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Yeah DeCloet is known for his right wing views and column writing. But I noticed a few interesting points. Only 47% of the public favored a wall street bailout as opposed to 39% for the auto industry. Not really that big of a difference really, but one gets 700 billion, the other 14 billion...... It's interesting isn't it? 700 billion (in the US) of tax dollars to be given out to banks (private corporations) and nobody blinks though....why not just let them go under too and let a new bank fill the void? Still though, 39% ain't that bad, it was enough to get our conservatives voted into a governing party in Canada............. Another interesting point from that article shows that the companies were selling 17 million cars up until 2005 as opposed to the current 12 million or so. Not that long ago. Lots can change in an industry in 3 years. I was watching the news today about honda, toyota, etc. shutting plants down in the new year (temporarily) as well. And they are in pretty rough shape in Europe right now. Even the Japanese government is putting money into private industries to prop them up during the crisis. Seems it is happening everywhere....

Depends what you want to use it for. I have 2 drives on my desktop, each is 500 gb. Didn't bother partitioning either.....but should have with the primary drive. Whichever drive has your operating system on it only needs to be big enough to hold your operating system with room for program additions, etc. If it was me, I wouldn't have my "C" drive any bigger then 50 gb or so....and use the rest for storage and such.

Thats true with regards to new hires. But ideologically it was a HUGE concession by the union in the company's favor. But that wasn't the only conession. Other ones (like the unsustainable job bank for laid off employees-a HUGE drain that needed to be stoppered) was also conceded. More obviously has to be done, which i think will be done. And i think the ceo's agreed to work for no wages (but i'd be curious to see stock options and bonuses) for a year. And government oversight isn't always bad.

Not to hijack the thread, but in all you gamers opinions, which is better for games in general, ps3 or xbox360? I am THIS close to getting a gaming machine, first time in MANY years and am totally a n00b and on the fence as to which way to go. Hopefully a system that has good non violent kids games too.

I'm still not sold on Chrome. I really like firefox (with extensions), and then it's a toss up of opera (with additions) and ie7 (with iepro addition). To be honest if there were a few tweaks done to opera and IE I could switch to either of them without any issues. Opera does seem to load the fastest for me though. And I just like the firefox interface the most probably because I am most used to it and it has an interface that i like. But IE seems pretty clean to look at, and i have my ie browser set up for the kids to use with their bookmarks, etc.

I think most of your ideas are good. The only thing i disagree with is when you say that the union would not agree to wage cuts. What most don't realize is that they already have done this last year. They dropped the starting wage for new hires to MUCH lower then the asian competition a year ago. The union's issue is the republican push for immediate changes to benefits for retirees. These are workers that already have fixed their incomes (and planned accordingly) while working, and then retired. The union doesn't want for them to be left in the cold (thus my eating dog food comments earlier ). Future costs can be realigned, but shock and awe kind of changes can cause greater problems economically (both individually and for society) then a thought out restructuring. That was the stumbling block here, not greed. And the UAW position is that they will take cuts, but believe that all the stake holders (shareholders, etc) should share an equal proportion of the cuts, not just the assembly line workers. It's the politically motivated ideology that is stopping things from moving forward. Even Bush wants this to go through, as he sees the bigger picture. I don't personally think there will be a merger of chrysler and gm. Possible, but i don't think it will happen. Dropping of products and shrinking of operations most likely will happen and should. And I don't think the union (s) will be broken, but will be reduced as a direct result of less employees. The problem is supply and demand. Too much supply, not enough demand. Note that its not just the big three that are closing plants for january/february. The asian competition is too, just to a smaller degree. If people don't need the cars, there is no need for the plants/employees. Scaling back will be good. Killing off competition is not. And I don't think that all the product by the big three are crap. They did make some poor decisions as to stock types, but they have some good products. I think conditions are part of any package. In fact, the company (and unions) have already agreed to government overseeing the restructuring plans. There are even provisions that if the "car czar" doesn't like the plans he/she can nix the bailout. Heavy government oversight would be good here. At least I think so.

