Shamrock

Quote: http://www.canadianembassy.org/trade/wltr-en.asp - in summary, it's not japan. In 2000, U.S. transactions with Canada reached $489 billion, 52% more than its exchange with Japan and 62% more than its trade with the United Kingdom. Another big misconception. Oh well, I'm sorry you have no idea where your own US$ is going to. You can probably blame your education system and media for lack of information. They're the easiest targets. You should really understand that America is the 11th province and Canada is the 51st state. Oh, they forgot to tell you that we, the US, let Japan by with over $700 billion in taxes in tariffs Anually (Dont ask me why, but it's common knowledge...I guess it's for morale) How you think the Japanese cars are so cheap now? Japanese parts with no taxes/tariffs. America will never be the 11th Province. Quote: Holy, is your math off today. Salt Lake city Gold Silver Bronze US 10 14 11 = 35 Can 6 3 8 = 17 Well based on population, Canada kicked booty as the US has a talent pool that is 9 times larger to draw from. You're probably thinking now, as most american's would: "That's because you guys are all living in igloo's" Well some of us are, but the lack of Big Mac's and Whoppers in our diet has prepared us for the summer olympics too. Sydney G S B US 40 24 33 = 97 Can 3 3 8 = 14 We're still pretty good as you guys have 9x the population but only 6.9 times the medal. That 67 medals was just blown out of proportion on purpose (as a joke, remember? this is a friendly thread) Well, let's go back to "about" when you were born. Summer Olympics: Sydney 2000: 1. UNITED STATES 39 25 32 96 21. CANADA 3 3 8 14 Atlanta 1996: 1. UNITED STATES 42 32 20 94 9. CANADA 3 11 8 22 Barcelona 1992: 2. UNITED STATES 36 35 37 108 11. CANADA 7 4 7 18 Seoul 1988: 3. UNITED STATES 36 31 26 93 19. CANADA 3 2 5 10 Los Angeles 1984: 1. UNITED STATES 83 61 30 174 4. CANADA 10 18 16 44 Moscow 1980: USA Boycotted Canada: I think they boycotted too, nowhere to be found though Montreal 1976: 2. UNITED STATES 34 35 25 94 15. CANADA 0 5 6 11 Munich 1972: 2. UNITED STATES 33 31 30 94 24. CANADA 0 2 3 5 Winter Olympics: Salt Lake 2002: 2. UNITED STATES 10 13 11 34 5. CANADA 6 3 8 17 Nagano 1998: 4. CANADA 6 5 4 15 5. UNITED STATES 6 3 4 13 Lillehammer 1994: 5. UNITED STATES 6 5 2 13 6. CANADA 3 6 4 13 Albertville 1992: 6. UNITED STATES 5 4 2 11 9. CANADA 2 3 2 7 Calgary 1988: 9. UNITED STATES 2 1 3 6 12. CANADA 0 2 3 5 Sarajevo 1984: 4. UNITED STATES 4 4 0 8 8. CANADA 2 1 1 4 Lake Placid 1980: 3. UNITED STATES 6 4 2 12 14. CANADA 0 1 1 2 Innsbruck 1976: 3. UNITED STATES 3 3 4 10 11. CANADA 1 1 1 3 Sapporo 1972: 6. UNITED STATES 3 2 3 8 17. CANADA 0 1 0 1 Now, as I see it we won a total of: US 870 medals...Canada....189 Respectable showing...I must admit. Quote: err good one, some more make believe? Bad attempt at humour. Leave the funny to mike myers and jim carrey. Listen to Homer - "It's funny because it's true Quote: I'm sorry that you still haven't realised we have Canadians who look and talk like americans, embedded in every city in the US. At any point you guys come and piss us off, Mike Myers and Jim Carrey will kick your yankee ass from within your borders. You mean Jim Carrey, who's last 4 movies have BOMBED, and Mike Myers who makes fun of Canada's skirttail, England? I dont find them funny...the ONLY Comedian EVER to come out of Canada worth laughing with (not at) was John Candy. WE PISSED YOU OFF? Who started this Freakin thread anyhow? not an American! And Jim Carrey and Mike Myers were smart, they know where the money is, Not in Canada...Why is it that Canadians have people embedded in the US anyhow? hmm...you dont have to answer that, we all know why Quote: I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. I realise it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons. Yeah so? we tried to remain neutral from any wars, but we were forced into WW2...we dont remain neutral anymore, that was a mistake...it was also before the UN was founded (Oct. 24, 1945) Quote: Finally countries that have commited many times worse genocide: Rwanda bosnia I know we quelled a rebellion in Bosnia Quote: (In case you missed my point, Saddam needs to be in prison/dead. We tend to feel money is why the US is attacking because more severe atrocities have occured in other countries. The largest difference is oil here.) We are NOT in Iraq because of OIL!!! In fact, we are capping these oil wells just so we can SEE, if the war were about OIL, we would start spilling the oil into barrels and taking it home. What our plans to do with the oil is have native Iraqi's sell the oil to us, and have that money go into aid to help the less fortunate. Quote: Oh yeah, your Minster of Foreign relations with Canada said that canada is actually contributing more to the war on iraq than most of your coalition. eg. Vessels in the water ways and soldiers on exhange with the US. http://www.cbc.ca/news/iraq/documents/cellucci030325.html puehehe, notice your source of information? a CANADIAN Website Points: - In fact, for 38 of the 50 states the number one foreign trading partner is Canada. - We get more oil from Canada than any country. - In fact, on September 11, 2001, a little known fact, is that it was General Findley, a Canadian general, who was in the chair. - So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq. That last one i had to put to balance the picture. We are also dissappointed that US is at war. Oh well tit for tat. Quote: It's funny how a thread that starts out as light humoured is taken so seriously by its target audience. However, I have noticed that we all seem to have something in common, the French. Absolutely NOT! Go Freedom fries! And I dont consider joking about the war...light humor ;( and I agree with Clutch, I will not reply to this thread again, as it is in bad taste...in fact, it should be locked. How about that Linux!!! <---see On topic! :x (for those of you who dont know, this is the sister site to linuxcompatible and there is where I saw this thread) Thanks, Shamrock P.S. Bloc, I find it an honor that you create a new account just to reply to my threads, so that you dont get banned with your other account. [/b]

