Google pretty much capitulated to the Chinese government on all fronts a couple years ago.
In 2006, yes (as did Yahoo and Microsoft, a few years earlier). As of 2009, the relationship between the two has become highly antagonistic, with Google refusing to cooperate, and actively undermining the GFW / censorship net in many cases.
Thats why you cant actually visit google.com in China from the mainland these days.
Google has lost ~1.2 billion customers by their actions in China. They are no longer accessible from mainland china (since May) and VPNs generally work very poorly there. "Big whoop" that they've lost access to 20% of potential customers and the largest emerging market, right?
The benefit is the assurance of a functioning justice system. The end of punishing lawbreakers is in fact to establish a system whereby lawbreakers is punished.
Are you aware that Google is one of the last big internet guys who refuses to cooperate with the Chinese government? Or that they cooperate with the EFF, and run ChillingEffects to make people aware of draconian DMCA takedowns?
Everyone's so eager to lynch the one big corporate ally that OSS / privacy advocates have.
so the channels have to choose between "annoying" and "none".
Thats not correct. They can choose between interstitial ads (in the middle of the stream), which Trump does for instance, non-skippable ads, banner ads which can be closed, and ads at the start of random videos.
Its not the big bad ISPs who generally do the ads (though they do sometimes participate on the side with DNS shenanigans). Its the people making the content you like.
Got a youtube channel you like with annoying ads? Dont blame the nasty corporations, blame the channel operator who chose what types of ads you received.
"Grabbing" and "needing" are entirely different things. Its likely that some of that is cache that will be released when theres sufficient memory pressure.
It has nothing to do with 8.1, and everything to do with the fact that browsers are incredible memory hogs. 8.1 is generally less resource intensive than Win7, so it will probably run-- just dont expect to load up the tabs.
Usually you're buying through a website that has pictures and the word "SSD" next to it, so unless you're mailing them a letter with some cash asking for an R7 I dont think its gonna be that big of a problem. The sorts of people who buy (and know how to install) SSDs and GPUs tend to be the sorts of people who can differentiate the two.
Not that its not dumb, just that its not really a big problem.
If he were to be extradited, it would be by the UK.
I havent followed this circus too closely (nor am I an expert on extradition law) but I dont believe he has been charged in the US, however, so Im not clear how he would be extradited.
I dont think its nearly as simple as you make it. If all you want is money (which is what bribes are), public office is probably the wrong place to look. I think many people entering public office geniunely want to change things for the better, and to do it their way. That doesnt mean their methods will be kosher, but I dont think you would deal with the hassles of public office just for some money gained far more easily in the private sector.
Its running code, but not arbitrary. There are limits to what code is allowed to execute. The HTML5 spec does not, for instance, allow you to read arbitrary memory locations.
Pretty much the only problematic one with firefox is start at boot. The others are all part of common features:
* GPS / Network location-- some sites request location data, which firefox prompts you for. It needs that permission to be able to grant the request if you approve.
* Account creds-- obvious
* Audio / camera-- voice search. Its a manually activated function. Also, HTML5 can do chats through webrtc, which needs camera / audio.
* Network info-- detect whether your online or not
* Call logs / contacts-- sharing webpages, making calls from phone links (ie, your browser sees 888-123-4567, it lets you click it and initiate a call)
If you are concerned about those, use an alternate browser that doesnt have those features.
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Google pretty much capitulated to the Chinese government on all fronts a couple years ago.
In 2006, yes (as did Yahoo and Microsoft, a few years earlier). As of 2009, the relationship between the two has become highly antagonistic, with Google refusing to cooperate, and actively undermining the GFW / censorship net in many cases.
Thats why you cant actually visit google.com in China from the mainland these days.
Google has lost ~1.2 billion customers by their actions in China. They are no longer accessible from mainland china (since May) and VPNs generally work very poorly there.
"Big whoop" that they've lost access to 20% of potential customers and the largest emerging market, right?
They have this system where some people arent employed legally or on the record (ie, waiters, criminals, day laborers).
