The Han dynasty, which existed 2000 years ago was a golden period for China. They ruled over an area larger than the Roman empire. It just wasn't the part of the world we typically learn about in western history (and religion).
... trailing developing economies like Thailand and Kenya.
It may be a bit misleading to only look at average speeds. In a country like Kenya, far less people have internet access and those that do are typically in the urban areas where it is easier to provide high speed access. The further access is extended, the slower average speeds are likely to become, as the hard to reach places with satellite connections etc. bring down the average.
Even spy agencies like the CIA have a responsibility to protect the security and privacy of Americans.
The CIA's website says "CIA’s primary mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security".
It seems pretty clear that they are focused on gathering information relating to US national security... it says nothing about protecting private individuals information. I can guess that they will claim to have weighed up the threat to private individuals vs the intelligence gathering advantages of not disclosing these vulnerabilities. I'm not saying I agree with this sentiment, but I don't think this exposes the CIA to the extent that the article suggests.
Accidentally is an appropriate word in this context. It refers to something that happened by chance or was fortuitous. You do not specifically have to be trying to avoid something for it to be accidental. English is a wonderful language that has many ways to say the same thing.
... but you *must* phone them first to notify of the potential breach of security. Get the full identification of the officers involved. Phone, explain, give all details of the officers involved, and wait for clearance to give up the PIN to border patrol...
I don't see any TSA agent having the patience to allow you to do this. From my experience, any attempt to rationally discuss a "request" is met with a very heavy handed response.
$ telnet smtp.mailserver.com
HELO mailserver.mydomain.com
MAIL FROM:<me@mydomain.com>
RCPT TO:<you@yourdomain.com>
RCPT TO:<otherguy@somedomain.net>
DATA
From: "My Name" <me@mydomain.com>
To: "Your Name" <you@yourdomain.com>
Cc: otherguy@somedomain.net
Date: Mon, 13 February 2017 17:15:43 +0200
Subject: Look at the message I can send
Hi You
I can easily send an email using SMTP.
from
Me .
QUIT
Yeah... never mind that it is a peer reviewed publication by an academic from one of the top universities in the world (according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings). The fact that he might be black (but actually isn't) is far more important because, you know, science only happens in "white" countries.
I'm so glad Donald Trump is in charge now... he will put the natives in their place. A 140 character Twitter message carries so much more meaning than anything a published academic has to say!
Many problems have been caused by scripts that are tested while logged in as a user and then run under the root crontab, where the starting directory or environment variables are not the same.
My first thought was someone in Africa can afford a drone?
Is this because you think Africa only has starving children, people living in grass huts and wildlife wandering around on dirt roads? I initially wanted to provide a few enlightening facts and figures, but have decided it is not worth the effort. If this is your view of Africa, one post is not enough to change your very misguided perceptions.
Does a shell company employee over 50,000 people, generated over Euro 20 Billion in revenue and have a market cap of around $27 billion USD?
Nokia is a 150 year old company. They have been through many transformations from pulp and forestry to rubber, power generation, cable production and telecommunications.
Every phone needs a network to connect to a network. AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica etc. all invest huge amounts of capital in building these networks. Nokia supplies the core technologies to the phone network operators. Even when they were known primarily for their handsets they were already supplying network equipment.
Yes the sale of Uber's China's business would be included.
No it would not. The proceeds of a once off event like selling a subsidiary should not be included in OPERATING profit/loss, which is the $2.8 billion the article refers to. It will however be included in the NET profit/loss.
The CNBC article heading states "Despite China windfall, Uber on pace for 'unprecedented' losses, report says". The word "despite" implies that the operating loss was incurred even though they received a windfall from the sale of the Chinese unit. This is misleading...
I have done a bit of digging since seeing this and have found that they did in fact make a $2.2 billion NET PROFIT for the quarter, as a result of the sale. Also the rate at which their losses are increasing has slowed because the Chinese unit is no longer contributing to those losses. The CNBC article doesn't make this very clear.