Quote: I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all it's not like you actually elected him. I am sorry we do not know who your president is, or your prime minister, or whatever you call it up there. It's not like it matters, since that government only governs 26 million, 2/3rds which are too drunk to work. I am sorry that the only people who have firearms in Canada are gangs and thugs. What was the point in banning firearms? Oh yeah...reducing crime. Quote: I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own. I'm sorry that's the only export you have. I am sorry we use you for cheap labor in making our cars that WE design. Then we sell them back to you triple what you built them for. (you get paid HALF of what US citizens make )And no, Japan is our biggest importer. Quote: I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours. I'm sorry we won 62 other medals compared to your 2, Hockey wasnt THAT bigga deal, but The Mackenzie brothers know no other sports, except cheap beer chugging and hockey Quote: I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I notice you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice. I'm sorry you dont have a government, nor a population for that matter, I am sorry that Mexico City has more people than youre entire Country. I am sorry that when you decided to start a country that no one showed up. Quote: I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but, we Feel your Pain. I'm sorry you dont have the best beer in the world, nor the most potent. Samuel Adams has been voted the best tasting beer IN THE WORLD, since 1998 (5 years running), however I AM GLAD that you had nothing to do with our beer, keep your own, Molson tastes like piss. Quote: I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. I realise it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons. Yes, I truly am sorry that Hussein tortures and mutilates his own people, that they CANT be liberated, and I am sorry that he takes his own army, if they dont do what he says, he grinds up their feet in an industrial paper shredder, records their screaming, then plays it back and laughs, then tells his commanders that's them if they dont do as he says. I am sorry Hussein, hangs his people just because they wave at the US military as they walk by. I am sorry that he gives his people acid in their water, if he doesnt lget enough extortion money from a city in his country. I am sorry that Hussein takes 40% off the top of any aid ANYONE tries to give his country, and starves his people. I am sorry he uses chemical and biological weapons on his little peasant settlements to disfigure them, just to see if his faulty weapons work. I am sorry that in High School Udey Hussein brought a tiger to school and had it mutilate 14 classmates(he sicked it on them) , just because it was "pet day". I am sorry they put a crappy Canadian Character, Yukon Cornelious, in such a great classic cartoon such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. :x I am sorry that you cannot make up your mind as to an official language, English or French. I am also sorry that the French left you for dead, and now persecutes you, because you mutilated their precious language. I am sorry that Quebec wants to seceed from your country and become their own. I am sorry that your currency sucks, and has 62% of value compared to the US dollar. I am osrry that the rest of the world will not accept Canadian DOllars, but any country will accept US currency. I am sorry that the CBC cannot report the correct news, because the war with Iraq did not start because we bullied our way in, it started because Hussein is torturing people, and we have morals and protect innocent people (including you Canadians). Hussein had 12 years to disarm, you think 15 more days will help (what the UN wanted)? Quote: And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologising for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this. We've seen what you do to countries you get upset with. Finally (notice the CORRECT grammar? NEVER start a sentence with AND) On behalf of all US citizens, I am sorry you have no military to even attempt to help the US in IRaq, and that WE protect YOU. I am sorry we ever went into a bound agreement with NORAD, which we built, we maintain, and we defend Entire North America from people like Saddam Hussein. Send that to Rick Mercer. Now, in all seriousness...War should not be joked about, it's a sensitive subject. If you were offended by my post, then you shouldnt joke about a war...Lives are lost (not in vain, btw). We are trying to help the INNOCENT people of Iraq. 49 countries from the UN support the Coalition forces, I dont see why it's so bad to be there and help men, women, and children who cant help themselves.

