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  1. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    Read /r/canada on reddit..... WOW. Apparently Harper eats babies and will immediately proceed to destroy the country
  2. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    You do realize that's complete BS, right. The Conservatives ran surpluses until 2008-2009, which was the start of the recession And don't think for a minute that the Libs or the NDP wouldn't have outspent the Conservatives.... and put us even greater in the hole.
  3. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    Not thrilled to see a potential Conservative Majority, but it is awesome to see the destruction of the Bloc!
  4. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    CBC just called the NDP as the official opposition
  5. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    Haven't voted yet, but, really thinking about doing the same (my riding was also won by the conservatives with 75% of the vote in the last election).
  6. little elvis

    Canadian Election 2011

    The NDP keep surging... The only bright side, and I'm not exactly convinced it's a really a brightside, if the polls ring true, it looks like the Conservatives will be denied a majority again...
  7. little elvis

    Did you guys miss the release of GNOME 3.0?

    Using it right now on Arch. Overall, it's not bad, but to be honest, the UI is, at least for me, becoming more and more irrelevant, most of my time is spent in a web browser and it doesn't matter what desktop environment I'm using anymore.
  8. little elvis

    Firefox on OS X: Part IV

    Chrome. Since I use Linux, OSX and Windows, the cross-platform aspect is critical. In reality, for my usage, the OS and UI has become irrelevant, Chrome has become my interface on all my computers.
  9. little elvis

    Goldman admits we're screwed.

    I work for a large Fortune 100 company, and late last year our CEO gave a presentation at our branch and essentially said that North America was screwed for the foreseeable future. He predicted perpetually high unemployment (10% +), increased crime and the continued shift of higher end R&D...
  10. little elvis

    Skydiving! Updated with pics and video!

    Did a tandem jump in New Zealand (Lake Wanaka area) a few years ago, 13,000 ft, I think. I almost backed out, so glad I didn't, it was absolutely amazing.
  11. little elvis

    Which browser are you currently using?

    I use Safari, Firefox and Chrome, however, lately, I've been using Chrome more often than the other two.
  12. little elvis

    Expensive Apple?

    Err... Apple has about $45 billion in cash and short term investments. Sounds like a pretty strong war chest to me
  13. little elvis

    Yo, Canadians! Represent for Canada Day

    Calgary, Alberta checking in.
  14. little elvis

    BP ordered to stop using toxic dispersant in Gulf oil clean-up

    Are you actually claiming that a material containing up to 60% 2-Butoxyenthanol is "drinkable"?
  15. little elvis

    Sign of the times - UK conservative party predicted major wins

    I'm not sure if that's true any more (regarding Canadian Conservatives, being more Liberal than a US Democrat), on social issues, yes, Canadians in general are more Liberal, however, on fiscal issues, I think more Canadians lean to the right. Heck the previous Liberal Government put the country...
  16. little elvis

    [NSFW] Church members leave over Jesus 'penis'

    That place is awesome, and a bit creepy....
  17. little elvis

    Thinking about quiting my job. POLL inside

    Your situation sounds a bit like my situation was about 15 years ago.... Graduated (Chem Eng) during a recession, no "quality" jobs available, took a job that turned out to be nothing like advertised and I absolutely hated it. I ended up quitting and traveling for a year. It was absolutely...
  18. little elvis

    Do you still keep in touch with anyone from elementary school?

    My closest friends are ones I went to elementary school with. It amazes me that I've known these individuals for 20+ years.
  19. little elvis

    Western European, Scandinavian, Candian P&N readers -- Health Care Question

    Wow, $400!!, in Calgary, it's about only about $182.
  20. little elvis

    Western European, Scandinavian, Candian P&N readers -- Health Care Question

    As a Canadian, I do like our health care system, however, to claim that it's without faults would be a lie. Wait times for elective surgeries can be excessive, experimental treatments may have to paid for it out of pocket, if the treatment is not approved by Health Canada. Access to MRIs and...
  21. little elvis

    Ann Coulter speach cancelled due to threat of violence

    Maybe they should have let her speak... And if her speech contained "hate" as defined by the Canadian Criminal Code , have her arrested under Canadian Hate Speech Laws. Not saying that I would agree with that, but, it would make things even more interesting.
  22. little elvis

    Is teflon a carcinogen?

