[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by fireside:
this thread is so funny yet so disappointing at the same time. some times, when i feel really bad, i read MacNN for SWG's posts about how much canada or whatever is better than the US or how gay people should rule the earth or whatever, and PacHead's posts about how much the US is awesome or how much he hates michael moore but can't stop talking about him or whatever he's trying to say. it always seems to make me feel good for some reason.

They're both nuts, one just happens to be gayer.

[fireside]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
They're both nuts, one just happens to be gayer.

maybe ones just in denial. :/

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
You'd think the time he signed tinrib up for a gay porn mailing list would have been enough to get his IP banned.

Wow, must have missed that one.

How lame.

[Link]

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
You'd think the time he signed tinrib up for a gay porn mailing list would have been enough to get his IP banned.

See, most ISPs in the US have crappy bandwidth, but at least there's no bandwidth limits per month

[phoenixboy70]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
I am just pointing out your jealousy of the US and Christianity.

errr, what's there to be jealous of?

[phoenixboy70]

Originally posted by villalobos:
granted he used a computer made in the US (i.e. a PowerMac) to access the internet.

i think you mean 'made in taiwan'.

[PacHead]

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
errr, what's there to be jealous of?

Kilbey is correct.

[phoenixboy70]

Originally posted by PacHead:
Kilbey is correct.

[PacHead]

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:

It is fairly obvious to anybody who regularly posts here that the canadian starwars guy has a major thing for christianity & the US.

[jbartone]

Come to Australia, compared to here you have nothing to complain about.

[PacHead]

Originally posted by jbartone:
Come to Australia, compared to here you have nothing to complain about.

Tell me about it. Nothing against Aussies, but you guys have sucky pings, and slow down games bigtime, whenever I play online.

[CD Hanks]

Originally posted by PacHead:
It is fairly obvious to anybody who regularly posts here that the canadian starwars guy has a major thing for christianity & the US.

Either that a) he is jealous (which I doubt) or b) he really just flat out gets off on starting flame wars and picking fights (on the internet. of ALL PLACES.)

[t6hawk]

Originally posted by jbartone:
Come to Australia, compared to here you have nothing to complain about.

My friend is presently studying in .au. Her university is making students pay by the megabyte even with reasonable speeds.

[badidea]

Originally posted by fireside:
this thread is so funny yet so disappointing at the same time. some times, when i feel really bad, i read MacNN for SWG's posts about how much canada or whatever is better than the US or how gay people should rule the earth or whatever, and PacHead's posts about how much the US is awesome or how much he hates michael moore but can't stop talking about him or whatever he's trying to say. it always seems to make me feel good for some reason.

Beaches in Canada are not as beautiful as in the US!
BUT
Beaches in the US are not as beautiful as in Thailand!!

(I am not fat hence I am right! Now start the flaming!))

[phoenixboy70]

Originally posted by badidea:
Beaches in the US are not as beautiful as in Thailand!!

W3RD!

although i wouldn't dismiss hawaii so easily...

[badidea]

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
although i wouldn't dismiss hawaii so easily...

I know but that's an exception and there can only be one paradise!

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by badidea:


Beaches in Canada are not as beautiful as in the US!
BUT
Beaches in the US are not as beautiful as in Thailand!!

(I am not fat hence I am right! Now start the flaming!))

I would agree with that.

The beaches in the US suck compared to white sand, blue water beaches.

[TheBadgerHunter]

Hey, we've got some nice beaches on the west coast. Nice weed too.

[Athens]

Originally posted by PacHead:
These jealous Canucks are annoying with their constant whining. Canada is once again leeching off the backs of the USA, much like a dirty flea on a dog, or a worm parasite in one's intestines.

Without the USA, how many Canadians would be on the internet ? ANSWER = Zero - There would be no internet without the USA. All internet users and USA haters can also thank the mighty US military for the development and funding of the internet.

A higher percentage of Americans are on the net than Canadians.

