Daniel Murton

Putin’s Fake Arrest : 70% thought it was real ...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:39:24 -0500

Putin’s Fake Arrest : 70% thought it was real

50% think it should be real

20% think elections and polls should add up to 100%

A great site that discusses Romney’s treatment of Dogs....

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500

A great site that discusses Romney’s treatment of Dogs. Clearly if man’s best friend doesn’t like Romney can he be trusted to run the United States!

I feel a I Told You So coming on!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:54:56 -0500

I feel a I Told You So coming on!:

iTunes Match generates 'magic money' for music copyright holders

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:37:15 -0500

iTunes Match generates 'magic money' for music copyright holders:

These ideas and programs are the answer to Copyright infringement not SOPA or C-11. We need to step forward not backwards when dealing with consumers. Another good example is http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html which gives all of Adobe’s products for $50 dollars a month in the future. Subscriptions are the fair way forward for IP

Anonymous: We are legion.: Digital Sit-ins: DDOS is legitimate civil disobedience

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:07:01 -0500

Anonymous: We are legion.: Digital Sit-ins: DDOS is legitimate civil disobedience :

anonyops:

Distributed denial of service (DDOS) is a favorite tactic of Anonymous. While the media likes to call DDOS a form of ‘hacking’, this is at best a technical misunderstanding. DDOS does no permanent damage and doesn’t involve breaking into servers or stealing data. Rather, it simply overwhelms a…

youranonnews: Anonymous is ready for the revolution.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:03:58 -0500

youranonnews:

Anonymous is ready for the revolution.

Japan's Shame

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:05:00 -0500

Japan's Shame:

A great article about a Canadian journalist held at gunpoint in Japan over his Fukushima Disaster coverage.

Wikipedia: SOPA and PIPA - Learn more

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:43:49 -0500

Wikipedia: SOPA and PIPA - Learn more:

For people interested in understanding what SOPA is about and the internet’s impact on the SOPA Blackout

cheapcigarettesandbroadwaydreams: Finally! A Serious...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:19:17 -0500

cheapcigarettesandbroadwaydreams:

Finally! A Serious Candidate!

Defeat the World (except Canada)

A softer side to Mittens Boycottbain.com Saw this on HuffPost,...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:16:00 -0500

A softer side to Mittens Boycottbain.com

Saw this on HuffPost, sorry for the ads;(

The F-35 finally got some good news. Lets just hope they figure...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:06:43 -0500

The F-35 finally got some good news. Lets just hope they figure out how to communicate with the arctic the main argument for F35 which was project Canada’s sovereignty.

Mittens makes money off Canada

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:35:32 -0500

Mittens makes money off Canada

theworldisconfused: Daily Show Graphic

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:10:55 -0500

theworldisconfused:

Daily Show Graphic

The next time I interview for a job, I'm going to try the Ron Paul approach

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:52:56 -0500

Interviewer: What interests you about our company?
Me: I hate it and think it should be dismantled.
Interviewer: What are your primary qualifications for the job?
Me: I would systematically destroy your company.
Interviewer: Why do you want to destroy our company?
Me: Your company has a successful and diverse market line and a global presence. But when it was incorporated, the founders had envisioned a little mom and pop operation. I think we need to return to their vision.

Good to know who to blame for Canada's 60 Billion dollar mistake.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:41:30 -0500

Good to know who to blame for Canada's 60 Billion dollar mistake.:

A great article on how the military industrial complex works in the US and how those decisions have a profound effect on Canada.

Cognitive Dissonance: ABC News/Meet the Press GOP Debate bingo!

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:07:57 -0500

Cognitive Dissonance: ABC News/Meet the Press GOP Debate bingo!:

cognitivedissonance:

By request, I made more than one card - so now there’s seven cards to choose from for this debate! The squares are mixed up, and there’s a few different squares on each one. Submit your completed card and I’ll post it. The ABC News debate airs at 9 PM EST and I’ll be live-blogging it…

Obama’s New Defense Plan: Drones, Spec Ops and Cyber War

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:07:00 -0500

Obama’s New Defense Plan: Drones, Spec Ops and Cyber War:

I just now wish the Obama administration can cancel the F-35 because its cost are so similar to other “unspecified outdated Cold War systems” that Obama and company are cutting. It would make it easier for Canada to skip a 60 billion dollar mistake!

Search Santorum and You Get This! #nsfw

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:57:59 -0500

Search Santorum and You Get This! #nsfw :

I’m watching the Iowa Caucas results come in and I remembered this great thing you can do on google but don’t blame me ;)

Don't Get Scroodged This Christmas: A Reformed Tech Salesman Tells All! Computers!

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:47:44 -0500

Over the week or so I’ll be going over different categories like printers, tablets, laptops, and TV’s. I’ll give you advice and tell you how sales people will try to sell you more than you need. As a old District Manager told us get all the money on table when you sell.

Laptops and Desktops: My first suggestion when buying a laptop or computer is not to buy the cheapest or the most expensive. When you’re buying it make sure to look at the CPU and Video Card because these parts are really hard to upgrade. Memory and Hard Drives are a lot easier. When you buying it make sure to have the unit play high def youtube clips or a full feature website so that you see how it handles it. You don’t want to take it home and find out its not adequate.

Here is how the salesperson will try to Scroodge you.

1. Setup:

This is the biggest area Salespeople will try to rip you off. Over the course of the purchase their going to undermine your confidence in computers so they can suggest that they set it up for you. This will cost anywhere from $99 to $300 if it includes anti-virus and office productivity suite. What does a setup include? Them turning it on, setting up the name and account, turning on updates, (which is automatic) they may uninstall some icons and install software requested and lastly they may import your email or create recovery discs. These last two are the hardest but not insurmountable. For data transferring you can buy $50 dollar cable for windows machines that will do everything and creating discs is all about setting time aside in the beginning to make them. WARNING: if you’re buying a unit make sure it’s sealed because a lot of time they pre setup machines and then try to force the setup or disc creation fees on you. If you buy the open unit, make sure you do not pay for the setup and ask the manager for the corporate policy on forcing services on customers and ask for head office contact info to confirm their policy. If they still try to charge you for a setup that you don’t want take the contact info and walk; I mean run away.

2. Screen Cleaner, Wireless Mouse, USB, Etc

Salespeople love to load you up with random accessories that you may need but ultimately I rather buy over time as I need it. If you must; always ask for a deal or buy something on sale. This is their time to wheel and deal so it should be your time too.

3. Warranty

As a consumer your consuming content and technology and you can plan on it lasting for about three years. After that things will fail or become obsolete The biggest part that fails is the battery which usually has about 500 charges in it before it starts to degrade so if you want to keep your unit for 5 years then get the warranty just remember you’ll be forking out close to 20 percent more of the purchase price to the company’s bottom line.

Last bit of advice make sure you get a new unit. I’ve seen returned units get sold and returned multiple times until some sad sack buys it without them knowing the history. This is very easy for stores to pull off because they can claim the units were pre setup for your convenience when in fact it’s the stores lemon.

Back in the USSR……..

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:41:57 -0500

Back in the USSR……..