The banking system loves bitcoin. They're just trying to figure out how to exploit it to make money. And they're not going to run to any government regulator to reign in on potential windfalls.
Go talk to the Swiss*. Banking secrecy is a thing of the past. If a bank can't report customers account balances and transactions to regulators, they can't touch the business. So if they can't touch it, they'll work to kill off an alternative business model that could attract customers and that they can't participate in.
Needless to say, tax, law enforcement and financial authorities don't like anonymous transactions either. So when the banks ask for help to kill off Bitcoin, they'll get it.
* Last week's Economist Magazine had a good special report on offshore finance. Its paywalled, but worth reading at the local library if you want to understand the issues.
Once Bitcoin reaches some level of critical mass, it will attract the attention of the entrenched banking system and their lap dog regulators. If it takes outlawing the possession of graphics cards to stop mining, they'll get that law passed.
If your hard drive will serve as a bank or credit card, you are a serious threat to the banking industry.
I'd grab a copy of each popup and start work right now, but they have a Comcast logo. And I wouldn't want to violate their trademark. That would be wrong.
That's what we call universal service for telephones. But the phone companies are under no such obligation to provide uniform broadband service. They cherry-pick the markets just like everyone else for this product.
Now, if they want a monopoly to keep the "jackasses" out with broadband, they are going to have to provide uniform service to rural as well as profitable urban markets on an equal price basis. With regulated terms of service, utilities commission oversight, common carrier status and a bunch of other stuff that they have been fighting against. Otherwise, its first come, first serve for these markets. If someone else thinks they can make a go out of serving an area, they are free to do so.
There's no telling what innocent young minds might stumble across out there. I mean, everyone knows that diseases are caused by the Wrath Of God, not DNA replication errors.
That's why we have to maintain control of the curriculum.
The city of Tacoma has their own fiber network. Put in by their power company for the purpose of controlling their substations, it turned out to have some extra capacity. Some Eastern Washington State power PUDs, awash in cash from their hydro power sales have strung fiber around their largely rural, agricultural service territories as well.
Since then, the telcoms have sought legislative injunctions against public utilities implementing new systems. And the private utility I used to work for was scared sh*tless about their wrath to the point of never putting in fiber even restricted to their own internal requirements.
Stores have been doing this for years. Go in looking for one thing and other brands or items are placed prominently to catch your eye. If you want a better shelf location, you pay the retailer for it.
If you don't like Amazon (or other on-line vendors) from switching "your" customers to their preferred partners, build your own storefront web site. Amazon is the price you pay for getting your stuff up on the web without having to do development work yourself.
The reason people behave in this "illogical" manner is because reputation has worth, and if you want to avoid being cheated in society, it pays to have a reputation for being spiteful and willing to take a small loss to inflict punishment on those who wrong you.
This is influenced by the likelihood of your ever crossing paths with the parties involved again. I'd think reputation would carry more weight in a small village than in a larger society, where people can just disappear into the anonymity of a crowd.
Americans may indeed be weird in this manner. We pride ourselves in coming from a rural agricultural background where 'small town' values are prized. This is the sort of culture where reputation has value. The reality is that most of us live in larger communities like big cities. Where one can easily escape people we don't want to confront.
From the experiment with the Machiguenga (follow link in summary) , the split between players matters less then it does in 'Western' (i.e. American) society. They are much more likely to share their wealth among the tribe after the game is over. So it doesn't matter who walks away with what amount during the game.
From a practical point of view, the giver in the game has more certainty of getting his share up front than he does in trusting the (outsider) sociologist to give the remainder to the other participant as agreed. So get the money now and split it with the village afterwords.
I guess I don't understand what putting components of a secure boot system in the very thing you are trying to boot provides security. If you trust components of the Windows (or any other) kernel to sign or validate itself, that would seem to defeat the whole purpose of secure boot.
I've seen Ballmer in the local Starbucks a few times. He's a lard-ass and doesn't look too agile. It would be Torvalds' hands down (particularly if Tove gives him a few pointers).
The telcos make a killing with these kinds of customers, and wont do anything more than their corporate lawyer says they absolutely have to do not to be held accountable.
That's the root cause of the trouble right there. But then the telco CEOs aren't protected as members of the press, the clergy or the medical profession. So if a judge tells them to cough up a name and address and they refuse, they can just sit in a cell on a contempt of court charge while their corporate legal staff whines.
And, if your telco (the one of the customer that gets called) sees the number 202-456-1111 coming in over an interconnection link, they simply cannot tell you where exactly the caller came from
But my $4.99/min sex line charge seems to make it to the right place reliably. Strange how this happens.
If the telcos are making said killing with these customers, they must know where to send the bill.
but the investigator went to 1760 Sundance Drive, St. Cloud, which turned out to be a residence, and gave up.
But the telco has to know where they are sending these calls. Either a landline, digital service or IP address. Either give it up to the authorities or become a co-defendant in the fraud case.
You download one stinkin' Lady Gaga song and they can find you. Why not now?
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The banking system loves bitcoin. They're just trying to figure out how to exploit it to make money. And they're not going to run to any government regulator to reign in on potential windfalls.
Go talk to the Swiss*. Banking secrecy is a thing of the past. If a bank can't report customers account balances and transactions to regulators, they can't touch the business. So if they can't touch it, they'll work to kill off an alternative business model that could attract customers and that they can't participate in.
Needless to say, tax, law enforcement and financial authorities don't like anonymous transactions either. So when the banks ask for help to kill off Bitcoin, they'll get it.
