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for many it's impossible even WITH parents help.

Armat, to reduce the risk of being bit by a bug, it's ALWAYS a good idea to: 1. keep up with the windows security updates 2. run a good anti-virus program and keep your definitions up to date 3. run a firewall - XP has one built-in, but you can use ZoneAlarm for free 4. avoid 'risky' on-line behaviours - ie. don't open strange attachments in email from people named suppadiddlydaddy@shnxgsgwetyghsj.net Ultimately you make your system fairly secure, but if as a user, you allow a program to bypass your firewall, or you diable you virus protection... you'll be exposing yourself to risk.... good luck

Thanks for the translation Edo jan

This brings up an intresting dilemma (especially for those of us that work in IT). If I were a sysadmin, every bone in my body would be telling me to block access to sites like yahoo, hotmail and of course, porn sites, and maybe even forums (we all know how much time you can lose at a good forum ) BUT, where do you draw the line? Acting like the gustapo certainly has it's negative effects in terms of team morale and employee satisfaction. One would HOPE, that most adults would be responsible/ethical and avoid extensive non-work activities on-line while they're busy at work. Besides if the work gets done, and done well - within budget guidelines, and allocated time frames, then why feel obligated to limit access? Any views?

I share Armat's pessimism. I doubt the majority of the funds will actually be allocated to the appropriate purposes.

So which came first? the chicken or the egg? (disclaimer: I HATE to make comments like this, but Pilaf, you brought it up.)

Season's over for the Habs :( oh well. Go leafs Go!

I've noticed that this discussion has turned largely off-topic... the original post was about the recoginition of the Armenian Genocide by the Canadian parliament, although quite unfortunately (and quite expectedly) the official government stance has not changed at all from the view that it was merely a 'tragic event'. Feel free to post your views on where diasporan Armenian place their priorites in a new topic in the Diaspora forum.

Yup now they're down 3-0 in the series. :(

Depends on the purity of the alcohol used (Domino's calculation is pretty much correct, if i remember anything from biology courses), but for a short answer: Most alcolohol at 40% should not freeze until roughly -20 degrees celsius. I figure your friends teenage son had been dipping into the Grey Goose (and adding water to cover up )

Yup. That's about right.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA----AHAHAHAHAHA :D Good 'ol basic. Man, i had some fun on my C-64 I don't think i remember any of the syntax though (not like Sip!)

Thanks man!

heeee heee heee

Congratulations everyone! This is a great day for Canadians and CanArmenians (even the French ones ) whoot, welcome back :D

Sip, would you mind explaining to me what the significance of the '+/-' concerning DVD writers?

Ahh... i didn't work with my regular browser. I switched browsers and there they were... Thx.

Boghos jan, thanks for this thread. You've introduced me to a couple of artists with whom I was not familiar

Gee, Sasun I hope you're right. I just think that sometimes we just (blindly?) lobby and apply pressure to achieve a goal some of us don't actually expect to attain - and what's worse, we wouldn't know what to do if we did attain it, as there may not ba any vision of what comes next. So what happens when the world decides it time to use 'the term'? What becomes of our institutions, and lobby groups who focus (almost solely) on genocide recoginition?

It was actually a general comment Gevo, although i was referring more specifically to this: After re-reading a few times I kind of figured out what you were saying. But i think those of us who are very 'time-poor' normally don't bother re-reading.

Is it me? Or do others have trouble understanding what Gevo's trying to say? Far be it from me to comment, but perhaps better use of punctuation, or some rudimentary grammar would help....

Nothing has changed. And perhaps I'm a pessimist, but something tells me we'll see the word 'alleged' tagged in front of 'Armenian Genocide' on the pages of the NY Times before too long.

This year's Stanley Cup playoffs have been just fabulous so far! I've watched a couple of big overtime games this week, and there will be some very intense game 7's coming (the series are best out of seven for those who don't know.) Stanley Cup Hockey coverage by the CBC. And I'll have to put in a word of support for the Canadian teams - 5 of 'em, soon to be three (they play/eliminate eachother, which is a drag, but I digress). Enjoy the playoffs, folks :)

BTW - in that link you posted Timeforchange, you can choose one of 4 sample letters. Is there anywhere we can read the sample letters?

Time for Change, I hope you don't mind, I merged your post with an existing thread on the same topic. As the vote is coming soon, I've also pinned the thread temporarliy. Thanks!