Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

2016-02-11 Thread Jim Birch
On 12 February 2016 at 11:24, Scott Howardwrote: ISP-level caching hasn't been a viable system for saving any real level of > bandwidth for at least 10 years. Didn't realize that. They still seem to use it. Does that mean they could ditch it, or is it still cost effective, if marginal over all?

Re: [LINK] Talking about AI

2016-02-11 Thread JanW
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

Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

2016-02-11 Thread Scott Howard
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Avi Miller wrote: > Actually, Netflix are quite happy to put a storage node at an ISP: > My point was that it only works when it's driven by the content provider (Netflix, Akamai, Cloudflare, etc), not when it's driven by the ISP. ISP

Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

2016-02-11 Thread Avi Miller
> On 12 Feb 2016, at 11:42 AM, Scott Howard wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Avi Miller wrote: > Actually, Netflix are quite happy to put a storage node at an ISP: > > My point was that it only works when it's driven by the content provider

Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

2016-02-11 Thread JanW
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

[LINK] Resources for Teaching ICT in Schools

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Worthington
Joel Cowey talked about the CSIRO ICT in Schools Program at the Australian Computer Society in Canberra, on Wednesday. Joel explained how the program partners volunteer ICT professionals and with school teachers who are teaching the new Australian Digital Technologies Curriculum. He showed

[LINK] Telstra free Sunday data

2016-02-11 Thread David Boxall
This should be interesting: > On Tuesday voice and data services on our mobile network were > disrupted for several hours. We know you rely on us and we let you > down on this occasion. ... > To show how sorry we are for the inconvenience this

[LINK] Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital

2016-02-11 Thread Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital The Conversation Anjali Jaiprakash Jonathan Roberts Ross Crawford February 9, 2016 6.07am AED https://theconversation.com/robots-in-health-care-could-lead-to-a-doctorless-hospital-54316 Imagine your child requires a life-saving operation.

Re: [LINK] Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital

2016-02-11 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
Rather than a wing of a hospital - more useful would be remote care and operations. Imagine having access to the best surgeons in your local library, school or [aged] care facility. Not having to fly hundreds of kms or risking life and limb in traffic to have a baby. A lot of surgery these

Re: [LINK] Robots in health care could lead to a doctorless hospital

2016-02-11 Thread Dr.bob Jansen
Whenever I read about AI/robots taking over medicine, I am reminded by Mycin, one of the first medical AI systems concluding 'double the dose' when faced with a dead patient. Sure, robot assisted surgery appears to be very useful, as does 'simple interpretation' such as the Garvan's thyroid