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The approp ‘se spacing around hey picture elements | hep make your image more inviting and engaaing Head room (the space fom the the op of 1) < i of 3 i & Orhe utes ja} iy" above al My wil no be vae mo a 4 cas ve SeenHopefully, every computer user in the country 1s)aware of the Copyright Board of Canada hearings this past February) By FRANK LENK Alliance (CSMA}, composed of compa- Adding t up According fies suchas Apple Canada and Hewlet- Although the final levy amounts are 54000, ‘Thee hearings were Held fo determine Packar and onganiations suchas the now wp to the Copyright Boar, ifs 2002 therevsed amounts Cot would be pal Real Conel of Canada (RCO rotate thatthe CPCC made Some Inte installment comes tothe muse industry by purchaser of Jacquie Famulak, general counsel for amendments nts requested ratesched- ion ot of the Dank media over the 2003-2008 period. Apple Canada and a spokesperson for le, in an apparent response to the hier telly i the ‘Ahough there was 2 if buildup, the CSMA, confirms thatthe five-mcm- critics Iveled aginst iginaly lot of com they ended without fanfare e's hard tober Copyright Board panel heard pre requested ley rates Basia, tell how things went, bt tc recording, sentations from lawyers. representing, "Most notably. the CPCC reduced the Paying out Industry may be ahead on points. (GSMA, plus separate delegation from two most controversial rat: Thest on became a Mid lee we presente ou ese more the RCC rmemory cards expabl of being wed in the-uby-te-two sfcctvely than our opponents” says 8 Although hearings are open to the an MIPS player” but also widely sed in Basin. Bate dent David Bassin, president of publi, Basskin noted that almost no digits comerat and other devon) sad CCC ase of beth Canadian "Musical Rights Wsitors attended, with members of dhe thone on hard drives Suit ine MIP Ses dts as Geng She Bet suction Agency (CMRRA) and a press particulary conspicuous by their players 7 tor of the Canadian Private Mhsene, The orinally- reed $21 per giga- "You ave 20 samuel Copying Collective, which administers "The Copyright Board is not con tte ery on Raniah pave woudl Sonshp Seances wat pont the coniroversial lank-media levy pro strained to any timeline, ut Famulak have obliterated the” Gegiimste) what ls bang copied” Be Sap am preted that a decision would proba Canadian market fer thee pends by ing ost of Rand ay ages "So often in tigation, Is not who's bly be announced by the cod of March, Goubing er ral pce The leet ‘ast mips Oe fancy uh i I j the beer case, but whos Better However, it might not come until Api CRCC rac sched segues omy st prepare" heals ‘or even May ad 2 fal outcome could The chief opponent at the hearings be furber delayed if any ef the com was the Canadian Storage Media cerned paris desis to appeal i | 1 Read| Total Gamer Canada's premiere gaming magazine PE a ee 8 one ett ss ‘Seonganies would Dave &2 segue wih the CPE Bere Pu tng Boon tng en Sa a teed aque and would awe 6 BIS ua anna epants ob uanliles, ‘Sours anus ofthe li Tn any ase, the CAL a aie you can setae as Many people as yuu wat, Bat have elma the Tost thatthe ams oe te chang ‘is Faulk Fea MER mene ; TIWIWACTEELIEDOEIARES Ss.Pctiets Gans ATCC De CAI en 8 ‘lsat the ey fr has 6 Roctcret petal—_— (Tie proces by which 2 traditional Maekntea-whte photograph is rauced haifoning. 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CREATINE LASDigital Shots: Up close and personal ‘By ANDREW MOORE-CRISPIN yond. 4 simple documentation of | cers photography an bring a nee Fespetve to tings re sce eve ay Tet talk about one of the fxs used ‘mera: The macro mods The dictionary definition of macro is Being ange thick oF exceptionally prominent This gives us a good clue as | to what involved in macro photog Bly. Maco mode changes the focal fength of your camera's lens 50 that inatead of capturing scene at LPs, photographer can take close-up pic= tures of anything that catches thie Interest. Macro photography” aso ood training for your ecative eye Rather than faking @ Held tp to find scenes of val interest, aro photog raphy allows us to explore things that te falar to us, but up close and per Sonal, in all their dtall and with new perspetive ‘All but the most asic consume evel | aigat cameras offer a. macro mode though i ofen goes unis Macro photography using a digital camera can't compare to the choles SMorded to even the most basi SLE ‘camera — SLRs, wth sherinterchanse- fle lenses and afer market add-ons fo way beyond the ratio of 1 where the orginal subject captured at its tual sic in the image) or possibly 1:2 [where the subject appears at twice Is sie) that digital camera macro settings ‘pil fle Get foie with macro ‘The main reson for photographers to 0 digal te that the medium allows ror rom for experimentation We can instar preview pltures and erase our ilstakes. To this end, the Best way 10 Team micro photography i to simply fo out and try It Macro photography Frais that we Took. beyond. what tree wed to secng aid focus on one Specie element of whole seen For example picture of your garden in Boom is nic, but a ot of individ Akal sacrificed in favour of capt fing the entre scene. 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The suction Stas fered though Hains offical Web ste and trumpeted “One ucky wir will fet the chance to tlk fone-on-one with one of tk fivourie stars “Te tem found sel the subject of a minor bidding war (wel 32. Wis to be exc), 2 was evetualy won with 2 final bid of USES. Him recery moved home to Toronto fom os Angeles and ris he bas Ben clean ad sober fora while now, so fre tst the money wl Te pt to good we High-tech dispute settled by low-tech means Corporate lawyers in New Zealand apparenty were ating any beter ‘Sie thie Canadian brethren ae ‘mont a eo New Zealand high-tech [bones agreed wo see a potertally 139 legal dupe with 2 fend beste lace arm ere match on ‘The match was born after «dispute beeen New Zealand telecom compa fs Tenalk sed MCS Digial fated tbe elec 1 lca competition com ‘Sion and wis abe to ead Iagation. The ds pa revheed around MES, Begears aroce to sees Team's mote rad nr woe, ad wat worth shot 190000. 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Tate ke se, we can ly hope tat mote pope en ta Tete simple aso taught hese tro amie and resonable cident, Prime Miniter Jean Chreten an US Present Geage WB ever dee ose S roster trade dpe wih a Then gue of ok Pope Scisrm t would be nour ders Inst nr toate paper every lace ikl hats coun {eat il have able counting {othe and il windup showing, ruck nin ties oo 10) Cowpland dusts off taw books: ‘Micha Covepland, the founder and Former CEO of Otawarbased Con tas decided fo defend isl. insider trading changes in ener to sve money ola fo, Thats right the man whose wie ‘nce cased an international te by Showing up at Corel gala wearing a Ares valued a¢ more than $1 millon (ehanks to a breastplate made of old fold anda diamond “nipple, snd hase former company bed andres Of milion of dallas during hs tenure, i actualy tying to sve money. Conpland is facing rexulatory hearing by the Ontario Secures {Commission that st to begin next month, fe is personal holding ‘company MCIC Holdings Ine was ‘ccund in 1999 of sling ore than '20 milion in Corl stock in 1997 ‘withthe Knowledge that Coe wa bout to mis earings lorecasn ‘When the company’s actot earings were revealed, Cort’ stock tne stanly and Cowpland is alleged to have avolded some $5 lon in lose thanks othe timey trae ‘Coupland now says that he's ied ‘of dealing withthe longstanding Tegal mes and that it makes perfect sense to defend himself, snce he Tels the facts are fairly straight forma, He's also explained that he would prefer to invest in his new wireless Company, Zim Technologic rather than fil the pockets of corporate lawyers. ts been sad a milion times before, and so surely Me. Cowpland has heard {he following phrase by now: "A. Iawyer who defends himsell has fool fora client” But it's also en sald that “A foot and his money ae soon pari and soit would appear that Me. Cowpland ‘has unfortunately found Nims ina lose-los situation. ‘le wish i the best of tuck. ©Another FIFA soccer game | Bynesron outa piling a league team, such as caste toumament, All Manchester United against a national the tourament holes AsHoaded FIFA Soccer 2003 onto my team, such as England Youll have some ave sme cements of ‘mputer, realzed that {have four of ofthe same players on both teams. Ths customization but it These games on my hard disk. Last years au hat was present in pst ver them Leiened FIFA 2002 and 2002 FHA sions and sil st ben comet 1A mention eater, Worl Cup. The year before, HEA 2001 “The Club Championship wade pts the gameplay more eae MajorLeague Soccer crossed my des) best European teams, lke Real lenging with ths ver These were al This test incarna Saccer franchise ha Heep itmily interesting Thee isa new FA Premier League fame engine that ves the player more Bandesiga and Hanter to play, actly. fd fs sn U'games, but by the Mri Inter Mla, Bayer Manic or sion than in previ time reviewed 2002'F1F4 World Cup Arenal, against eachother, Yasstaning to wonder what was new In the Season mor, you pay full fetures inane com "of the FIFA season ta one of 14 Socer leagues, mentary fom tow gen Inco the Europea Teays ike he lee from he se abo offers Sev ‘German eral langues besides Ep allan League, but Swedish, German, Spanish Fallcontol~ this makes the ame abit also. the. Korean League tones. The games ish tke italian, the French and Dutch, to navigate the game re skill ~ American MLS. The thee oustanding wth. Unfortunately, only Enish has = s nce to suc~ —Teages that are not tepesented inthe the commentary. 