If I have to Google what a f**king "crore" is (at least a translation of the "lakh" value was given), then while I may indeed have learned something, the summary has patently failed in its core task, since it lacked essential information necessary for most of readers to actually comprehend it.
More people can speak English in India than any other nation on earth. Indian-English is going to start showing up in more and more places over time; especially as India's economy grows and a lot of people from India start getting online more. Articles from India show up on my newsfeed at a semi-regular rate now. Lakh it or not, you're going to have to learn what a crore is eventually anyway.
And iPhone apps are a low cost thing. The smartphone itself is kinda expensive, but they're so useful that they're pretty ubiquitous, even in poorer locale.
Being a poorer locale actually helps smart phones. In a lot of poorer countries people completely skip getting a computer in exchange they just get a smart phone. Smartphones are the primary computing device in poorer countries so they're more likely to buy apps that they can use on their phone than they are to buy a computer program.
Remember that the bulk of humanity resides in China and India.
Actually, it's about 1/3rd of humanity lives in either China or India. Not quite the "bulk of humanity", although certainly more than lives in the "West".
Are you iOS or Android. Android has more free apps available, a larger % of iOS apps require money.
I wonder how much this has to do with China using older apple devices whereas most people in the west have moved on to Android now. Is Apple still big in China?
Depending on your userID, your account probably isn't YOUR account anymore. They let new sign ups take existing names that hadn't been used in a long time.
I signed in, just so that no one could take my old account (on rare chance something incriminating, or important was sent there), haven't been back since (although I probably should just to keep account alive so they can't compromise my security).
Rumor has been, as the summary says, that the NX will be a console/handheld hybrid. However, that's not a particularly novel idea, as it's basically what the Nvidia SHIELD is,
Unlike Nvidia, Nintendo has good name recognition as a video game console. Nvidia has better recognition for video cards, and whereas, I doubt there are many gamers who haven't heard of the Shield, I don't think many have actually held one, or heard much positive buzz about one. It's gained a reputation as a quirkly "b" platform.
Nintendo has a better "name" to make this happen. The name alone will sell consoles.
The only thing I've ever heard about them was their smart phones, which are apparently appallingly awful, and only available in pink! (or rose gold as they call it).
Do Chinese men carry pink phones? Other than that, they have a really stupid name.
No worries, this will never get approved. The public is so against this being legal, that anyone who revokes the law making DNA testing for jobs illegal would be committing political suicide.
Will not happen any time soon because politicians like keeping their jobs.
I can't help wondering if there is more to this. For some reason, I get a bunch of Russia Today articles in my news feed. It's interesting to read their side of things from time to time. Heavily biased and full of pro-Russian propaganda, but I'm smart enough to wade through most of that.
That said, it's hard to see how any of it is illegal and deserving of being closed down. Is there more to this story that isn't public? Or is this as simple as Britain shutting off RT just to quiet it. I hope there is more to this and not some overly sensitive clod high-up abusing his power.
Journalists should not only be permitted but deeply encouraged to record events and make them public according to their own viewpoint.
Yes, as long as they don't break the law themselves.
That includes inside businesses such as food processing plants and any other place likely to commit certain horrors. That is what America is all about.
Who decides what is considered a "place of horror"? What if one journalist deceided your office was a place of horror- demanded to be let past security and stand behind your back and film you all day? Should that be legal?
What if the journalist got a hunch that you are a paedophile and hid cameras all around your bedroom? Is that legal? You think they should be allowed anywhere horrors might occur?
I think I'm going to become a journalist- I think acts of paedophilia might be happening in Angelina Jolie's shower.
Here is one huge issue. If nothing else a pipeline is a declaration that we will continue to use oil.
Ahh... so here's the crux of the issue- a journalist should have the right to break laws and trespass on private property when YOU PERSONALLY agree with the political stand they make.
Guess what, I'm against the increased use of fossil fuel. I think we should be weening off it as soon as we can. I don't however believe that journalists have the rights to trespass or break the law to further that agenda.
How can people trust a government that promotes secrecy and business over the life and health of its people?
How can people trust a government that allows journalists to break the law, but only when they agree with the journalist's political proclivity. The law has to be equal for everyone or it's tyranny.
Unlike China, we have a legal system that involves a jury who must agree she is guilty before the charge sticks. Also, if a charge is wrongfully pressed she can sue for that too.
This isn't a case of a journalist being 100% innocent and being arrested just because someone doesn't like her views. This is a case of a journalist allegedly willfully trespassing.
Even when journalists are doing good things and for good reasons they still have to follow the law. They have no immunity, nor should they.
If a journalist committed a crime whilst riding with the Iraqi troops they should be charged accordingly. They are not immune. Might be a little difficult to find a body to prosecute them though.
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If I have to Google what a f**king "crore" is (at least a translation of the "lakh" value was given), then while I may indeed have learned something, the summary has patently failed in its core task, since it lacked essential information necessary for most of readers to actually comprehend it.
More people can speak English in India than any other nation on earth. Indian-English is going to start showing up in more and more places over time; especially as India's economy grows and a lot of people from India start getting online more. Articles from India show up on my newsfeed at a semi-regular rate now. Lakh it or not, you're going to have to learn what a crore is eventually anyway.
And iPhone apps are a low cost thing. The smartphone itself is kinda expensive, but they're so useful that they're pretty ubiquitous, even in poorer locale.
