[LINK] Triple Zero Call Access for All Australians

2016-02-26 Thread David Boxall
... “This is not just a country versus city issue,” she said. “No matter who you are, you drive through mobile blackspots all the time.” ... -- David Boxall

[LINK] National Black Spot map

2016-02-26 Thread David Boxall
It looks like, wherever there are people, there's a black spot. -- David Boxall| Perfection is achieved, not when | there is nothing more to add, but http://david.boxall.id.au | when there is nothing left to take

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-26 Thread Gerard Borg
Hello all May I add the following. - Even a single mode fibre can do Tbps. Limitations are the cost and availability of the electronic equipment to extract the data at the end points. The latter will evolve with innovation. The reason why fibre can do Tbps is because of the available

Re: [LINK] Cyberwar: Hypothetical Scenario for Teaching ICT Ethics

2016-02-26 Thread Karl Auer
On Sat, 2016-02-27 at 10:18 +1100, Tom Worthington wrote: > will be happy if they think about: "Is it ethical to be involved in > planning such an attack?" It's a fascinating question. Watch out for, and point out to the class, the tendency people have to construct hyper-detailed watertight

[LINK] Nissan Disables Its Smartphone App After Hackers Use It to Control Leaf Electric Car

2016-02-26 Thread Jan Whitaker
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nissan-disables-its-smartphone-app-after-hackers-184137382.html They disabled the phone app, but not the desktop access Doh. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter:

Re: [LINK] Cyberwar: Hypothetical Scenario for Teaching ICT Ethics

2016-02-26 Thread Tom Worthington
On 25/02/16 09:55, Roger Clarke wrote: Presumbly you want 'softer' alternatives to emerge, rather than lead them by the nose? The class includes undergraduates with limited experience, so some "scaffolding" is needed. With the new Australian 2016 Defence White Paper, proposing 800 new jobs

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

2016-02-26 Thread JanW
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,