Monday, November 30, 2009
The Dangers of Twitter to the Human Mind
A once brilliant literary mind is reduced to this by the power of Twitter. This irreversible damage may begin appear among the millions of Twitterites out there....beware.
Bishop afraid Christmas becoming "fairy story"
He's 2000 years too late.
Popular Christmas carols contain "nonsense", and adults who sing them should be embarrassed, the Bishop of Croydon has said in a book.
The Rt Rev Nick Baines criticised adults singing Away In A Manger "as if it related to reality".
The bishop also suggested that the last word of the title O Come All Ye Faithful be changed to "faithless".
He said Christmas was being sentimentalised into a fairy story, which he said was "tragic".
In a book entitled Why Wish You a Merry Christmas?, the bishop wrote: "I always find it a slightly bizarre sight when I see parents and grandparents at a nativity play singing Away In A Manger as if it actually related to reality.
Read more here.
Popular Christmas carols contain "nonsense", and adults who sing them should be embarrassed, the Bishop of Croydon has said in a book.
The Rt Rev Nick Baines criticised adults singing Away In A Manger "as if it related to reality".
The bishop also suggested that the last word of the title O Come All Ye Faithful be changed to "faithless".
He said Christmas was being sentimentalised into a fairy story, which he said was "tragic".
In a book entitled Why Wish You a Merry Christmas?, the bishop wrote: "I always find it a slightly bizarre sight when I see parents and grandparents at a nativity play singing Away In A Manger as if it actually related to reality.
Read more here.
Rogers to launch crippled online viewing service
the company announced the online portal would launch next Monday November 30th with approximately 1,500 videos and 15 content providers.
But it's from Rogers, so you know there will be negative aspects, such as:
Unlike most cable on demand services which remove advertising, online viewers will be required to watch commercials and will not be able to fast forward through them. While navigating the portal, users will be required to view banner ads and other online promotional material. Once the tv shows begin, commercial programs, such as those seen on CityTV and Sportsnet will air with commercials
So even though we pay to gain access (be a Rogers customer), we still will be bombarded with ads. This is a glimpse of what the cable companies want for the net as a whole...
and...
The shows will be streamed at a low quality 480 kps with an option to be delivered at a higher quality 1 Mbps. Although more than twice the low quality feed, the 1 Mbps option is still much less than the high definition video you receive on your television, which is typically 12 to 14 Mbps per second. Clearly this online on-demand service is best used for viewing on your computer or your wireless phone.
Rogers High Speed Internet customers should note that the Rogers On Demand online service will count towards their bandwidth cap meaning a high quality feed could use up a gigabyte of bandwidth in just over two hours.
So basically, it's a advertising streaming service, with shows to interrupt them...
Pass.
Related article here.
But it's from Rogers, so you know there will be negative aspects, such as:
Unlike most cable on demand services which remove advertising, online viewers will be required to watch commercials and will not be able to fast forward through them. While navigating the portal, users will be required to view banner ads and other online promotional material. Once the tv shows begin, commercial programs, such as those seen on CityTV and Sportsnet will air with commercials
So even though we pay to gain access (be a Rogers customer), we still will be bombarded with ads. This is a glimpse of what the cable companies want for the net as a whole...
and...
The shows will be streamed at a low quality 480 kps with an option to be delivered at a higher quality 1 Mbps. Although more than twice the low quality feed, the 1 Mbps option is still much less than the high definition video you receive on your television, which is typically 12 to 14 Mbps per second. Clearly this online on-demand service is best used for viewing on your computer or your wireless phone.
Rogers High Speed Internet customers should note that the Rogers On Demand online service will count towards their bandwidth cap meaning a high quality feed could use up a gigabyte of bandwidth in just over two hours.
So basically, it's a advertising streaming service, with shows to interrupt them...
Pass.
Related article here.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tifatul Sembiring: Idiot of the Day
One of the greatest natural disasters is the simple minded.
A government minister has blamed Indonesia's recent string of natural disasters on people's immorality.
Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said that there were many television programmes that destroyed morals.
Therefore, the minister said, natural disasters would continue to occur.
Read more here.
A government minister has blamed Indonesia's recent string of natural disasters on people's immorality.
Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said that there were many television programmes that destroyed morals.
Therefore, the minister said, natural disasters would continue to occur.
Read more here.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Blue Mars: A Second Life rip off only for PCers
Blue Mars is yet another Second Life ripoff, but only for PC users.
Strike one.
The core Blue Mars client and interface is focused on enjoying the world through play and interaction, not content creation.
Strike two.
Strike one.
The core Blue Mars client and interface is focused on enjoying the world through play and interaction, not content creation.
Strike two.
Mafia innocent in recent Montreal fire bombing cases?
Police are asking for the public's help in finding two men suspected of involvement in the firebombing of a Montreal café early Tuesday morning.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown into Café Ferrari on André-Ampère Avenue in Rivière-des-Prairies, the latest in a string of arson attempts targeting cafés and bars across the island.
Police Friday identified Mickendy Démosthène, 18, as a suspect in the case.
Read more here.
Mr. Démosthène is lucky he's not sleeping with the fishes.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown into Café Ferrari on André-Ampère Avenue in Rivière-des-Prairies, the latest in a string of arson attempts targeting cafés and bars across the island.
Police Friday identified Mickendy Démosthène, 18, as a suspect in the case.
Read more here.
Mr. Démosthène is lucky he's not sleeping with the fishes.
Tiger Woods seriously hurt in car accident
Tiger Woods, golf's top player, was seriously hurt in a car accident near his Florida home early this morning, Florida highway patrol reports.
Woods, 33, was pulling out of the driveway of his Isleworth, Fla., home in his Cadillac Escalade, when the vehicle lost control, striking a fire hydrant and then a tree.
Read more here.
Woods, 33, was pulling out of the driveway of his Isleworth, Fla., home in his Cadillac Escalade, when the vehicle lost control, striking a fire hydrant and then a tree.
Read more here.
10,000-year-old weapon found in Ontario
Archaeologists in Windsor, Ont., have discovered a 10,000-year-old stone weapon created by the first humans who lived in the province.
Newmarket archaeologist Kim Slocki said she found a single “projectile point” in her pre-construction survey of the site of a new arena.
“It’s at least 10,000 years old,” Slocki said.
Read more here.
Newmarket archaeologist Kim Slocki said she found a single “projectile point” in her pre-construction survey of the site of a new arena.
“It’s at least 10,000 years old,” Slocki said.
Read more here.
AT & T doesn't like the truth
AT&T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really gotten under its skin
Weren't they helping Bush illegally spy on Americans? Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.
The cable companies so want to regulate the Internet. Look what happened to television. Long ago it was free to view, supported by ad revenues. Once it got onto cable, the consumer had to pay for access. Did the ads go away? Hell no. Guess who got rich.
Now they want the same for the Net.
Read more here.
Weren't they helping Bush illegally spy on Americans? Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.
The cable companies so want to regulate the Internet. Look what happened to television. Long ago it was free to view, supported by ad revenues. Once it got onto cable, the consumer had to pay for access. Did the ads go away? Hell no. Guess who got rich.
Now they want the same for the Net.
Read more here.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
1920s disaster movie restored
Footage of a steam train, which was derailed for the 1928 silent movie The Wrecker, has been restored after 80 years with a new musical score.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Condo sheep get feisty
A street fight broke out this morning on tony Bloor Street among real estate agents vying for position in a line to buy condominiums in a tower promoted by Baker Real Estate.
Read more here.
Read more here.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
To Sarah Palin: Keep your F*cking nose out of Canadian health care
“Canada needs to dismantle its public health-care system and allow private enterprise to get involved and turn a profit.”
Ms. Palin is a menace to all thinking people everywhere, making her chances of election all the greater. Our home grown conservatives are dim witted enough without giving them ideas.
Pudgy white people should never rap
"Patriotic People Hi Caliber"
It really does seem like this guy has no idea how ridiculous he looks.
And, proving again that Andrew Sullivan can be an epic idiot: "If you can ignore every single lyric from this Tea Party rapper, he's actually not that bad"
No, he's that bad.
Method: Epically Bad Advertising
Shakespearessister takes on this juvenile ad, and I must say I agree with her.
You can always tell something is amiss when comments are disabled on Youtube...
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