Top of the rankings according to Speedtest Global Index. Slightly rub it in your face though as the US is 42nd.
I wonder how many people with dial up do a speed test though? Do they have the bandwidth to do one? Could they be bothered?
It is more likely you would get a situation like this;
Step 1
Alphabet threatens Comcast. Comcast board sees it's profits/share price going down which impacts their bonus. Board tells Alphabet to jump and charges them the maximum they can legally get away with then they take part of that money and hire lawyers(eg;community groups) to object to everything Alphabet does.
Step 2
After five or six more years (maybe ten) Alphabet looks like it is going to get somewhere so, before the profits go down, the old board members leave with their sterling reputations and fat pockets having raked it in from both sides for a decade.
Step 3
Alphabet is in the market! Yay! Unfortunately they have spend so much money that they need to keep their prices high to protect their investment.
European business would love it too as they would suddenly be able to counter the huge market share of those companies. There are lots of competitors in Europe but almost all of them face an uphill battle fighting against overwhelming odds. The disappearance of Apple and Microsoft would leave 95% of the market for the taking (probably by Linux), Google search at least would be taken out by Qwant, Findx and others, Facebook can be replaced by a thousand small competitors, and the same with Amazon. Exempting operating systems, the advantage is mostly size.
Yes, your honor. But the plaintiff's voice was recognised as google user wtf@gmail.com and agreed to not be informed they were being recorded in the updated gmail terms and conditions of 18/05/18.
Besides can't people sue over breach of contract under the privacy policy and terms of use already? Looking at the agreements it seems a fairly straightforward breach of;
Even with 100% open source people wouldn't read it all. People don't even read privacy policies or EULA's. What we need is either ethics in business or laws to deal with it. I prefer laws.
Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distant, untreated metastases, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
....is starting to look more and more like the boys at Davos got together and decided to take Bitcoin out.
That being said, a lot of large banks and governments are very interested in using the blockchain for finance. They just want to control it and bitcoin was getting to big and they can't afford to let it get mainstream while they don't control it.
It doesn't matter how good bitcoin is, the power that be aren't going to let their control of money get away from them.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Ripple though. There have been a number of large institutions testing it. That doesn't mean they are going to use it, but it does mean they can see the value in it. Also note that Ripple isn't really all that tied to XRP. They can use other currencies to transfer as well.
I was thinking along those lines the other day. There could be a true AI in the Internet right now but what would it see? What inputs and outputs would matter to it? Would we even be in its perceptions?
I am unsure of the specific laws that would pertain to irrelevance of trial in the US but there is a broad precedent that information gathered illegally cannot be used. This can be overridden but it isn't a bad starting point. Possibly more relevant would be that he can't be extradited due to evidence obtained illegally in NZ. To quote the NZ extradition treaty with the US.
"Evidence on behalf of person whose surrender is sought regarding restrictions on surrender
(1)
In any proceedings under this Act, a Judge or court may receive evidence tendered by or on behalf of a person whose surrender is sought that is relevant to the restrictions on surrender in sections 7 and 8 if the Judge or court considers the evidence is reliable, whether or not the evidence is otherwise admissible in a court of law.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to evidence gathered in New Zealand."
It is (was now) illegal for NZ to spy on it's own citizens and the US was using NZ to do the dirty work. The GCSB said that they thought it was legal but then continued to spy on KDC for two months after they found out it was illegal.
I think most people have missed the point. The uproar over this is not caused by Apple following the law and paying no tax. The uproar is caused by the imbalance of power this highlights between the rich and poor as well as the NZ governments seeming lack of interest in actually doing anything about it.
Everybody leaves out responsibility. It makes it easy, if the child is on the road, then hit the child. If the child is in a playground, then kill the passenger. And before someone says children aren't responsible for themselves, no, they largely aren't. It is the parents responsibility in this case. 50 people running onto a motorway should not result in 5 dead passengers as the cars zoom over a cliff, it should result in -insert number- dead people.
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Top of the rankings according to Speedtest Global Index. Slightly rub it in your face though as the US is 42nd. I wonder how many people with dial up do a speed test though? Do they have the bandwidth to do one? Could they be bothered?
It is more likely you would get a situation like this;
Step 1
Alphabet threatens Comcast. Comcast board sees it's profits/share price going down which impacts their bonus. Board tells Alphabet to jump and charges them the maximum they can legally get away with then they take part of that money and hire lawyers(eg;community groups) to object to everything Alphabet does.
Step 2
After five or six more years (maybe ten) Alphabet looks like it is going to get somewhere so, before the profits go down, the old board members leave with their sterling reputations and fat pockets having raked it in from both sides for a decade.
Step 3
Alphabet is in the market! Yay! Unfortunately they have spend so much money that they need to keep their prices high to protect their investment.
