Re: [LINK] itN: Gaol for possessing files for 3D-printed guns

[JanW]

At 12:28 PM 24/11/2015, Chris Johnson wrote:
>But this is a defence, surely: is it possible to fit someone else up by
>emailing them a load of sus files? Maybe not, if there is no trail of
>request from the fittee to ask for the emails to be sent.

My point exactly.

>(Owning the files in order to send them is an offence, so mind how you go.)

And one of the worries re the dataretention scheme is the on-again/off-again 
referral to web links. I have elderly members of our computer club who click 
things. They just do. Heck, how many Australians have been sucked into the 
"nigerian" get rich quick schemes? Or the ' "I love you forever" now give me 
your money so I can come to you' schemes? 

Many people are gullible. One would hope that police would use common sense and 
contextual information, but who knows?

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Re: [LINK] ATO's Non-Electronic Accessibility Days Numbered?

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At 05:11 PM 30/11/2015, Roger Clarke wrote:

>It is asking taxpayers how moving to digital-only channels to send and receive 
>information would affect them. Those who don't have the ability to use digital 
>services would be exempt, it said.

And they did provide a means for offline provision of that feedback, right? How 
will people with issues find out about this?


>It is asking for feedback from the public until January 15 next year

Good grief. Another 'summer' consult right through the holiday break. When will 
they ever learn

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Re: [LINK] Detailed analysis of NBN Co’s finances s hows FTTP better value than FTTN

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At 03:38 PM 8/01/2016, Frank O'Connor you wrote:
>5. Batteries at the consumer end to provide back-up power to the copper and 
>HFC connections. Personally I think they could do away with these and simply 
>let consumers rely on mobiles, but I suppose a sizeable proportion of the 
>public still doesn’t have cell phones, or may not live close to a tower, and 
>I don’t know anything about the node design or circuitry which allows for 
>back-ending line based phone calls, so I guess it may still need to be offered 
>as an option. 

This may be a stupid question, but hey, I'm going to ask it so you all can have 
a laugh.

Let's examine the reason the back-up battery is needed. To operate the phone, 
right, when the NBN goes out? Which at the moment takes its power from the 
copper we have now, but won't when we switch to NBN, otherwise it would all 
still work. So the power goes off. We need a phone for emergencies. If the 
power is off in the area, what is this phone going to operate across? Aren't 
those systems also going to be off? We're told we won't have copper PSTN any 
more, just the NBN. But it needs power to operate. 

What am I missing in this picture?

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Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

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At 09:40 AM 21/01/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:

>A start-up project as part of education, I suggest, is a useful learning 
>experience so the students can experience failure in a safe environment. 

We did this in high school back in the 60s and 70s in my little midwest US 
town. It was called 'distributed education'. I don't know what it means either. 
But essentially, groups of students ran a small business. I don't remember much 
about it except that I didn't enjoy it and we packaged, priced and sold what 
was essentially rolls of cling film when that was not a normal part of life.

I guess there are no new ideas under the sun, just rehashing old ones that have 
been forgotten. This celebration of 'start-ups' is one of those.

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Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

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At 10:42 AM 21/01/2016, Jim Birch you wrote:
>It would be much more productive to teach people how to evaluate, customise
>and use IT services.  This skill is much more likely to provide
>employment.  That, or plumbing. 

And gardening and other home services - shopping, cleaning, health.

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Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

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At 11:33 AM 23/01/2016, David Lochrin wrote:

>I think there's a tradeoff between teaching the fundamentals, which tends to 
>require a systematic waterfall development methodology, and agile development 
>which can go seriously off the rails unless the project leaders, at least, 
>have a solid understanding of these fundamentals.

all of the above - including coding, design, evaluation, governance, risk 
management etc etc etc -- oh, and ethics.

To single out any element of a complete profession is ridiculous. BUT you gotta 
start somewhere. You don't become a doctor by only learning about germs or 
stitching up a cut. Those are technical skills. Yet some people may lead into 
medicine as a career by meeting a nice doctor who stitched up a cut or a 
biology teacher who showed how to make a culture. We still need people who do 
those jobs and enjoy doing them. 

Also, IT is a team sport, just like medicine. Not everyone can have deep enough 
knowledge to cover all the topics required.

I reckon the whole STEAM process needs to be rethought in how it engages young 
people. The starting point isn't the ending point. And one person's starting 
point isn't the next person's. It takes a lifetime to pull together a full 
picture. 

Where projects go off the rails is when people who don't know much of anything 
about the fundamentals -- e.g. finance types or sociopathic CEOs -- overrule 
common sense by putting a filter on their decisions that have nothing to do 
with reality of physics. We all know the faster, cheaper, better meme, or 
whatever the three are. You can't have all of them. But physics is going to 
trump every time.

My daily rant. Thank you.
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Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

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At 02:16 PM 23/01/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

>Teaching coding is like teaching bricklaying and expecting the students 
>to understand town planning, architecture, and infrastructure services 
>such as water supply, sewerage, transport, communications and power 
>generation/distribution. 

Sure. Those bits about the processes etc, are the needs and the context. But 
those are eternally givens, regardless of the current state of affairs to 
address them. If you don't have the solutions, and the full gamut of elements 
that go into the solution, from the bricklayers to the architects to the 
contractors, you still will only end up with a mud hut. It's all of the above, 
no matter where you start. It has to add up, and at reasonably equal quality. 
Plus, you don't start creating rules, performing analyses and conducting 
evaluations (like you do, BRD) at the entry level. They are sophisticated 
cognitive processes that requires some basic knowledge of the bricks. 

IMO, what we're seeing in the failed complex projects is Picasso paintings, not 
Rembrandts, with the pieces of the lady strewn across the canvas. (Like that 
metaphor? Just made it up. :-) )

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Re: [LINK] The Nick Ross story as told by New Matilda independent media outlet

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At 06:16 AM 28/01/2016, Andy Farkas wrote:

>https://newmatilda.com/2016/01/24/false-balance-the-debate-the-abc-has-to-have-but-possibly-never-will/
>
>"The response from media is staggering."

There are two pieces in The Conversation that I read and commented upon 
yesterday.

I'm surprised no one has officially complained to the ABC Board. That would up 
the ante.

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Re: [LINK] TPG international fibre cable fault - where was that break again?

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At 06:17 PM 9/02/2016, Marghanita da Cruz you wrote:

>Thanks - I was about to post and ask what was going on. From the poor 
>performance over the last 
>week, it seems the cable has been out for about a week already! - I am on 
>Optus GSM network and a 
>friend who is on Telstra just phoned. 

Has TPG taken over iinet/node traffic yet? I see some hits and misses (twitter 
just threw a tizzy, but that's not all that unusual), but nothing major.

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Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

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Satellite was never going to be a longterm solution. Those who thought 
otherwise were selling/sold the Brooklyn Bridge.

Jan

At 09:24 AM 12/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote:
>Data limits on Sky Muster are so restrictive that streaming video is not 
>practical.  Short of illegal downloads during off-peak (0100 to 0700), 
>this looks like the only option: .
>
>What century is this?
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Re: [LINK] Talking about AI

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At 11:20 AM 12/02/2016, Jim Birch wrote:

>It is difficult by design. 

Do any linkers remember back in the 70s that there was a competition between AI 
research and another similar angle? I'm at a loss what it was, but it was the 
more reasonable development in that conceptual area. It was before machine 
learning as a serious topic, too. Help!

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Re: [LINK] Talking about AI

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Roger prompted with a paper he wrote that includes history. I was thinking of 
'decision support systems', which were much more (but not completely) 
predictable than "AI" generally. At least you have a single domain to narrow in 
on. But as Dr Bob points out, diagnosis without a human being involved proved 
to be quite dicey. It also can lead to tunnel vision and overlooking context. 
Pretty good for stopping medicine interactions, but anything else? Not sure.

As I said to Roger, my prof in grad school, Vern Gerlach, was big on these 
things working on US Air Force projects, mostly flight training, when I was in 
Arizona.

