Posted on September 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
One of the lasting legacies for Mel Lastman is the Sheppard Subway. I actually wanted the subway to be built, however not in its present form. If it actually had been completed or better yet extended westwards, along with the completion to Scarborough Town Centre and beyond, things would have been better. Alas, a Mike [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Why are voting systems important?
The voting system is the foundation for representative democracy, because it translates votes into seats. Citizens use the voting system to delegate power to political parties and politicians.
What’s so bad about the present Ontario electoral system?
“In a democratic government,” wrote Swiss philosopher Ernest Naville in 1865, “the right of decision belongs [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I heard a reporter ask John Tory, in reference to the faith-based school funding, about the fact that Islamic schools separate girls from boys. Now can you imagine and unfair that question is? Catholics, for years in Ontario have had girls and boys schools. However, in Ontario, because of our ignorance, it is not good [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2007 by thegtapatriot
How far along is Microsoft with the next version of Internet Explorer (IE) — which might be IE 7.5 or IE 8.0, depending on what Microsoft decided to do since last time we heard anything truly tangible from the IE team (which was about a year ago)? Windows users and…
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Posted on September 29, 2007 by thegtapatriot
So you’ve heard about Linux or BSD, you’re interested, you’ve read around a little…awesome! Now you’re ready to take the plunge into open source distributions/operating systems. Here are ten tips that will make your life easier if you decide to switch…..
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Posted on September 28, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I started to think today that the implications to the Linux / UNIX world would be substantial, with Microsoft working so close with Novell. With the recent ruling that SCO no longer owns the rights to UNIX makes me wonder. Since Novell is now the owner of UNIX, what game is Microsoft really playing? Will [...]
Filed under: Linux, Microsoft | Tagged: buyout, GPL3, IBM, Linux, merger, Microsoft, Novell, SCO, SUSE, UNIX | No Comments »
Posted on September 28, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Gateway has unveiled its latest all-in-one desktop PC, dubbed simply the One. Sitting somewhere between an Apple iMac and Sony’s Vaio LT series in terms of looks, the slimline 19in machine also sports a unique power-brick-cum-port-replicator.
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Posted on September 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Well it’s been about 6-7 months since the official release of Microsoft Vista. So what is the verdict? If the numbers are correct, it looks like Microsoft Windows Millennium is not quite dead. Vista was supposed to be all new and better. It was supposed to feel like the day Windows 95 was released. Do [...]
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Posted on September 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Richmond Hill Liberal candidate Reza Moridi doesn’t think money awarded to a local charity group by the Dalton McGuinty government needs to be given back, despite findings that no formal process was followed to receive the money.
His comments come in the wake of a scathing report from Auditor General Jim McCarter on how charity groups [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: accountable, charity groups, Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Community Centre, Dalton McGuinty, David Mario Farmani, ICCC, Iranian-Canadian Community Centre, Liberal, Liberal Candidate, Mike Colle, Mr. Moridi, open, political ties, provincial grants, resignation, resigned, Reza Moridi, richmond hill, Richmond Hill Liberal Association, transparent | No Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2007 by thegtapatriot
While Vista was originally touted by Microsoft as the operating system savior we’ve all been waiting for, it has turned out to be one of the biggest blunders in technology. With a host of issues that are inexcusable and features that are taken from the Mac OS X and Linux playbook, Microsoft has once again [...]
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Posted on September 26, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Hmm, did James have some insider information on an Apple handheld computer or was he just being a good psychic? There have been rumors and dreams of an Apple ultra portable computer for years. I still have my Newton MessagePad 2100 and think my iPhone fills many of the roles…
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Posted on September 26, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The old Apple Newton handheld lived and died before BlackBerry was even born. But if reports first posted on Apple Insider are accurate (and the site usually is), we are going to see an Apple Newton sometime in the first part of 2008. Don’t get too excited about the art…
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