Re: [LINK] Distributed electricity generation

2016-07-10 Thread Gerard Borg
Hello Marghanita It is interesting the benefits that decentralisation, distribution and scalablilty can bring in many fields. I believe that there is a similar approach to solar that could be adopted for wireless Internet as discussed in the following presentation I gave a week ago at the 5G

[LINK] Distributed electricity generation

2016-07-10 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
An interesting Ocham's Razor yesterday morning: *Peter Newman: *Solar power is not just coming, it’s here, but what will it mean to our centralised grids? Will it mean we won’t need a grid? Will we be able to live in splendid self sufficiency with the internet and our own power? We now have an

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

2016-07-10 Thread Jim Birch
Negotiators say they negotiate indefinitely if required. This is likely to produce the best outcome. If the guy says he can detonate multiple explosions, and you can't eliminate the possibility that he might be telling the truth, and he's irrational, and not improving under negotiations, it's a q

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Linda Rouse
Linkers Further to elections and electronic voting, I'm surprised that noone has mentioned the Online Direct Democrary group that fielded candidates. http://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org/ and http://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org/how-the-party-works/ Seems they did for 2007 and 2013 elections,

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

2016-07-10 Thread Scott Howard
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Paul Bolger wrote: > I wondered whether this was something they had prepared for this sort > of situation, or something they cobbled together. > It was the same setup they use for detonating suspected explosive packages/etc. > I'm not sure though that this appr

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread JanW
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

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

2016-07-10 Thread JanW
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 ques

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
On 11/07/16 12:33, Chris Johnson wrote: Electronic voting would be nice as an efficiency but is not a game changer. I'm more concerned that the system should be an accurate indicator of the voters' opinions: which is subverted by reporting early counts before the polls close. Election reporting

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

2016-07-10 Thread Paul Bolger
I wondered whether this was something they had prepared for this sort of situation, or something they cobbled together. 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 protectio

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Chris Johnson
On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:27:45 +1000, Stephen Loosley wrote: > The country has come to a political standstill Hooray! it's not a problem. Political systems are slow responsive, loosely coupled to the service operations of government. It really does not matter for months if there is a caretaker gov

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Bernard Robertson-Dunn
On 10/07/2016 9:27 PM, Stephen Loosley wrote: > “Bill Shorten Backs Electronic Voting For Federal Elections” > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/07/10/bill-shorten-backs-electronic-voting-for-federal-elections > > > Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Australia should look at electronic > vo

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

2016-07-10 Thread Jim Birch
"Robot kill" sounds spooky but this was not really a robot in the sense of an autonomous machine - it's just another technologically advanced weapon. A heat-seeking missile is more autonomous than this robot. Jim ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.ed

[LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Stephen Loosley
“Bill Shorten Backs Electronic Voting For Federal Elections” http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/07/10/bill-shorten-backs-electronic-voting-for-federal-elections Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Australia should look at electronic voting for future federal elections. Conceding defeat to t