Jan

At 01:14 PM 12/02/2016, Frank O'Connor you wrote:

>Ummm … Heuristics maybe?
>
>
>There were a number of efforts in that area in the late 70’s and early 
>80’s.
>
>I remember one offering, called Eurisko from memory, that showed a lot of 
>promise … but it’s so long ago () and I failed to  keep up with 
>developments in that field.
>
>Scientific American was real keen on it for a while.
>
>Just my 2 cents worth …
>
>---
>> On 12 Feb 2016, at 11:32 AM, JanW  wrote:
>> 
>> At 11:20 AM 12/02/2016, Jim Birch wrote:
>> 
>>> It is difficult by design. 
>> 
>> Do any linkers remember back in the 70s that there was a competition between 
>> AI research and another similar angle? I'm at a loss what it was, but it was 
>> the more reasonable development in that conceptual area. It was before 
>> machine learning as a serious topic, too. Help!
>> 
>> Jan
>> 
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Re: [LINK] The wonders of NBN

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Duly forwarded to the new Minister responsible, Fiona Nash.

senator.n...@aph.gov.au

Keep for future reference.
Jan

At 10:44 AM 15/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote:
>This relates to an NBN fixed wireless installation.
>They've really got their act together.
>
>
>> Today is day 21 with a failed NBN connection for us. We live in Port 
>> Huon, Tasmania, in the beautiful rural Huon Valley.
>>
>> We have had one occasion where an NBN technician has turned up, the 
>> day before a scheduled appointment because the technician was in the 
>> street doing another job. We were not at home.
>>
>> Since then there have now been four scheduled appointments to which no 
>> NBN technician has shown up. Excuses, via the ISP from NBN have 
>> included - 'We didn't have all the correct information" which is 
>> incorrect. "They weren't home, so we left a card in the post box" 
>> which has never happened. "We went to the wrong address" which is 
>> unverifiable, oh and my favorite "We don't often go down there." Which 
>> is clearly correct. I await with interest the excuse for the no show 
>> on Friday, appointment 4, perhaps " The dog ate my Purchase 
>> Order/IPhone/Car Keys?"
>>
>> We are struggling to cope with one iPad with Telstra 3G for which we 
>> will likely need to take out a mortgage.
>>
>> My business is seriously affected.
>>
>> No one appears to have control over the activities of the NBN, and I 
>> am grateful for the efforts of my ISP. it appears to be ineffective 
>> however.
>>
>> I am at a loss as to how to move forward. Direct contact with the NBN 
>> results in "There's nothing we can do" there is no mechanism for 
>> members of the public to address this kind of appalling service. There 
>> is no accountability.
>>
>> All we need is for the NBN box in our house to be fixed.
>>
>> please does anyone have any strategies, ideas or ways to move this 
>> forward?
>
>Our government clearly wants to screw up our telecommunications.
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Re: [LINK] Faults? Telstra?

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Some people must just be born stupid.

At 03:44 PM 17/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote:
>Telstra just gets better and better. I wish the network was still 
>publicly owned. At least then we could vote the bastards out.
>
>
>
>> Last night i tried to report a landline fault over telstra 24×7 chat. 
>> The friendly customer service rep told me they cant do this via chat, 
>> i would have to call them! 

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Re: [LINK] That moment when ...

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At 10:31 AM 24/02/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>no your not being punished 
>> baby it's just your teacher doesn't know internet isn't at our house 

Looks like something that should be assessed at the beginning of each school 
term (because it may change more frequently) for each student.

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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 01:59 AM 25/02/2016, Paul Brooks you wrote:
>Periodic or continuous off-site
>backups of computers/laptops, or NASs, software/firmware checks and updates 
>from
>everything, permanently streaming security cameras/nannycams. Four to six
>laptops/desktops each downloading the same antivirus database updates hourly.

I got my first 'warning' re date quota use last month, which I thought was a 
nice touch from internode. I still had a lot left by my estimation, but 
still

I've been surprised at how much my data usage has gone up for just me by adding 
a tablet to my mix. Granted, I have oversubscribed to audio feeds (am trimming 
back once I've seen that I don't listen to all that I download), but I'm sure 
updating of just the main software is adding to my usage quite a bit, and 
growing. That's just one device. 

I also believe that updates of just OS on my laptop is using more. I've pretty 
much stopped using my desktop (XP) so that doesn't get updated, but if I was 
maintaining a desktop as well, that would add even more. 

I'm almost to the stage of switching from a 50Gb plan to an unlimited plan so I 
don't have to worry about it. 

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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 09:52 AM 25/02/2016, Andy Farkas you wrote:

>All ISPs are required by law to do this, at 50%, 85%, and 100%.
>
>

Isn't that only mobile data? I'm on ADSL at home. And the warning was at 70%. 
My data is shaped not charged higher when over quota, which I've never reached.

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[LINK] Fwd: Telstra's ADSL 'Fair Go'

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>>the problem is the 'fair go' rule set into the Telstra system, the rule set 
>>slows ALL of our traffic up and down if our upload usage exceeds 80% of the 
>>the available line speed for a set period. for example, if we have a line 
>>speed of 1MBps and we upload for 30 minutes at .9MBps our downloads and 
>>uploads will be slowed to 50KBps until our upload stops for ten minutes or we 
>>reboot. Our files are large they are videos, we are not running servers or 
>>doing anything illegal, we are just trying to run a small business on bad 
>>internet and telstra are restricting our use. We have asked a contract but 
>>Telstra refuse to send it. Telstra told me there is no mention of the 'fair 
>>go' rule in the contract.

Huh. Would this throttling also apply to internode customers who are 
downloading a YouTube video after about 4 minutes? I have this problem ALL the 
time now. It didn't use to. Is this something new in the wholesale/retail chain 
now?

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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 08:30 AM 26/02/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:

>The Australian Government estimates that "... a typical distance education 
>student will download 15 to 20 gigabytes (GB) of data in a month" (Fletcher, 
>2015): 
>http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/paul_fletcher/speeches/commsday_satellite_summit_putting_satellite_to_its_highest_value_uses
> 

I would Strongly disagree with that estimate. It's one UNreferenced throw away 
line, unlike other points he's made in that talk/article. Where is the evidence 
for this?

Per subject, maybe, and it certainly doesn't take into account a shared 
subscription, like multiple kids in a household, or doing everything else 
people use the net for besides a particular course. 

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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 05:07 AM 27/02/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:

>And no matter what you say … the range of radio frequencies (and hence 
>cchannel and data carrying capacity) is vastly limited compared to it’s 
>electromagnetic cousin, light. And that doesn’t even begin to look at 
>problems of scalability, interference, cross channel interference, range, 
>error and other quality issues that WiFi incurs - as well as a host of the 
>other issues that others have raised (power, maintainability, repairability, 
>technology mix issues and the like) 

Great point, Frank, about the capacity. And isn't it true that because the 
fibre frequencies are contained, the frequencies are reusable if in distinct 
fibre cables, no matter what the wavelength, unlike wifi which requires 
physical separation by distance to avoid overlap interference? That is a BIG 
bonus, especially for high density living environments with individual 'message 
packet' needs. You sort of say that above. I was just thinking about how it's 
all about frequencies, the light spectrum being part of it that happens to 
travel well in the glass medium.

Whatever happened to future proofing? Mal T just 'past-proofed' Australia. Gee 
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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 12:26 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas you wrote:
>28 February 2016
>
>nbn rejects claims that the company is at risk of not meeting its targets..."
>
>...also getting ahead of themselves re dates? 

Am listening to it on ABC AM right now. What a crock of crap. Sounds like Alan 
Joyce, he of grounding Qantas fame.

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Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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At 12:10 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas wrote:
>"Under the heading "Commercial in Confidence: Scale the Deployment Program", 
>the report outlines a plethora of faults, including that delays in power 
>approvals and construction are being caused by electricity companies which 
>account for 38,537 premises or 59 per cent of overall slippages against the 
>target.
>
>Another 30 per cent of delays are down to material shortages and a further 11 
>per cent are attributed to completion reviews."

Did this project have any sort of project management? This stuff is appalling. 
You'd think they've never used a spread sheet.

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Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

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Keep this mob away from chook raffles, whatever you do

At 09:22 PM 9/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>
>
>>Assignments at almost a thousand fixed wireless sites have disappeared after 
>>2.3 GHz licence renewal in July last year.
>
>
>>The company responsible for building the National Broadband Network, nbn, has 
>>apparently failed to renew its radio assignments for the majority of existing 
>>fixed wireless towers.
>
>
>>Despite having around 1,200 fixed wireless towers active around Australia, 
>>the company’s radio assignment records contains only around 200 radio sites 
>>...

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Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

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At 03:17 PM 19/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>Progress, I guess. :/
>
>
>
>>A big shout out to the Department of Ed and Training for sending me a USB 
>>with ALL my course documents so that I can do the majority of my course 
>>offline.

I'm surprised they didn't send it by Domino's new robot or an Amazon delivery 
drone. 

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Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

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At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>I don't know of any systems which work with sneaker-net. Apart from students 
>in remote areas, this would be useful for prisoners and military personnel on 
>deployment. These groups have been catered for in the past with paper based 
>distance education courses. When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, 
>one questions on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner. 

You do understand why they ask that question, don't you?

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Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

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At 06:41 AM 22/03/2016, Paul Brooks you wrote:

>By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more 
>upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less 
>likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue 
>by a  decade or more. 

