MAYBE, but in your country you walk a block to the local DVD store and choose from a selection of thousands of pirated DVDs, each selling for the equivalent of 1.25 USD per disc? That's what it's like living in any city in China. It's probably impossible to buy a NON-pirated DVD in China (I for one have never seen one!). Technically these shops are breaking the law, but the relevant laws are not enforced.
Wha? $1.25USD? You're getting screwed! Seriously, learn to bargin. They should be 5RMB ($0.73)
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You read my mind. "Do no evil" is a good mantra for Google, but it also means they will lose business in China, and somebody else will gain a virtually monopoly as the "default" search engine - namely Microsoft. So come 2020 we'll have a divided world where Google is the #1 search engine in America/Europe and MS Bing will be #1 in China and its protectorates.
No, Baidu will be the default search engine. Oh, but wait it already is!
It's not as if Google didn't try to dominate the market in China, but the government interfering in their products and the locals just plain liking Baidu better they couldn't. You're also confusing google.cn with other products like Gmail and google apps. Google.cn is what's being shut down because it's the only legal business google has here. The Chinese government has no control over what happens on google.com and can't censor any search results because they come from the US.
If Google shuts down google.cn then the Chinese government will probably retaliate and block google.com, but they are two completely different things.
Here in Beijing lots of people (me included) ride electric bikes because it's too expensive to have a car and traffic jams are so bad it takes me 15 minutes to ride to the bank whereas it would take me about 1 hour to get there by car during rush hour traffic. Motorcycles aren't allowed in the center of the city so an electric bike is really convenient for getting around.
Then there's the question of money. I bought my bike for 2,100RMB (about $300USD). This is a little under half a month's salary for the average Beijinger so these things are very affordable especially compared to cars and motorcycles. I supect this is one of the reasons electric bikes are getting popular in places with a lot of poverty like India.
Then there's lifestyle. Here there's no Costco so I'm not hauling bags and bags of groceries at one time. Also I live in the neighborhood where I work so my commute is only about 10 minutes. That's the perfect range for one of these bikes. If you had an hour commute like many people in the US, you'd never be able to take the bike since the average charge seems to get me through about 45ish minutes before I really need to recharge. That's with peddling to help out the battery.
Look at labor markets in developing nations without unions, and notice how those people work 6+ days for 12hours+ per day for starvation wages.
Sure starvation wages in the US, but in the local economy they're making pretty decent money. Yeah they work hard, but they save money to send to their families and put their kids through school so the family can move up the social ladder in the next generation.
"A computer with the power of a human brain is not yet near. But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer."
So it basically puts itself in sleep mode 20 hours a day and the other 4 hours it spends ignoring the user?
I'm not sure the max, but they can and do regularly detain people for 23 days, holding them without being allowed to contact anyone (note, demand to contact your embassy they are required to do this if you ask) with or without being charged.
You are required to surrender your gaikokujin torokusho on leaving Japan.
I left for good. Since there wasn't a return on my ticket they just decided to let me go.
Actually Japan does this all the time. If you're trying to leave and they found out you over stayed your visa they'll arrest, try and imprison you for the maximum amount of time then deport you.
I had trouble leaving once because a government agency kept my foreigner card. I had to wait in custody about an hour, making the plane late before they decided to let me go.
I live in Beijing but play on Ocena servers. No real problem with latency on things like that or using a US based VOIP company for phone calls back home.
I think this is a great addition. Just think of the 911 dispatcher being able to send a video of an injured person to a doctor or the EMS unit, allowing the caller to get expert medical advice.
Also think of Colombine, where police may have a chance to get a look at the suspects or be able to pinpoint their location by ruling out places that they aren't.
Most filtering isn't done at the backbone level, it's done at the small ISPs that are located in the major apartment complexes. The government gives them directives and it's up to them to impliment them. This is why some complexes will have access to sites (like wikipedia) while others in the same city won't.
The iPhone is locked to one provider. The iPhone will soon have unlocked competitors. It certainly will never be "bigger than the personal computer". The iPhone is basically only another cellular phone, and most people use their phones only to make phone calls.
Well, if you're just counting the US, sure. In Japan and most east Asian countries people live on their phones and expect them to do things like: have real e-mail, view webpages, gps and have services like weather, train schedules and whatnot. There are a hell of a lot more potential customers in all of East and South East Asia as there are here in North America.
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MAYBE, but in your country you walk a block to the local DVD store and choose from a selection of thousands of pirated DVDs, each selling for the equivalent of 1.25 USD per disc? That's what it's like living in any city in China. It's probably impossible to buy a NON-pirated DVD in China (I for one have never seen one!). Technically these shops are breaking the law, but the relevant laws are not enforced.