* Last week's Economist Magazine had a good special report on offshore finance. Its paywalled, but worth reading at the local library if you want to understand the issues.
Once Bitcoin reaches some level of critical mass, it will attract the attention of the entrenched banking system and their lap dog regulators. If it takes outlawing the possession of graphics cards to stop mining, they'll get that law passed.
If your hard drive will serve as a bank or credit card, you are a serious threat to the banking industry.
Anyone who has watched CSI knows that it only takes the length of one commercial break to trace a call and have SWAT respond to the site.
I'd grab a copy of each popup and start work right now, but they have a Comcast logo. And I wouldn't want to violate their trademark. That would be wrong.
That's what we call universal service for telephones. But the phone companies are under no such obligation to provide uniform broadband service. They cherry-pick the markets just like everyone else for this product.
Now, if they want a monopoly to keep the "jackasses" out with broadband, they are going to have to provide uniform service to rural as well as profitable urban markets on an equal price basis. With regulated terms of service, utilities commission oversight, common carrier status and a bunch of other stuff that they have been fighting against. Otherwise, its first come, first serve for these markets. If someone else thinks they can make a go out of serving an area, they are free to do so.
There's no telling what innocent young minds might stumble across out there. I mean, everyone knows that diseases are caused by the Wrath Of God, not DNA replication errors.
That's why we have to maintain control of the curriculum.
The city of Tacoma has their own fiber network. Put in by their power company for the purpose of controlling their substations, it turned out to have some extra capacity. Some Eastern Washington State power PUDs, awash in cash from their hydro power sales have strung fiber around their largely rural, agricultural service territories as well.
Since then, the telcoms have sought legislative injunctions against public utilities implementing new systems. And the private utility I used to work for was scared sh*tless about their wrath to the point of never putting in fiber even restricted to their own internal requirements.
Passengers will be able to dress in 1912-style clothing, giving them an opportunity to step back in time [...]
Assuming 1912 style clothing can be found in XXXL sizes. I'm guessing it will be sweat pants and flip-flops.
Because this is after all, just a projection based on computer models.
Computers predict computers will take over the world. News at 11.
Is there a god of alimony? That one might be more appropriate to the cold.
The context of that quote and the character that spoke it says quite a bit about the ethics of our courts.
Its a Unix system.
So, where's my 3D file manager?
Stores have been doing this for years. Go in looking for one thing and other brands or items are placed prominently to catch your eye. If you want a better shelf location, you pay the retailer for it.
If you don't like Amazon (or other on-line vendors) from switching "your" customers to their preferred partners, build your own storefront web site. Amazon is the price you pay for getting your stuff up on the web without having to do development work yourself.
Watch my words! Misuse the image of Mickey Mouse just one more time and Walt Disney is just going to give up producing new content.
Keep your priorities straight. This isn't just democracy we're talking about. Its the Film Industry.
You can soar with the eagles if you want. But penguins don't get sucked into jet engines.
The reason people behave in this "illogical" manner is because reputation has worth, and if you want to avoid being cheated in society, it pays to have a reputation for being spiteful and willing to take a small loss to inflict punishment on those who wrong you.
This is influenced by the likelihood of your ever crossing paths with the parties involved again. I'd think reputation would carry more weight in a small village than in a larger society, where people can just disappear into the anonymity of a crowd.
Americans may indeed be weird in this manner. We pride ourselves in coming from a rural agricultural background where 'small town' values are prized. This is the sort of culture where reputation has value. The reality is that most of us live in larger communities like big cities. Where one can easily escape people we don't want to confront.
From the experiment with the Machiguenga (follow link in summary) , the split between players matters less then it does in 'Western' (i.e. American) society. They are much more likely to share their wealth among the tribe after the game is over. So it doesn't matter who walks away with what amount during the game.
From a practical point of view, the giver in the game has more certainty of getting his share up front than he does in trusting the (outsider) sociologist to give the remainder to the other participant as agreed. So get the money now and split it with the village afterwords.
I guess I don't understand what putting components of a secure boot system in the very thing you are trying to boot provides security. If you trust components of the Windows (or any other) kernel to sign or validate itself, that would seem to defeat the whole purpose of secure boot.
Argument or fight?
I've seen Ballmer in the local Starbucks a few times. He's a lard-ass and doesn't look too agile. It would be Torvalds' hands down (particularly if Tove gives him a few pointers).
The telcos make a killing with these kinds of customers, and wont do anything more than their corporate lawyer says they absolutely have to do not to be held accountable.
That's the root cause of the trouble right there. But then the telco CEOs aren't protected as members of the press, the clergy or the medical profession. So if a judge tells them to cough up a name and address and they refuse, they can just sit in a cell on a contempt of court charge while their corporate legal staff whines.
And, if your telco (the one of the customer that gets called) sees the number 202-456-1111 coming in over an interconnection link, they simply cannot tell you where exactly the caller came from
But my $4.99/min sex line charge seems to make it to the right place reliably. Strange how this happens.
If the telcos are making said killing with these customers, they must know where to send the bill.
but the investigator went to 1760 Sundance Drive, St. Cloud, which turned out to be a residence, and gave up.
But the telco has to know where they are sending these calls. Either a landline, digital service or IP address. Either give it up to the authorities or become a co-defendant in the fraud case.
You download one stinkin' Lady Gaga song and they can find you. Why not now?
Just put a big block of concrete over it
Or a mountain.
warn you to enable coolies though.
Just as I suspected. The Chinese are behind this.