[Hellstryker]

Heh, perhaps we should pin this topic

[colecampbell666]

Porquoi?

And I'd never become a parent, by the time I do, the government will have complete control over that aspect of life.

[Mars]

I could never be a good enough parent... so I'm hoping I never will be.

[Asuko]

There's one thing I suggest though, don't move to the U.S.

Or at least not until a few years after Bush leaves.

[S-99]

And the government doesn't help with this (the Canadian one at least). They've got so many laws, it's like they're trying to eliminate a parent's job. It's gotten so bad that you can't walk down the street without a helmet and full body armor. Most of it in NS is the IWK, our local children's hospital. I can't drive mt dirt bike anymore, because parents didn't do their jobs and kids got killed. I've been driving since I was 5, and am perfectly responsible, but the government just blanket-bans everything.

What about the rural areas of canada? I assume when you mention bike, you mean dirt motor bike and not pedal mountain bike? I was just thinking of the possibility of living in canada because i actually do know that over there it is a very nice place. Or maybe i should stick with alaska which would be part of canada hadn't the russians never even been here in 1764 for 100 years (alaska history is interesting...so as the russians coming here, and you're descendants thinking seward's folly at the end of the civil war).

[achtung]

And the government doesn't help with this (the Canadian one at least). They've got so many laws, it's like they're trying to eliminate a parent's job. It's gotten so bad that you can't walk down the street without a helmet and full body armor. Most of it in NS is the IWK, our local children's hospital. I can't drive mt dirt bike anymore, because parents didn't do their jobs and kids got killed. I've been driving since I was 5, and am perfectly responsible, but the government just blanket-bans everything.

Is it that they've banned dirt-bikes, or do they have an age ban?

[MP-Ryan]

And the government doesn't help with this (the Canadian one at least). They've got so many laws, it's like they're trying to eliminate a parent's job. It's gotten so bad that you can't walk down the street without a helmet and full body armor. Most of it in NS is the IWK, our local children's hospital. I can't drive mt dirt bike anymore, because parents didn't do their jobs and kids got killed. I've been driving since I was 5, and am perfectly responsible, but the government just blanket-bans everything.

Is it that they've banned dirt-bikes, or do they have an age ban?

Age ban.  Kids under 16 aren't allowed to operate motorized vehicles - because they are quite unsafe and many kids are killed every year on dirt bikes and ATVs.

[Admiral_Stones]

Aw man. Now I'm the only 12 year old guy aroudn here

Ah well, my parents never freaked out much about dling pr0n

[Androgeos Exeunt]

 

In Singapore, you cannot drink liquor, drive or smoke under the age of eighteen.

[Stormkeeper]

In Singapore, you cannot drink liquor, drive or smoke under the age of eighteen.

Driving is 21 now, I heard. For those born in 1990 ?

[colecampbell666]

And the government doesn't help with this (the Canadian one at least). They've got so many laws, it's like they're trying to eliminate a parent's job. It's gotten so bad that you can't walk down the street without a helmet and full body armor. Most of it in NS is the IWK, our local children's hospital. I can't drive mt dirt bike anymore, because parents didn't do their jobs and kids got killed. I've been driving since I was 5, and am perfectly responsible, but the government just blanket-bans everything.

Is it that they've banned dirt-bikes, or do they have an age ban?

Age ban.  Kids under 16 aren't allowed to operate motorized vehicles - because they are quite unsafe and many kids are killed every year on dirt bikes and ATVs.

Yes but compared tot he number that drive them responsibly without incident, it is a very low number who are killed.

In my area, the last dirt bike/ATV fatality was over 20 years ago. There have been few injuries, with more occurring on pedal bikes. The whole issue has been inflated by the IWK. The problem is that parents won't teach their kids to ride responsibly, nor will they be responsible themselves. They gives their kids a 750cc ATV When they're 7 years old, and just let them go, barely teaching them to ride.

Now, the province has instituted learning courses, with small 80cc ATVs, an appropriate size, and the hospital still wants an outright ban, even though the responsible thing is being done. The kids are being given the option to learn in a safe environment, and if that is taken away, the parents will just plunk them on that 750 instead of taking the similarly easy but safer option.

One thing that I hate is the fact that dirt bikes are considered less safe, and that several laws that were brought around before the creating of ATVs haven't been modified to include them. I have been driving a bike since I was 5, one of an appropriate size, and yet I still get tarred with the same brush.

And S-99, Canada is an awesome place to be, regardless of this issue, I'd move here if you got the chance.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Driving is 21 now, I heard. For those born in 1990 ?

Blast. Never mind, I'll take public transport or use my feet.

[S-99]

Damn? WTH is up with people? SPF! It's not hard to teach kids how to ride an atv. It's not hard to forget to teach either. In fact it's downright fun. Thx to me a whole bunch of 8 year old kids from ghana know how to operate a basic motorized vehicle. And teaching my little brother how to ride an atv was a blast. First you take the helm on some very long trips and they hop on the back. And then when you're done talking about it, you sit on the back and let them take the helm. I always gave my bro 8 miles of distance so he could learn faster. I had a 500cc 1999 arctic cat.

Surprisingly a thick bungee cable makes a pretty good seat belt on those things too.

[Snail]

In Singapore, you cannot drink liquor, drive or smoke under the age of eighteen.

You can download porn as long as you don't distribute it though.

[Asuko]

I remember thinking about governments in a certain way: that they were made to keep us safe. I think it's going a bit too far when they limit our activities for the sake of safety. Security is but one step above safety. Ring some bells?

[Stormkeeper]

You can download porn as long as you don't distribute it though.

Damnit!

Uh, I mean, really ?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You can download porn as long as you don't distribute it though.

Damnit!

Uh, I mean, really ?

Yes, I think so. As long as you don't distribute whatever garbage you have, you should be all right.

There was a newspaper report some months back about a guy who sent his PC for servicing in Singapore. The technician recovered some Internet porn from his computer, which he supposedly deleted. The owner wasn't jailed for that, though, but the article did say that it was "embarrassing".

[S-99]

People are much too dumb these days with their own data. And i'm not talking about the not backing up part of it. Sending in your own pc with your own data on it for repair? If it's a software problem, or hardware problem following a stability test, techs are going to be diving through that hard drive. They always find stuff along the way. You can't plan on having honest humble good techs to work on your comp all the time. Hide the data, encrypt it, or in the least put all of your data on another storage device or something. The average computers i work on just have images and documents that the owner of the computer created. Occasionally i see music, and that was only on one computer. Most people i fix computers for have their own business, or just have an email machine. But still, you don't know what a tech is going to find and do with said data.

For me i'm like hey look what i found, and turn a blind eye to it, get my job done, and get my pay. Owners of computers really don't think about when a tech works on their personal rig.

[jr2]

Unless you find something that means people are being harmed / exploited on the computer, really, it's prolly not worth the trouble.  I mean, if it's pirated software, who says they didn't pay for it?  Dishonest dealers can charge $100 for installing pirated copies of MS Office or Windows.  Pr0n could be kids' friends over and using the computer (yes, they do that).  So, really, unless you find child pr0n or something of equal significance, I dunno if it's really worth it to squeal.  Thoughts?

[colecampbell666]

I think that one should ignore any of that stuff, cause most people pirate stuff anyway, and many people watch pr0n, so you can't really turn them in, or shouldn't confront them, unless it's CP or something. And if you do confront them for minor stuff, bye-bye customer.