Hey Rocky, You are getting some mature advice.
I would be very pissed off at the rip off also. notwithstanding ... My personal litmus test of significance is to ask, "Will I care about this two years from now?". If my answer is "No" then the follow up question is "Then why is it so big a deal (to me) now?". If my answer is "Yes", then the follow up question is "Am I really being that petty?" A valid point has often failed by being made in such an obnoxious way that no one could bear to listen to the complainer. If you want some attention/impact, why not try MPs, newspapers and TV news first? Census rips off workers should get at least verbal support from the political parties (sorry). Revenge/pay back/cheech is sweet but often only give momentary satisfaction and no lasting result. Not worth the time and emotional costs. Been there and most times wished I hadn't. The best way to attenuate bad experience is to put good experiences in front of it. "There is no future in the past". If I really wanted to kick it, I'd go the MP/media route BUT with hard documented facts and not a rant. Look forward Rocky, Chris On 11-10-26 01:33 AM, Ralph Boland wrote:
RANT: I am not the only one "Ripped-off" by Elections Alberta. I estimate 5000-6000 enumerators/data entry operators were collectively "Ripped-off" well in excessive of $500,000. Alas, no one seems upset enough about this to do anything. Nor am I optimistic that much can be done now. But I do feel an obligation to at least make some noise. ON TOPIC (sort of): The suggestion that I create my own web server and create a blog from there sounds interesting and is something I would like to do someday. But I am afraid it will consume too much time right now. I have Shaw high speed Internet. Does supporting a web server involve additional charges from Shaw or other service providers? I think I will go one of the blog services routes proposed (thanks everyone). In the unlikely event that I post something that outrages Elections Alberta enough and is illegal enough that they get me shut down I can go the "my own web server route". AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC: On "as it happens" tonight it was reported that a robot (built of Lego blocks no less) has wrested from humanity the record for fastest solution to a Rubic's cube. Check out "http://bit.ly/pSA6MD"; or google "Facebook as it happens" or "CubeStormer II". We need not welcome our computer overlords quite yet however. On the as it happens Facebook site is also a video of a man from Spain who solves one Rubic's cube with one hand while juggling two Rubic's cubes with the other. Or just google: "David Calvo juggles and solves Rubik's Cubes" Rocky _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
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