User growth in Canada from 2000-2004 = 61 %
User growth in the USA from 2000-2004 = 111.5 % - - - almost double the Canadian growth rate.

Population penetration (sounds dirty) in Canada = 64.2 %
Population penetration in the USA = 68.8 %

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm

Signed - R2D2's misplaced Penis

LOL you left out one thing, most of the US network was built by Nortel Networks, almost all of your backbones are from Nortel, which happens to be Canadian.

Canadians have had access to cheap high speed internet for most of the country for years. Our Internet, Our Cable, Our Cell phones are all cheaper, better and pretty much every one can access it.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Athens:
LOL you left out one thing, most of the US network was built by Nortel Networks, almost all of your backbones are from Nortel, which happens to be Canadian.

Canadians have had access to cheap high speed internet for most of the country for years. Our Internet, Our Cable, Our Cell phones are all cheaper, better and pretty much every one can access it.

And Nortel sounds like it's doing great!

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedelay.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedetai.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...6ntgrowth.html

[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
And Nortel sounds like it's doing great!

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedelay.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedetai.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...6ntgrowth.html

Hey, he didn't say they did good. He just said they did the networks.

That whole sector hasn't been doing particularly well.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by PacHead:
It is fairly obvious to anybody who regularly posts here that the canadian starwars guy has a major thing for christianity & the US.

it's true, both are a constant sours for pure entertainment for both the stupidity of Bush, the 52% that vote for him and thumper Christians superiority attitudes.

Plus trying to piss off either is like shooting fish in a barrel

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
it's true, both are a constant sours for pure entertainment for both the stupidity of Bush, the 52% that vote for him and thumper Christians superiority attitudes.

Plus trying to piss off either is like shooting fish in a barrel

You aren't pissing us off. You are making us laugh at you.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
And Nortel sounds like it's doing great!

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedelay.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...ortedetai.html

http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/20...6ntgrowth.html

Nortel is Canadian Thanks for proving the point!

Nortel: Canada's Tech Giant
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/nortel/

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Nortel is Canadian Thanks for proving the point!

ER, who denied that?

Nortel: Canada's Tech Giant
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/nortel/

Yup, and as I pointed out, they aren't doing very well.

[Rolling Bones]

Originally posted by Zimphire:

ER, who denied that?


Yup, and as I pointed out, they aren't doing very well.

Countless others have gone the way of the Dodo bird but Nortel keeps clawing to stay alive. But who knows how long that will last.

I don't know if that adds anything to this part of the thread...but what the hey.

[TheBadgerHunter]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
it's true, both are a constant sours for pure entertainment for both the stupidity of Bush, the 52% that vote for him and thumper Christians superiority attitudes.

Plus trying to piss off either is like shooting fish in a barrel

So in other words, you compensate for real life by pissing off people on the internet. Entertainment by pissing people off, mature. We should deport you somewhere with no internet access. Maybe then you can confront the true silliness of your attitude.

No wonder everyone here hates canadians. Most of the posters known as canadians are asses.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
So in other words, you compensate for real life by pissing off people on the internet. Entertainment by pissing people off, mature. We should deport you somewhere with no internet access. Maybe then you can confront the true silliness of your attitude.

No wonder everyone here hates canadians. Most of the posters known as canadians are asses.

Ya everyone here hates Canadians Travel (not just to florduh) and see what they think of Canadians. Most Americans when traveling sew Canadian flags to their backpacks.

At the same rate travel (outside of the US) tell people you are an American and see where that one gets ya.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
No wonder everyone here hates canadians. Most of the posters known as canadians are asses.

Now that was uncalled for and simply isn't true.

There are TONS of Canadians I love!

Not all of them act like SWF.

And most people in here do not hate Canadians.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Most Americans when traveling sew Canadian flags to their backpacks.

That is a load of nonsense too.

You both lose.

[brapper]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
That is a load of nonsense too.

You both lose.

