Re: [LINK] The NSA Mission Statement

2013-11-25 Thread Karl Auer
On Mon, 2013-11-25 at 07:53 +, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: Karl thoughtfully writes, .. someone who is trying to shoot you is a very dangerous opponent, even if, for the moment, their shots are all wide. And someone with a loaded gun should be treated as dangerous, even if they haven't

Re: [LINK] Congratulations Brenda

2013-11-25 Thread Tom Worthington
On 23/11/13 19:23, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: Brenda Aynsley ... elected Australian Computer Society president... A WOMAN and EDUCATOR as ACS President? What is the world coming to? ;-) Well done Brenda. -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher

[LINK] You know things aren't going well when

2013-11-25 Thread Jan Whitaker
This is too funny. Jan [there are embedded links as well] Yahoo Can't Get Its Employees To Use Yahoo Mail, Memo Reveals The Huffington Post | By Alexis Kleinman Posted: 11/25/2013 12:31 pm EST | Updated: 11/25/2013 6:18 pm EST You know things are bad when you can't get your employees

[LINK] pressure on Uncle Mal re NBN

2013-11-25 Thread Jan Whitaker
NBN petitioners target Turnbull, MPs Published: November 26, 2013 - 1:38PM National broadband network (NBN) campaigners are delivering a petition with 270,000 signatures to MPs across the country as they fight for a fibre-to-the-premises plan. The online petition is being presented to 145

Re: [LINK] Perfect Forward Secrecy

2013-11-25 Thread andrew clarke
On Mon 2013-11-25 09:39:18 UTC+1100, Jim Birch (planet...@gmail.com) wrote: I thought Twitter was for broadcasting to anyone willing to listen? Not entirely. Twitter has locked accounts where you need the account holder's permission to follow them to read their tweets. Twitter also allows DMs

Re: [LINK] pressure on Uncle Mal re NBN

2013-11-25 Thread Jim Birch
The FTTN is an unbelievably dumb policy, dollar for dollar. But hey, that's why we invite the uninformed to make policy choices at election time. However, the critical component of getting Turbull to go ahead with FTTP is a face-saver. I'm not sure what available but what looks hopeful are the