Much too logical and based on solid economic theory. You do know you're  asking 
far too much of this government, don't you? 

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Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

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At 08:09 AM 22/03/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:
>Mr Broadband is building us a $60 billion White Elephant that everybody seems 
>t think is a colossal waste of money … and all for politics. All because the 
>MTM ‘˜idea' (and I use that term loosely) isn’t Labor’s.
>
>Sadly, if this matter is allowed to die in the coming long election campaign 
>nobody will be held accountable for this debacle - and Mr Broadband really 
>deserves some real public attention for this waste of public monies and ever 
>so damaging politicking. 

I'd love to be able to campaign on this. I'd even consider going door to door. 
But the problem in areas where I live is that we've been so poorly served by 
comms for so long it's become any port in a storm. Port, get it? The issues of 
"what could have been" is lost in the existential problem of how bad "what is" 
is. Our marginal seat is happy with crumbs, sadly.

BUT large parts of this electorate are getting NOTHING yet, only some marginal 
marginal booths that really did have nothing much at all. And our idiot MP 
thinks that's enough. He's off in KL I heard. Another ex-cop like Duddon. 
Still, it's a .7 margin, so there's hope he'll be gone if MalT stuffs up like 
the train wreck he just gave on AM. Mr Arrogant is back.

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Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

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At 09:15 AM 22/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>On 20/03/16 10:25, JanW wrote:
>
>>At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>>> When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, one questions
>>>on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner.
>>
>>You do understand why they ask that question, don't you? ...
>
>No. It may be the institution has special procedures for
>students who are prisoners.

The reason is that prisoners are not in general allowed internet access. The 
prisons make the rules, NOT the institution. I ran a program that included 
federal prisoners taking distance ed classes pre-internet. We managed to 
include them in phone conference classes JUST delivered to them as a group, 
with the teacher not having to travel to the facility. It was a challenge. But 
to put prisoners on the net? No way. They could take face to face classes 
delivered in the prison. It's too long ago to remember if they could take other 
forms we offered.


>I only discovered last week they have a separate cohort for Greek students 
>(because there is a Greek campus). As far as I know I am the only Australian 
>in the program and so get put in the group with the North Americans.

Since it appears you were in with students in the US, this is why - it would be 
a standard question there.

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Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

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At 12:32 PM 22/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>>An FttDP box in your street draws its power from your house, up to 200 metres 
>>away, rather than relying on the electricity grid.
>Power to the distribution point from the premises - over existing copper? :/

Wait - how can they require you to pay to power something you have no 
control/say over?



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Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

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At 12:59 PM 22/03/2016, Andy Farkas wrote:

>I really wish the MSM, and more importantly Labor, would jump
>on this bandwagon. Yes, I know it is hard for Joe and Jolene Blogs
>to understand, but wasting billions of dollars on something that
>*will* need to be upgraded in the future is a gross negligent act.
>
>-andyf (still trying to refrain from posting about MTM but finding
>it quite difficult... and David is not helping :) 

Are there 'plain English' dot points that could be shared on Twitter/blogs/etc. 
about these holes? Maybe a chart comparing the ALP original plan and the 
failing MTM installation/waste/risk?

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Re: [LINK] "Broadband" service to not-very-remote premises

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At 09:23 AM 24/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:

>The story of another business and family blighted by our degraded 
>telecommunications infrastructure. I wonder where we would be, but for 
>privatisation. Would we need an NBN project or would we already have 
>infrastructure for the 21st century?

I hope all these people on FB are actually writing to their MPs and complaining 
loudly about this. Threaten to withdraw their vote, put in the original people 
who supported a real comms system.

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Re: [LINK] A non-sensationalist look at Australian internet speeds

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At 08:16 PM 25/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:

>

I would just like to know why YouTube vids stop every 5 minutes. It's not my 
network connection/provider because it doesn't happen with other streaming 
services like Netflix. It's just Youtube. And of course if Youtube recognises 
there's a problem and shows me the Internode performance, there is nothing 
there to indicate it's an Internode problem.

As for speeds -- the avg is because the avg install is ADSL, with its plus or 
minus 8mbps top speed. If there has been increases month to month as the 
article says, that is the minor effect of people slowly slowly slowly being 
added to NBN type services.

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Re: [LINK] A non-sensationalist look at Australian internet speeds

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At 09:48 AM 26/03/2016, Frank O'Connor you wrote:
>To my mind … its not an argument for anything and a pointless  filler on the 
>part of Fairfax. Perhaps the standard of their editorial staff has reached new 
>lows and they are simply desperate for content that their steadily shrinking 
>stable of journalists can’t provide. 

Made me look up the writer, 

Spandas Lui

Started in Lifehacker section of Fairfax in 2015. Gets a byline but not a link 
to other articles, which is interesting. A quick search shows her to be in all 
the 'right' social media places if you want more info on her background.
Commenters have pushed back - hard.

Fairfax is dying. Their best journos jumped ship long ago, moving to places 
where scrutiny is valued. Murdoch press will follow.

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Re: [LINK] Why Learning To Code Won't Save Your Job

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At 11:22 AM 27/03/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

>This article is adappted from Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How
>Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity by Douglas Rushkoff, 

In the famous words of FUnderwood, when you don't like the game, turn over the 
table.

What if growth wasn't the driving metaphor? What if it was happiness, 
fulfilment, creativity, caring, mutual support, sharing -- all those human 
values thingos. What if money and acquisition, what's that word the Libs always 
use? oh, right, 'aspiration', and greed weren't so exalted? It's all a matter 
of perspective.

Happy bunny day, everyone.

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[LINK] Fwd: Re: The wonders of NBN

[JanW]

Linkers,
You may remember that I wrote to Senator Fiona Nash last month about the NBN 
fiasco as David shared re the people in Tasmania. (original message below for 
reference)

I got a reply today -- from someone in the Dept of Communications and the Arts, 
via a no-reply delivery system, with a non-copyable PDF attached. Since I don't 
think Link allows attachments, I decided to create a blog post so I could share 
this letter (you can download the PDF linked to within my post). It makes for 
interesting reading.

http://janwhitaker.com/a-minister-replies-re-nbn-sort-of/

Jan


>Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:26:15 +1100
>To: senator.n...@aph.gov.au
>From: JanW 
>Subject: Re: [LINK] The wonders of NBN
>Bcc: David Boxall 
>
>Dear Minister Nash
>
>Here is something you can possibly attend to or push someone in your new area 
>of responsibility to attend to. This sounds like a right stuff-up.
>You're stuck with a dud system. Perhaps you can influence some improvements.
>
>Sincerely,
>Jan Whitaker
>Berwick Victoria
>
>
>
>
>><https://www.facebook.com/groups/BIRRR/permalink/470454783163214/>
>>> Today is day 21 with a failed NBN connection for us. We live in Port 
>>> Huon, Tasmania, in the beautiful rural Huon Valley.
>>>
>>> We have had one occasion where an NBN technician has turned up, the 
>>> day before a scheduled appointment because the technician was in the 
>>> street doing another job. We were not at home.
>>>
>>> Since then there have now been four scheduled appointments to which no 
>>> NBN technician has shown up. Excuses, via the ISP from NBN have 
>>> included - 'We didn't have all the correct information" which is 
>>> incorrect. "They weren't home, so we left a card in the post box" 
>>> which has never happened. "We went to the wrong address" which is 
>>> unverifiable, oh and my favorite "We don't often go down there." Which 
>>> is clearly correct. I await with interest the excuse for the no show 
>>> on Friday, appointment 4, perhaps " The dog ate my Purchase 
>>> Order/IPhone/Car Keys?"
>>>
>>> We are struggling to cope with one iPad with Telstra 3G for which we 
>>> will likely need to take out a mortgage.
>>>
>>> My business is seriously affected.
>>>
>>> No one appears to have control over the activities of the NBN, and I 
>>> am grateful for the efforts of my ISP. it appears to be ineffective 
>>> however.
>>>
>>> I am at a loss as to how to move forward. Direct contact with the NBN 
>>> results in "There's nothing we can do" there is no mechanism for 
>>> members of the public to address this kind of appalling service. There 
>>> is no accountability.
>>>
>>> All we need is for the NBN box in our house to be fixed.
>>>
>>> please does anyone have any strategies, ideas or ways to move this 
>>> forward?
>>
>>Our government clearly wants to screw up our telecommunications.
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Re: [LINK] Fwd: Re: The wonders of NBN

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At 01:56 PM 30/03/2016, Paul Brooks wrote:
>Jan - did the original complainant ring the 1800 number and talk to to the NBN 
>help
>desk, maybe even open a ticket?
>They're usually fairly responsive, especially when it concerns a fault in an 
>existing
>service, rather than an installation query.
>
>There's also the TIO, which the original ISP should have alerted them to, who 
>will
>kick the ISP and NBN's butts until its fixed. 