Being a poorer locale actually helps smart phones. In a lot of poorer countries people completely skip getting a computer in exchange they just get a smart phone. Smartphones are the primary computing device in poorer countries so they're more likely to buy apps that they can use on their phone than they are to buy a computer program.
Remember that the bulk of humanity resides in China and India.
Actually, it's about 1/3rd of humanity lives in either China or India. Not quite the "bulk of humanity", although certainly more than lives in the "West".
US GDP is higher though.
Are you iOS or Android. Android has more free apps available, a larger % of iOS apps require money.
I wonder how much this has to do with China using older apple devices whereas most people in the west have moved on to Android now. Is Apple still big in China?
Heavens help us if we learn something new about a different culture!
Really. Criminal conviction, huh? Programmer in prison? Are you even listening to yourself?
Write a divide by zero error and have your ass cheeks divided in federal prison.
Infinite Loop errors requires infinite butt pounding.
Depending on your userID, your account probably isn't YOUR account anymore. They let new sign ups take existing names that hadn't been used in a long time.
I signed in, just so that no one could take my old account (on rare chance something incriminating, or important was sent there), haven't been back since (although I probably should just to keep account alive so they can't compromise my security).
Personally if I was going to carry around a 7" tablet device, I would just carry a real tablet that can do so much more.
PC users say the same about consoles. "I'd rather have a device that I can do more than just play games on rather than just a console".
And you (and they) have a point, although this, specwise and softwarewise should be more oriented towards games.
Rumor has been, as the summary says, that the NX will be a console/handheld hybrid. However, that's not a particularly novel idea, as it's basically what the Nvidia SHIELD is,
Unlike Nvidia, Nintendo has good name recognition as a video game console. Nvidia has better recognition for video cards, and whereas, I doubt there are many gamers who haven't heard of the Shield, I don't think many have actually held one, or heard much positive buzz about one. It's gained a reputation as a quirkly "b" platform.
Nintendo has a better "name" to make this happen. The name alone will sell consoles.
I image searched bagel zelda and got cartoon diaper porn. Fucking internet.
You must be using Bing.
That would probably give you a lacerated anus.
Yeah, well I can see UP!
I could only wait for about 2 minutes... ... Sorry Natalie!
The only thing I've ever heard about them was their smart phones, which are apparently appallingly awful, and only available in pink! (or rose gold as they call it).
Do Chinese men carry pink phones? Other than that, they have a really stupid name.
Need a Slashdot moderation type system for Linked In.
Bob from accounting, +1 Insightful
Julie from Veridian Dynamics, -1 floozie
Greg from Acme weapons, -1 racist
Darn, I've run out of moderation points to mod Sally.
You're missing Space Nazis from the list. Space Nazis are the most likely answer.
No worries, this will never get approved. The public is so against this being legal, that anyone who revokes the law making DNA testing for jobs illegal would be committing political suicide.
Will not happen any time soon because politicians like keeping their jobs.
A little wiring and duct tape and he's good to go.
Few people know that MacGuyver was based on the real-life exploits of Julian Assange.
She never committed a crime.
She committed at least one, she was trespassing.
No his argument for the rioting charge was that she was in the group of people who broke a fence and trespassed, so she was part of the riot.
If so, the courts should quickly dismiss it as frivolous.
I can't help wondering if there is more to this. For some reason, I get a bunch of Russia Today articles in my news feed. It's interesting to read their side of things from time to time. Heavily biased and full of pro-Russian propaganda, but I'm smart enough to wade through most of that.
That said, it's hard to see how any of it is illegal and deserving of being closed down. Is there more to this story that isn't public? Or is this as simple as Britain shutting off RT just to quiet it. I hope there is more to this and not some overly sensitive clod high-up abusing his power.
Journalists should not only be permitted but deeply encouraged to record events and make them public according to their own viewpoint.
Yes, as long as they don't break the law themselves.
That includes inside businesses such as food processing plants and any other place likely to commit certain horrors. That is what America is all about.
Who decides what is considered a "place of horror"? What if one journalist deceided your office was a place of horror- demanded to be let past security and stand behind your back and film you all day? Should that be legal?
What if the journalist got a hunch that you are a paedophile and hid cameras all around your bedroom? Is that legal? You think they should be allowed anywhere horrors might occur?
I think I'm going to become a journalist- I think acts of paedophilia might be happening in Angelina Jolie's shower.
Here is one huge issue. If nothing else a pipeline is a declaration that we will continue to use oil.
Ahh... so here's the crux of the issue- a journalist should have the right to break laws and trespass on private property when YOU PERSONALLY agree with the political stand they make.
Guess what, I'm against the increased use of fossil fuel. I think we should be weening off it as soon as we can. I don't however believe that journalists have the rights to trespass or break the law to further that agenda.
How can people trust a government that promotes secrecy and business over the life and health of its people?
How can people trust a government that allows journalists to break the law, but only when they agree with the journalist's political proclivity. The law has to be equal for everyone or it's tyranny.
Unlike China, we have a legal system that involves a jury who must agree she is guilty before the charge sticks. Also, if a charge is wrongfully pressed she can sue for that too.
This isn't a case of a journalist being 100% innocent and being arrested just because someone doesn't like her views. This is a case of a journalist allegedly willfully trespassing.
Even when journalists are doing good things and for good reasons they still have to follow the law. They have no immunity, nor should they.
If a journalist committed a crime whilst riding with the Iraqi troops they should be charged accordingly. They are not immune. Might be a little difficult to find a body to prosecute them though.