Actually they DID say why: specifically it boiled down to "because we cannot be *absolutely certain* that the Chinese Government does not have such a close relationship with Huawei that deploying their equipment would not (ever) compromise our national security".
Seems to me that someone in The Australian Government has learned a few important life lessons from The X-Files. (ie trust No-One).
Either that (a) or (b) they're just playing The Obvious "Devil You Know / Devil You Don't" card; and/or decisions were influenced by vendor-$ and Huawei could-not/would-not/weren't-given-a-chance-to cough up enough.
Personally Option (b) sounds more typical of government.
I for one will be eternally surprised to see any government making a well researched, informed, well reasoned decision - they're almost always a pack of retarded monkeys interested in looking after themselves and their friends.
Go On Mr Government - PROVE ME WRONG - I Dares Ya!
So some random guy who used to work in Place With A BIG Name mouths off about "phaer teh commies".
And then proceeds to cite absolutely ZERO evidence to back up his claims.
In most circles this would be considered libel of the worst kind (libel because it was written, slander is the same thing when applied orally), he deserves to be sued out of existence.
NOT that I have any reason to disagree with the core of his argument "Don't trust them, they're backed by the government of someone we used to hate vehemently". But only because I mostly agree with the primary tenet of The X-Files (ie Trust No-One. at least not where the issue of trust *really really* matters).
If we don't (a) destroy the ecosphere and wipe out our species (b) get squished by some random planet-buster from space, (c) insert other hypothetical-but-not-incredibly-unlikely-over-a-million-year-timespan catastrophe here, first.
If Facebook builds a DC somewheres in Asia, they will need to pay for the bandwidth used to get between their DCs in the US and their shiny-new in Asia.
There's already moves afoot by owners of network infrastructure to make Big Websites effectively *pay twice* (1) for access at the DC, PLUS (2) some magic number for letting those recently "accessed" bandwidths actually reach their destination.
Owning the network infrastructure yourself fixes this problem TWICE over.
Firstly because you do not now nor will you *ever* have to pay anyone for either the access or the "bandwidth across" your own infrastructure. And secondly you have added insult to injury by not only avoiding proposed future costs but actually you have ceased to be a paying customer *at all* of network infrastructure owners.
Seriously, you wanna screw me over royally? Up Yours - I'll build my own and NEVER pay you any money ever again!
Rampant Greed and Stupidity looks like it's going to be introduced to a measure of Justice *real soon now*.
HAMR has a theoretical areal density limit ranging from 5 to 10 terabits per square inch, enough to enable 30TB to 60TB 3.5-inch drives and 10TB to 20TB for 2.5-inch drives
In reality do not be surprised to see 10TB and maybe 20TB 3.5 inch desktop drives in this timframe, but I for one WOULD BE surprised to see 40TB let alone the "in theory" 60TB.
Having said that, I'd be extremely happy with a 10TB desktop drive.
More overhyped yet totally meaningless claims by some business with an axe to grind.
Seriously folks, 95% of drivers ARE CRIMINALS but that doesn't mean we need to throw them all in jail.
By the previous claim I mean that pretty much just about *every* driver has broken at least one road-rule (ie The Law) at least once during their driving career.
BSA argument/statistic is clearly based around examples like: if you've *ever* downloaded a "shareware" or otherwise "honor based" paid product but you never paid for it THEN YOU'RE A PIRATE (!!!!!!)
For the life of me I dunno why slashdot gives these people airtime, it's nothing more than FREE ADVERTISING for their business.
Almost twelve years after the Perl 6 announcement, there's still no reason to hold your breath.
The real reason why Perl6 hasn't been completed ready for production is that some aspects are dependent on (some of) those same people who are holding their breath.
Just as I *refuse* to enter any bar/club which requires to scan my drivers license (no seriously, trust us we very carefully throw away all the information, it's as if you were never scanned), I would also find somewhere else to drink rather than put up with this massive invasion of my right to at least some semblance of privacy.
unctuous, hyper-vain, womanizing publicity whore who's always looking for other people to fund what he wants to do
And aside from the womanizing you've just described Mark Zuckerberg (and pretty much any other high-profile massive-IPO CEO of a company which is insanely over-hyped)
You missed one of the most important facts of the case, she was *fine and happy* for several days.... Until she met another woman who had *also* slept with him (recently?) and it was *after* that she suddenly started claiming *rape*.
it is the last western nation with a little redemption left in it
Unfortunately the LITTLE in the original post is all too true, many of us would characterise it more like "Some is better than none, but only just barely".
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I figured it had something to do with dick-waving.
I am not entirely what This Guy has to do with the issue, please clarify.
Current PC Game prices here in Australia have been in the $70-$100 range for years, yes even this year where our dollar is worth more than yours.
I'd say it's nice to see you finally playing catch-up if it weren't for the fact that it's only going to translate to $150 games here.
Is to remind people that we're ALL Boiled Frogs.
There's MAny (many many) quotes about the slow erosion of freedoms but the following is one of my favorites.
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Actually they DID say why: specifically it boiled down to "because we cannot be *absolutely certain* that the Chinese Government does not have such a close relationship with Huawei that deploying their equipment would not (ever) compromise our national security".
Seems to me that someone in The Australian Government has learned a few important life lessons from The X-Files. (ie trust No-One).
Either that (a) or (b) they're just playing The Obvious "Devil You Know / Devil You Don't" card; and/or decisions were influenced by vendor-$ and Huawei could-not/would-not/weren't-given-a-chance-to cough up enough.
Personally Option (b) sounds more typical of government.
