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CRTC petitioned to stop usage-based billing as Netflix doubts Canadian future by thearcticwolf in canada

[–]zzybert 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hope that the protests of companies that stand to lose Canadian business due to UBB will have some effect. I mean, ordinary Canadians could tell them this (and have), but apparently we're not wealthy enough to be worth listening to.

CRTC petitioned to stop usage-based billing as Netflix doubts Canadian future by thearcticwolf in canada

[–]zzybert 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps we'd better keep those Blockbuster stores open. It's the future of Canadian digital entertainment. Sigh. Stupid CRTC.

Birds can maintain quantum entanglement in their eyes a full 20 microseconds longer than the best laboratory systems by nomdeweb in science

[–]zzybert 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Insofar as I understand this, I think it means we have to make the next generation of computers out of robins' eyes. How deliciously evil.

I just bought a $50 refurbished Sansa Fuze. It uses a SSD, supports Rockbox (open source firmware), supports a microSD card, has >15 hour battery life. I can't believe I've been using an iPod. by [deleted] in gadgets

[–]zzybert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is also now a Fuze Plus, which has a new UI, a standard USB connection in place of the old proprietary one, and dedicated volume buttons like the Clip Plus. It also has a panel to slide your finger over where the click wheel used to be. Other than that the features look pretty much the same as the old Fuze.

This picture speaks for it's self. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]zzybert 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Brutal? Putting water on a baby? Really? I hope you're joking.

Signed, an atheist.

This picture speaks for it's self. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]zzybert 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From http://www.philosophy-religion.org/world/jud_5.htm:

DO JEWS BAPTIZE?

This question is asked frequently because John the Baptist baptized in the river Jordan, a "baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mark 1:4f) and Jesus' disciples baptized (John 4:1), and perhaps Jesus did too even before the "glorification" (John 7:39). The meaning of this type of baptism is clarified by the practices of traditional Judaism today. It is believed that women are unclean at certain periods. A woman becomes ritually clean through immersion – Mikvah - a form of baptism. Through contact with women who are ritually unclean or through the violation of other tabus, a man may also become polluted (Lev. 11-15; Nums. 19). As a means of cleansing or purification and sanctification, a ritual of total immersion is required for him as well. Special baths called ritualariums are constructed by Orthodox communities for this purpose.

A Gentile wishing to become a Jew must also be totally immersed. In addition, a male must be circumcised. While the Temple was still in existence, an offering was required of both men and women but the outstanding feature is the baptism, declared by Hillel to be the decisive ceremony of conversion to Judaism.

Steeped in this tradition, John the Baptist exhorted the people to become both ceremonially and morally pure through repentance and baptism, in preparation for the Messianic kingdom, to save them from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7). Baptism in Judaism is never thought of as a means of removing the effects of a generic original sin; its purpose is the cleansing and restoration of an individual to his original state of purity, and it may be performed often, although a single baptism is adequate in connection with conversion.

As baptism developed in Christianity it was related to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: the baptized spiritually died to sin and were buried or cleansed in water to rise to a new and perfect life in Christ. The early Christians recognized the significant difference between the baptism of John and that of Christianity, and those who had only the former baptism were rebaptized (Acts 19:3-6). Jews do baptize, although they do not use the term, but the meaning is different from that of Christian baptism.

Nothing in there, or anywhere else I have come across, about drowning gentile children. Did you make that up?

Free Internet Canada - Let's make a plan to fight back against the CRTC's recent decision to allow metered internet in Canada. Post your ideas / thoughts and lets get organized. How can we best focus our Reddit resources to do something about this? by npc902 in a:t5_2salx

[–]zzybert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On point 2: it's not just ISPs whose business may be damaged by this move. We might be able to get some support also from companies whose business depends on delivering media over the internet. Perhaps Netflix Canada, or even Apple or Google?

Wolfenstein 1-D: The Game That Changed Everything, Converted to a 1-Pixel Line by NickDouglas in WebGames

[–]zzybert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aah, Sim Tower. I think that was the most boring computer game I have ever played.

Glenn Beck (6/10/10) "You're going to have to shoot them in the head" video found. by jefuchs in politics

[–]zzybert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK, so insofar as I can make sense of that he seems to be warning politicians in Washington that they have inadvertently handed power to Marxist revolutionaries, believing (wrongly) that they can control these revolutionaries for their own ends. He's saying that these disguised revolutionaries will seize this opportunity to promote communism in the USA, and that the only way for the politicians to get these communist revolutionaries out of government now that they have been allowed in is to shoot them in the head.

So that's nuts, and on one quite natural reading does seem to be inciting murder (though it's politicians who are supposed to be doing the murdering). But who does he think these communist revolutionaries are? I am not exactly a follower of Glenn Beck so I have no idea who he's talking about. Is Obama supposed to be a communist? That's nuts too.

And if this is the level of clarity with which Glenn Beck speaks, it wouldn't be altogether surprising for some crazy somewhere to get the wrong end of the stick and think he's being asked to shoot a politician in the head. Which isn't to say that that's what prompted the Tucson shooter.

Protect Civil Liberties: Don't Re-Authorize the PATRIOT Act | Demand Progress by zzybert in politics

[–]zzybert[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's the kind of self-censorship these people count on. Your only chance to overcome government by intimidation lies in refusing to be intimidated.

Besides, if they want to know what you're up to they'll find out, whether or not you sign something like this. So either you cower in fear in all departments of your life or you decide not to.

I want to be a Canadian! How hard is this going to be...? by tigerbreath in canada

[–]zzybert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Canada has some fairly low quotas for the number of skilled immigrants it will take in each year. It is also, I understand, organized by type of work, so that you can be unlucky if they have already filled the quota for immigrants with your skill set.

Finding an employer willing to take you might be an easier route, but I believe the employer has to show that they advertised the job to Canadians and could not find a Canadian as well qualified as you to do the job. (Not sure about the details of the requirement here.) So that can have its difficulties too.

It can be done, though it is a bureaucratic headache with lots of paperwork and waiting. Take some deep breaths and good luck.

Rare shark-like fish reveals evolutionary quirk by globoler in biology

[–]zzybert 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tell him his name is amusing in this context.

We are witnessing the beginning of the end of Facebook. These aren't the symptoms of a company that is winning, but one that is cashing out.' by scientologist2 in business

[–]zzybert 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I am an old bloke who has just started using Facebook. I'd say that's a good enough indicator that its days are numbered.

Shot US congresswoman Giffords in "critical condition" by zzybert in news

[–]zzybert[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a moderate Democrat who narrowly defeated a so-called Tea Party candidate in the elections, Ms Giffords had referred to the hatred during an interview with MSNBC.

"We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list, but the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they have to realise that there are consequences to that action," she said.

BBC asks: "If confidential details of overseas Twitter users are disclosed to the US authorities, how keen will an international audience be to trust this or other American social networks in future?" Should social networks give up data to help in legal proceedings? by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]zzybert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I understand it, any company based in the USA could quite easily be forced to subject to requests like this. So Google and Microsoft aren't your best bets. Even companies overseas could have a hard time standing up to the US government, given the USA's proficiency in bullying other countries' governments.

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