All good suggestions, Paul, but this was a 'five times removed' situation for 
me. David posted the FB info here and I just forwarded it to the RURAL 
Communications minister (LOL) as a heads up as to what was really happening in 
her portfolio. Frankly, I'm surprised I got any response at all.

I don't think they give a rip about any of what is really happening. The only 
thing they understand is votes in their own marginal seats. Most in cabinet are 
useless. The sooner we see the back of them the better. 

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Re: [LINK] The NBN is already out of date, but it's not too late to change course

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At 03:16 PM 30/03/2016, David Boxall wrote:

>Sadly, today's Conservatives seem terrified of the future. Asking them for 
>anything "with long-term sustainability in mind" is asking them to confront 
>that which causes them to soil their nappies. 

It's the same at state level. You should have heard David Davis (he who was 
former health minister in Victoria who was a fail) this morning on Faine 
pushing back on new rail services. It was breathtaking. Faine pushed back - the 
ping pong of politics will kill this state. Long term projects are nearly 
impossible to attempt.

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Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

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At 01:53 PM 4/04/2016, Karl Auer wrote:

>So I'm not knocking video "compression". But I do think people should
>know what they are paying for. 

Here's a different angle on chosen compression. The new 7Flix channel is using 
MPEG4. My HD tv doesn't do MPEG4, evidently just MPEG2. The racing channel also 
uses MPEG4, so I can't see that video either. I can hear both.

My Kogan STB manages7Flix, so I can watch via that and/or record on it. But if 
I want to record some other channel and watch 7Flix on my TV, I can't.

So why did 7 network choose this? I know I'm not alone. I found out that it 
wasn't by reading the Whirlpool thread on it.

Bottom line: not all compression is created equal.

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Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

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At 02:20 PM 4/04/2016, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>And Nine estimates most people have MPEG-4 decoding ability already:
>
>http://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-is-broadcasting-its-channel-in-hd-but-not-for-everyone/

Just going through the whole channel line-up:

13 TenHD - dead
74 TV4ME USED to work but now dead
76 7flix - dead
78 Racing - dead
[not smart 7 - 3 out of your 6 channels unusable]
90 9HD - can hear, but comes up with a floating box, unlike the others that 
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Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

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>A week in a spinal ward might bring home the benefits of driverless cars.
>It's a no brainer when considered in terms of relative risks, rather than
>risk elimination.
>
>They are also likely to improve traffic flow and ease congestion.
>Especially when human drivers are completely gone. 

Middle ground: crash resistant censors as opposed to complete automation. 

Interesting word mix: auto-mobile, auto-mation, auto-matic.

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Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

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At 09:50 AM 7/04/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will replace the
>>existing application process with an online capability.

oh wow, that fills me with such comfort! I wonder if they'll only build to the 
four levels of outdated browser updates like the MyHealthRecord people?

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Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

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At 06:15 PM 7/04/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>Then you pay and wait. Including the ten minute appointment
>the complete bureaucratic renewal process took maybe 20 painless minutes. 
>With a photo & ID verification I wouldn't know how it could be more efficient. 

My first thought was if the Post isn't going to do it any more, who will take 
and verify photos?

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Re: [LINK] NBN Network on Wheels

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At 02:22 PM 29/04/2016, Tom Worthington wrote:
>I am at a meeting on use of social media for emergencies at University of 
>Sydney. One interesting item is that NBN Co. is building a "Network on Wheels" 
>for deployment in a disaster where the fibre infrastructure has been 
>destroyed. There will also be a "Wireless on Wheels", "Point of Internet 
>Connect on Wheels" and transportable satellite earth stations: 
>http://blog.tomw.net.au/2016/04/nbn-emergeny-management.html

They should talk to Victoria emergency services. I'm pretty sure this was done 
after one of the fires in the last 2-3 years. It's not really a new thing. 
Possibly Telstra did it.

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Re: [LINK] Surveillance system

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At 11:01 AM 13/05/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>Swinburne Uni adds analytics to CCTV
>
>Looking to expand to facial recognition, heat maps. 

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Re: [LINK] RFI: Telstra DNS outage

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At 12:15 PM 13/05/2016, Roger Clarke wrote:

>>Update A Telstra spokesman acknowledged last night's outage and attributed it 
>>to a failure with a component that manages traffic ...
>...snip... 

This discussion today was timely. Our computer club met today and asked what 
happened to the Internet last night. I was able to tell them that it wasn't 
their fault.

Link comes to the rescue again!

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Re: [LINK] There's trouble ahead

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At 11:15 AM 29/05/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>>like kids and their educations, how far left behind will they be if they 
>>can’t access anything? Even socially? Then there is business, It’s 
>>ridiculous trying to upload anything to Youtube, I can only imagine how 
>>frustrating it would be for some to send and receive data. All the while we 
>>are being pushed with one hand to be an “innovative society”, ridiculous. 
>>Well we certainly will have to be innovative in a few years when the internet 
>>no longer works sufficiently to keep up with the rest of the world.
>Surprised that all exchanges aren't already served by fibre.
>
>With ABS figures still showing demand rising exponentially in this country, 
>perhaps it's time to stock up on canned food and bottled water. If our 
>government can manage telecommunications so poorly, heaven knows what else is 
>about to fail. 

Does anyone else think that when Labor releases its NBN policy in coming weeks 
that the polls will go nuts? I'm surprised the bushies aren't screaming bloody 
murder at their Nat MPs. They are being sold down the river -- again.

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Re: [LINK] Will humans be banned from driving?

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At 01:37 PM 1/06/2016, Jim Birch wrote:
>(Smart and attentive) humans are currently better and more adaptable
>drivers.  It's a matter of when, not if, they get overtaken for each
>different driving requirement.  This is pretty much how goes, whether for
>chess, tennis line calls, or driving. 

Did you catch Catalyst last night with the teenager with cerebral palsy driving 
a dune buggy? That was pretty amazing. I wouldn't ride with him, but still, to 
involve different senses was pretty cool.

If you missed it, check it out on iVIEW

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Re: [LINK] Why Brutalism is the hottest trend in web design

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At 08:17 AM 2/06/2016, Rick Welykochy wrote:

>All this has some people longing for a return to old-school websites. And we've
>been seeing an emerging trend toward stripped down website design." 

Hallelujah. I know the rest of the world doesn't face the same data limits we 
do here, but for those on mobile 1gb/mo plans, they can get caught out big time 
when there isn't a mobile stripped down version. Plus so many websites today 
break. I can't count the number of times I've had to shift to a different, less 
secure, browser in order to read or act on a website, such as subscribe to 
something they have on offer to increase their traffic. Drives me freeking nuts.

Of course it doesn't differentiate the skills needed by developers, so they'll 
want to continue to play "look at me!' games. There should be a reward for 
those who use elegant code instead of whizbang.

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Re: [LINK] Y'gotta laugh

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At 09:10 AM 7/06/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>Then there's this comment:
>
>>... he was given two installs on the one day, gets to the first one, mentions 
>>where he the next one is, only to be told it is 3 hours away. Calls the 
>>company he is contractor for to explain he won't be able to get to the second 
>>one that day and they say the jobs can't be that far apart, they have the 
>>same postcode. ...


LOL. That person should have been planted on Q&A last night. If you missed it, 
I highly recommend watching on iView. Barnaby got a walloping by his country 
people. I was going to say 'brethren', but it was the women taking him to task 
most heavily, and not just about social issues, but about farming issues. It 
was embarrassing, really. He just didn't have any answers. The bush is really 
angry right now. I reckon BJ is toast. NBN and CSG will lose him this election, 
no matter his 'status' as DepPM and Nat leader.

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Re: [LINK] Free access to Australian standards no longer available in public libraries

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At 03:58 PM 7/06/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>"Increasingly legislation refers to standards, rather than spelling out
>legal requirements. All that says the community needs to have access to
>standards."
>
>The publishing agreement with SAI Global ends in 2018, with an option to
>renew for a further five year term; however, Dr Byrne said the NSLA was
>attempting to negotiate an alternative publishing arrangement with
>Standards Australia. 

SAI Global has been a problem for a long time. I used to attend standards 
development panels, then I figured out they just wanted free consulting. They 
wouldn't even give contributors a copy of the standard they helped develop. I 
call that theft. But instead of calling them on it, I quit giving freebies.

There are ways to get free pirate copies, which is a hole they backed 
themselves into. It's funny that I was just advised about this in a completely 
different context. Did you know ISO standards are sold in hard copy on Amazon 
now? You can buy a  PDF from ANSI or a hard copy from Amazon for about $20US 
above the PDF price. The one I was looking at was $173US from ANSI.