    Teflon used to mean PTFE, however, Dupont now uses the Teflon brand as a catch-all for any of their fluoropolymer resins (FEP, PTFE, ETFE, PFA, etc). Most non-stick cookware labeled Teflon is most likely using PFA (perfluoroalkoxy co-polymer)
  23. little elvis

    Your favorite band that no one else knows about

    The Radio Department
  24. little elvis

    ** The Official 1/27 "Come See Our Latest Creation" Apple Media Event Thread **

    All I can say is meh.... Definately NOT a "magical" or revolutionary product. In reality it didn't matter what Apple released, the Media, especially the Tech Press is filled with unabashed Apple fanboys/fangirls and they will make sure the product a success and Apple will sell millions.
  25. little elvis

    Google may shut down operations in China

    I guess it depends on which sources you believe... Statcounter is claiming Google was gaining market share throughout 2009 and ended the year at 43% share. http://gs.statcounter.com/press/google-gained-market-share-in-china-in-last-six-months And you do realize the stats you quoted (digital...
  26. little elvis

    Google may shut down operations in China

    http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/12/google-china-attacks/ Apparently they will also end their policy of censorship of their search engine. It will be interesting to see how this play out.....
  27. little elvis

    Colleges, that is enough out of you

    Where I work, to get hired for a technical job (engineering, R&D,etc) a Ph.D is a defacto requirement, and for a business/marketing position, a MBA is quickly becoming a minimum requirement. The problem is, we have a bunch of over educated/qualified people in jobs that could be done easily by...
  28. little elvis

    PSA: Don't compile the kernel using an Atom CPU

    On my Core 2 Duo laptop it usually took between 45 min to 1 hour. It took 4 hours and 12 minutes using an Atom CPU. And I was just thinkng about installing Funtoo (Gentoo) on my netbook. Well, that's definitely ain't going to happen!
  29. little elvis

    PSA: Don't compile the kernel using an Atom CPU

    I think it's been at least 3 hours.... and no end in sight
  30. little elvis

    Climate Research Unit hacked, damning evidence of data manipulation

    Einstein worked in the Swiss Patent Office and not the post office and he did so after he got his degree in math and physics.
  31. little elvis

    Why would anyone be against gay marriage?

    Thankfully your ilk already lost the battle here in Canada. I'm still waiting the breakdown of society and the coming apocalypse that religious groups promised would happen, if gay marriage was allowed..... still waiting
  32. little elvis

    Name something you bought recently that was surprisingly expensive.

    $45 for 24 bottles of Bud Light Lime.
  33. little elvis

    Energy crisis is postponed as new gas rescues the world

    Err... Natural Gas prices are at almost a 7 year low.... In August 2009 they fell below $3 per 1000 scuft
  34. little elvis

    I was at the DC tea party yesterday...

    Slight exaggeration??? ABC News Link The DC fire department only estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people.
  35. little elvis

    How can you not buy a macbook?

    After 12 years of using Linux, I decided that I didn't have the time to deal with BS surrounding Linux, the last straw was the absolute mess surrounding the Intel drivers and graphics subsystem.... Hands down OS X has been the most stable OS I've every used, and I don't regret at all the...
  36. little elvis

    How well traveled is ATOT?

    Provinces: ALL (I will eventually get to each of the territories) States: 30 Countries: ~20
  37. little elvis

    Snow Leopard Install/Reactions Thread

    Is anybody else noticing their computer running hotter under SL? (Macbook Pro v4.1, 2.5 Ghz) I'm just surfing the web and my CPU temp is 67C. Even more surprisingly or more likely concerning my GPU temp is 74C. I'm not doing anything that should tax the GPU. Under Leopard, my CPU temp...
  38. little elvis

    Snow Leopard Install/Reactions Thread

    Are you seeing any performance benefits running a 64bit kernel over the 32bit?
  39. little elvis

    Snow Leopard shipping August 28th

    Enter this into a terminal session ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi