Recent content by stewacide

I'm going to be in the military, so I don't know where I'll be. Once you get your full license anywhere you can transfer it AFAIK. My brother did one better: he moved from Ontario to Alberta years ago with his G2 (a step below full license), and when he visited the licensing bureau there they...

Does anyone know if there are provinces left that don't have a graduated licensing system? I've never had any reason or desire to drive, so the complicated, costly, and lengthy system here in Ontario has put me off completely (I did my first written test simply to have the ID), but it'd be...

Here's a free, cross-platform (java) version of A&A me and some friends have been playing for a few years: http://triplea.sourceforge.net/mywiki Being able to skip setup, play remotely, and save-resume games makes things much more convenient... but obviously nowhere near as fun as a 2-day IRL...

I've had a kinesiology undergrad and a physiotherapy grad student both tell me not to stretch so I don't. So I've been told / read, while the chance of hurting yourself stretching is minimal, the supposed benefits are completely non-existent (statistically), so any risk isn't worth it. Of...

Thanks for making me feel like a sucker for not getting paid to wait all summer ;)

That sounds like the NOAB (part of the application process for the navy). See: http://Forums.Army.ca/forums/threads/84137/post-821319.html#msg821319

I'm pretty sure you're going to have to lose all that fat (and keep it off) BEFORE you can start putting on lean muscle. That's because when you restrict your calorie intake - the only way to lose fat - your body consumes fat and muscle in a more-or-less fixed ratio (so whatever muscle you put...

I got the call on the 2nd. I don't remember them being any more specific than August for the course, and sometime in July to do the paperwork (this is for the anglo' class, as a DEO Infantry, out of Windsor). I was physically in the recruiting centre on the 1st, and while I was there they said...

Ditto, although I really wish there was something on paper!

My friend failed the CFAT about a year ago (going into it blind). He wants to be a combat engineer, and is a super handy guy - can weld, lots of construction and machine experience, etc. - but for whatever reason tests shake him up. Is there any chance, were he to write it again and still fall a...

Good to hear they scrapped the crowds idea! Assassin's Creed was pretty terrible once you got past the graphics and animation (Ubi Montreal redeemed themselves with the new PoP however).

The Splinter Cell games are the only 'realistic' shooter games I plan, since I can't stand how in other games you get shot all the time AND DON'T DIE! Splinter Cell is different since bullets actually kill you (what a thought!), so you have to keep re-trying areas until you can clear them...

The better part of 15 years ago ;) As I recall Islamic terrorists ruined their oil industry, so to keep from having to beg the West for grain they decide to take Middle Eastern oil, but because they figure that will prompt a response from NATO, they attack NATO pre-emptively and start WW3...

I liked his books a lot as a kid, but I eventually wised up to Clancy's hack-e-ness. Red Storm Rising was my first and still favourite, but of course it's all predicated on the notion that the Soviet Union would, in order to gain control of the Middle East (something smart), pre-emptively...

My point isn't that minimum wage is terrible. I managed to just pay all my expenses (tuition, rent, food, books and everything) making minimum wage and living as frugally as possible. My point is it's vanishingly hard to progress beyond minimum wage nowadays - to get a secure career and make...