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How To Become a Net Ninja
Über-anonymity on the Internet is not always possible. There are, however, simple steps that one can follow in order to get a close semblance of anonymity
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Alive, Urban Obstruction
My morning route is more of an obstacle course than a commute. If I’m not circumventing a phalanx of construction pylons or slamming on the breaks when someone decides to veer right without using their indicator, then I’m faced with another, more perplexing problem: a human barrier.
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To Toronto, With Love
It’s been a while since we spoke. How’s everything? I heard you had a few pretty important people over a few months back for quite the party! Sorry if I’m being inappropriate. I can see why that whole G20 thing is still a bit of a sore subject for you.
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Sex and Pancakes
Dear Melissa,
The majority of the time I have sex, I don’t cum. I’m not nervous and I’m always attracted to the person I’m with. Is there something wrong with me? Could being uncircumcised have anything to do with it? -
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Editorial
The cross-party cooperation that has lived impassively in Montreal’s city hall for the past year has ended. Richard Bergeron has quit the city’s executive committee and the mayor’s approval ratings have never been lower.
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Nah’msayin?
As a student journalist, I have mixed feelings about a zombie apocalypse.
On one hand, you’ve got diseased corpses desperately seeking to tear your flesh off and eat you alive. But on the other hand, there always seem to be thousands of crumpled up newspapers kicking around. -
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Anonymity on the Net
Until very recently, there was no absolute guarantee to gaining anonymity on the Internet. Connecting to the web, participating in ongoing conversations and joining the Internet flow inevitably forced one to provide some kind of self-identification.
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Lucrative Liquids
Would it make sense if my landlord installed a coin machine that charged me a dollar to get into my apartment? How about if air was privatized and I had to pay by the breath? The answer to both questions is no. It would be completely ridiculous to pay for something that I already own.
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Colbert/Stewart Evoke Sanity/Fear
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert came together for a rally, dubbed the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or The Rally to Keep Fear Alive, on Oct. 30, but that’s not where the story lies.
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Unintelligent Design
Analogies are like a fish without a bicycle… no, wait. Analogies are like tadpoles without a tricycle… Ah, forget it.
The point is that analogies, at best, can be an effective means of compacting a complex scientific set of rules into something that’s understandable to the layman. At worst, they can get someone so lost in abstraction that you can get them to believe just about anything.