1 would Love 10 heat el inthis ame, The yame i loaded Season mode are the Brallan Lega, commentary in oter languages, forthe fh Kagues an tc ms the Tmternational League (comprising fun factor — especially In Spanish oF from 16 leagues, representing. shout some’ atonal cams) anda “resto alan when a goals seored 19000 player. ‘word which isa hodge-pedge of vat- IFA Sorer 2003 i fine game ~ a The gine, which comes on two discs, fou age Teams ince or no spe~ god socer sim for thas eho an Aha has a ew looks syed, more, ie reson ein ie However, if you bought any fare say i, European aot wo the ment The Tournament mode lets you jump ofthe previous thee games, I would gpsem. You can play a single trendly ight nto champlonship play, You can ind chard ously sling out dough mach pting one tcom against any of play the European Champions Cup the fr thls All of these games ave 40 heather. 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The game tras restated and the prablem seemed To correct Itself, Also, the gum fefised to et us act up a play-yree tail game on any dificult higher than Chea, the easiest setting (Overall, the new civizations are fu to play andthe multiplayer Fane tions ad lt of replayabty to the fame, OF special interest to strategists tro don't have the time to st down nd play 2 me outwith buddy iy the ply-by-emall option, OF cous, the same slow going and forthe fist 20 oF <9 tums thers almost rothing 10 do but click on “End Tm."O.R.B.: By ANDREW PoricHnYs Be harvesting resources your thing? Well OR: OF World Resource Fea aDreal-tine stra hich Hayes fy around in faactly that The from these asteroid eco unful s yo t alld milan p and conquer ene Iie me, you ave not sch ofan experienced Space explorer, ORs Arial moe wil det ely get you fit I teaches coerything fo {your opponents, which may be ether Ripulaog to eulary conquest You baline payers or the computer Till am how to beep all of your "Onc tricy aspect of ORB i contig oases In check, hore wo manocuvre your fet of miners, ight reihtes Buitiect ard how to use the very com= and base, ll wh He, yet very cool, 3 camera, which mote resources: Meanwhile you are bat lows you to sce all anes fy {ing enemy aliens. Once again fee ialring scsions's a i practice missions anda sli nin with init special firough oF the taining seins il plsons anda lok take you a Tong wa. at give in tothe trptation to quit, As the game rogrses and you begins [Mer the waning ean donc, you ae to master the contol you wl come to CGrpessated with wonderful xraphis, appreciate the exellent graphics sad series of very hepa mens ‘nce you begin playing el missions you will discover that your enemies fo ane ining forthe same asteroid resources that you are, have the pe nin hand in bate And they wil, rrore ely tha rat always wn Ie takes abt of practice, ut in fae tine you wil become 2 fist rate space fighter nd il pose a ‘old challenge ie sil exploring for Off-World Resource Base Soundtrack that this tile feats. econ of atts ike the very help {at drop-down mens, the age fey caplnies and 4 fabulous multiplayer fmode. you mill find yourself mare to stay wth this ne Have we bean here before? The tame’ concept eves a ite tobe desired though a ts Is basally the same al. space tory seen in other fame of this one, here 0 Faces Inte over rescues, which are used to improve technology and eliminate the ther ce ‘Om the the andthe game's sound track sa work of ar. The musie moves along withthe game and ecompanles the cuenta sustion very appeope= sey realy adds to the dcp space (ne aspect ofthe game that I really Aa not enjoy a8 the fact hat on ary ven mio, ony afew aneroids were alae for mining andthe et were just baren nds with no value. This rcan tht for much of the game vas ealing with low resource levels, wearing out my mouse pod ying 1 Find that nedlein-ac haystack that bl some value forthe feet. was hard 40 rocrch eveything onthe ap ad st faints 3 fighting force that could Challenge any opponent. When tered ofthe singe player mode, you can snitch to maliplayer snd set our own game, which allows you to decide on the mer of rsoure-bold- ing aseolds and custome yout own ships This eases the fstration of ot tring able o find many valuable aster vide ring missions ‘Al-in-ll Of- World Resource Bases me with a mediocre plot. 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