If SA has any sense, they will rethink this stupid policy or take it back in 
house. You canNOT hold people accountable for things they can't get without 
being held to ransome for it. A consume has NO way of knowing if a company is 
meeting standards. This rort has to stop.

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Re: [LINK] Why you may not own, or drive your vehicle in 10 years time

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At 11:28 AM 9/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote:
>Stephen & Mike raise a really excellent question (below).  Only a human can 
>assume moral or legal responsibility, so who would be responsible for a death 
>caused by the actions of a vehicle computer? 

I had the same question when I read about the mine truck application. What is 
the legal liability here when one of these auto-autos (ha!) goes off the rails 
and kills someone? We see in scifi the rogue robot and AI goes mad, a la HAL. 
But this is more about what BRD points out - inability to anticipate changed 
environmental circumstances in a dynamic world. Mines are much more 
predictable. People can be kept out with fences, usually. It is a much more 
controlled environment. The Normal world is far from it.

I've just been scanning this convo, so sorry if this has already been 
discussed. In the ehealth world, the issues of medico-legal responsibility is 
still an open question as well as far as I know.

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Re: [LINK] Why you may not own, or drive your vehicle in 10 years time

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At 09:32 PM 9/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote:

>If Volvo are unconditionally accepting "full liability for accidents involving 
>its driverless cars" such questions would not arise, but it seems a very brave 
>move indeed.

Maybe they've run the risk/return numbers on this and figured in the law suit 
costs in the price of the car. 

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Re: [LINK] Why you may not own, or drive your vehicle in 10 years time

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At 01:18 PM 10/06/2016, Karl Auer wrote:
>(Unpauses Radiohead, returns to book). 

How about an AI movie?

http://mashable.com/2016/06/10/ai-movie-script/

At least one's life isn't at risk.

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Re: [LINK] Voter fury rising over sluggish internet speeds

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At 11:35 AM 16/06/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>While we're at it, please stop referring to the NBN. That name is just 
>political spin for a repair job. An effort to make catching-up look like an 
>exciting initiative.
>
>We should probably stop talking about broadband as well; it's just the 
>telecommunications network. The network must be viewed as a whole; 
>concentrating on parts aids political obfuscation. 

Excellent point, David. It obscures what is going on if you unpack it. I tweet 
about this and it feels wrong when you know that it is the variability of the 
promises and the actual implementation that is the problem.

Conroy is on NPC right now, but it seems he's speaking on defence, not NBN.

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Re: [LINK] Four different Aussies on four different NBN technologies

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At 04:50 PM 19/06/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:

>Pretty much what you’d expect from News Ltd (or any MSM outlet in Oz)
>
>Anecdotes from News Ltd selected individuals … if that ain’t unimpeachable 
>evidence, what is?

Had the same thought when I read it, Frank. This is a put up job.

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Re: [LINK] Google, Inc., is the world's biggest censor.

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At 11:36 PM 23/06/2016, Kim Holburn wrote:

>> The company maintains at least nine different blacklists that impact our 
>> lives, generally without input or authority from any outside advisory group, 
>> industry association or government agency. 

I'll probably be howled down for this, but they are the publisher of record. 
They own the platform. Someone couldn't come plant a sign in my yard praising 
Malcolm Turnbull without me taking it down asap. Is that censorship?

BTW, I didn't read the article so I may be way off base.

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Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

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At 01:39 PM 27/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote:
>> For example, lots of small buses instead of fewer large ones.
>
>That's fine in principle, but I strongly suspect the optimum size of a bus is 
>determined by its service requirements, such as the number of people to be 
>moved between major centres at various times during the day together with the 
>economics of capital cost, garaging, parts & maintenance, staffing, etc.  
>There's no way we're going to triple the number of buses because of the 
>limitations of battery technology. 

These smaller buses would be terrific in narrow street neighbourhoods where the 
estates were designed with no room for bus traffic or streetside parking like 
mine. It would be especially useful for the elderly who can't walk to bus stops 
from these sorts of estates, especially in bad weather. For one thing it would 
alleviate parking congestion at stations as well. Run the buses more frequently 
with a smaller number of passengers in a small geographic footprint. I would 
love that.

Victoria is announcing a coordinated state transport commission/board/whatever 
today to try to break through the stove pipes of rail, road, public transport, 
shipping and freight. Imagine that!

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Re: [LINK] Fibre signal losses and wireless

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At 10:51 AM 2/07/2016, David Lochrin you wrote:
>It sounds very confused, as though the writer imagines a single distribution 
>fibre is split evenly every time it comes to a house, so the signal after 'n' 
>houses is then (2^-n).  But even then, optical transmission is very efficient 
>and transmission loss has nothing to do with the splitter.  Not that I'm any 
>expert on this stuff... 

AFAIK, light doesn't 'degrade' because it's in the glass. It's pulses of light, 
not radio waves w/ frequencies.

This is a pretty good explanation: 
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/fiberoptics.html

The question I have is are they installing single-mode or multi-mode fibre?

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Re: [LINK] What is Mircosoft trying to do?

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Thanks, Andy

I haven't upgraded and don't intend to. I reckon my machine(s) are optimised 
for whatever OEM OS version they came with. I only upgrade OS when I buy new 
hardware. That's a few years away yet, perhaps.

What is irritating, though, is providing support in our computer club just 
doubled again. And since I haven't upgraded, I'm pretty much stabbing in the 
dark when it comes to answers unless I can get my hands on their machine. From 
there it's not too difficult, but no more phone/email support from me.

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At 02:35 PM 3/07/2016, Andy Farkas wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/01/microsoft_gets_creepy_with_win10/
>
>And from the first comment:
>
> https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/06/30/226257/upgradesubscriptionexe-file-in-preview-build-hints-at-windows-10-subscriptions
>
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Re: [LINK] The internet should be for everyone

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At 04:14 PM 5/07/2016, David Boxall wrote:

>>If we keep arguing about the costs over a four year budget cycle we are 
>>unlikely to see a universally acceptable outcome. We need to be building a 
>>futureproofed NBN that is seen as a critical long term investment.

I find it amazing that the country could build an electricity grid, a rail 
network, a road network, and HUGE water pipelines many many decades ago, but 
now is afraid to invest in building the 21st century equivalent. If people back 
then behaved as they are today, we would still be walking or riding horses.

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Re: [LINK] The internet should be for everyone

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At 10:17 PM 6/07/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>Senior ABC sources have told The New Daily that the ABC’s move into text 
>publishing was a point of aggravation to News Ltd., in particular with its 
>Canberra lobbyists telling politicians the broadcaster had gone beyond its 
>taxpayer subsidised remit to the detriment of commercial publishers trying to 
>establish and maintain subscription businesses.
>
>A concession to market ideology seemed to be implied in the director of News, 
>Mr Morris’ published explanation for his decision:
>
>“Ending The Drum as our online brand in no way reflects on its quality. The 
>excellence of its work is shown in its strong audience numbers and its loyal 
>following.”
>
>-- 


Next the commercials will be demanding that the ABC drops transcripts because, 
you know, words.

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Re: [LINK] Are Robots Still Just "Tools" When They Are Used to Kill?

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At 12:59 PM 11/07/2016, Paul Bolger wrote:
>I'm not sure though that this approach is justifiable. If the operator
>of the robot/remote unit is not under any danger from the offender are
>they still under the legal protection of 'killing to save themselves'.
>I suspect not.

That's a very good question. But it appears there may be one law for the police 
and another one for everybody else. Until that is sorted, people of color 
aren't safe in the US.

I just listened to a podcast on Generation Why where a man who lived with his 
girlfriend (with a child) in Missoula, Montana was sent away for 70 years for 
baiting who he thought had been stealing from his garage and shooting a kid who 
showed up one night, killing him. Four pump-action shotgun blasts, in the dark 
garage, where he and girlfriend had set up baby-monitor cameras, left the 
garage OPEN, put a high-priced handbag out, and waited three nights for someone 
to show up. Charged and found guilty of intentional homicide. I agree with the 
outcome, but many in the US thought the law should have supported the pot-head 
owner, when he was under no physical threat. Turns out as well that the kid he 
killed was an exchange student, and NOT the one who had stolen his bong, pot 
and iphone from him before.

Worth a listen if you're a podcast junky like me.

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Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

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At 01:03 PM 11/07/2016, Marghanita da Cruz you wrote:

>Something unusual about this election was that it was in the dead of winter. 
>But it was a beautiful day in Sydney.

Yes, winter was an issue, as well as school holidays. I voted early to avoid 
lines in the wet Melbourne weather. Missed the sausage sizzle, but I can cook 
at home, so no loss there.