Benefit to consumer....zero.
European business would love it too as they would suddenly be able to counter the huge market share of those companies. There are lots of competitors in Europe but almost all of them face an uphill battle fighting against overwhelming odds. The disappearance of Apple and Microsoft would leave 95% of the market for the taking (probably by Linux), Google search at least would be taken out by Qwant, Findx and others, Facebook can be replaced by a thousand small competitors, and the same with Amazon. Exempting operating systems, the advantage is mostly size.
The same same holds for the US entering WWI and WWII. It wasn't until 1917 that the US declared war on Germany after trade with Britain was disrupted, US citizens killed and American ships sunk. Entering WWII only happened after Pearl Harbour.
Yes, your honor. But the plaintiff's voice was recognised as google user wtf@gmail.com and agreed to not be informed they were being recorded in the updated gmail terms and conditions of 18/05/18.
Let us state this simple. Dealing with reality leads to real consequences. This is why violence works and why people who do physical jobs die earlier.
This is getting very religeous.
Why should i be worried again?
What does the robot think?
That will lead to a couple more paragraphs on their privacy policy and user agreement. That is all.
Besides can't people sue over breach of contract under the privacy policy and terms of use already? Looking at the agreements it seems a fairly straightforward breach of;
"Limogés Jewelry collects information that you volunteer in order to process your order, to inform you of special offers, and so that you may receive superior customer service. We do not share your e-mail address with anyone outside of Limogés Jewelry other than when necessary to fulfill your order. On occasion, we may share other information with very carefully selected partners in order to provide you with outstanding special offers, but we will only do so with your consent."
It seems a little strange that Google will ban cryptocurrency advertising but still allow gambling.
Even with 100% open source people wouldn't read it all. People don't even read privacy policies or EULA's. What we need is either ethics in business or laws to deal with it. I prefer laws.
This is, after all, a company based on selling users meta-data in various forms. VPN's were a threat to that collection.
You want to tie that to a time estimation. We will be back in.....
6 mins....
5 hrs....
2 mins... Post heat death... 2 days...
30 sec....
Link to paper.
This.
Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distant, untreated metastases, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
....is starting to look more and more like the boys at Davos got together and decided to take Bitcoin out. That being said, a lot of large banks and governments are very interested in using the blockchain for finance. They just want to control it and bitcoin was getting to big and they can't afford to let it get mainstream while they don't control it. It doesn't matter how good bitcoin is, the power that be aren't going to let their control of money get away from them. It will be interesting to see what happens with Ripple though. There have been a number of large institutions testing it. That doesn't mean they are going to use it, but it does mean they can see the value in it. Also note that Ripple isn't really all that tied to XRP. They can use other currencies to transfer as well.
I was thinking along those lines the other day. There could be a true AI in the Internet right now but what would it see? What inputs and outputs would matter to it? Would we even be in its perceptions?
I am unsure of the specific laws that would pertain to irrelevance of trial in the US but there is a broad precedent that information gathered illegally cannot be used. This can be overridden but it isn't a bad starting point. Possibly more relevant would be that he can't be extradited due to evidence obtained illegally in NZ. To quote the NZ extradition treaty with the US.
"Evidence on behalf of person whose surrender is sought regarding restrictions on surrender
(1) In any proceedings under this Act, a Judge or court may receive evidence tendered by or on behalf of a person whose surrender is sought that is relevant to the restrictions on surrender in sections 7 and 8 if the Judge or court considers the evidence is reliable, whether or not the evidence is otherwise admissible in a court of law.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to evidence gathered in New Zealand."
The Internet Party NZ will be drafting an Anti-Spy bill live online on Sunday the 6th of August with the help of international guests who are experts in the field of state and private intelligence gathering practices, violations and mass surveillance.
It is (was now) illegal for NZ to spy on it's own citizens and the US was using NZ to do the dirty work. The GCSB said that they thought it was legal but then continued to spy on KDC for two months after they found out it was illegal.
I think most people have missed the point. The uproar over this is not caused by Apple following the law and paying no tax. The uproar is caused by the imbalance of power this highlights between the rich and poor as well as the NZ governments seeming lack of interest in actually doing anything about it.
Now we call this evolution in order to absolve ourselves of moral responsibility.
"but we can confirm existence of one universe."
Citation needed. Personally I can't confirm that this universe exists but if you can then I would be interested to know how.
Everybody leaves out responsibility. It makes it easy, if the child is on the road, then hit the child. If the child is in a playground, then kill the passenger. And before someone says children aren't responsible for themselves, no, they largely aren't. It is the parents responsibility in this case. 50 people running onto a motorway should not result in 5 dead passengers as the cars zoom over a cliff, it should result in -insert number- dead people.