That's not how it works in Canada.

The government decides what phone you will use, and then wow - you'd better speak highly of it, or next thing you know you are working a wheat farm in northern Saskatchewan.

There's lousy cellphone coverage in northern Saskatchewan, by the way.
- Atomic Wedgie

Also no wheat farms.

I can’t get into the swift key. It doesn’t seem much faster to me and I always have a brain fart when I’m try’s to start the next word for whatever reason.
- RickJames77

i just type normal, dont do the swipe thingy

Also no wheat farms.
- BINGO!

I'll bet you are on a Samsung phone.

It's hilarious how the Canadian government has kept you in the dark about the northern Saskatchewan wheat farms.

Anyone notice Barrie flipping his stick an awful lot when he takes a pass? Is it that much easier to take a pass for him? Seems odd. Not sure if he did it a lot in Colorado too.

Not really my ball of wax, but I believe they are also still players in mobile security.
- Atomic Wedgie

That would make sense...it was a large piece of their brand awareness for all those years. Would be cool to see them succeed after the thrashing they took with tough screen phones.

My personal favorite casualty of the technological companies emergence is Blockbuster. Do you know they turned down an offer to buy Netflix for 50 million?

i just type normal, dont do the swipe thingy
- senstroll

Ohhh - I thought that was what swift key was. What is it like a third party keyboard?

Anyone notice Barrie flipping his stick an awful lot when he takes a pass? Is it that much easier to take a pass for him? Seems odd. Not sure if he did it a lot in Colorado too.
- bryant

I do notice him taking a bunch of bombs from the point. not sure if I like that. seems like a low percentage play

I'll bet you are on a Samsung phone.

It's hilarious how the Canadian government has kept you in the dark about the northern Saskatchewan wheat farms.
- Atomic Wedgie

*GASP!*

Any Rogers store:

https://www.rogers.com/we...tes/wireless/choose-phone

No money down.

I'm guessing that the prevalence of them in Ontario is about a jillion times higher than anywhere else in the world.
- Atomic Wedgie

Hm i'll have a look to see whether they still sell in europe.
I dont think they have a dual sim though and i dont like carrying 2 phones (already tough to not lose 1)

- winsix

Lmao...even if he hit the melon it wouldn't slice

That's not how it works in Canada.

The government decides what phone you will use, and then wow - you'd better speak highly of it, or next thing you know you are working a wheat farm in northern Saskatchewan.

There's lousy cellphone coverage in northern Saskatchewan, by the way.
- Atomic Wedgie

Commies

Also no wheat farms.
- BINGO!

I take it you hated your government issued cell phone?

Ohhh - I thought that was what swift key was. What is it like a third party keyboard?
- RickJames77

yes, tried it out one time and it was much easier. got a new phone..and tried useing the default one again...took 3 seconds for me to start screaming at the stupid phone. it was so hard to use

think it was $3 for the swiftkey app

I do notice him taking a bunch of bombs from the point. not sure if I like that. seems like a low percentage play
- senstroll

I like that, we've been lacking bombs from the point until Muzzin and Barrie. Imo you need some point shots in the mix so the D can't ignore the point.

I like that, we've been lacking bombs from the point until Muzzin and Barrie. Imo you need some point shots in the mix so the D can't ignore the point.
- Zezel

Tis the age of getting shots through, in my opinion. I'm not sure if it matters if it's a bomb or a wrist shot. The only way either goes in is if the goalie is screened or it takes a deflection and both can happen with either shot. In fact the latter is more likely with a wrist shot.

That would make sense...it was a large piece of their brand awareness for all those years. Would be cool to see them succeed after the thrashing they took with tough screen phones.

My personal favorite casualty of the technological companies emergence is Blockbuster. Do you know they turned down an offer to buy Netflix for 50 million?
- RickJames77

The Canadian tech industry has a long and glorious history of shooting star companies imploding within a year.

Before there was Blackberry, there was Nortel.

There was a great email that went around (back in the day) about two Nortel employees who each received a $1,000 bonus. Employee A bought Nortel stock, and Employee B bought beer.

Throughout the year, Employee A saw the value of his stock dwindle while Employee B drank beer.

At the end of the year, Employee B was down to 2 beers. He invited Employee A over to share the last two. They sat in his garage and lamented about how bad Nortel had become.

Employee A said he was disappointed that he had bought stock, but hey, all of Employee B's beer was now gone, and at least Employee A still had a little bit of money left.

But then it turns out that the return on the empties from Employee B's beer was worth more than Employee A's stock.

And the numbers were actually accurate.

Case study B: Corel (who bought naming rights to the Senators' arena). Corel Draw 'da bomb for a while - until it wasn't.

But they made a smart decision - they bought WordPerfect so that they could make a good office bundle to compete with Microsoft.

Of course, they bought WordPerfect about a decade too late.

Good times.

The Canadian tech industry has a long and glorious history of shooting star companies imploding within a year.