Some on twitter are pointing out LOTS of problems with this election, 
including: 
running out of voting papers
not providing voting on the day in hospitals
rumours that some overseas military weren't able to vote (I don't have 
particulars, but that has shown up on twitter)
wrong Senate voting papers in WA "a"? multiple? polling booths, they were 
Victoria ones
closed polling places where people had voted in the past

not to mention the change in the Senate voting rules of multiple numbering 
above and below the line, and how some in ESL voting areas used 1 to 6 on the 
HOUSE sheets because that is the instruction they remembered for the Senate 
sheet.

If you're interested, Lazarus has a plea on his facebook page to file a 
complaint if you encountered any anomolies. He has posted the forms there, plus 
advised he has filed with the AEC already.

https://www.facebook.com/senatorlazarus/posts/514565905416692


I voted in the Arizona primay electronically, but I don't think I'll be able to 
do that for the Federal election, at least I haven't in the past. This is 
either a state enabled thing or a Democratic Party enabled thing for electronic 
lodgement. Will find out in November.

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Re: [LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

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At 01:50 PM 14/07/2016, Brendan wrote:

>Presumably, driverless cars are going to disproportionately remove drunks, 
>suicides and young men from the accident statistics. If there is only a 
>marginal improvement in _overall_ statistics, then that implies that they're 
>being balanced by losses from other groups, so you are effectively choosing 
>who will be killed on the roads. 

Just read through the last 8 or so messages on this and didn't see the 
following idea considered.

Mixture - you have some people as passenger/drivers in auto-automobiles and 
others, including those drunks/young people (some girls are reckless too)/Mr 
Magoo seniors squinting over the steering wheels/those intent on taking out 
themselves and a few others along the way. Can an auto-auto anticipate which of 
those non-mid-range drivers are involved when any counter measures are 
required? What are the points of failure that need to be accounted for in these 
scenarios?

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Re: [LINK] AEC faces backlash over vote counting ???black box???

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At 10:27 PM 21/07/2016, Chris Maltby wrote:
>The other audit capability is the (incomplete) counts of senate
>first preferences by group that was conducted manually in polling
>booths on election night. This data is available for statistical
>comparison with the booth-by-booth final vote data and that would
>also show up any significant favouritism in the data entry process. 

I was going to suggest this as a QA measure: sample a subset of the votes in 
each machine to test accuracy. That wouldn't be too onerous and I suspect 
scrutineers would accept that as a reasonable demonstration of the reliability 
of the software.

In fact, I would push for this on every OCR/computer combination used for the 
final count. Anyone who has used it knows how OCR is UNreliable. If this is 
supposed to be interpreting the full spectrum of hand-written numbers, I would 
be questioning things as well. We're not talking about a binary tick or 
unticked box. Think how the US got into strife with the hanging chad fiasco in 
Florida and how Al Gore did not become president of the US as a result. This 
feels worse..

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Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

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At 03:06 PM 27/07/2016, Jim Birch wrote:

>Maybe in your case.  My cat is certainly conscious - i.e. aware of and
>responding to it's surroundings - but doesn't do a lot of symbols. 

We were discussing this very thing yesterday --- sapient versus sentient. 
Animals are sentient. Humans are sapient as well.

Machines - not so much. Although IBM is working on one.

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Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

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At 09:19 PM 27/07/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:

>I think computers are likely to develop into sapience before sentience … which 
>may be problematic - as this whole discussion so far  points to.

Hmm...I reckon in a rudimentary yet multiple way, computers already are 
sentient, as in sensors - light, sound at least. Touch could be considered in 
terms of we touch pads and they respond. Taste not so much unless you consider 
specialist systems that can measure acid/base levels that I don't know for sure 
exist, but wouldn't surprise me in some lab. Physical analysis is even more 
developed in some computer systems. Consider what they can do with DNA analysis 
that we can't do with our own senses. 

I think this works. We wouldn't equate our fingers or tongues or eyes to our 
brains. They are the receptors and the brain reacts to the sensation, which is 
pretty much what a computer does.

Or is the key word in your sentence "develop"? As in making themselves become 
sapient?

Frank, you should have been in our discussion. It extended into this topic from 
'animal testing and experimentation'.

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Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

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At 10:25 AM 28/07/2016, David Lochrin wrote:

>There's no colour in physics, only EM waves of certain wavelengths or photons 
>of certain energies, so where would it come from?  If you can answer that 
>you'll be famous.

LOL doubt it.
 
Rods and cones (something like five different types I think I read at last 
count) respond to specific wavelengths within the visual range. The brain 
constructs the combinations to provide the visual image we perceive. Visual 
perception is an incredibly complex process, involving the visual cortex, the 
limbic system for emotional reaction and autonomic responses (fight/flight) and 
the language and pre-frontal cortex to provide the meaning interpretations to 
behave beyond the reactionary level. Most animals don't have the last two to 
any degree that we can recognise. "Colour" is a word, just like we use words to 
describe sound, e.g. high, low, bass, treble, rumble, piercing, screech.

Or did you mean something else?

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Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

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At 11:58 AM 28/07/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:
>Personally I think AI’s are a long way from developing this 
>‘understanding’ - especially at the hard wired instinctive level that 
>pretty well all fauna and Animalia on this planet do.
>
>And that could be problematic for any truly sapient AI that we develop.
>
>I don’t know if this is making any sense … but what the heck! 

Sure. Now combine yours, mine, David's and possibly Karl and Jim's posts, and 
we have a pretty complete picture. :)

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Re: [LINK] All cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030 - Telstra

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At 09:54 PM 2/08/2016, Roger Clarke wrote:
>Alright, I'm up for it.
>
>I'm prepared to make the prediction that, after autonomous cars take over, 90 
>percent of road accidents will be caused by machine error.

Made me laugh. 

Alternative: the network made me do it.

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Re: [LINK] All cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030 - Telstra

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At 07:53 AM 3/08/2016, Nicholas English wrote:

>The ancestors of all great Australian adventures in infrastructure are rail 
>and water. 100 years latter we are still paying to fix them both.
>There's no need to learn when an investor can get a return. 

The 'gift' that keeps on giving - like a perpetual money machine to 'keep the 
economy strong' and create 'jobsen groath'.

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Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

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At 09:41 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer wrote:
>Running with no cookies and no scripts is an austere, but somehow
>peaceful web experience. 

Ad Block is a must as well, for safety as much as anything. 

Speaking of --

I'm doing a talk on "safe(R) computing" for our club next week. 

I wouldn't mind suggestions of the top 2 or 3 "must include" recommendations 
from Linkers.

Email me privately if you don't want to fill up the Link list:
jw...@internode.on.net

I'll compile and report back any response results I get before say next 
Wednesday.

Thanks!
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Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

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At 10:20 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer you wrote:
>If you are a Chrome user, uninstall it and install Chromium instead.
>They are the same browser, but Chrome has Google's privacy-hostile
>"enhancements".
>
>Chrome/Chromium has the first three, need to find something else to
>replace the last. 


I went to tucows to get this, clicked the download, but it doesn't. It just 
clicks over to the Chromium site. I thought it was my browser, Pale Moon, so I 
went to Chrome and got the same result. The Chromium website doesn't have an 
obvious link to the actual software. Seems they call them 'builds'. 

Then via search again I found a link to download, which took me back to the 
Chromium project and the actual "build", but it says yes it updates 
automatically, but then in a separate paragraph says it doesn't. That fills me 
with all sorts of confidence - NOT.

This is a miss for me. Won't help our beginner/low intermediate users 
whatsoever.

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Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

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At 11:19 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer wrote:

>Carry on with Chrome. Google loves you. 

Chrome is NOT my browser of choice. I use it quite sparingly. 

I don't use bloated FF any more either. 

I avoid IE as much as possible, too. Chrome over that, without logging in. So 
no, Google can get stuffed. I avoid their search engine as well.

I use Pale Moon recommended by Irene Graham.

I asked for software/safer participation suggestions. Things that require 
manual updating (although that is MY choice for myself) is not a good choice 
for low-knowledge users. Installing from a zip file is also not a good choice 
for them.

Next?

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Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

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At 09:00 AM 6/08/2016, Kim Holburn wrote:
>I think the key issue is: why do all browsers give away so much information to 
>websites?  Why do we have to rely on extensions to make browsers secure?  
>
>Who are they making the browsers for exactly?  

It's the new TV - they are selling eyeballs and clicks. The word is 
'monetised'. 

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Re: [LINK] Telstra, our network and rural service

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At 09:13 AM 9/08/2016, David Boxall you wrote:

>By the way, I've just had another Telstra rep. assure me that ADSL is 
>available on my line (9km from a RIM). I'm stringing them along, just to find 
>out how far they'll go.