I would do what the governments are doing-helping the economy by helping a strong portion of it. And I would be happy to do it as I believe it makes sense both economically and morally. I predict there will be a bailout package, there will be concessions, and the big three will end up (in as little as 3 years time, probably closer to 5) quite profitable again and will pay all borrowed money back. Money well spent. I do in fact believe the big three have been successful. Close to 100 years has shown that they have survived change. And they probably will again. I don't think it's productive to kick them while they are down, I would rather give them a helping hand up. It was a VERY short time ago that they were immensely profitable remember. And companies get subsidies, grants, free land, etc. from government all the time. This is nothing new, just on a larger and more public scale. Interestingly, the big three are not the only ones with issues. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/finance...n-freefall.html As for personal decisions made, that isn't the point. The current economy is excellent for a SMALL number of us. For those in my (and maybe your?) situation this is all great. Cheap property for the buying, low mortgages, cheap gasoline, cheap labour (race to the bottom economics), some of us are making a killing. I know that I am flush with the results of the current misfortune of others. But it's not good for the majority, and that is the problem. That's why I feel the loans to the big three are a good decision. As regards to comments about "text books" anthony, I'm not sure I understand your point there. I understand the economics in the industry because I studied the industry yes. I understand the workings of it's effect on the economy because I studied that as well. I also worked with the industry, so i have formed my opinions on the matter not from news articles, friends, etc. but from involvement. I'm not one to give my two cents on let's say the telecommunications industry, because frankly, I have no knowledge of it, and haven't really followed it. I guess only time will tell how they will fare. But I am thinking that the big three will emerge as strong players in the market once again. And I hope they do. Competition is good. Narrowing the market won't help anyone. And heads in the sand kind of thinking can't change that.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at your response. It's very typical of spoon fed right wing economics that are continuously fed to people over the media yet leave us in the kinds of mess that the economy is in today. It's too bad that so many believe it. It is kind of like the little critters that chase each other off of a cliff never wondering why, just knowing that it is a good idea to do. Your argument could also be applied to the stock market. Let it crash. Let everyone loose everything. Let all pensions go in the toilet, all peoples savings become worth nothing. Let the pensioners that are out there go get jobs to support themselves. Why should the workers that are with the companies now make money that is just paid out to dividends and stock increases for people that aren't even working? If the pensioners are too lazy or old to work then they can either eat dog food or go hungry. It might be tough love, but why should they not work? Personally, wouldn't affect me. My job probably if anything would become more secure. Why should i pay into Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance, etc. when I will never be unemployed and don't need that pension plan? Obviously that's not the right kind of thinking in a modern society. Having been in both the classroom and the "real world" (and at work I can tell you that the whitewashed sanitized view the media gives of how bad it is out there is NOTHING like what is really going on out there and most people will never see how bad it is for some) I have formed the opinion that I would rather see a cooperative society then a "every man for himself" kind of one. Interesting your comment on the democrats. What rubbish. The white house ( a republican white house that is already on the way out and is not making a decision for ideological reasons) agreed to the bailout with the democrats. The decision was made with compromise on both sides and made in good faith. It was the ideological opposition of the republican senate (as evidenced even by their spokesperson who admitted it was about getting all parties in caucus on side) that killed the package. They attempted to use the issue in a partisan way to attack organized labour and this is the ONLY reason why there is an issue with the package. The union and company already had agreed to make changes to their working relationship. Major concessions have been made to their working collective agreements over the past year and a half already. The major about face by the white house after the death of the deal is almost deafeningly loud in this respect. Now the white house is saying it will save the industry. Why? Because it is so very important to the economy. Interesting that the republican president and the incoming democrat president BOTH see eye to eye on this issue. The importance of the industry is huge. Once again, personal bias and emotion has entered the discussion rather then thought. It makes me laugh that the same arguments were being used 25 years ago with chrysler as you make now. 25 years of jobs, work etc. And the same kind of arguments have been made about unions for a century. Ever look at the profits of CN (railway represented in a large part by CAW unionized members)? HUGE. Very profitable company with the SAME union. So why are they profitable? Smart practices? No competition? Can't be that, their competition (CP railway) is also represented by the CAW. hmmm. And remember that someone paid for your education growing up, the roads you walked on growing up, everything you did or had was paid for indirectly by someone elses labour. And you took those handouts and now pay taxes so that others can benefit. None of us are self sufficient. And to be clear, if the big three were non unionized I would have the same opinion. As they are so very important to the economy. Interesting that the japanese auto makers are also cutting production soon isn't it? Seems they are also affected by the current economy though to a lesser extent. Seems others want hand outs too. And the US government will be responding. Hmmmm. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...l_gam_mostemail

