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If you buy an Iphone 3G, do you have to activate at that time, or can you give it for Christmas and activate later? -- nm - ty97 Dec 11, 15:34 11
- Apple sells iPhone "gift cards". Give the card. Guy turns in the card for a phone. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:44 4
  - I rpsume they will have supply issues on 12/26 as a result -- nm - ty97 Dec 11, 15:45 2
    - I spsect that the original premise of the card (last year) was shortages before Christmas. Can't find an iPhone? Give the card. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:47
    - rpsume? WTF? -- nm - ty97 Dec 11, 15:46
  - Guy has an Android phone. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:44
- it gets activated at that time. However you can go to an AT&T center with the old sim card and they will transfer the info for you. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 15:39
- Isn't there a massive swing in price when you get it with the multiyear contract or not? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 15:38 4
  - I hadn't thought so. I thought you just bought the thing. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 15:40 3
    - One doesn't simply "buy" an iPhone. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:42 2
      - before 3G you could -- nm - ty97 Dec 11, 15:46
      - No, I guess not, huh? Although in looking, it appears they have an "iPhone gift card". -- (link) - TFox Dec 11, 15:44
Don't try this at home, kids. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 11, 15:31
Metallica / Lamb of God tomorrow. I will be deaf Saturday. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 11, 15:30 4
- Driving someone or going for yourself. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 15:41 3
  - I'm on call from 8am to 2pm backstage to take the bands anywhere they want to go during sound checks. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 11, 15:43 2
    - "WHAT??? YOU WANT TO GO TO OHIO?" -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:45
    - Wear ear plugs. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 15:45
JackDawson: Two other things you might dislike about canadian politics - no fixed term limits, and ... you literally CAN buy senate seats here. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:29 32
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  - it's easier to vote out elected MPs in Canada, so there's less need for term limits -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:43
  - they're more a part of the bureaucracy than a part of elected government. - mafic Dec 11, 15:41 2
    - cuz THAT wasn't controversial. hah :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:43
    - They have a big role within caucuses though. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:41
  - the senate does propose legislation from time to time, but they can't involve any spending. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:36
  - I'm not aware of any. Senate appointments here are a reward for good service, it seems. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:33 1
    - Better reason for appointment than some others. - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:37
- I just don't see how a man from a country with an electoral college and 18 month campaigns can criticize Canada for having a Governor General. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:30 15
  - no political system is perfect - they all have their positives and negatives -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:35
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    - Have you really looked at the Canadian system though or are you going from cliff's notes? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:36 9
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        As I wrote below, I think you're confusing the GG's power with the PM's. Constitutional practice is that... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:44 3
        
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        it wasn't realistic that the GG would deny Harper's request to prorogue - Reagen Dec 11, 15:49
        
        The more I read, the more that appeared to be a media-hype question. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:48
        
        Damn. No joke, you probably know it better than I do. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:43 1
        