LMAO

good luck with that, Telstra REP!! Sales-shill more likely -- hook 'em, horns. 
Make that sale. I'm on a RIM about 1.5km away and the best service I can get is 
8Mbps - ask them the speed you can get. That should be good for a chuckle. 

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Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

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At 09:51 PM 9/08/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>* JavaScript is required to use this online form. Please enable
>   JavaScript on your device or for assistance call the Census Inquiry
>   Service on 1300 214 531. [code 950]"

At least someone had the sense to program in the failure number in the error 
message. Of course, can anyone get through on that number either?

>I expect like the election Government Agencies are feeling budget cuts. 


More from Huffington Post - w/ some more tweets.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/08/09/the-census-website-has-crashed-and-people-are-not-happy/?ncid=edlinkauhpmg0004

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Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

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At 06:54 AM 11/08/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote:
>Bottom line: If there really was a series of DDOS attacks (which has been by 
>no means proved, and will probably only be proved if third parties verify 
>traffic stats .. and the ABS produces the logs) then the ABS are incompetent 
>and should not be trusted to collect and store our data. If there wasn’t an 
>attack, then the ABS are liars …¦ as well as being incompetent.

Well Mal is already blaming the ABS totally (this morning on radio) and saying 
the site will be back up today.

I look at Frank's choices as similar to mine re what I'm willing to do with 
this census:
they can have my name and no data other than gender, DOB, address -- which 
they/the govt have already -- OR they can have the demographic data for the 
purposes of all their forward planning. They do NOT need both to do the work 
required, and certainly don't need them connected.

This technical fiasco is actually a diversion from the real problem with this 
change. I'd be quite happy to do either of those things above online (if they 
were capable of running it), and even now vote remotely in the state of 
Arizona, banking, all those things (less so interacting w/ gov -- I don't have 
a Mygov account that I can recall). BUT the idea of handing over the sorts of 
things being asked in this census in an identifiable fashion with names linked 
via a code is a bridge too far. Not gonna do it.

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Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

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At 09:06 AM 11/08/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>The most reasonable explanation is that they didn't expect everyone to
>try and log on at about 7:30, after dinner. Someone had already
>predicted this and had it published in the age - on August 4
>http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-letters/t-20160802-gqjqj7.html

Obviously whoever did (any???) models other than on the back of an envelope 
forgot to consider load balancing options. I'm sure in the next 5 minutes we 
could come up with at least 10. This is NOT like a single highway that you take 
years to build. It's not like a lack of process control, where each individual 
decides to drive a car and where they go to work. They had control over every 
single variable involved in the project. 

There is a bit of irony here that the data they want is in order to do better 
planning. If this project is any example of their models for general social 
planning research, is it any wonder we don't have the right number of schools, 
roads, hospitals, and whatever other social system we rely on?

Bottom line: the ABS leadership has lost the plot. Jury is out on Malcolm, who 
is just trying to keep his job now.

See this for a bit of levity:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVbrSUtk8M8&sns=em

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Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

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At 09:39 AM 11/08/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

>Worth noting the ABS now comes under the Minister for Small Business which is 
>in the outer ministry.
>https://www.pm.gov.au/your-government/ministers

Plus the guy has only had responsibility for it for 2 weeks. Abbott then Mal 
didn't assign ABS to anyone (I think I have that right) or didn't hire the CEO 
for a very long time. And I'm talking years, not months. 

Poison chalice?

Of course giving it to "Small Business" doesn't mean much. Hardly any minister 
has ANY background in ANY of their portfolios. Why should this be any different?

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Re: [LINK] The numbers just don't add up.

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At 12:13 PM 11/08/2016, Ben Elliston wrote:

>.. which is how it should have been done in the first place.  Why
>build a system with such a high peak capacity when you could smooth it
>out over several days (say, Queensland Monday, Victoria Tuesday, NSW
>Wednesday) and do it with less kit? 

Yep, that would have been one of the load balancing options.

But that would take a paradigm shift away from a "snapshot" to a surveillance 
collection, which is what it has become. Otherwise the snapshot would get away 
with margin of error, sample size, and NOT linking to a specific name.

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Re: [LINK] The Real Reason ABS Took the Census Offline?

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At 10:08 AM 13/08/2016, Kim Holburn wrote:
>That would mean, surely that census workers would have to deliver the right 
>envelope to the right address.  I'm sure that would leave a paper trail.  They 
>could have done it electronically, ie with a census worker's device and some 
>kind of identifying mark on the outside of the envelope.  
>
>Anyone got their envelopes? 

I have everything. What do you want to know? Which envelope? The mailback one 
for the paper form or the one the paper form came in?

I don't have the envelope the letter came in, but I still have the first letter 
as well.

It might be of interest that the login numbers on the first letter and the 
paper form do NOT match.

The barcode numbers on the first letter and the paper form do NOT match.

The return address on the blue paper form return envelope is to my local region 
of Dandenong, NOT to Melbourne or out of state. So it may be that they are 
sub-regionally doing data entry

The is one of those scanning blocks (can't remember what they are called; 
alternative to barcode, often used with a smartphone, a square of pixels) next 
to the postage paid box. where it says Priority. There is also a barcode in the 
address area.

The window to show your paper form barcoded residence address info is in the 
BACK of the envelope.

Hope that helps.
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Re: [LINK] Fwd: The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol | MinnPost

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At 07:42 PM 19/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote:

>They were magic times. It started with archie. Who remember archie now?
>
>https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-gopher-protocol 

I do! One of my fond memories around that time was giving gopher lessons to our 
Chancellor. We were both in awe of the information that was being made 
available. Little did either of us know! Or anyone, for that matter.

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Re: [LINK] Language please ...

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At 05:28 PM 23/08/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>And if you want to know who can legally get at your health data, without
>you knowing, see here:
>
>Especially the bit about "Section 70 Disclosure for law enforcement
>purposes, etc." 

And that link is?? ;-)

Good overview, BRD.

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Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

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At 10:29 PM 26/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote:

>Back to petrol, I buy around 30 litres a month. 

Me too -- without using the bike or walking much. :))
Buy local, plan trips.

But it's still nice to see prices below $1/l

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Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

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At 10:43 PM 26/08/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>I'd say this site will become very popular across NSW, and, will result in 
>lower
>fuel prices across the State. An excellent State Gov initiative, and one which
>I'd certainly hope Victoria etc soon emulates. Well done the NSW government. 

Ours come and go. 

This outfit used to have VIC, but may not now. Appears they have moved to an 
app: https://motormouth.com.au/

This works from RACV (I put in my postcode)
http://www.racv.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/racv/internet/primary/my+car/fuel/petrol+prices/search+for+petrol+prices+around+melbourne?fuelType=2&postcode=3806&presentationtemplate=fuel%20finder%20new

Here's the Meerkat people:
https://secure.comparethemarket.com.au/ctm/fuel_quote.jsp?map=-38.0264207,145.3475330996,13&fueltype=2

I guess it's not so hard any more. :-)

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Re: [LINK] Voice on the NBN

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At 10:57 AM 9/09/2016, David Lochrin wrote:
>Thanks for those interesting responses.  However I wonder what the average 
>non-technical householder is expecting and what they'll do, particularly if an 
>FTTN connection requires existing POTS wiring to be isolated from the VDSL2 
>signal cable and NBN Co. don't do the work at installation time.

Question: I have two lots of twisted pair in my house (had it run at the time 
of first installation with an idea of a second phone line or a network at some 
stage). Does this give me any benefit?


>As far as voice goes, my guess is that many people will abandon their wired 
>'phones altogether in favour of their mobile, which would be nice for Telstra, 
>Optus & Vodaphone.

I may have to rethink. I spend maybe $10/year on mobile if that, and only top 
up when it's running low or I go into a 'you owe us' point. I've had to keep a 
landline for data because that was the only thing available at the time and I 
was lucky to get that! $$ and performance drives my decisions, with emphasis on 
lowest cost first and reliable performance second. My current total monthly 
spend on comms is around $70 (phone and internet, Telstra/Internode), not 
counting my netflix which adds $9/mo.

I wouldn't object to changing to a semi-mobile service if I could get 
equivalent or better performance (50gb/mo at max 8mbps) for those costs.


>On 08/09/2016 09:26, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>And I've never missed not having a mobile phone.
>
>I'm with Roger there, though I do have a mobile for occasional & emergency 
>use.  I find mobile sound quality is OK for short conversations but not for 
>longer ones, they're relatively expensive to run, and I'm not convinced EM 
>radiation isn't a problem.

