And during WWII, the USA would only accept payment for weapons and aid in Gold.
For centuries the "gold standard" and the "British Pound" were the defect standard currencies for trade. Because the UK gold reserves were stripped from them by the USA the pound was conferred no longer to have the backing of the gold held in treasuries, so to get international trade the US$ became the standard because they now had the most gold.
How many overseas military bases does China have, yep ZERO.
The US has a long history with interfering in other countries politics and they have ZERO respect for any democratically elected government if they make policies that don't suit the USA.
The USA also uses trade as a weapon to enforce the protection of Mickey Mouse etc.
Modern economic "trickle down theory" says if you make wealthy people and corporations richer, some of that money will trickle down to campaign contributions.
This is just a warning shot that the contribution was not enough to satisfy current needs.
Go read about the NSA etc modifying Cisco networking gear without the knowledge of Cisco.
So, the 96% of the worlds population who do not live in the USA should not buy US technology because the US is untrustworthy too.
So the Answer is, you may as well buy Chinese equipment, because it is no more/less secure than US equipment and you get to save a ton of money in the process.
And what Amy also happen is the US access to rare earth materials needed for modern electronics also becomes hard to buy as China stops the US from being able to buy it.
ROTFLMAO, you change China/Chinese to USA in your statement and it also reads True.
Have a read about how radioactive depleted Uranium shells the USA has been using in other countries is.
As why Trump is rolling back emission standards for cars and giving assistance to coal.
Check to see how much drinking water is contaminated because of fracking, lead, and other industrial contaminants.
And given the number of time the letter spaghettis have been caught illegally spying on its own citizens etc etc etc other governments are right to question US products security.
Maybe the best option is to have a Chinese made firewall backed by a US firewall backed by a German firewall backed by a Russian firewall........
The USA wants to ensure that the only backdoors are theirs.
It is important for the paranoid letter spaghetti agencies to be able to track, trace and intercept everyone in the USA because you are all potential enemies of the state.
The flip side of this is that US technology should not be trusted any more than Chinese technology.
My experience with ISPs that supply a free WiFi router is that they will supply the cheapest POS that they can.
The WiFi has been crap with drop outs, dead zones requiring the whole thing to be reset.
My Airport express has always just sat there, working, excellent coverage. I have my USB printer plugged into it, and that works just fine.
I guess after all the promises and delays the Mac mini will be DOA too as will the Mac Pro.
8K TVs are 100% marketing bullshit. Your eyes and your brain will not allow you to tell the difference between that and 1080 when the picture is moving. The TV industry needs something to sell to suckers. 3D TV is dead, Smart TVs are dead, Curved screens are dead, roll out the next marketing wankfest.
This is no better than an "Eat all you want" restaurant saying you can now "Eat Twice as much"
Google has seriously looked at the best means of supplying an encryption "back door" and it turns out the best way is no encryption , let everyone know the alphabet agencies can spy on you, and a warning not to post anything important.
http://fortune.com/2018/02/23/...
President Trump didn’t quite get the 3% GDP boost he was hoping for in 2017, but at 2.3%, the U.S. economy is chugging along. Meanwhile, India and China soared more than 6%, and overall global growth saw a 2.9% increase.
WRONG.
There are a lot of tradeoffs between countries for various segments of the economy , for example agriculture.
The TPPA was a trade agreement, not a free trade agreement.
There is no good reason for the TPPA to allow the US back in, China would be the better choice, its middle class is growing, the US's is shrinking.
China is also a sizeable market, and it middle class is growing.
China has significant influence in Asia.
Asia accounts for 60% of the worlds population, the USA 4%.
China's economy will soon be bigger than the USA's
Getting freer access into the Chinese market will be of significantly greater benefit long term than the USA's
Remember "USA First" ?
Well here's the fucking shocker, everyone else went "USA Last".
If anything, lets make it a competitive bid between the USA and China, the other TPPA signatories also believe "No deal is better than a bad deal" so they may as well get the best deal they can which will mean the USA loosing a lot of ground on what the previous agreement could have been. So NO, you can no longer give huge subsidies to your agricultural industry, no copyright can not get longer, nor can patents, etc etc etc etc.
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Thank you for the correction, I was indeed wrong. However compared to the USAs military influence chinas is very small.
And during WWII, the USA would only accept payment for weapons and aid in Gold.
For centuries the "gold standard" and the "British Pound" were the defect standard currencies for trade. Because the UK gold reserves were stripped from them by the USA the pound was conferred no longer to have the backing of the gold held in treasuries, so to get international trade the US$ became the standard because they now had the most gold.
Actually, the biggest bully is the USA.
How many overseas military bases does China have, yep ZERO.
The US has a long history with interfering in other countries politics and they have ZERO respect for any democratically elected government if they make policies that don't suit the USA.
The USA also uses trade as a weapon to enforce the protection of Mickey Mouse etc.