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I believe in a society that takes care of each other. And you obviously have no clue as to how the economics in the auto industry have worked. If the costs of company A are X more then company B, and they make the same amount of money (actually company B pays MORE) and the costs associated are because of legacy costs (as mentioned by the article, and if you were to take the time to properly research it you would see that this is true) then you would see that there is an inevitable cost that will be coming to company B. The ONLY reason that they are not in the same distress as company A AT THIS TIME is because they do not have the same history (ie. length of time in the industry which creates legacy costs) with its associated costs. This is true for any company/industry. The common mantra of the right wing regonomics will not change this. Have you ever been in an auto plant? Seen how they operate? Their production lines are very very very similar. The asians have made some great decisions. More compact cars, etc. But they have benefited by several things that are not of their own making. Parts plants that already had a large portion of set up costs completed because of the big threes current occupation of the market helped the asians enter the market cheaper. The protectionist laws that were/are in place in the orient that protect their markets from imports while the NA market has increasingly opened and failed to protect the NA residents hindered the big three. And don't forget that these are LOANS not hand outs. Chrysler paid them all back in the past. With interest. And they would/will again. Isn't that what government is supposed to do? Help the economy, etc. in times of distress? 3 million direct and spin off jobs from the auto industry are at stake. That's a lot of people in trouble. But then mcdonalds is always hiring i guess. The costs associated with doling out EI, social assistance, the hit to the markets as spending is damaged, the loss of pension plans, etc. from the death of shares, etc. would be a big hit. But then some sheeple want to do away with any and all collaborative social programs like health care, EI, canada pension plan, etc. Anyone that has taken even rudimentary political science or labour history courses would see all this. But then it's easier to get information from google, and emotional rather then intellectual based politics are more fun. Here is a great article by Time that outlines both parties efforts to fix the problem: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/...1864085,00.html

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Quote; "Hourly wages for UAW workers at GM factories are about equal to those paid by Toyota Motor Corp. at its older U.S. factories, according to the companies. GM says the average UAW laborer makes $29.78 per hour, while Toyota says it pays about $30 per hour. But the unionized factories have far higher benefit costs. GM says its total hourly labor costs are now $69, including wages, pensions and health care for active workers, plus the pension and health care costs of more than 432,000 retirees and spouses. Toyota says its total costs are around $48. The Japanese automaker has far fewer retirees and its pension and health care benefits are not as rich as those paid to UAW workers." Exactly what I said earlier here. Shows that the issue is more about the big three being around longer and having more retirees then the asian competition. 20 years from now you will see the exact same problem affecting the asian automakers as their employees retire. Nothing to do with the union it seems, more to do with the "burden" of covering the cost of the pensions of the retirees. I for one think that when someone helps the company make billions upon billions during the thirty or so years they work for the company should be taken care of in their golden years. Remember, that all a pension is is deferred wages. The toyota, honda, etc workers will be looking for their comeupance once they have put in their time in the plants and are ready to retire.

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I actually find the iphone pretty easy to type on. I played with a friends and didn't have any problems. As well, I have the ipod touch and absolutely love it. The phone is a little bigger, but the screen size is a good trade off for the extra weight that you have to carry. I agree about the storm. I have read a lot of reviews, but it seems that its pretty much firmware related and i'll just wait for the next update (kind of like sp1 made a difference for vista) before going ahead with a purchase. Problem is my current phone is on its last leg so i kind of need to make a switch, and want to make sure i get something ill like for awhile. And yeah wouldn't mind trying an android phone either, but canada seems to get all the phones right after every other country in the world......and then we pay high rates for the usage as well....

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I'm really on the fence about the iphone. I'm kind of torn between switching to Rogers and getting the iphone or staying with Telus and getting the blackberry Storm. I think the iphone is the better phone/toy overall, but i really like the removable battery and micro sd card on the storm....and then there is the nokia n97 if it ever comes to canada.......now THAT looks like an all encompassing phone.

YoKenny, is there a 64 bit version?

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they are pretty good for different things. i have one that when i buy gasoline with it i get 15 cents a litre off which is a super bonus.

I have a ton of credit cards. I use them each for a specific purpose and like that they are separate from the others. Easy to keep track of my spending (and my wifes).