Maybe so but that doesn't mean it's exactly equal to Bitcoin. On a scale of 0 to 10 it scores very, very close to 10 and Bitcoin only scores a 0.01 (at best).
(judging by the number of places that you can simply walk in and spend some)
Yep. Meizu has certainly one-upped Apple here. I bet all those people who just bought a new iPhone are feeling pretty sick after reading this announcement.
Perhaps. Perhaps not... Maybe this civilization takes a long view. The probe could have been sent thousands, or even millions of years ago, at some fraction of C.
At least it won't be able to report back until we're long gone.
Facebook doesn't know the message contents but I doubt they care about that.
The important thing is WHO you message, and how often.
eg. Just yesterday I whatsapped a guy I haven't contacted for a year or so and an hour later a whole bunch of his posts appeared on Facebook. Coincidence? Nope.
Also: A large part of that $19 billion was just to keep Whatsapp out of the hands of Google/Microsoft.
It doesn't have to. Facebook paid $19 billion just so nobody else could have it.
I have noticed that if I message somebody I haven't messaged in a while using Whatsapp then a bunch of their posts will mysteriously appear on Facebook.
Slashdot Mirror
Graphene works as a shield and is very lightweight.
No new technologies need to be made. All you need is a ship, food and water, and someone willing to go. That's it.
They could easily use the space shuttle to fly there, I don't know why they haven't done it yet.
No western city is going to allow this.
They'll sell a shedload of them in Dubai, etc., where things like this are the equivalent of a US citizen owning the latest iPhone.
"Screw You, We're From Texas"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And you still missed that real money isn't real.
Maybe so but that doesn't mean it's exactly equal to Bitcoin. On a scale of 0 to 10 it scores very, very close to 10 and Bitcoin only scores a 0.01 (at best).
(judging by the number of places that you can simply walk in and spend some)
That's what you're missing.
Liberal means 'pro liberty', more or less,
Not in the USA it doesn't.
In the USA it means "somebody who wouldn't want to live in Texas".
Is there an app that can screw with the data?
eg. Make your location jump around randomly all over the world when you're not actually using mapping to get directions.
Encrypted communications can be made very convenient using this tech, he should be for that.
The answer isn't to not own a phone, it's to use the phone against the data spies. Use it to take back your freedom.
Yep. Meizu has certainly one-upped Apple here. I bet all those people who just bought a new iPhone are feeling pretty sick after reading this announcement.
It's almost as if you didn't make it to the second sentence of the summary before posting.
Maybe the aliens are really big and that's the size of a tennis ball to them.
Perhaps. Perhaps not... Maybe this civilization takes a long view. The probe could have been sent thousands, or even millions of years ago, at some fraction of C.
At least it won't be able to report back until we're long gone.
I'm not sure you realize how big the Solar System is.
Sure it can. We just stop emitting CO2 for a while and see if the current trends continue.
Why do you assume there will be any mined coins at all?
Human nature.
If they're serious about making a real crypto currency, creating a built in deflation mechanism would be a pretty poor starting premise.
Who said anything about a deflation mechanism?
I'm talking about people mining a few coins for their personal retirement funds while it's still easy to do.
To be fair, it takes time to check the facts and make sure they're not publishing Fake News.
Whoosh.
The (only) point being made was that it will last a very long time.
"non-profit foundation formed by the academics with backing from hedge fund Pantera Capital Management LP"
Right. Non-profit.
They won't be holding any pre-mined coins. Nope. Not a one.
All they really need to do is decrease the likelihood of an attack. 51% is terribly low. It needs to be closer to 60-70%
80%, it's the only way to be sure.
I made a triple one with duct tape for hinges.
Yeah, but Apple keyboards are missing a whole lot of keys. You need to press function modifier keys even for basic stuff like PgUp, PgDown, DEL, etc.
Nobody in their right mind could use (eg.) a macbook for programming.
Facebook is harvesting your contact info but they can't read your messages.
Facebook doesn't know the message contents but I doubt they care about that.
The important thing is WHO you message, and how often.
eg. Just yesterday I whatsapped a guy I haven't contacted for a year or so and an hour later a whole bunch of his posts appeared on Facebook. Coincidence? Nope.
Also: A large part of that $19 billion was just to keep Whatsapp out of the hands of Google/Microsoft.
It doesn't need more features than ICQ to be useful, it just has to be widely available, free, and easy to use.
Whatsapp grew because it did the same thing as SMS but for free (around here you paid per-SMS so this was a massive deal to a lot of people).
It doesn't have to. Facebook paid $19 billion just so nobody else could have it.
I have noticed that if I message somebody I haven't messaged in a while using Whatsapp then a bunch of their posts will mysteriously appear on Facebook.
App Annie did not share specific figures but told VentureBeat that WhatsApp has maintained its lead over the Facebook app since September.
ie. People are deleting the Facebook app in droves but not the Whatsapp app (sic).