the car connection quiz

33 miles per gallon

Created by The Car Connection

some insight on measurement of time...

To realize the value of ONE MONTH,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK,
ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of ONE HOUR,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE,
ask a person who missed the train.

To realize the value of ONE SECOND,
ask a person who just avoided an accident.

To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND,
ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.



Treasure every moment that you have!
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!

Rogers - You SUCK!

I am fed up with their crappy units. I pay $25 bucks a month plus services for a refurb unit that hasn't worked in over a month.

Facebook: We own your content forever, and ever

According to The Consumerist, Facebook made a small but significant change to its TOS ("Terms of Service"): now they claim complete ownership of all of the content you upload for all time and can use it for any purpose, including making money off it, even if you close your account.

A read-through of key points in Facebook's TOS shows just how extraordinary their claims are to your creations (words, photos, videos, audio--even your name!).

1. "You are solely responsible for the User Content that you Post on or through the Facebook Service.... You represent and warrant that you have all rights and permissions to grant the foregoing licenses."

In other words, if you infringe someone else's copyright by uploading material for which you do not have the right, then it is your fault and not Facebook's. And you assert that all the content you upload is yours to hand over forever to Facebook. "Hand over forever"?

2. "You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof."

Yes, "hand over forever". They can do anything they want with it, even if you close your account. The previous TOS made it clear that, once you cancelled your account with Facebook, they would no longer retain these rights over your uploaded materials. However, things have changed. Now, even if you have left Facebook, the company can use your name and any photos or other content you uploaded in their advertising or "in connection with the Facebook Service". But what is the "Facebook Service"?

3. The "Facebook Service" is much more than what people normally think of as "Facebook-the-website". It can include any medium currently existing (books, films, audio, or whatever) and any medium developed in future. As detailed in the company's new TOS, "The 'Facebook Service' means the features, services and properties that Facebook makes available through (a) www.facebook.com or any other Facebook-branded or co-branded website (including, without limitation, any and all sub-domains and all international, mobile versions and successors thereof), (b) the Facebook Platform and ( c ) other media, devices or networks now existing or later developed."

In other words, once you upload it, they own it and can do whatever they like--however they like--with it until the end of the universe.

Update: At 2.09pm today (Monday, 16th February 2009), creator and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg posted a long blog entry that tries to downplay the significance of the company's TOS. However, even granting Facebook's current desire to maintain the "trust" of its users and not to use the powers it gives itself in the TOS, the problem remains that the wording of the TOS does let them do whatever they want with your content.

It may not be in their interests to exercise those powers now, but who can tell what the future will bring? Will there come a time when it is in their interests to capitalise upon those powers?

now you know... (thx val)

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the _expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."


As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October)! Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.


In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. They called the one sitting in the chair the "chair man." Today in business, we use the expression or title "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Board."


Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions. When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told, "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile" In addition, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt. Therefore, the expression "losing face."


Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "Ace of Spades." To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead.
Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."


Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no tele phones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."

I'm Done

Well, I think I have run the course of my brief interest in politics... I have been let down by everyone - they all lie, and I just don't trust anyone. I have issues that I need to deal with and I can't get involved with anything new right now. I'm slowly deleting all my online presences. I am going back to what I really enjoy and that's music and the odd charity. Politics is off the table for me. the Liberal Party of Canada is not ready for me (nor I for them!). I think I tried to define who I was by getting involved - it isn't me. I think most people I meet will only poke fun at me and not take me serious.

I have some homework to do now, so that's me ranting for today. Perhaps, tomorrow will bring a new challenge that will appeal to who I am?! That doesn't make sense, but when do I ever?

National Executive of the Liberal Party of Canada

Who are these people?
With the exception of M.I and Doug Ferguson, who's name I recognise from party emails, I don't know any of these people. I think if I want to get involved in the Liberal party, I'd like to know about the structure...

Interim Leader	Michael Ignatieff
National President	Douglas Ferguson
National Director	Rocco Rossi
National Vice-President (English)	Mike Crawley
National Vice-President (French)	Brigitte Legault
National Policy Chair	Joan Bourassa
National Membership Secretary	Robert Hamish Jamieson
Past National President	Mike Eizenga
President, Liberal Party of Newfoundland & Labrador	Danny Dumaresque
President, Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island	Barrie Harris
President, Nova Scotia Liberal Party	Derek Wells
President, New Brunswick Liberal Association	Britt Dysart
President, Liberal Party of Canada (Québec)	Robert Fragasso
Executive Vice-President, LPC (O)	Meredith Caplan
President, Liberal Party of Canada (Manitoba)	Sharon MacArthur
President, Saskatchewan Liberal Association	Frank Proto
President, Liberal Party of Canada (Alberta)	George Hodgson
President, Liberal Party of Canada (British Columbia)	Craig Munroe
President, Liberal Party of Canada (Yukon)	Christie Richardson
President, Western Arctic Liberal Association	Lana Roeland
President, Nunavut	Ranbir Hundal
Caucus Representative	Anthony Rota
Co-Chair, Aboriginal Peoples Commission	Joshua Fraser
President, National Women’s Liberal Commission	Nicole Foster Woollatt
President, Young Liberals of Canada	Cory Pike
Co-Chair, Senior Liberals' Commission	Catherine Ryan
Chief Financial Officer	John M. Duffy
National Revenue Chair	Herb Metcalfe
CEO, Federal Liberal Agency of Canada	Patrick A. Ryan
National Campaign Co-Chair	David Smith
National Campaign Co-Chair	Marcelle Mersereau
Constitutional and Legal Adviser	Johanne Brodeur
Constitutional and Legal Adviser	Martin MacLachlan

I have slept in...