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The Risk of Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are a libertarian ideal: a monetary system outside the control of big government. The modern digital world provides the necessary components for a cryptocurrency to succeed. Computing power has advanced sufficiently to lower the processing burden of cryptography. Now systems are both powerful enough and affordable enough that there is a sufficiently large audience for a cryptocurrency system. But where cryptocurrencies solve some of the fundamental problems of centralized currencies, they also introduce some new problems while still falling victim to other, age-old problems. Bitcoin is synonymous with cryptocurrency for a lot of people. It was an early cryptocurrency system, and the first to achieve a large scale of adoption. Since 2007 when Bitcoin appeared, the cryptocurrency space has increased exponentially. Special-purpose cryptocurrencies add new features. But Bitcoin includes two pieces of technology that are applicable to a wide variety of cryptocurrenci...

Gigabit & Fast Ethernet Networks by LASER Beam

Growth of Ethernet: Today, approximately 90% of business data starts and ends on Ethernet LANs. Gigabit Ethernet has emerged as the corporate standard, because it is inexpensive, widely understood, and backwards compatible to existing Ethernet networks. Despite the recent telecom downturn, enterprises worldwide are still spending roughly $82 billion a year on WAN and Internet access services. Corporate and campus LANs are seeing substantial infrastructure growth as local bandwidth requirements create building-to-building bottlenecks. Gigabit Ethernet solutions from laser beam quickly add the economical bandwidth that is required in today’s networks and the return on capital investment can often be justified in less than one year. Typical Applications: The most widespread application for Laser beam is to provide wireless campus LAN extensions between buildings. Many customers also use Laser beam for high-bandwidth backhaul to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Laser beam is al...

PRELIMINARY VICTORY FOR INDIA: AS ICJ RULED STAY ON EXECUTION TILL FINAL DECISION

ICJ ruled in the favour of India invoking provisional measures under ICJ, statutes art. 41. It has asked Pakistan to stay execution of Mr Jadhav, till the final decision of the court.   The order of ICJ was stated by president, Ronnie Abraham with reason that it has passed the test of imminent risk and prejudice test which can affect the rights of the Mr Jadhav, questioned under the art. 36 of Vienna Convention on Consular Relation,1963. As the execution order by Pakistan came without any information and access opportunity availed to Mr Jadhav and consular access was denied after several request made by India. Provisionally court without going in to the other details ruled that as art 36 read with 2008 consular agreement between India and Pakistan qualifies the provisional measures under art. 41 of the statutes and the court has the jurisdiction. Taking the note of urgency in the plea mentioned by India, the international court considered by interpreting the argument advanced by...

Microcontroller based :GPS and GSM based School bus tracking system

Children are our most precious resource, but as children, they are lack of skills to protect themselves. So it is our responsibility, as parents, teachers and as a person, to safeguard children and to teach them the skills to be safe. GPS and GSM based School bus tracking system Today, most of students are traveling to school by school buses or school vans. Parents think that their kids are safe when they travel by school bus. But are they really safe? There are many common problems such as students getting kidnapped out of school, bus getting delayed in traffic and your kid is last one to get down in bus and is alone in bus. So we can’t exactly say that they are safe with school bus. What, if it is possible to track the bus? Find out whether they are in trouble? Or even why they are late? And also, are you fed-up with calling here and there? “School bus tracking project can be introduced to overcome these problems. In this project it will continuously send text SMS to the u...

How Algorithms Are Shaping Futures Trading

Algorithms have assumed control over the investing scene. One late gauge by many company claims that nowadays, only 10 percent of all exchanges available are finished by people picking stocks; the rest are specifically or by implication done via automated programs. These algorithms have just significantly affected market costs and speculator conduct, including streak crashes that unfurl because of algorithmic selloffs working from other algorithmic selloffs. But what effect could these algorithms have on the future of futures trading? Futures Trading in a Nutshell In some ways, exchanging prospects works like exchanging some other speculation resource or security. There are particular stages committed to fates exchanging, and numerous business stages permit prospects exchanging too. Be that as it may, rather than purchasing or offering a ware or security specifically, fates exchanging enables clients to put contracts, which manage the purchasing or offering of a particul...

Social Influence and Conformity

Social Influence: Social influence is defined as change in an individual’s thoughts, feelings, attitudes or behaviours that results from interaction with another individual or group.   It is the process by which individuals adjust their beliefs and behaviour as a result of interaction with others who are perceived to be similar or desirable. Individuals are also influenced by majority: when a large portion of an individual’s referent social group holds a particular attitude, it is likely that the individual will adopt it as well. Additionally, individuals may change an opinion under the influence of another who is perceived to be an expert. Conformity: Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. This change is in response to real (involving the physical presence of others) or imagined (involving the pressure of social norms / expectations) group pressure. Conformity is the process by which an individu...

Lokpal Bill

After much opposition the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011 has been passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December, 2013 and got the President assent in January 2014. The bill was first passed by the Lok Sabha at the fag end of the winter session of 2011, but not by the Rajya Sabha where it was debated but the house was adjourned before voting on it. A select committee of the Rajya Sabha later suggested changes in the bill which where incorporated and approved by the union cabinet. Following the amendments, the Rajya Sabha passed the bill 17 December, 2013. The Bill aims to set up institution of Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states by law enacted by respective legislatures within one year of coming in to force of the Act. Main provisions of the amended Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill Lokayukta   - Each state should set up Lokayuktas by law within one year from the commencement of the Act. But the states will have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. Ap...