I Googled "Belichick Cheating", and it turns out the Denver Broncos are the worst cheats in the NFL. They all cheat, and The Patriots are about average.
The issue here might be that the big 4 Australian banks really don't like competition. I live in a country whose banking is largely controlled by the same 4 banks.
My guess is Apple is used to taking the Lion's share of every transaction,and the banks are too, so it's a squabble over who fleeces the consumer first.
Interestingly, I bank with the one not mentioned in the summary and I'm sure I saw an ad for Apple Pay when I used a cash machine the other day.
I did not pay much attention because my iPhone is my work phone, so I wouldn't use Apple pay on it anyway.
Is this the same Ellen Pao that sued for sexual harassment against a guy who she actually had sex with?
I'm not sure about that, but it is the Ellen Pao who did poorly at her job and couldn't accept criticism, so she started a gender discrimination lawsuit.
It turns out she was just not that good at her job, but after failing at Reddit she has found a way to make a living from being a woman.
The email platform (and associated user base) is one of the few things that Yahoo still has that is worth anything
While that is true, the value may be falling by the day. My (non-US) ISP used Yahoo as their email platform, but when the NSA stuff came out, they started the process of bring it all back in house.
Actually now that I think about it, they moved quickly on that, I wonder if they had prior knowledge?
The US didn't "lose" the Cuban Revolution because they lost the Bay of Pigs invasion, they "lost" because they kept a murderous, unpopular dictator in power over the wishes of the majority of the Cuban people.
As Che Guevara discovered when he went to Africa and later Congo, if the Revolution doesn't have the support of the people, it can't win.
From my experience, every dodgy construction company in China uses the same pirated version of WinRAR.
Except for the one construction supplies company who sent infected.rars to several of my users. (To be fair that was about 8 years ago. Things may have got better but I wouldn't hold my breathe).
Slightly offtopic, but our fax line seems to have failed, probably sometime about April last year due to some faulty wiring. I had the other affected lines repaired, but no-one noticed the fax line hasn't worked since then.
I don't think I will bother getting the tech back.
How much of this is due to dated infrastructure, and how much is deliberate foot-dragging?
That's a fair question, but I think the answer is obvious. It is all due to foot-dragging. It the rules are byzantine and difficult to follow, requests can be denied for perfectly valid reasons.
We have been messing with our cash for as long as I can remember. Inflation took away the usefulness of 1,2, 5 and 10 cent coins, (they have been removed from circulation) and our 1 and 2 dollar notes have been coins for (can't remember) maybe 15 years.
Our notes are plastic so they last longer, and have got smaller too.
I'm not in the US, but where I live the merchant pays for the terminal. There are several suppliers and we have had chip and pin type cards for maybe 5 years.
I can't remember the last time I saw a mag stripe machine, and if I did see one, I would pay cash.
I bet if you explained exactly how these work to any of your family or friends, they would think twice about buying one.
If you pointed out the really basic vulnerabilities routinely found in these IoT type devices, they would think twice again.
Of course in the real world Google's marketing budget is a lot bigger than yours, and plenty of technically naive people will buy one.
Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Be Purchased by Me
I won't buy one either, and I have only ever had Samsung phones. I'm not worried though, there are lots of Android phone model available, and one of them will suit me just fine.
It's not really about Republicans or Democrats, just about abuse of power and taxpayer dollars
I just assumed the Attorneys General involved were up for re-election, or had their eyes on a Governorship or something.
I also know the real reason why they are wrong about this, it's because Lyin' Ted Cruz thinks its a good idea.
The Raspberry Pi is popular for three major reasons -- it is small, inexpensive, and doesn't consume a lot of electricity.
Those are all good reasons to get a Raspberry Pi, but for me the top reason is because of the community that exists around the PI.
Anytime I have a question, or if I need to figure out how to do something new, there will be some clever friendly person who has either done it before and made their code available, or someone who will give me a pointer towards getting it done myself.
Every other Raspberry Pi killer I've seen touted around the place lacks that and so they don't "Destroy" the Raspberry Pi after all.
Look at Steam and how much it gets from making so many titles available...
I think this is a very good example. I have bought several older titles from Steam because it's easy and priced correctly ($3 for an old game is fine by me).
Steam also makes it easier than pirating.
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I Googled "Belichick Cheating", and it turns out the Denver Broncos are the worst cheats in the NFL. They all cheat, and The Patriots are about average.
Why? You don't like competition?
The issue here might be that the big 4 Australian banks really don't like competition. I live in a country whose banking is largely controlled by the same 4 banks.