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Hey ya'll, I cannot get rid of this STOP:0x000000C2 BAD_POOL_CALLER bsod. I have tried everything, even BIOS modifications. It did this during the install too, you think a new, fresh install might be a good route to go, maybe get rid of this thing? Thanks Shamrock

Not win2k Dude..WinXP Pro but thanks for looking into it! Shamrock

I get the same identical error! It is getting frustrating, because this happens 3-4 times A DAY! Here are my specs: 1 Ghz Athlon T-bird (OC'ed to 1.1Ghz) Epox 8KTA2 (Socket A) Enlight Case (4 5.25, 3 3.5) 384 MB Crucial PC133 cas2 (7ns) Asus V7700 GeForce2 GTS 64MB DDR SoundBlaster Live! Value Western Digital 20.5 GB (ATA/66) 7200RPM Plextor 12x/10x/32x A Logitech iFeel (Optical) Microsoft Internet Pro Keyboard HP 3400Cse scanner Linksys network (5 port) US Robotics 56k ISA Model 5687-03 Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Digital 2 Steering Wheel (w/ pedals) KDS V190i 19" monitor 1.44 MB Floppy Windows XP Pro I turned off system reboot upon error to get the BSOD to stay up there instead of rebooting to BIOS. Thanks, Shamrock

Oops, double post

1 Ghz Athlon T-bird (OC'ed to 1.1Ghz) Epox 8KTA2 (Socket A) Enlight Case (4 5.25, 3 3.5) 384 MB Crucial PC133 cas2 (7ns) Asus V7700 GeForce2 GTS 64MB DDR SoundBlaster Live! Value Western Digital 20.5 GB (ATA/66) 7200RPM Plextor 12x/10x/32x A Logitech iFeel (Optical) Microsoft Internet Pro Keyboard HP 3400Cse scanner Linksys network (5 port) Thrustmaster NASCAR Pro Digital 2 Steering Wheel (w/ pedals) KDS V190i 19" monitor 1.44 MB Floppy Windows 2000 SP2 US Robotics 56k ISA (Model 5687-3) Shamrock

Same here, I can connect and 2 minutes later, it goes dead (except I don't have internet sharing) But I have contacted Earthlink over and over, and they keep telling me my TCP/IP is corrupt and to uninstall them and re-install them. BUT, I have done this 10-15 times, even reformatted before, and it STILL does it! NO way they can become corrupt that many times. Any help? I am gonna try a line noise filter, and contact my phone co. Thanks, Shamrock

hi, Everytime I format my PC, and I install Win2k, it asks me to enable SMARTDrive, or else it will go slow. How do I get SMARTDrive enabled? I use a Win98 bootdisk, should I use an old DOS 6.22 boot instead? and if you can, provide me a link to get SMARTDrive? Thanks, Shamrock

I tried the Freedrive account, it was a no go...I could get in the folders and everything, but it says tehre was only 1.062mb left, and it disabled the "download" button. Guess I'll try again tomorrow :\ Shamrock

