Sure they can't read the real pin from the chip cards, but why bother when you don't need the real pin anyway?

Perhaps you shouldn't use your debit card if the business can't handle the chip and still uses the stripe:

“We can’t fuck with the chip yet,” Percy confirms. “I know guys who have put in $150, $200k – more – trying to break this fucking thing. It’s all through the magstripe. They insert the chip – we can’t do it. So we gotta go to places that don’t have the chip shit yet.”

Percy’s revelation comes as no surprise to Interac, Canada’s largest network for point of sale debit. Following the European lead, the company will require chip-enabled cards for all debit PIN pad transactions by the end of 2015. The deadline for bank machines on their network looms at the end of this year.

For Viruses:

Hey gang, I've got a question for you. Seeing as I'm really useless in the tech space, and so I thought I'd defer to all you experts:

What are your recommendations for free antivirus programs (for windows/firefox)?

I've been doing a little research myself, but I'd definitely appreciate some further suggestions, because I'm still rather clueless. Thanks in advance!

This is why privatized medicine can't work. Because it's easier to make money on frivolity than to do work actually helping people:

A board-certified anesthesiologist with a medical degree from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Burke is, according to his website, the “first physician in the United States to formally dedicate his career to the treatment of hangovers.”

Earlier this month, he unveiled his new treatment clinic, a 45-foot-long tour bus emblazoned with soothing blue and white graphics and his business’s name, “Hangover Heaven.” Inside the bus, it looks like a cross between an ambulance and a conference room at Embassy Suites. IV drips hang from the ceiling, patients are swathed in blankets, but there are also spacious leather sofas with built-in beverage-holders and flat-screen TVs. EMTs administer relief to patients in the form of branded medical cocktails. The $90 Redemption package contains one bag of saline solution, vitamins, and an anti-nausea medication. The $150 Salvation package includes a double shot of saline solution, the vitamins, the anti-nausea medication and an anti-inflammatory as well.

That was a brilliant strategy.
My first thought was - why did they both look inside both of their balls? You only have to look at one...

Of course they made a game show of the prisoners dilemma - why haven't I seen this yet?

Beck, I think you'll like this:

It really disappoints me that the CBC didn't bother to do something better than donate them to Goodwill... like connect with collectors, or other record sellers, or even see if Folkways could benefit from some of the material.

Alas, shortsightedness is not a trait of just our political leaders... (and the pollsters)


And I think the results of this election scream for a serious look at switching to proportional representation, rather than FPTP. That doesn't mean it'll happen, the winning party wins because of FPTP and is thus less likely to be interested in a switch, but I really think it's time for change.

The other excuse I've heard from the pollsters is that they all got the same answer using different methodologies, so they can't all have gotten it wrong! "We were all equally wrong, so that means we were right. Right?" Poor schmucks.

If any of you listen to Vinyl these days, and are still in Edmonton, the CBC music library has been gutted and you can buy their old records at Goodwill. It is mostly classical realm of the music world. There are several thousand records there. It's about $2 a record, so if you know what you are looking for, there are some deals to be found. Be prepared to put a fair bit of time in as the volume of records is overwhelming.

It is neat to have a piece of our Canadian history, but also sad that a collection of this caliber was dismantled in this way.

Many of the Records are labeled as to when they were acquired, and have individual tracks labeled to the exact play time, often overriding what was printed initially by the manufacturer. One of the records has a note tapped to the sleeve saying, "Do not use, "the rite of spring", as background music. This was requested by the composer himself when he was still alive. Please let's respect his wishes.( see letter from Boosey & Hawkes, 15/08/77" Tidbits like this excite me.