Canada's True Hero.

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A True Hero

A True Hero 03/19/2005 02:56 AM
Private Johnson Beharry awarded the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for bravery in combat. It's awared is incredibly rare. The last awards were made posthumously after the Falklands War in 1982. The last living recipients were two Australians in the Vietnam War in 1969. It is said that in order to qualify for a VC, conditions must be so dangerous that only 10% of recipients survive. The actions of Private Johnson Beharry are therefore worthy of a mention.

True hero athlete / Day's theme:
Challenge yourself

True hero athlete / Day's theme:
Challenge yourself 05/04/2004 09:17 PM
Pat Tillman's memorial service .. Humanity trumps iconography

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Nortel's cookie jar: Investors deserve
true disclosure from Canada's high-tech
icon, not 'estimated limited pr

Nortel's cookie jar: Investors deserve
true disclosure from Canada's high-tech
icon, not 'estimated limited pr 08/18/2004 03:08 AM
Financial Post Aug 18 2004 7:44AM GMT

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Saddam and al-Qaida: It's true because
it's true

Saddam and al-Qaida: It's true because
it's true 06/17/2004 05:57 PM

Canada's new quarter

Canada's new quarter 06/23/2004 11:13 AM
The contest to design a commemorative quarter for this year's Canada Day was won by an 11-year-old from BC with this great, cartoony design. I think this is the best coin I've ever seen. Li nk (Thanks, Ben!)

Canada's NDP leader endorses P2P

Canada's NDP leader endorses P2P 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
Jack Layton is the leader of the NDP, Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party, and is in the running for Prime Minister of Canada in the next election. On the heels of Canada's landmark court decision that essentially legalized file sharing, Layton has turned P2P into an election issue, endorsing file-sharing as a beneficial activity, a gutsy move, considering the Party's close ties with the arts (the NDP has traditionally endorsed strong arts-spending):

"I'm a holder of a copyright myself. But it's a book on homelessness and I don't mind if anyone wants to copy it," he says with a grin. "I'm still not so sure how (file sharing) impacts sales -- some studies even say it enhances them. I don't think the dust has settled on this yet. When I was at university there was a great fear that photocopying was going to destroy the publishing industry and that hasn't happened. It's sometimes best to muddle along, take things one step at a time and see what happens. Society can have a way of sorting things out."

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Canada's Wi-LAN takes on Cisco

Canada's Wi-LAN takes on Cisco 06/24/2004 11:37 AM
p2pnet.net Jun 24 2004 3:42PM GMT

Canada's DMCA dissected

Canada's DMCA dissected 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: On the heels of the introduction of Canada's Bill C-60, a Made-in-Canada version of the DMCA, Michael Geist has posted several long, thoughtful blog posts about the bill's effects on different interests: search engines, ISPs, and P2P users:

While Bill C-60 therefore contains extensive provisions to cover uploading, downloading on peer-to-peer systems remains largely untouched (with the exception described above). Many experts believe that peer-to-peer downloading is covered by the private copying levy, though CRIA disputes that interpretation.

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Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door?

Why Offshore When Canada's Next Door? 07/16/2004 11:53 AM

Canada's Broadcast Flag

Canada's Broadcast Flag 09/08/2004 04:44 PM
Cory Doctorow: The Broadcast Flag is a US regulation that nominally prevents Internet redistribution of digital TV signals, but in fact sets up a world where Hollywood studios and their captured regulators get a veto over the design of all new TV technology -- and distort the market for PC components like hard drives and video-cards in a way that will hobble innovation, drive up prices and shut out open source.

Weirdly enough, Canada seems to think that this sounds pretty good.

Given the controversy associated with the broadcast flag in the U.S., one would think that Canada would be wary about embarking on the same route. Accordingly, it came as a shock to many when an Industry Canada official recently indicated that Canada was likely to follow the U.S. lead by quickly implementing a similar system by July 2005. The official suggested that there was broadcaster support for the measure and that since the U.S. had adopted it, Canadians had little alternative but to follow suit.

