One of the suppliers of Internet services in my area has been accused of unnecessarily throttling internet traffic, specifically traffic from peer-to-peer services. They claimed that only a small percentage of their clients were slowing down the system for everyone. Grandpa Richard’s take on this matter? Determine a reasonable level of downloads for 90% of [...]
… and almost gets off scot-free. The news note I saw suggested that the man claimed he did not realize microwaving a cat would cause pain and suffering. The first court agreed and let him off. Fortunately a higher court reversed the decision and found the man guilty.
Yippee! Grandpa Richard has been a Red Wing’s fan since about 1960 and they won the big one last night. Why Detroit? My mom went to the same school as Gordie, back in Saskatoon. They were about 3 months apart in age. You should know, however, that I did not watch a single hockey game [...]
Remember the Tim Horton’s PR problem? I commented about it here. Now another company has a PR problem, also involving something free. Via Rail, which operates passenger train service here in Canada, has offered free travel during July to members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Only in July they say! Almost immediately, someone who has [...]
Grandpa Richard needs help. I did my laundry today. When I went back down to move the clothes from the washers to the dryers, all the dryers (6; 2 were not working) were full. However, 3 of them were finished their cycle. How long am I supposed to wait before neatly piling all the dry [...]
Today’s Lavalife (don’t laugh!) poll is “How likely are you to date a smoker?” The results, after almost 6,000 votes? 39% of men and 31% of women said they would date a smoker if she/he was “hot”. 43% of men and 51% of women said they would NEVER date a smoker. How does Grandpa Richard [...]