I don't understand how the sale of Uber China can make the results look better. The proceeds of a "windfall" should not be included in operating profit/loss. I'm guessing this means the China business was a major contributor to the losses. Perhaps the paywalled article explains it better.
The M-Pesa service from Safaricom in Kenya is way ahead. In 2015 it processed 4.1 billion transactions. The value of the transactions represented 42% of Kenya's total GDP. Kenya's population is around 45 million compared to over 1.2 billion in India.
The truth is that the "world’s most developed nations" are not even in the mobile payment race yet, because most people in these countries can get bank accounts. Mobile money solutions are getting very good traction in less developed countries where the only cash alternative for most people is to use a cellphone.
In the early 2000's I remember thinking this about camera phones. After all, why would you want a camera in your phone when "real" camera takes pictures that are so much better. Just a toy really...
Nowadays it's almost the opposite. Why do you need a camera when you have a perfectly good one in your phone.
Surely the purpose of a fine, or any other punishment, is to discourage similar behavior in future. I did a quick search on SkyPan and it looks like they have already obtained the proper authorization from the FAA (Drone startup issued biggest fine ever for flying without permission). So why hit them so hard if they have already adjusted their behavior? It's probably to set an example, but it seems very excessive for a legitimate company that appears to be adhering to the regulations already...
I know the overzealous community support officer made this about "abstracting electricity", but let's not get sidetracked by that, because it's not about the cost...
As the article mentions, the socket is for use by cleaners when the train is in the station. While it is on the move it can switch from one substation to another. When this happens the feed could change phase and there could be a surge, which could damage anything that is plugged in.
The bottom line is that there is a valid reason the sockets should not be used.
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While not surprising, clearly they have no sense of irony.
The Han dynasty, which existed 2000 years ago was a golden period for China. They ruled over an area larger than the Roman empire. It just wasn't the part of the world we typically learn about in western history (and religion).
I have a OnePlus 5 and I'm very happy with it. Great value for money ...
Correction ... not TFA, but rather the summary refers to BASF as if it is some obscure, unknown company.
... intellectual property of a company called Baden Aniline and Soda Factory (BASF)
BASF are actually the worlds largest chemical producer, with revenues (2017) of $75 billion USD and operations around the globe.
The Chinese technology sector is rapidly catching up to the US. All a ban like this will accomplish is to make China more self sufficient.
... trailing developing economies like Thailand and Kenya.
It may be a bit misleading to only look at average speeds. In a country like Kenya, far less people have internet access and those that do are typically in the urban areas where it is easier to provide high speed access. The further access is extended, the slower average speeds are likely to become, as the hard to reach places with satellite connections etc. bring down the average.
Even spy agencies like the CIA have a responsibility to protect the security and privacy of Americans.
The CIA's website says "CIA’s primary mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to the President and senior US government policymakers in making decisions relating to national security".
It seems pretty clear that they are focused on gathering information relating to US national security... it says nothing about protecting private individuals information. I can guess that they will claim to have weighed up the threat to private individuals vs the intelligence gathering advantages of not disclosing these vulnerabilities. I'm not saying I agree with this sentiment, but I don't think this exposes the CIA to the extent that the article suggests.
Accidentally is an appropriate word in this context. It refers to something that happened by chance or was fortuitous. You do not specifically have to be trying to avoid something for it to be accidental. English is a wonderful language that has many ways to say the same thing.
... but you *must* phone them first to notify of the potential breach of security. Get the full identification of the officers involved. Phone, explain, give all details of the officers involved, and wait for clearance to give up the PIN to border patrol ...
I don't see any TSA agent having the patience to allow you to do this. From my experience, any attempt to rationally discuss a "request" is met with a very heavy handed response.
Correction ...
$ telnet smtp.mailserver.com 25
$ telnet smtp.mailserver.com
.
HELO mailserver.mydomain.com
MAIL FROM:<me@mydomain.com>
RCPT TO:<you@yourdomain.com>
RCPT TO:<otherguy@somedomain.net>
DATA
From: "My Name" <me@mydomain.com>
To: "Your Name" <you@yourdomain.com>
Cc: otherguy@somedomain.net
Date: Mon, 13 February 2017 17:15:43 +0200
Subject: Look at the message I can send
Hi You
I can easily send an email using SMTP.
from
Me
QUIT
Yeah ... never mind that it is a peer reviewed publication by an academic from one of the top universities in the world (according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings). The fact that he might be black (but actually isn't) is far more important because, you know, science only happens in "white" countries.