While Canadian broadcasters may or may not support the broadcast flag (they have in fact been rather publicly silent on the matter), it is essential Canada craft its own policy by considering the privacy and copyright policies associated with the proposal.

Pre-judging the issue, as some in Minister Emerson's department appear to have done, is a dangerous course of action, that should be replaced immediately by a working group of all stakeholders, including the broader public interest, intent on studying the Canadian options. The suggestion Canada faces a Y2K-like deadline with respect to the broadcast flag appears as overblown as was the Y2K threat itself.

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Trawlers 'caught' in Canada's net

Trawlers 'caught' in Canada's net 05/09/2004 05:57 AM
Canada produces evidence of what it says is illegal fishing off its waters by Portuguese trawlers.

From zero to hero

From zero to hero 01/16/2004 11:33 AM

This is like a commercial for the atkins diet and golds gym. (quicktime mov)

"Hero"

"Hero" 08/27/2004 01:29 PM
It took the slow boat from China, but Zhang Yimou's dazzling martial-arts epic has finally come to American movie theaters. It was well worth the wait.

My new hero

My new hero 12/31/2004 12:54 PM
DOJ coup d'etat. Ashcroft is gone. Now, six days before the confirmation hearings of Alberto Gonzales, the acting Attorney General, Daniel Levin, issues a new official memo (pdf)on torture, reversing and specifically repudiating the definitions of torture from the August 2002 memo addressed to Gonzales. The new memo states, among other things,

'we disagree with statements in the August 2002 Memorandum limiting "severe" pain under the statute to "excruciating and agonizing" pain [...] or to pain "equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death'

Everybody Wants to be a Hero

Everybody Wants to be a Hero 01/23/2004 02:21 PM
Both Microsoft and open-source backers are claiming to be leading the charge to break down the digital divide in Third-World countries.

My Hero

My Hero 04/26/2004 07:05 PM
Davi d Bowie invites fans to remix his songs.

David Bowie has today asked fans to bootleg songs of his latest album “Reality” to create a new song (mash-up).

The British music star has given fans the right to create a new song by using computer music software to blend or “mash up” two existing tracks.

The winning song will be released as an MP3 and its creator will win a car.

”I’m very comfortable with the idea and have been the subject of quite a few pretty good mash-ups myself,” Bowie told The Times newspaper.

[The Digital Music Weblog]

Clueless Article About Canada's Wi-Fi
Scene

Clueless Article About Canada's Wi-Fi
Scene 02/16/2004 01:25 PM
This writer seems to enjoy writing as though he's an authority when it's clear he's not: He's read all the hype about Wi-Fi but gets enough wrong that he obviously hasn't done his own research. His general point is that Canada is behind the United States in deploying hotspots. But he hasn't got very good research to back that up. His strongest piece of evidence seems to be a conversation he had recently with one computer programmer who had never heard of Wi-Fi. He goes on to say that the market is primed to change dramatically because Canada's largest carriers said they'd create a unified standard to let customers roam between their networks. This so-called standard was developed without any of the major existing Canadian Wi-Fi operators, such as FatPort, and none of the four carriers involved had deployed hotspots when they set the roaming standard. It's also just a "standard" (how they'll handle billing, etc.), not a roaming deal. So the carriers could deploy networks and still not roam. (Meanwhile, FatPort has built hundreds of locations and secured roaming with several international networks.) He also pointed to a recent study that said no hotspots' business model could succeed if the only revenue source was connection fees. That study is bad news for cafes in the U.S., he says, because many of them offer access for free. But the two aren't related. Free hotspot operators have a totally different business model than those that charge. He closes by pointing out "guerilla Wi-Fi warriors" in Canada who warchalk. Warchalking is a great idea and testament to the community behind Wi-Fi, but who has actually seen a symbol? If this writer's point is that Wi-Fi hasn't taken off in Canada, then it's doubtful that people there are actually warchalking....