        Certainly more than me, I'll freely admit. I just know what I like, and I know when it's fun to make a slippery-slope argument :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:43
      - a lot of people, myself included, agree with your last line. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:40
      - I suspect he's mostly going from cliff's notes, or an abridged form thereof, as I do with US politics -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:37
  - Yeah ... I really dislike the American system, but this spat is exposing a lot of flaws in the Canadian system, as well. - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:32 2
    - I don't see a flaw in the Canadian system. The GG, I suppose, can abuse her power. But so far, she's only done what the PM has asked her to do. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:33 1
      - In Australia, about 30 years ago, the GG dismissed the Prime Minister and asked the leader of the Opposition to form a government - Roger More Dec 11, 15:36
- (Harper and the Conservatives are pushing to put fixed term limits in place, but I think it's a poor idea for assorted silly reasons) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:30 3
  - Works well in BC and Ontario and is coming in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nove Scotia. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:33 2
    - I don't personally understand the need. If voters like someone, why keep them from voting for them? -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:42
    - I'm not a fan of Gordon Campbell and the BC Liberals, but I will admit that they haven't screwed us up as bad as I expected them to :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:34
- Ah....On that second one? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:29 2
  - senate's pretty much a patronage thing. more than a few have been appointed for being good donors/fundraisers. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:34
  - well, heh, it was a bit of hyperbole. Let's say ... you can earn senate seats, but it's not an elected office. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:31
Remlik, it seems to me that the "that was uncool" comment was in one magazine, and everyone else is discussing it. - kelly Dec 11, 15:28 2
- the reporters are all likely giddy with joy - " oh we get to ask about this now??" -- nm - Epiphany Dec 11, 15:29 1
  - Yeah. - kelly Dec 11, 15:31
tfox, the traffic from lasallette sometimes backs up all the way to my house on saturday nights and i live two miles from the place.... - x Dec 11, 15:28 3
- *laughing at first part of your IM* - kelly Dec 11, 15:29 2
  - yeah, it's amazing. there's lots of leaning on the horn, too. should crank up this saturday night!....nm - x Dec 11, 15:30 1
    - Nothing encapsulates "Catholic in Southern NE" better for me than the shitstorm that is the annual pilgramage to Lasallette.... - TFox Dec 11, 15:33
sitwap: the worse leg break you will EVER see. Sweet Fancy Moses. -- (link) - Beaker Dec 11, 15:24 5
- give the kid credit...he didn't immediately burst into tears and tap out. - Mel Profit Dec 11, 15:29
- the other dude looked disappointed that he didn't get to wail on him some more. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:26
- "And some where in Maryland, Joe Theismann feels a great disturbance in the Force" -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 15:25 1
  - I Theismanned my leg in high school - pmb Dec 11, 15:39
- worst -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 15:24
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- BOXERS! -- nm - Beaker Dec 11, 15:25
Wel crap. In FH, I need to get rid of a player to reinforce but the position wher I have -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:18 1
- extras is where my best players are. Urgh. -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:19
they didn't really pay someone to write that x-files 2 screenplay, did they?....nm - x Dec 11, 15:13 12
- I think they are writers for Fringe now -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:13 11
  - haven't seen fringe. but i can't believe that with at least some fertile ground from the wreckage that was the xfiles.... - x Dec 11, 15:22 8
    - Spoilers - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 11, 15:31 3
      - spoils... - x Dec 11, 15:35 2
        
        spoilers - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 11, 15:38 1
        
        oh, i know. it wasn't like there was anything in the screenplay that did hit you over the head with obviousness....nm - x Dec 11, 15:40
    - spoils - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:26 3
      - that sounds right. carter also sucks at directing, so he's a double threat!....nm - x Dec 11, 15:29 2
        
        writing Heroes -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:39 1
        
        yikes!....nm - x Dec 11, 15:41
  - Can't be, Fringe is improving steadily. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:19
  - no way. casue Fringe is actually decent. not great, but decent. -- nm - Remlik Dec 11, 15:19
Dark Knight sells 3 million copies on it's first day of release, 20% in HD - Stewie Dec 11, 15:06
So we did shots in the office today. Taste testing new martinis. I took a coworkers shot, she didn't want it. Yummy. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 15:01 1
- L Y C -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 15:02
Huh. MGM Mirage Corp trading at $10.33. That's got to be a tidy little price to buy and hold til the next Vegas up cycle. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 14:58 4
- all the casino stocks have dropped this year. their incomes are down about 25% from last year - black peter Dec 11, 15:05 3
  - They can make up the different by giving people deals on weddings and banquets. -- nm - lileve Dec 11, 15:14 1
    - or adjusting the slot machines to pay out less -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 11, 15:40
  - I think they tend to make investment mistakes outside of their core business -- nm - Stewie Dec 11, 15:08
mafic...Are you really sure it wasn't supposed to mean that? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 14:56 4
- I don't know about Australia, but in England it means pretty much knock on my door. - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:22
- I've never heard 'knock up' used that way, but it might be a Perth things. My favourite Australian rude words that mean nothing in Canada are 'roots' - Roger More Dec 11, 15:19 1
  - even we think "homo milk" is strange. I have no idea how it's lasted. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:22
- You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. -- nm - Mop Dec 11, 15:05
Hey, he didn't dissolve parliament, he convinced the GG (the representative of the Queen of Canada) to hit the pause button on it - Beryllium Dec 11, 14:55 51
- Oh, wow, I didn't mean to wander in and start a shitstorm. - Trish Dec 11, 15:22 1
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  - It does have a certain Palpatine-ish flavour. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 14:58 5
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      - I g uess that means that Stephane Dion is the Jar Jar Binks of Canadian parliamentary antics -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:01 3
        