I'm so glad Donald Trump is in charge now ... he will put the natives in their place. A 140 character Twitter message carries so much more meaning than anything a published academic has to say!
Scripts can be very dangerous as well.
Many problems have been caused by scripts that are tested while logged in as a user and then run under the root crontab, where the starting directory or environment variables are not the same.
My first thought was someone in Africa can afford a drone?
Is this because you think Africa only has starving children, people living in grass huts and wildlife wandering around on dirt roads? I initially wanted to provide a few enlightening facts and figures, but have decided it is not worth the effort. If this is your view of Africa, one post is not enough to change your very misguided perceptions.
Does a shell company employee over 50,000 people, generated over Euro 20 Billion in revenue and have a market cap of around $27 billion USD?
Nokia is a 150 year old company. They have been through many transformations from pulp and forestry to rubber, power generation, cable production and telecommunications.
Every phone needs a network to connect to a network. AT&T, Vodafone, Telefonica etc. all invest huge amounts of capital in building these networks. Nokia supplies the core technologies to the phone network operators. Even when they were known primarily for their handsets they were already supplying network equipment.
Do you know much about accounting.
Yes
Yes the sale of Uber's China's business would be included.
No it would not. The proceeds of a once off event like selling a subsidiary should not be included in OPERATING profit/loss, which is the $2.8 billion the article refers to. It will however be included in the NET profit/loss.
The CNBC article heading states "Despite China windfall, Uber on pace for 'unprecedented' losses, report says". The word "despite" implies that the operating loss was incurred even though they received a windfall from the sale of the Chinese unit. This is misleading ...
I have done a bit of digging since seeing this and have found that they did in fact make a $2.2 billion NET PROFIT for the quarter, as a result of the sale. Also the rate at which their losses are increasing has slowed because the Chinese unit is no longer contributing to those losses. The CNBC article doesn't make this very clear.
I don't understand how the sale of Uber China can make the results look better. The proceeds of a "windfall" should not be included in operating profit/loss. I'm guessing this means the China business was a major contributor to the losses. Perhaps the paywalled article explains it better.
The M-Pesa service from Safaricom in Kenya is way ahead. In 2015 it processed 4.1 billion transactions. The value of the transactions represented 42% of Kenya's total GDP. Kenya's population is around 45 million compared to over 1.2 billion in India.
The truth is that the "world’s most developed nations" are not even in the mobile payment race yet, because most people in these countries can get bank accounts. Mobile money solutions are getting very good traction in less developed countries where the only cash alternative for most people is to use a cellphone.
Nintendo can differentiate themselves ... Franchises like Mario and Zelda have massive followings that will drive sales.
Duplicate post about the duplicate post ...
In the early 2000's I remember thinking this about camera phones. After all, why would you want a camera in your phone when "real" camera takes pictures that are so much better. Just a toy really ...
Nowadays it's almost the opposite. Why do you need a camera when you have a perfectly good one in your phone.
It's the "utility" that helps users install Windows 10 ...
Surely the purpose of a fine, or any other punishment, is to discourage similar behavior in future. I did a quick search on SkyPan and it looks like they have already obtained the proper authorization from the FAA (Drone startup issued biggest fine ever for flying without permission). So why hit them so hard if they have already adjusted their behavior? It's probably to set an example, but it seems very excessive for a legitimate company that appears to be adhering to the regulations already ...
I know the overzealous community support officer made this about "abstracting electricity", but let's not get sidetracked by that, because it's not about the cost ...
As the article mentions, the socket is for use by cleaners when the train is in the station. While it is on the move it can switch from one substation to another. When this happens the feed could change phase and there could be a surge, which could damage anything that is plugged in.
The bottom line is that there is a valid reason the sockets should not be used.