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 Editorial: Accountability arrives in Africa
South African government stands behind American courts
2009-09-10
Editorial - Reversing their long-standing opposition, the South African government is now supporting civil action filed in the United States against several large corporations by the victims of the country's brutal apartheid era laws. The lawsuit alleges the companies -- including Ford, General Motors and IBM -- knew the government used their products to violate the human rights of black citizens and assist in the violent suppression of protesters.
Though the suit is being filed under a nearly 200-year-old law, and there's some controversy behind it being pursued at all, any action or settlement that makes companies think twice about dealing with brutally oppressive regimes should be lauded.
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 Dinos drop opener, prepare for Bears
2009-09-10
Football - Though both of the last two seasons have started with a zero in the win column for the Dinos football team and a loss to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, this is hardly last year's squad.
Last year, the Dinos started the year with a 25-0 shutout loss in Saskatoon. This year, the Dinos dropped a 34-33 double overtime decision in Saskatoon on Friday.
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 Entering the 3rd circle of hell
Quest to live off gas station food for one month ends in greasy tears
2009-09-10
This is a tale of an exploration of sin, not for the intrinsic pleasure it provides, but to satisfy curiosity. I did not commit myself to an unusual task attempting to attain fame, gain recognition for some cause or benefit humanity in some deluded way. I did this simply because I could, and what I did was set out to eat only gas station food for a month. Why, being the most obvious question in your information-greedy mind, is the one I’ll address first.
I had a roommate. When she moved out, a mutual friend suggested that as the result of my own sloth I’d likely fail to purchase real food for myself and succumb to the convenience of the gas station across the street for sustenance. Curiosity piqued, I wondered if someone could really live off of the food-like substances offered by gas stations, convenience stores and other places selling prepared foods.
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Freedom Through Ad Hoc Networks
2009-09-10
Column - The University of Calgary's wireless networks are generally pretty fast, but there are often times when they are at peak capacity and everything's really very slow. If you're trying to transfer a large number of large files between computers or play networked videogames on the LAN, chances are you're not only giving yourself headaches, but your neighbours as well.
Another scenario occurs when you want to do something that lies outside the narrow confines of the university's definition of acceptable technology usage. Frankly, the university's network should be used for academic things- not transferring that 30 gb archive of sybian porn to a friend in your residence building. Even playing games using shared computing resources (like the network) could get you in trouble with IT. Why bother with all this hassle when the service often isn't even that great in the first place?
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