Obviously not all do, but it is true that many do. When I travelled Europe, there were a ton of Americans disguised as Canadians.
Some found holes in their bags where the flags used to be, not because they were american, but because I was affraid they'd misrepresent Canadians.
Girls tended to get away with it though, they need to be safe and avoid undue harrassment however possible.

...wait, wasn't this about broadband before?..
Uh...

[Goldfinger]

Ahh, don't you love the smell of the average Lounge thread in the evening ?

US bashing, Canada bashing, some occasional belief-bashing, faboys, "projection", derailment, attempt to bring it back on topic, failing of that attempt etc.

That's why I like it here

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by Skip Breakfast:
We don't have the voter turnout that many other countries do, either.

I blame the church, reality TV, and the Republican party for the lack of broadband penetration.

[CD Hanks]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Ya everyone here hates Canadians Travel (not just to florduh) and see what they think of Canadians. Most Americans when traveling sew Canadian flags to their backpacks.

At the same rate travel (outside of the US) tell people you are an American and see where that one gets ya.

YOU DON'T GET IT

I really can't think of anyone here who hasn't at some point undoubtedly thought to themselves "holy smokes, this guy is a total asshole!". It isn't that we hate Canadians, it's just that WE DON'T LIKE YOU. And you sure as hell don't do a bloody thing to make anyone here like Canada, but as I said, you aren't the all-powerful embodiment of all things Canadian. But for what you do represent, you do a flat out atrocious job at it.

And it isn't even a matter of politics or religion, hell there are plenty of people (though not enough) that can hold a honest debate with no name calling. But with you, it seems like your only angle is that you agitate and irritate anyone that comes in your path, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU INSTIGATE IT.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Now that was uncalled for and simply isn't true.

There are TONS of Canadians I love!

Not all of them act like SWF.

And most people in here do not hate Canadians.

Agreed. The guys from Bare Naked Ladies are a nice bunch.

I had a Canadian in my wedding party. Actually, she was born a Russian Jew, but defected to Canada and then denounced her Canadian citizenship to become American, but that is beside the point and a really long sentence to boot. Eh?

Back on topic: In my little backwater urban town we have our choice between TWO competing cable companies offering 3 Mb for about $35 and DSL available for a little bit more. Plus satelite. That's four major broadband sources in my little "US behind in broadband" area.

Maybe we aren't behind so much eh?

I am beginnning to sound Canadian eh? I doon't knoow whaht yeu're tahlking ah boot.

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
YOU DON'T GET IT

I really can't think of anyone here who hasn't at some point undoubtedly thought to themselves "holy smokes, this guy is a total asshole!". It isn't that we hate Canadians, it's just that WE DON'T LIKE YOU. And you sure as hell don't do a bloody thing to make anyone here like Canada, but as I said, you aren't the all-powerful embodiment of all things Canadian. But for what you do represent, you do a flat out atrocious job at it.

And it isn't even a matter of politics or religion, hell there are plenty of people (though not enough) that can hold a honest debate with no name calling. But with you, it seems like your only angle is that you agitate and irritate anyone that comes in your path, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU INSTIGATE IT.

Sarah Machlaclan(sp?) is alright too. Oh, and Mike Meyers.




But they can have Celine Deion back.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by CD Hanks:

And it isn't even a matter of politics or religion, hell there are plenty of people (though not enough) that can hold a honest debate with no name calling. But with you, it seems like your only angle is that you agitate and irritate anyone that comes in your path, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU INSTIGATE IT.

I've been saying it for a few years.

[macaddict0001]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Agreed. The guys from Bare Naked Ladies are a nice bunch.

I had a Canadian in my wedding party. Actually, she was born a Russian Jew, but defected to Canada and then denounced her Canadian citizenship to become American, but that is beside the point and a really long sentence to boot. Eh?

Back on topic: In my little backwater urban town we have our choice between TWO competing cable companies offering 3 Mb for about $35 and DSL available for a little bit more. Plus satelite. That's four major broadband sources in my little "US behind in broadband" area.