The threat of violence is what gives the state the ability to enforce law, fundamentally.
The benefit is the assurance of a functioning justice system. The end of punishing lawbreakers is in fact to establish a system whereby lawbreakers is punished.
Its not about putting them to use, at all.
Are you aware that Google is one of the last big internet guys who refuses to cooperate with the Chinese government? Or that they cooperate with the EFF, and run ChillingEffects to make people aware of draconian DMCA takedowns?
Everyone's so eager to lynch the one big corporate ally that OSS / privacy advocates have.
so the channels have to choose between "annoying" and "none".
Thats not correct. They can choose between interstitial ads (in the middle of the stream), which Trump does for instance, non-skippable ads, banner ads which can be closed, and ads at the start of random videos.
Each channel has different settings on these.
Flashblock is built into chrome (and has been for ages), and I thought I recalled it being built into firefox.
Its not the big bad ISPs who generally do the ads (though they do sometimes participate on the side with DNS shenanigans). Its the people making the content you like.
Got a youtube channel you like with annoying ads? Dont blame the nasty corporations, blame the channel operator who chose what types of ads you received.
Thats why you have a sales rep...
I've dealt with those sites, the proper solution is to get a quote from the rep so that when the wrong thing was ordered its no longer your problem.
Its also not a zero sum game. If 1 million raptors die, that is room for another million raptors to take their place.
"Grabbing" and "needing" are entirely different things. Its likely that some of that is cache that will be released when theres sufficient memory pressure.
It has nothing to do with 8.1, and everything to do with the fact that browsers are incredible memory hogs. 8.1 is generally less resource intensive than Win7, so it will probably run-- just dont expect to load up the tabs.
The SecureBoot spec on x86 requires it to allow custom bootloaders. In that way it differs from ARM, which (AFAIK) has no such requirement.
Usually you're buying through a website that has pictures and the word "SSD" next to it, so unless you're mailing them a letter with some cash asking for an R7 I dont think its gonna be that big of a problem. The sorts of people who buy (and know how to install) SSDs and GPUs tend to be the sorts of people who can differentiate the two.
Not that its not dumb, just that its not really a big problem.
Yea, Im sure "nudge nudge wink wink" goes over well in international relations, especially when its picked up by every major news outlet.
But seriously: you're spouting trite nonsense.
Come on now, Sweden isnt THAT powerful...
I dont know about pigs, but I think I saw a strawman shooting across the room a minute ago...
You cant get "time served" for time you spent in a safe house evading the law. It doesnt work that way.
If he were to be extradited, it would be by the UK.
I havent followed this circus too closely (nor am I an expert on extradition law) but I dont believe he has been charged in the US, however, so Im not clear how he would be extradited.
Right, because the extradition treaties between Sweden and the US are so much stronger than the ones between us and the UK?
Are Multi-level-marketing schemes undermining the credibility of Ponzi schemes?
Cincinnatus wants a word with you.
I dont think its nearly as simple as you make it. If all you want is money (which is what bribes are), public office is probably the wrong place to look. I think many people entering public office geniunely want to change things for the better, and to do it their way. That doesnt mean their methods will be kosher, but I dont think you would deal with the hassles of public office just for some money gained far more easily in the private sector.
Its running code, but not arbitrary. There are limits to what code is allowed to execute. The HTML5 spec does not, for instance, allow you to read arbitrary memory locations.
"Executing structured code" perhaps?
Its not growth, its an arms race.
Pretty much the only problematic one with firefox is start at boot. The others are all part of common features:
* GPS / Network location-- some sites request location data, which firefox prompts you for. It needs that permission to be able to grant the request if you approve.
* Account creds-- obvious
* Audio / camera-- voice search. Its a manually activated function. Also, HTML5 can do chats through webrtc, which needs camera / audio.
* Network info-- detect whether your online or not
* Call logs / contacts-- sharing webpages, making calls from phone links (ie, your browser sees 888-123-4567, it lets you click it and initiate a call)
If you are concerned about those, use an alternate browser that doesnt have those features.