I have this aweful and annoying problem playing games in Win2k, here is the scenario... I buy Win2k, and install it with NTFS system. I start installing my games that I play regularly, everything is great. (This is a gaming machine) When I start playing Nascar4, Grand Prix Legends,Nascar3, Star Trek: Elite Force, Mobil 1 Rally Champ,Tribes 1 & 2, Mechwarrior 4, F1 Champ 2000 demo, Baldur's gate 1 & 2, I get a 5-7 second freeze, Hard drive, sound, video, EVERYTHING locks up for about 5-7 seconds, then comes back, this happens like every 10 minutes or so, HOWEVER....Age of Empires 2 and Ultima Online: rennaisance does NOT do anything, they run perfect, and run that way for hours and hours. I have tried wiping the drive, and installing Win98 (runs without hesitation), I then wipe it again and re-install Win2k under FAT32 system, and it reduced the freeze to about 4-6 seconds ( i time them yes!) This is what I am currently using. I have tried other forums, and I get responses like...You need more RAM, you had a bad install (twice?), get an Intel (a flame of course)... Can someone tell me what is happening? Is the OS accessing the page file? do I need new Ram? I have tried 11.01, 12.00 , 12.20, 6.50, and 7.58 det drivers, I have tried DirectX7a, Directx 8, and Directx8a. I have used SB Live drivers from CD, from Win2k, and from liveware 3 download. I had Win2k SP1, and SP2, tried both of those. Well, you get my picture, I've tried about everything (including patches for the games). I have tried the compatability modes, too. Here are my specs, and tell me what could be the problem? 1 Ghz Athlon T-bird Epox 8KTA2 (Socket A) Enlight Case (4 5.25, 3 3.5) 128MB Crucial PC133 cas2 (7ns) Asus V7700 GeForce2 GTS 64MB DDR SoundBlaster Live! Value Western Digital 20.5 GB (ATA/66) 7200RPM Plextor 12x/10x/32x A Logitech iFeel (Optical) Microsoft Internet Pro Keyboard HP 3400Cse scanner Linksys network (5 port) Thrustmaster Formula T2 Steering Wheel (w/ pedals) 15" CTX monitor 1.44 MB Floppy Windows 2000 SP2 Thank you, Shamrock

Well guys, I finally got my RAM in, and ALL my problems have ceased. Before I got my ram, it gobbled up 86MB of memory on bootup!, that was my problem, it was accessing the pagefile too frequently. After the install of my RAM, not a thing is wrong with it...NOTHING! all games work, etc. My point? Win2k loves eating RAM, so if you decide to upgrade to Win2k...get AS MUCH as possible! I now have 384MB Thanks for your help. Shamrock

Valkerie, I installed them all at once, I didn't think it mattered to install them one at a time! I have tried both forcing EAX, and disabling it as well, the only other options I have, is to re-flash my BIOS< or get more RAM, and RAM is gonna be ordered Tuesday Thanks for all your help guys. Shamrock

I have my page file set to Initial: 192mb and Maximum 384MB I had to install a zip program before I installed the VIA 4in1's, but then I installed them first thing, then SP2, I can't remember the rest Sorry, my memory is bad hehehe Sham

I'll try and answer everyone's questions in one post, so here goes... I have the VIA 4in1 v 4.31. I have tried no CD patches for some of them, and others I just can't find. I switched to Win2k for a couple reasons. I found an OEM version for $132, and heard good reviews about it,so I bought it. I've tried Win98, AND WinME and had no problems with either one relating to games (that isn't to say I didn't have other problems i.e. BSOD's) Yes I tried all compatability modes, both off the CD, from SP2, and the update. Yes, I have a 300w power supply AMD approved, it comes standard with my Enlight case Yes I tried taking out my SBLive! and playing games, still does, I even tried switching them around to different slots, and o, I never use PCI slot 1, as I knew about it sharing an IRQ with the AGP slot. Could it be my hard drive going bad? I also flashed my BIOS about 3 days before I bought Win2k, should I flash it back? (it is an important FLASH, as it corrects errors with SBLive!) The Flash changed from KT133 chipset, now it boots up as KT133/E, should I change that back? I guess I'll go ahead and buy the RAM, as it's only $36 for PC133 (128MB). Thanks guys, I appreciate your help. I'm not a newbie and this had me stumped as well. In fact, I build PC's for others and have no probs. :\ Shamrock

Not all of them you don't, but yes, I have the CD in regardless if it's needed ro not Sham

I've Tried that too, and the NVmax utility, to no avail but thanks