My guess is Apple is used to taking the Lion's share of every transaction ,and the banks are too, so it's a squabble over who fleeces the consumer first.
Interestingly, I bank with the one not mentioned in the summary and I'm sure I saw an ad for Apple Pay when I used a cash machine the other day. I did not pay much attention because my iPhone is my work phone, so I wouldn't use Apple pay on it anyway.
Is this the same Ellen Pao that sued for sexual harassment against a guy who she actually had sex with?
I'm not sure about that, but it is the Ellen Pao who did poorly at her job and couldn't accept criticism, so she started a gender discrimination lawsuit.
It turns out she was just not that good at her job, but after failing at Reddit she has found a way to make a living from being a woman.
There is always a war tomorrow. The US will ensure that.
He has since married and divorced, (and paid out) Wendi Deng, and become engaged to Jerry Hall, neither of which are prudent financial decisions.
The email platform (and associated user base) is one of the few things that Yahoo still has that is worth anything
While that is true, the value may be falling by the day. My (non-US) ISP used Yahoo as their email platform, but when the NSA stuff came out, they started the process of bring it all back in house.
Actually now that I think about it, they moved quickly on that, I wonder if they had prior knowledge?
I would take that if I had a Note 7 to exchange. I haven't heard of any fiery Galaxy S7 Edges for example.
Bought for $580 million, sold for $35 million.
Not sure who is stupid enough to fall for this.
Rupert Murdoch paid $580 million for Myspace, and based on his personal life never learns a lesson, so they might pitch themselves to him.
Whoops. I meant to write "Congo and later Bolivia". Neither of the groups Che Guevara fought for in those places had much local support.
Except for the obvious. (Powerful Hollywood got the laws they paid for).
As Che Guevara discovered when he went to Africa and later Congo, if the Revolution doesn't have the support of the people, it can't win.
Except for the one construction supplies company who sent infected .rars to several of my users. (To be fair that was about 8 years ago. Things may have got better but I wouldn't hold my breathe).
Slightly offtopic, but our fax line seems to have failed, probably sometime about April last year due to some faulty wiring. I had the other affected lines repaired, but no-one noticed the fax line hasn't worked since then. I don't think I will bother getting the tech back.
How much of this is due to dated infrastructure, and how much is deliberate foot-dragging?
That's a fair question, but I think the answer is obvious. It is all due to foot-dragging. It the rules are byzantine and difficult to follow, requests can be denied for perfectly valid reasons.
nothing demonstrates your individuality like a shitty tattoo, especially one like all your co-workers at Starbucks have
I'm going to steal this.
Our notes are plastic so they last longer, and have got smaller too.
I guess cash is expensive.
Bladerunner is probably my favourite Science Fiction movie but if they call it "Bladerunner 2049" I probably won't bother.
(Well I might grab a torrent once the DVD is released).
I can't remember the last time I saw a mag stripe machine, and if I did see one, I would pay cash.
I bet if you explained exactly how these work to any of your family or friends, they would think twice about buying one. If you pointed out the really basic vulnerabilities routinely found in these IoT type devices, they would think twice again. Of course in the real world Google's marketing budget is a lot bigger than yours, and plenty of technically naive people will buy one.
Samsung's Next Flagship Smartphone May Not Be Purchased by Me
I won't buy one either, and I have only ever had Samsung phones. I'm not worried though, there are lots of Android phone model available, and one of them will suit me just fine.
It's not really about Republicans or Democrats, just about abuse of power and taxpayer dollars
I just assumed the Attorneys General involved were up for re-election, or had their eyes on a Governorship or something. I also know the real reason why they are wrong about this, it's because Lyin' Ted Cruz thinks its a good idea.
The Raspberry Pi is popular for three major reasons -- it is small, inexpensive, and doesn't consume a lot of electricity.
Those are all good reasons to get a Raspberry Pi, but for me the top reason is because of the community that exists around the PI.
Anytime I have a question, or if I need to figure out how to do something new, there will be some clever friendly person who has either done it before and made their code available, or someone who will give me a pointer towards getting it done myself.
Every other Raspberry Pi killer I've seen touted around the place lacks that and so they don't "Destroy" the Raspberry Pi after all.
Look at Steam and how much it gets from making so many titles available...
I think this is a very good example. I have bought several older titles from Steam because it's easy and priced correctly ($3 for an old game is fine by me). Steam also makes it easier than pirating.
When George Bush II was challenged about the oil companies writing his energy policies, he said "Ya gotta dance with those what brung ya".
This article explains quite well.