BlogsCanada : Canada's Blog Site

BlogsCanada : Canada's Blog Site 04/16/2004 06:11 AM
Jim Elvé's BlogsCanada site .. Blogs: Double Dragon .. BlogsCanada

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Canada's Sluggish Market Unites (a
Little)

Canada's Sluggish Market Unites (a
Little) 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
Four Canadian cell operators have been making Wi-Fi noises for years: A while ago, they announced a major agreement to interconnect their networks. Only trouble was, they didn't really have any hotspot action going at that point. Now, between them, they have a whopping 500 locations nationwide, with 500 more planned in the indeterminate future. Meanwhile, smaller and fleeter companies have been eating their lunch by partnering with other networks worldwide. FatPort, a company I have followed for years already, has 300 locations in Canada and at least 3,700 other roaming locations worldwide available at no additional fee to their subscribers. Most recently, they signed a deal with NetNearU....

Canada's major credit bureau hit by
hackers

Canada's major credit bureau hit by
hackers 06/17/2005 04:44 PM

"Comedians in the Rough: Canada's Very
Special School"

"Comedians in the Rough: Canada's Very
Special School" 12/15/2003 10:29 PM

Canada's New PM Aims to Thaw Chilly U.S.
Relations

Canada's New PM Aims to Thaw Chilly U.S.
Relations 12/12/2003 07:45 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 12 2003 6:50PM ET

Computer glitch clips Air Canada's wings

Computer glitch clips Air Canada's wings 05/10/2004 08:37 AM
globetechnology.com May 10 2004 12:50PM GMT

Canada's tech startups need nurturing,
study says

Canada's tech startups need nurturing,
study says 04/18/2004 10:46 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 19 2004 3:06AM GMT

Canada's liberal party loses majority

Canada's liberal party loses majority 06/29/2004 03:36 PM

Canada's RIM to Launch Chinese Language
BlackBerry

Canada's RIM to Launch Chinese Language
BlackBerry 07/06/2004 11:27 AM
Boston Globe Jul 6 2004 3:20PM GMT

Canada's Liberals Gain Ground in
Elections (AP)

Canada's Liberals Gain Ground in
Elections (AP) 06/28/2004 09:43 PM
AP - Canada's Liberal Party held its ground Monday as early returns came in from a national election that threatened to end its 11-year monopoly on power.

Politics Watch - Canada's Political
Portal

Politics Watch - Canada's Political
Portal 06/03/2004 09:03 AM
Select-a-candidate : Canadian version .. Vote Selector Quiz

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Canada's drug supply at risk, documents
say

Canada's drug supply at risk, documents
say 06/07/2004 08:58 AM
globetechnology.com Jun 7 2004 1:02PM GMT

Canada's Martin Still Can't Get Election
Date Right (Reuters)

Canada's Martin Still Can't Get Election
Date Right (Reuters) 06/22/2004 12:40 PM
Reuters - If you want to find out when Canadians are going to the polls, don't ask Prime Minister Paul Martin. He still doesn't seem to know.

Canada's Internet pharmacies thriving on
business from U.S

Canada's Internet pharmacies thriving on
business from U.S 12/21/2003 08:29 AM
Sunspot Dec 21 2003 7:34AM ET

SBC is Hotspot Hero?

