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For comparison, my fibre connexion here in Stockholm provides me with a nominal downstream speed of 100 Mb/s and an upstream speed of 10 Mb/s. When I check, which I often do, I find I'm getting about 95 Mb/s downstream and 12 Mb/s upstream.... Henri
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From what I understand, the US government regards certain types of so-called cyber attacks that are particularly destructive as acts of war and casus belli. Does this also apply to Stuxnet, admittedly a US-Israeli device deployed against Iran ? Where is the Security Council resolution condeming these...
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It took a little searching to find what standards are used to judge the validity of an «Assembled in USA» claim, but here's what the Federal Trade Commission has to say about the matter : Assembled in USA Claims A product that includes foreign components may be called "Assembled...
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It should be remembered that the requirements for putting «Assembled in X country» are both weak and diffuse. Not least when the company, as in this case, is Apple, which is hardly known for its transparency, it might be wise for people in the US to wait for further details before shouting...
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WoW (pun intended) ! So World of Warcraft has become an issue in the US elections ! Good to see that people there don't let themselves get bogged down with such old-fashioned issues like interminable foreign wars, unemployment, increasing economic inequality, infrastructure and environmental degradation...
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When one can no longer compete on quality, price, service, etc, in the market place, one can go to court (preferably in one's home town) and claim patent infringement, like a certain well-known fruit purveyor, or warn prospective customers about the dire «security issues» that use of...
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Human ingenuity is, if not infinite, at least rather impressive - here in Europe there are websites specifically dedicated to hacking payment systems for public transport. That's what I call innovation ! (As a cyclist, I plead innocence - I've never availed myself of these services.... Henri
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Google is quite happy to censor search results in countries like the US, the UK, and Germany, as well as Asian countries like India and Thailand, This article from the Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0421/US-Brazil-lead-Google-s-Top-10-censorship-list-China...
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The Greeks - and the Sumerians, the Egyptians, theIndians, and, not least, the Chinese.... Henri
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Well, Dave, if here in Europe Apple can register a rectangle with rounded corners as the company's proprietary design at the Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union, it should certainly be able to protect its «intellectual property» in a «wedge-shaped design»...