Wha? $1.25USD? You're getting screwed! Seriously, learn to bargin. They should be 5RMB ($0.73) a piece!
I'm guessing it was chronic masturbation.
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No, Baidu will be the default search engine. Oh, but wait it already is!
It's not as if Google didn't try to dominate the market in China, but the government interfering in their products and the locals just plain liking Baidu better they couldn't. You're also confusing google.cn with other products like Gmail and google apps. Google.cn is what's being shut down because it's the only legal business google has here. The Chinese government has no control over what happens on google.com and can't censor any search results because they come from the US.
If Google shuts down google.cn then the Chinese government will probably retaliate and block google.com, but they are two completely different things.
I really don't see this catching on in the US.
Here in Beijing lots of people (me included) ride electric bikes because it's too expensive to have a car and traffic jams are so bad it takes me 15 minutes to ride to the bank whereas it would take me about 1 hour to get there by car during rush hour traffic. Motorcycles aren't allowed in the center of the city so an electric bike is really convenient for getting around.
Then there's the question of money. I bought my bike for 2,100RMB (about $300USD). This is a little under half a month's salary for the average Beijinger so these things are very affordable especially compared to cars and motorcycles. I supect this is one of the reasons electric bikes are getting popular in places with a lot of poverty like India.
Then there's lifestyle. Here there's no Costco so I'm not hauling bags and bags of groceries at one time. Also I live in the neighborhood where I work so my commute is only about 10 minutes. That's the perfect range for one of these bikes. If you had an hour commute like many people in the US, you'd never be able to take the bike since the average charge seems to get me through about 45ish minutes before I really need to recharge. That's with peddling to help out the battery.
Look at labor markets in developing nations without unions, and notice how those people work 6+ days for 12hours+ per day for starvation wages.
Sure starvation wages in the US, but in the local economy they're making pretty decent money. Yeah they work hard, but they save money to send to their families and put their kids through school so the family can move up the social ladder in the next generation.
"A computer with the power of a human brain is not yet near. But this week researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer."
So it basically puts itself in sleep mode 20 hours a day and the other 4 hours it spends ignoring the user?
Old guy hates new things, news at 11.
No, just foreigners.
I'm not sure the max, but they can and do regularly detain people for 23 days, holding them without being allowed to contact anyone (note, demand to contact your embassy they are required to do this if you ask) with or without being charged.
I have no idea about European countries
You are required to surrender your gaikokujin torokusho on leaving Japan. I left for good. Since there wasn't a return on my ticket they just decided to let me go.
Actually Japan does this all the time. If you're trying to leave and they found out you over stayed your visa they'll arrest, try and imprison you for the maximum amount of time then deport you. I had trouble leaving once because a government agency kept my foreigner card. I had to wait in custody about an hour, making the plane late before they decided to let me go.
Your boss will ask if you've been watching the Syfy network again.
How about editing the Wiki page to call it the Colbert flu. And while we're at it let's say the flu is a direct result of saving all the elephants.
It'll still work, but you can only drive in a counter-clockwise direction.
I live in Beijing but play on Ocena servers. No real problem with latency on things like that or using a US based VOIP company for phone calls back home.
You just need your trace buster, buster, buster and everything will be fine.
I think this is a great addition. Just think of the 911 dispatcher being able to send a video of an injured person to a doctor or the EMS unit, allowing the caller to get expert medical advice.
Also think of Colombine, where police may have a chance to get a look at the suspects or be able to pinpoint their location by ruling out places that they aren't.
Yes, nothing says eternal love like something that caused one of largest losses of life the Earth has ever seen.
Yes. Especially in many Asian countries
We need to do this to our torpedos or we'll still be vulnerable to Dr. Evil's sharks.
I'm going to make a planet of vagina creatures then use them to bilk the penis planets of all their wealth after a large divorce settlement.
The bottom and anti-bottom held together by the strong force?
Sounds cheeky to me
Most filtering isn't done at the backbone level, it's done at the small ISPs that are located in the major apartment complexes. The government gives them directives and it's up to them to impliment them. This is why some complexes will have access to sites (like wikipedia) while others in the same city won't.
The iPhone is locked to one provider. The iPhone will soon have unlocked competitors. It certainly will never be "bigger than the personal computer". The iPhone is basically only another cellular phone, and most people use their phones only to make phone calls.
Well, if you're just counting the US, sure. In Japan and most east Asian countries people live on their phones and expect them to do things like: have real e-mail, view webpages, gps and have services like weather, train schedules and whatnot. There are a hell of a lot more potential customers in all of East and South East Asia as there are here in North America.