SBC is Hotspot Hero? 07/26/2004 12:37 PM
They're late to the game, but they're ready to party: It's a funny thing. When SBC Communications first announced their FreedomLink plans last year with plans build 6,000 hotspots over a couple of years, it seemed like yet another announcement of large numbers with no track record. Cometa was still on its 20,000 hotspots prediction and had only a handful. McDonald's hadn't decided its partner and was in limited trials. Wayport seemed stuck on hotels. And T-Mobile stayed focused--as it still does--on a few ubiquitous chains. In the space of a few months, SBC has moved from last man in, to practically first mover. Let's review: The UPS Store. They will install Wi-Fi in thousands of UPS Store outlets, which are places that business people already congregate. This will probably also necessitate a change of thinking for that mailing and business operation so that they can make it easier for people to work for periods of time in their stores. Wayport managed services. They hired Wayport to build out their FreedomLink locations instead of creating a new division with no experience in house. Wayport's Wi-Fi World and McDonald's. They're the first telco to sign up to resell Wayport's McDonald's network, which will ultimately be several thousand stores over the next couple of years. Wayport/McDonald's supplier. They're also providing DSL and other connectivity to many of the McDonald's that Wayport is disconnected, which is part revenue, part branding for them as part of the Wi-Fi World co-marketing model Wayport is pursuing. Airports, airports, airports. They have roaming agreements now for their FreedomLink users onto Concourse, Wise, Wayport, and (reportedly) Sprint PCS's airport locations. There are only a handful of major airports not represented by those networks: SFO and Boston Logan are the two that come to mind. Pushing Wi-Fi into homes. SBC is selling 3,000 Wi-Fi routers a day to their home DSL users. This will drive adoption by their users of Wi-Fi. People without Wi-Fi will buy adapters or new systems because of the ease of sharing. Pushing hotspots subscriptions to their DSL subscribers. It's a coming, and it's going to be good--SBC keeps saying in its press releases that they will offer FreedomLink at a substantial discount to their DSL subscribers. $10 per month for unlimited use? $8? $15? Who knows. But it's an audience they've already got and they can offer them nationwide service with several thousand locations...

Hero Builders.com

Hero Builders.com 12/17/2003 07:15 AM
Amusing and somewhat disturbing all at the same time .. Okay, I find this really hilarous .. Action heroes for modern times .. truly tasteless dot com .. bearded Saddam dolls .. these action figures .. als Puppen erwerben .. make an honest buck .. rest

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An XML Hero Reconsiders?

An XML Hero Reconsiders? 03/19/2003 10:44 PM
Kendall Grant Clark assesses reaction to an essay by Tim Bray that claimed XML was too difficult to work with. Was Bray right, or is he out of touch?

The Hero of WWDC

The Hero of WWDC 06/17/2005 04:30 PM
(Update 12 June 2005: this post has been edited so that no one person at Apple is singled out—teams are teams, and the entire Intel team deserves a huge round of applause.)

At WWDC a member of the Intel team helped me get NetNewsWire and MarsEdit building as universal binaries. It took a little under two hours. It took as long as that only because these two apps are made up of over a dozen projects, and we had to change the settings (the famous checkbox, plus some other things) and rebuild each project individually.

Code changes? Nope, just time spent mainly in various inspector windows in Xcode getting things set up correctly.

And that’s why I think this transition will be a success—because it was so easy to create universal binaries, thanks to the great work of these folks and the hands-on help they gave developers at WWDC.



I’m aware that for some developers the transition won’t be so smooth. But it will be smooth for a huge number of developers, and that’s an incredible achievement.

Hero Helper X 2.0

Hero Helper X 2.0 09/11/2004 12:04 AM
Aid for the popular Hero Games role playing system.

Hero Helper X 1.5

Hero Helper X 1.5 12/03/2003 05:00 PM
An aid to the popular HeroGames role playing system. It helps GM’s and players during gaming sessions.

Auntie Hero

Auntie Hero 09/16/2004 09:33 AM
20th-century American artist, Alice Neele , "The Auntie Hero": "While Uptowners were making their way downtown to have their portraits painted by Warhol, Downtowners were going up to 107th Street to sit for this bohemian, auntie-like artist." Check out seven decades of raw, sometimes amazing, but always deeply humane portraits of the often larger-than-life figures who peopled the New York art/lit scene and Neel's personal landscape, including such iconic irrepressibles as Joe Gould, Andy Warhol, Annie Sprinkle, and Bella Abzug. (NSFW)
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