Before there was Blackberry, there was Nortel.

There was a great email that went around (back in the day) about two Nortel employees who each received a $1,000 bonus. Employee A bought Nortel stock, and Employee B bought beer.

Throughout the year, Employee A saw the value of his stock dwindle while Employee B drank beer.

At the end of the year, Employee B was down to 2 beers. He invited Employee A over to share the last two. They sat in his garage and lamented about how bad Nortel had become.

Employee A said he was disappointed that he had bought stock, but hey, all of Employee B's beer was now gone, and at least Employee A still had a little bit of money left.

But then it turns out that the return on the empties from Employee B's beer was worth more than Employee A's stock.

And the numbers were actually accurate.

Case study B: Corel (who bought naming rights to the Senators' arena). Corel Draw 'da bomb for a while - until it wasn't.

But they made a smart decision - they bought WordPerfect so that they could make a good office bundle to compete with Microsoft.

Of course, they bought WordPerfect about a decade too late.

Good times.
- Atomic Wedgie

at the beer part

It's happening right now with WeWorks - what a poop show

Edit: not that weworks is Canadian

Shopify qualifies, but IMO is a really well run business with a great business model.

yes, tried it out one time and it was much easier. got a new phone..and tried useing the default one again...took 3 seconds for me to start screaming at the stupid phone. it was so hard to use

think it was $3 for the swiftkey app
- senstroll

those third party (swiftkey is owned by Microsoft) keyboards often collect your keystrokes and phrases and send them to a cloud service and store them there...they call this Language Modeling Data and explain that it is used to provide users with “personalization, prediction synchronization and backup." Have to trust they are telling the truth.

I like that, we've been lacking bombs from the point until Muzzin and Barrie. Imo you need some point shots in the mix so the D can't ignore the point.
- Zezel

just seems like a waste of a shot most of the time.

think it was OT, so not quite the same..but watching Weber fire 5 bombs and hit the net once was funny. but pretty wasteful

those third party (swiftkey is owned by Microsoft) keyboards often collect your keystrokes and phrases and send them to a cloud service and store them there...they call this Language Modeling Data and explain that it is used to provide users with “personalization, prediction synchronization and backup." Have to trust they are telling the truth.
- vermie22

i dont

The Canadian tech industry has a long and glorious history of shooting star companies imploding within a year.

Before there was Blackberry, there was Nortel.

There was a great email that went around (back in the day) about two Nortel employees who each received a $1,000 bonus. Employee A bought Nortel stock, and Employee B bought beer.

Throughout the year, Employee A saw the value of his stock dwindle while Employee B drank beer.

At the end of the year, Employee B was down to 2 beers. He invited Employee A over to share the last two. They sat in his garage and lamented about how bad Nortel had become.

Employee A said he was disappointed that he had bought stock, but hey, all of Employee B's beer was now gone, and at least Employee A still had a little bit of money left.

But then it turns out that the return on the empties from Employee B's beer was worth more than Employee A's stock.

And the numbers were actually accurate.

Case study B: Corel (who bought naming rights to the Senators' arena). Corel Draw 'da bomb for a while - until it wasn't.

But they made a smart decision - they bought WordPerfect so that they could make a good office bundle to compete with Microsoft.

Of course, they bought WordPerfect about a decade too late.

Good times.
- Atomic Wedgie

Skip the Dishes was a great idea and got a big start up grant from the government here in Sask... and then once it started to take off they sold out and moved everything out of Saskatchewan.

i dont
- senstroll

I probably shouldn't, but for some reason I trust apple to have my data more than any other company. Again, I don't why, and I'm sure it's their marketing and poop that's got me thinking that way, but I do. I liked when they refused to engineer a code to break into the San Bernardino shooter's phone even though the US government ordered them to (overstepping of power IMO). I don't know if that made any headlines up north or not.

Skip the Dishes was a great idea and got a big start up grant from the government here in Sask... and then once it started to take off they sold out and moved everything out of Saskatchewan.
- BINGO!

Now in Winterpeg. I remember in University drunkenly saying on the bus that "There should be a company that delivers food for you from restaurants as a third party." 3 weeks later Just For Eats was being marketed on the bus...coincidence? No, Illuminati (frank)ing confirmed.

Now in Winterpeg. I remember in University drunkenly saying on the bus that "There should be a company that delivers food for you from restaurants as a third party." 3 weeks later Just For Eats was being marketed on the bus...coincidence? No, Illuminati (frank)ing confirmed.
- AdamFrench

You should sue the illuminati. All the kids are doing it.

Now in Winterpeg. I remember in University drunkenly saying on the bus that "There should be a company that delivers food for you from restaurants as a third party." 3 weeks later Just For Eats was being marketed on the bus...coincidence? No, Illuminati (frank)ing confirmed.
- AdamFrench

It was Wedgie.
He hears, and he knows.