I for one will be eternally surprised to see any government making a well researched, informed, well reasoned decision - they're almost always a pack of retarded monkeys interested in looking after themselves and their friends.
Go On Mr Government - PROVE ME WRONG - I Dares Ya!
So some random guy who used to work in Place With A BIG Name mouths off about "phaer teh commies".
And then proceeds to cite absolutely ZERO evidence to back up his claims.
In most circles this would be considered libel of the worst kind (libel because it was written, slander is the same thing when applied orally), he deserves to be sued out of existence.
NOT that I have any reason to disagree with the core of his argument "Don't trust them, they're backed by the government of someone we used to hate vehemently". But only because I mostly agree with the primary tenet of The X-Files (ie Trust No-One. at least not where the issue of trust *really really* matters).
Are we going to have a nuclear war or something?
Dear Sir, what ROCK do you live under?
To answer your question: yes, probably.
If we don't (a) destroy the ecosphere and wipe out our species (b) get squished by some random planet-buster from space, (c) insert other hypothetical-but-not-incredibly-unlikely-over-a-million-year-timespan catastrophe here, first.
Consider stone tablets. I head they are cheap, easy to come by, and last a long time.
Though one must admit they're very hard to swallow.
The ONLY thing that needs to be put onto a million-year hard-drive is
001100 010010 011110 100001 101101 110011
I'm guessing they just used 15 blocks of C4.
You, sir, are a retarded monkey.
If Facebook builds a DC somewheres in Asia, they will need to pay for the bandwidth used to get between their DCs in the US and their shiny-new in Asia.
There's already moves afoot by owners of network infrastructure to make Big Websites effectively *pay twice* (1) for access at the DC, PLUS (2) some magic number for letting those recently "accessed" bandwidths actually reach their destination.
Owning the network infrastructure yourself fixes this problem TWICE over.
Firstly because you do not now nor will you *ever* have to pay anyone for either the access or the "bandwidth across" your own infrastructure. And secondly you have added insult to injury by not only avoiding proposed future costs but actually you have ceased to be a paying customer *at all* of network infrastructure owners.
Seriously, you wanna screw me over royally?
Up Yours - I'll build my own and NEVER pay you any money ever again!
Rampant Greed and Stupidity looks like it's going to be introduced to a measure of Justice *real soon now*.
I also don't want Google to own the Clouds and Apple to own the Moon.
Why not? Oracle already owns (the) Sun!
HAMR has a theoretical areal density limit ranging from 5 to 10 terabits per square inch, enough to enable 30TB to 60TB 3.5-inch drives and 10TB to 20TB for 2.5-inch drives
From previous article about this tech from Seagate.
In reality do not be surprised to see 10TB and maybe 20TB 3.5 inch desktop drives in this timframe, but I for one WOULD BE surprised to see 40TB let alone the "in theory" 60TB.
Having said that, I'd be extremely happy with a 10TB desktop drive.
More overhyped yet totally meaningless claims by some business with an axe to grind.
Seriously folks, 95% of drivers ARE CRIMINALS but that doesn't mean we need to throw them all in jail.
By the previous claim I mean that pretty much just about *every* driver has broken at least one road-rule (ie The Law) at least once during their driving career.
BSA argument/statistic is clearly based around examples like: if you've *ever* downloaded a "shareware" or otherwise "honor based" paid product but you never paid for it THEN YOU'RE A PIRATE (!!!!!!)
For the life of me I dunno why slashdot gives these people airtime, it's nothing more than FREE ADVERTISING for their business.
Almost twelve years after the Perl 6 announcement, there's still no reason to hold your breath.
The real reason why Perl6 hasn't been completed ready for production is that some aspects are dependent on (some of) those same people who are holding their breath.
Sorry folks, this version "number" as described in the above article is actually an artefact of Zero Terminated String (mis)representation.
The ACTUAL version is correctly displayed 5.16.
Not that there isn't a right time and place for MicroSD but the above suggestion is pretty much semantically identical to Garbage In Garbage Out.
Martians pay for drinks. Venetians don't.
(a) I'm sure the people of Venice would dispute your claims
Remember the old joke: Q) How do you make a Venetian Blind? A) Poke out his eyes.
(b) Inhabitants of Venus would be called Venusians
Driving without insurance wouldn't change people's behavior much.
True only in the short-term.
Over the long-term Survival of The Fittest will eventually produce better drivers.
Bugger that or a bad nightmare.
Just as I *refuse* to enter any bar/club which requires to scan my drivers license (no seriously, trust us we very carefully throw away all the information, it's as if you were never scanned), I would also find somewhere else to drink rather than put up with this massive invasion of my right to at least some semblance of privacy.
Vote With Your Wallets, People.
That's a great suggestion - at least it'd balance all the postings by Cowards from Anonymous.
unctuous, hyper-vain, womanizing publicity whore who's always looking for other people to fund what he wants to do
And aside from the womanizing you've just described Mark Zuckerberg (and pretty much any other high-profile massive-IPO CEO of a company which is insanely over-hyped)
We'd probably vote in Hitler if he stood for election, simply because that's the only name on the ballot we recognise.
Also called: "The Evil You Know....."
You missed one of the most important facts of the case, she was *fine and happy* for several days .... Until she met another woman who had *also* slept with him (recently?) and it was *after* that she suddenly started claiming *rape*.
koala young for a period eat their mother's poop to acquire the digestive flora
Something to tell children who wish they were a Koala bear (I'm sure there are examples for many other cute/popular animals)
it is the last western nation with a little redemption left in it
Unfortunately the LITTLE in the original post is all too true, many of us would characterise it more like "Some is better than none, but only just barely".