Now move that model to Africa and the Middle East.
I think you meant to say:
Now move that model to the United States.
Kenya has had "cheap access to payments issuance and acceptance" since M-Pesa launched in 2007. Similar services now exist in Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, and other countries. Available services include direct transfers, airtime top-up, bill payments, salary payments, insurance schemes, savings, loans, and international money transfers.
Zenimax (the company that acquired id Software) has been supportive of the process
Zenimax (the company that acquired id Software) has been supportive of the process, and he has challenged other game developers to release old source-code too. Carmack says that releasing the code really helps the development community.
Google has reportedly banned a handful of Anonymous members from Google+ (it's not exactly clear how many accounts were shut down).
Says who?
Really, samzenpus? This post is nothing more than an advertisement and you know it. The story title and summary aren't even remotely accurate.
Even though these cars will soon be able to scream around at full speed safer than cars now they will end up going slower.
From a productivity standpoint it matters not what speed your vehicle travels so long as meaningful tasks can be performed en-route. A driver-less vehicle might be a fantastic mode of transportation for, say, laptop-based workers on-the-go (e.g. Googlers).
Speaking of workers on-the-go, taxi drivers will need to seek alternate employment if these things ever become commercially viable
If we were on the street and saw some brown shirts hauling a jewish family out of their home, making them get on their knees, and putting a gun to their head, you know what we'd do? We'd shut our fucking mouths and look the other way, because we don't want to be next.
Speak for yourself. Some of us own firearms.
You do realize that policies can be changed at a later date, right? They aren't written in stone. These policies make more sense than the alternative of doing nothing, and they make more sense than being heavy handed and creating more problems then they solve. If problems crop up, they can be dealt with.
You do realize that if proper net neutrality is not enforced, even for a short while, large corporations will very quickly become the de-facto gatekeepers of the worlds information
Do you really want to go down this road? Even for a single day?
The incident was confirmed by Harbor Police Sergeant Rakos who said Wolanyk was arrested on two misdemeanors, “failing to complete the security process; violation code 7.01 and illegally recording the San Diego Airport Authority (they confiscated his iPhone); violation number 7.14 (a).”
As a PC gamer, I'm very bothered by the fact that these TSA stories instantly remind me of City 17 and the Combine from Half Life 2.
This needs to be stopped before it gets any worse.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
