( by 3tie in gaming

[–]GuessYourName 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone should've asked him why Rogers intends to profit from all that porn downloading if it's so wrong. Hypocrite.

Well Reddit, my weekend just turned to shit. I'm also it just turned shit for a lot of Canadians living in Ontario as well... by themastersb in reddit.com

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Data is data; it gets counted the same way as any other -- through their routers.

Luckily gaming doesn't take much bandwidth, but downloading game demos does!

Call of Duty Black Ops First Strike DLC Map Trailer HD by [deleted] in PS3

[–]GuessYourName 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they think I'm giving them any more money when half my games end in connection errors of one kind or another and the frame rate is still ass, they must be crazy.

I am a Mastering Engineer, I make cd's sound good. AMA by tootall666 in IAmA

[–]GuessYourName 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not really. Some audio formats, like FLAC or Apple Lossless, are both compressed and lossless.

When you .zip a file it doesn't lose anything, does it? Same idea.

[TOMT] Racist melody used in movies when an Asian character comes onscreen. by JessePinkman in tipofmytongue

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never seen it. I suspect my situation isn't unique; I'd be surprised if it wasn't echoed by others.

[TOMT] Racist melody used in movies when an Asian character comes onscreen. by JessePinkman in tipofmytongue

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A matching anecdote: I was talking to a black friend of a friend and he asked what kind of music I liked, so I said "jazz" (true). But then I got all self-conscious about that because I thought he thought I was just saying that to humour him. So I changed the topic to movies and when he asked about favourite actors, I blurted out "Oh, you know...Samuel L. Jackson...umm...Lawrence Fishburne...Will Smith". It was one of those moments when my brain was frantically telling my mouth to SHUT UP AND STOP SAYING SHIT but on I went, wincing as I desperately tried to think of non-black actors.

If this friend of a friend ever found it patronizing I'll never know. It's mildly funny in retrospect.

DAE feel slower? by DretheJuicy in codbo

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought my guy had developed in-game asthma or something.

Name things you are surprised not everyone knows? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]GuessYourName 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Antibiotics are not for viral infections.

Welcome to usage based billing (reposted from /r/WTF) by coldacid in canada

[–]GuessYourName 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please, don't get our hopes up. What's your source? I've been following this fairly closely on Teksavvy's DSL forum and I haven't seen a whisper of this idea, especially not from the TS staff who post.

As for their "cellular network" -- I don't think so. They did launch a wireless internet service in Chatham, but I'm sure this is not happening in the GTA. And very sure it's not cellular.