Maybe we aren't behind so much eh?

I am beginnning to sound Canadian eh? I doon't knoow whaht yeu're tahlking ah boot.

4 isn't a big number. around here(in a city with a population of about .5 million) i have way more providers. but two cable company's is rare as most have a monopoly. satelite is available everywear and adsl is in almost every town big enough to have its own telephone company base of operations.

[roberto blanco]

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
...And you sure as hell don't do a bloody thing to make anyone here like Canada, but as I said, you aren't the all-powerful embodiment of all things Canadian. But for what you do represent, you do a flat out atrocious job at it.

replace "canadian(s) and canada with american and america" and it would apply to quite a few forum members here. funny how that works.

[CD Hanks]

Originally posted by roberto blanco:
replace "canadian(s) and canada with american and america" and it would apply to quite a few forum members here. funny how that works.

Sure, why not. I'm not at all contesting that.

(sup gimmick account)

[Kilbey]

Originally posted by macaddict0001:
4 isn't a big number. around here(in a city with a population of about .5 million) .

It is here in a town with a population of about 3,800. Durand, MI

[forkies]

my access

[macaddict0001]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
It is here in a town with a population of about 3,800. Durand, MI

according to that census that's a ghost town wierd huh?
but four is a lot for a town of that size. although its kinda 3 since satalite is available anywhere.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by Kilbey:
Agreed. The guys from Bare Naked Ladies are a nice bunch.

One lives 4 houses up from me, yes he is a nice guy but I don't like their music.

[Zimphire]

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

"New IP services such as VoIP and IP video are driving the push to higher broadband adoption, and 50% of U.S. households will subscribe to broadband access by 2006, according to a report from Technology Futures, Inc. (TFI). Despite this, the U.S. lags a full generation behind countries such as Japan and Korea in broadband acceptance and use, it adds."

http://www.networkingpipeline.com/news/55800351

[Miniryu]

I am embarassed to come from the same country as many of these "Amercians". I love my country, and I take pride in the ideals that it was founded on, but that does not mean I put down other countries every time they say something good about themselves. Canadians are allowed to have Canadian pride too.

So Canada has better high speed internet. Big deal. That doesn't mean the U.S. is any less of a country. There are also close to 20 countrys in the world that have better medical care. This is still a great country regardless.

[jbartone]

Australia has sucky broadband uptake too, but I'll take this beautiful country over Broadband takeup anyday.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Originally posted by Miniryu:
I am embarassed to come from the same country as many of these "Amercians". I love my country, and I take pride in the ideals that it was founded on, but that does not mean I put down other countries every time they say something good about themselves. Canadians are allowed to have Canadian pride too.

So Canada has better high speed internet. Big deal. That doesn't mean the U.S. is any less of a country. There are also close to 20 countrys in the world that have better medical care. This is still a great country regardless.

The reaction to this has been rather sad and predictable. It is like boys comparing penis size.

Canada has more widespread broadband:
"No US invented the internet"
"Mine is faster"
"It's not true, ours is better"
"Canada is cold"
Bla bla bla.

Embarrassing

[PacHead]

Originally posted by Miniryu:
I am embarassed to come from the same country as many of these "Amercians". I love my country, and I take pride in the ideals that it was founded on, but that does not mean I put down other countries every time they say something good about themselves. Canadians are allowed to have Canadian pride too.

So Canada has better high speed internet. Big deal. That doesn't mean the U.S. is any less of a country. There are also close to 20 countrys in the world that have better medical care. This is still a great country regardless.

You're from Berkeley, I'm not sure if that qualifies as part of the USA.

You're also missing the whole point. Mr. Canadian StarWarsCreep, who constantly posts anti-USA crap, changed the title of the article he linked to from "Broadband use in USA doubles" to "US behind in broadband". He's nothing but a weenie little instigator. Check the link for yourself.