Yeah, I find mobiles a pita. I always refer people to my landline because it 
has a reliable message service, I don't have to run to find the blasted mobile 
and dig it out of my bag, and it just works. Ppl ask me for my mobile for 
various reasons and tell them I have it but I don't hear it. Cheaper to ring 
them back at $.30/call on the landline. What really gets me is when they ONLY 
give me a mobile number which costs me heaps! So I often don't call and instead 
send an email.

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Re: [LINK] Voice on the NBN

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At 05:30 PM 16/09/2016, Narelle wrote:
>Personally, I like the idea of a simple set of instructions to help you
>reconnect the wiring to a break "up"/out box that you then plug everything
>into. Surely given it aint 12VDC any more should mean no-one gets hurt... ?

Thanks for all that, Narelle.

I just don't understand why they can't put the twisted pair that is already 
strung through the house into the 'box' they are putting in the wall where the 
phone is going to connect. I have four phone points that I use and 2 extras 
just because (a bedroom and the garage).

Is it about the ringer? The lack or wrong sort of voltage? 

I don't understand why they didn't just engineer the system properly.

Of course I'll probably never have to worry about it. Just checked my address 
again. Still not on the schedule. No NBN in sight. When did this project start?

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Re: [LINK] The NBN, as re-imagined

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At 01:36 PM 2/11/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>>I use the internet to run pumps and an automated watering system to provide 
>>water to livestock. This of course is out of action without internet so I 
>>have to be there to ensure water is kept up to livestock. This wasn't too bad 
>>before the weather started to warm up, but now its getting dangerous. The 
>>thing is, while I have no internet I have to be at the property a lot, there 
>>is no house, its pretty tough to be honest and I don't understand why my 
>>install couldn't be a priority?
>
>>I'm about to head back there now to ensure the livestock have water so I 
>>won't have internet until I get out again in a few days. Hoping like hell 
>>somebody can help me. When I tried to explain to Hills the difficulty of the 
>>life I was living with having to be there with no house because I had no 
>>internet he told me that I had chosen to live in such an isolated place, 
>>which is true, but at least I wasn't choosing to be so pathetically 
>>incompetent at my job, which I strongly suggested to him, was much worse.

I would suggest the fellow send a bill for dead stock to the CEO of the NBN, 
along with a copy to Mitch Fifield and Malcolm Turnbull, Bill Shorten, oh, and 
Media Watch, the ACCC, ACCAN, the TIO, 7 Sunday, Current Affair, Buzzfeed and 
maybe even a newspaper or two. Even if any stock don't really die, I'd LOVE to 
see the faces on the politicians when the media front them. It would be a 
cracker!

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Re: [LINK] MyGov down today

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At 08:05 PM 4/11/2016, Karl Schaffarczyk wrote:
>How would you serve the privacy and sovereignty
>issues with using a private and overseas service such as Amazon?

I attended an Amazon talk a couple years ago. They assured me they were using 
Australian servers. I guess you can choose to believe them or not.

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Re: [LINK] Freeview app for all five networks

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At 01:38 AM 8/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>Freeview FV can already mirror to Apple TV using AirPlay. Business Insider has 
>contacted Freeview about any plans to support Google Chromecast.

I was looking forward to this app when I heard about it earlier. But, still far 
too many holes in this thing for me. It requires individual apps per for each 
broadcaster. I can't fit any more apps on my tablet, although I have kept SBS 
and Iview. I tossed the others because they do NOT have all the programs 
available, which was a disappointment. I use Chromecast as my connection to TV, 
so that's out. Using by commuters and paying for the data streams on 3 or 4G is 
insane. Not keen on them tracking my location either.

>work on both iPhones and iPads, but for Android users it is only optimised for 
>mobile devices

I don't understand that - are they saying iPhones/Pads are other than mobile? 
Or that Android devices aren't mobile? It makes no sense.

Question: I don't see anything about the compression/quality levels, which 
greatly impacts demand on networks and data usage for consumers.

These guys are scrambling. I reckon they should have waited until they could 
actually have it work like a TV - you know, one channel selector and that's it.

Beyond this app, I did see that 7 is now streaming Live. Not sure about the 
others. I just noticed an advert for a program with that designation yesterday.

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Re: [LINK] Off Topic: The Election

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At 04:05 PM 9/11/2016, Andy Farkas wrote:
>>Donald Trump cannot be president of the United States.
>
>Seems the American people disagree. 

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Re: [LINK] Cyber Security Strategy

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At 10:33 PM 10/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>The federal government is set to offer voluntary cyber-security ‘health 
>checks’ for Australia’s top 100 ASX-listed companies, in partnership with 
>the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). 

[emphasis added above]

So, the richest companies in the country are being offered something from the 
government that should be part of their standard risk management procedures in 
their IT area? The mind boggles.

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Re: [LINK] Unassigned IPv4 addresses exhausted

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At 05:37 PM 12/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>Surely IPv6 awareness is required throughout networks? And so, how aware are 
>we? 

Bets on if the NBN installed equipment is IPv6 ready? Or is that certain that 
it's all fine and dandy?

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Re: [LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

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At 09:52 AM 21/11/2016, dloch...@key.net.au wrote:

>If someone hacks your front door and steals the priceless Ming Vase, would 
>Telstra pay up immediately without argument?

Ignoring legal risk always makes me laugh, sadly. Of course Tel$tra could 
include it as a 'business expense' or try to attibute the liability to the 
labour hire companies who hire contractors to install them.  (sarcasm)

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Re: [LINK] NBN Co moved an FTTN cabinet after users asked to connect

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At 04:11 PM 23/11/2016, David Boxall wrote:

>>But rather than agree to the request, NBN Co decided to move the node cabinet 
>>out of view, 120 metres down the road.

Is there ANYONE in that Government OWNED company with any brains

I got an email from my ISP telling me their products for NBN because 
installation was imminent. After a few emails back and forth, we discovered 
that the info that NBN gave them does NOT match the public status search on the 
NBN website, or else it was a coincidence that my check just a couple weeks ago 
that my areas wasn't even on the NBN list yet had updated. Anyway, the ISP sent 
me the link for the HFC that they're going to be using in my area, which we 
have NOT been told about like other people, and I searched that for  my 
address. It does say that construction will start soon.

I shudder to think of what's going to happen next.

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Re: [LINK] Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results

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At 07:33 AM 25/11/2016, Christian Heinrich wrote:

>The Democrats aren't taking action due to the prior blacklash against 

But Jill Stein of the Greens is instead. Interesting, eh?

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-election/green-party-raises-us35-mln-for-us-presidential-vote-recounts-20161124-gsx5qn.html

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Re: [LINK] Aussie websites download faster in NZ than in Australia

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At 02:14 PM 28/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>Typically trans-Tasman ping times are around 23 milliseconds. That is the time 
>it takes data to travel from Sydney to Auckland. TPG is Australia’s second 
>largest service provider.
>
> “TPG is a lot worse than all NZ ISPs for downloading New Zealand 
> websites. We may expect that
>  due to downloading across the Tasman, but TPG is worse at downloading 
> Australian and USA
>  websites than any NZ ISPs we measure.”

Is this attributable to poorly provisioned domestic backhaul? TPG oversells. 
I'm just thinking that's the reason - more contention.

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Re: [LINK] A plastic bag and a bit of rope

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At 01:43 PM 8/12/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>Goold old Aussie ingenuity.
> 

I had to laugh, too, but I also wasn't exactly crying for him. He was getting 
speeds in the teens and higher, while I get only MAX of 8 on a direct test file 
download on ADSL. What is he really complaining about? The same problem we all 
have: providers bait and switch language of 'up to xxx' speed. That's what 
shared lines are going to do for anyone as they fill up.

so boo hoo to him - not.

Jan


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Re: [LINK] A plastic bag and a bit of rope

[JanW]

At 08:50 AM 9/12/2016, David Boxall wrote:
>Thinking it through, 1 b/s is "up to" several TB/s. The term is totally 
>meaningless, so why is it legal?

I'm with you. The ACCC should take them on. I read recently in a search of 
Whirlpool during my quest that OPTUS has already been found in breach of 
something re the NBN by the ACCC around advertising, but I didn't bother to go 
read the details.

I'm surprised this backwards logic is still allowed. It's like the guy on the 
730 story said -- $15 for up to 1 kg of meat -- that wouldn't be allowed. It 
could mean anything from 1gm to 1kg. It's ludicrous.


>Rationally, we should be sold a minimum, below which there's no charge, and a 
>service guarantee, below which there's compensation.

Minimum service level agreements are (used to be?) common for commercial 
provisions. It makes much more sense. 

Jan


I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Twitter: JL_Whitaker
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Some psychopaths become serial killers, and other psychopaths become 
prosecutors. - Bob Ruff, Truth and Justice, June 2016

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fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. 
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