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        Michaelle Jean. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:10
        
        that sort of works. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:02
  - that he did it, or the way it goes about getting done? -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 14:57 41
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      - well he's taking a political hit for it - Reagen Dec 11, 15:01 39
        
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        ceremony aside, the governor general has very little to do with the monarchy. - mafic Dec 11, 15:12
        
        The once every 100 years it's needed, it's nice to have it. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:10 34
        
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        uhm...isn't it more or less a republic already? -- nm - the liioulu with icy sidewalks Dec 11, 15:32
        
        it's not like he can suspend it indefinitely. - mafic Dec 11, 15:17 23
        
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        just to clarify, under what circumstances (if any) can the US president prorogue Congress - Roger More Dec 11, 15:25 4
        
        as far as I know he can't. he could veto every bill that came out, which might have the same effect, but he can't really suspend congress. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:28
        
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        I was asking out of interest, not to prove a point -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:34 1
        
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        it's. entirely. ceremonial. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:23
        
        and I think that having the head of state in the US be such a powerful figure is much more disturbing. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:21 15
        
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        the President can veto laws made by Congress, for example. It would be unthinkable for the GG to do that -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:27 3
        
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        Of course. My point was that the President is a more powerful figure in the US system than the GG is in the Canadian -- nm - Roger More Dec 11, 15:31
        
        and the GG's effective power is zero. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:30
        
        I have zero idea of what you're talking about. -- nm - Reagen Dec 11, 15:24 9
        
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        So what's worse (in your mind)--a president who can veto bills on a whim, pardon whomever he chooses, illegally invade sovereign nations for reasons - Trish Dec 11, 15:31 1
        
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        well that's the alternative, innit? - Reagen Dec 11, 15:29 5
        
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        I don't see how the two things are comparable. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:39 3
        
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        Yeah, it wasn't the GG making that call. It was the Prime Minister. She just had to follow the advice of her first minister. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:41 1
        
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        In practical terms, the GG can do nothing on her own. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:14 5
        
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        tyranny? - Reagen Dec 11, 15:18 2
        
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        and again, entirely ceremonial. -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 15:31
        
        fuckin' prime minister, always pushing me around. - mafic Dec 11, 15:18
        
        He's just jealous because our Queen is so much hotter than his President. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 11, 15:12 1
        
        I dunno if I'd really call Barney Frank a "queen". He gets a little dramatic sometimes, but he's not really femme at all. -- nm - Trish Dec 11, 15:39
        
        A) What political hit? Polls have him up double digits? B) Do you really believe your second line? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 11, 15:02 1
        
        everyone came out of this with egg on their face. That Harper had a better towel doesn't mean it didn't happen. - Reagen Dec 11, 15:05
*aimlessly wonders if the Andys in Andypalooza are all hawt?* -- nm - Epiphany Dec 11, 14:53 4
- Well, you know one is hot, one of the others is a handsome man - amoxy Dec 11, 14:54 3
  - ~2 out of 3 ain't bad~ - Epiphany Dec 11, 15:00 2
    - Yes! Showed up Monday night -- nm - amoxy Dec 11, 15:05 1
      - good good - I am going to start bugging her for a photo - I stopped and petted an Akita last night - lovely dog -- nm - Epiphany Dec 11, 15:13
Candace Parker and NBA player Shelden Williams apparently eloped last month. - David, grim-eyed dude Dec 11, 14:51 1
- Word. -- nm - TFox Dec 11, 15:07
~in 1215 at runymede, doo dah, doo dah~ -- nm - mafic Dec 11, 14:49
Icky thump. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 11, 14:49

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