Modern economic "trickle down theory" says if you make wealthy people and corporations richer, some of that money will trickle down to campaign contributions.
This is just a warning shot that the contribution was not enough to satisfy current needs.
No, this is the NSA, CIA, FBI, DHS , etc etc etc doing their part in making the world less safe.
But don't worry, they were only going to use it responsibly , and as you have nothing to hide its all good....
These are not the exploits you are looking for.......
Go read about the NSA etc modifying Cisco networking gear without the knowledge of Cisco.
So, the 96% of the worlds population who do not live in the USA should not buy US technology because the US is untrustworthy too.
So the Answer is, you may as well buy Chinese equipment, because it is no more/less secure than US equipment and you get to save a ton of money in the process.
And what Amy also happen is the US access to rare earth materials needed for modern electronics also becomes hard to buy as China stops the US from being able to buy it.
ROTFLMAO, you change China/Chinese to USA in your statement and it also reads True.
Have a read about how radioactive depleted Uranium shells the USA has been using in other countries is.
As why Trump is rolling back emission standards for cars and giving assistance to coal.
Check to see how much drinking water is contaminated because of fracking, lead, and other industrial contaminants.
So all I have to do is give google my phone number....ahhh...NO. And no, I don't use any google services on my phone.
You mean like this https://www.infoworld.com/arti...
And given the number of time the letter spaghettis have been caught illegally spying on its own citizens etc etc etc other governments are right to question US products security.
Maybe the best option is to have a Chinese made firewall backed by a US firewall backed by a German firewall backed by a Russian firewall........
The USA wants to ensure that the only backdoors are theirs.
It is important for the paranoid letter spaghetti agencies to be able to track, trace and intercept everyone in the USA because you are all potential enemies of the state.
The flip side of this is that US technology should not be trusted any more than Chinese technology.
There is no Zero cost, it costs someone, somewhere. What they actually mean was that someone else should pay.
My experience with ISPs that supply a free WiFi router is that they will supply the cheapest POS that they can. The WiFi has been crap with drop outs, dead zones requiring the whole thing to be reset. My Airport express has always just sat there, working, excellent coverage. I have my USB printer plugged into it, and that works just fine. I guess after all the promises and delays the Mac mini will be DOA too as will the Mac Pro.
8K TVs are 100% marketing bullshit.
Your eyes and your brain will not allow you to tell the difference between that and 1080 when the picture is moving.
The TV industry needs something to sell to suckers. 3D TV is dead, Smart TVs are dead, Curved screens are dead, roll out the next marketing wankfest.
This is no better than an "Eat all you want" restaurant saying you can now "Eat Twice as much"
Google has seriously looked at the best means of supplying an encryption "back door" and it turns out the best way is no encryption , let everyone know the alphabet agencies can spy on you, and a warning not to post anything important.
I Trust Huawei far more than I trust Facebook.
http://statisticstimes.com/eco...
https://www.focus-economics.co...
http://www.imf.org/external/da...
China growth 6.5% US growth 2.3%
http://fortune.com/2018/02/23/...
President Trump didn’t quite get the 3% GDP boost he was hoping for in 2017, but at 2.3%, the U.S. economy is chugging along. Meanwhile, India and China soared more than 6%, and overall global growth saw a 2.9% increase.
Unfortunately Americans do.
They tell themselves so often they are the greatest country on earth they believe its true without bothering to check the facts.
But WE don't want US copyright, patent, and overly aggressive persecution of offenders.
There is no reason to let the neighbourhood bully back into the game.
WRONG.
There are a lot of tradeoffs between countries for various segments of the economy , for example agriculture.
The TPPA was a trade agreement, not a free trade agreement.
There is no good reason for the TPPA to allow the US back in, China would be the better choice, its middle class is growing, the US's is shrinking.
China is also a sizeable market, and it middle class is growing.
China has significant influence in Asia.
Asia accounts for 60% of the worlds population, the USA 4%.
China's economy will soon be bigger than the USA's
Getting freer access into the Chinese market will be of significantly greater benefit long term than the USA's
Remember "USA First" ?
Well here's the fucking shocker, everyone else went "USA Last".
If anything, lets make it a competitive bid between the USA and China, the other TPPA signatories also believe "No deal is better than a bad deal" so they may as well get the best deal they can which will mean the USA loosing a lot of ground on what the previous agreement could have been. So NO, you can no longer give huge subsidies to your agricultural industry, no copyright can not get longer, nor can patents, etc etc etc etc.
This is NOT the tool wanted. This tool means they have to have physical access to the phone.
What they REALLY want is a remote backdoor so they can spy on everyone in real time if they want.
Or in the case of New Zealand, throw a dildo into the face of a government politician.
http://www.konbini.com/en/ente...
Bugger throwing shoes, nothing says "Fuck off" like a sex toy to the face.