[LINK] Windy Weather

Was shown a new weather map today: http://windy.com/ Has all sorts of weather information in real-time. Very similar to earth.nullschool.net - I'd even go so far as to say it's the same code-base. -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.a

[LINK] Where's Tim Minchin?

https://www.facebook.com/abcnews.au/videos/10156322486999015/ -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Where's Tim Minchin?

On 15/02/2018 18:02, Paul Bolger wrote: I have to go to Facebook to see ABC videos? "or you'll find yourself in hell with Barnaby Joyce" The link worked for me so should be good enough for everyone else :) -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman

Re: [LINK] NBN Co refuses to disclose cheapest FTTP connection costs

On 26/02/2018 17:26, Kim Holburn wrote: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-refuses-to-disclose-cheapest-fttp-connection-costs-485904 nbn(tm) are in deep do-do. Won't be able to hit required ARPU of $52 75% of FttN unable to get 100/40 47% of the HFC area will need new leadins Take-up rate

Re: [LINK] NBN Co refuses to disclose cheapest FTTP connection costs

On 27/02/2018 07:34, Andy Farkas wrote: nbn(tm) are in deep do-do. Oops, forgot the link: http://www.innovationaus.com/2018/02/NBNs-astounding-results-fail -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman

[LINK] nbn(tm) in deep do-do

The other day I mentioned that nbn(tm)* are struggling. Yep, the pretty graphs seem to agree: http://www.mclarenwilliams.com.au/nbn-co-rollout-progress/ Heads are going to roll when Labor get a look at the cooked books. Oh, and this pic brought up a couple of interesting points: https://pb

[LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/uber-suspends-self-driving-car-tests-after-fatal-crash/9565586 -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Thought Volvos were supposed to be safe?

Exterior and interior views of what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPvSS5PhO7M -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] nbn(tm) in deep do-do

On 07/03/2018 17:05, Andy Farkas wrote: Oh, and this pic brought up a couple of interesting points: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXpK3haV4AAEfWN.jpg https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-node-crushed-by-car-twice-in-two-weeks-487526 -andyf ___ Link

[LINK] The NBN: Only 80% done disappointing us

I quite enjoyed reading this short article by Mathew Reddin, the adjectives and superlatives are exceptional :) I guess being a movie critic helps. http://thebigsmoke.com.au/2018/03/23/the-nbn-80-done-disappointing-us/ -andyf ___ Link mailing lis

Re: [LINK] What are the fastest DNS providers?

On 06/04/2018 09:32, Kim Holburn wrote: Cloudflare made headlines by introducing its new, fast Domain Name System (DNS) resolver I read an interesting (and technical) blog the other day: https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/dns-filesystem-true-cloud-storage-dnsfs -andyf _

[LINK] 30 down

Hew does it again: Turnbullnator 30: Judgement Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7488RL5KKY -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Student media blocked from budget lock-up

http://junkee.com/student-media-budget-release/154010 "This year, the government told all student media organisations in the country that they weren’t invited. ... The ban is a particularly strange move, considering that only last week Malcolm Turnbull told media that this would be a “baby-boo

Re: [LINK] Student media blocked from budget lock-up

On 13/04/2018 09:10, JanW wrote: At 08:38 AM 13/04/2018, Andy Farkas wrote: We can also expect that this year, like most years, the Budget will have a big effect on students." I reckon Malcolm's idea of "big effect" will not be positive either and he's wanting to a

[LINK] ICANN takes Whois begging bowl to Europe, comes back empty

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/25/icann_whois_gdpr/ "Perhaps unsurprisingly then, its own answer as to whether it is a data controller is written in indecipherable legalese: ... Which is a very long way of saying: God, we hope not." -andyf

[LINK] NBN cost-benefit

I watched Bill Morrow's speech at the APC the other day. At first my anger was steadily rising, but then I had an epiphany. Bill is only doing what he's been told to do by Trumble and Fifi. Now that he is taking his millions and going back to the Northern Hemisphere he is actually bagging the LN

[LINK] Error-prone

"How can we solve traffic jams, emissions and accidents? Self-driving cars!" https://madewithmonsterlove.itch.io/error-prone "... illustrates perfectly how self driving cars are vastly superior to their human counterparts in terms of traffic grid lock, efficiency and avoiding road accidents

Re: [LINK] Federal Budget 2018

On 11/05/2018 08:40, Tom Worthington wrote: On 09/05/18 13:25, Stephen Loosley wrote: ... Tom usually summarizes the budget for IT ... Hasn't been mentioned before, but Sammy J is doing a hilarious job. I find his 'Government Coach' ones the funniest. His latest one is coaching Sco-Mo on

Re: [LINK] Urgent: MyHR Opt-Out

On 16/07/2018 10:44, Roger Clarke wrote: Here's the information page provided by the Australian Privacy Foundation: https://privacy.org.au/campaigns/myhr/ It contains a considerable amount of information that the government has failed to communicate to the public. Confidence level decreasing

Re: [LINK] Urgent: MyHR Opt-Out

On 18/07/2018 13:25, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: And people can take photos of their meds, or cut up a bit of the box it comes in and put it in their wallet or purse, or write it down.. And you don't need the internet or computer skills. And a lot safer than giving your data to the gover

Re: [LINK] "REVEALED: Controversial My Health Record system with 'military-grade security' has ALREADY been hacked nine times"

On 02/08/2018 12:45, Christian Heinrich wrote: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6016957/Controversial-Health-Record-hacked-nine-times.html 'The remaining two breaches were the result of a consumer accessing a My Health Record that was not their own due to a processing error by the Departm

[LINK] Exposure draft of the anti-encryption bill

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 A "sample" of the >14,000 submissions. -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] RFC: A Capable Email-Client, e.g. for a Mac

On 29/09/2018 06:58, Roger Clarke wrote: I'm desperately looking for a replacement email-client for Eudora. Pine was always my favourite but I believe it is unmaintained now. I've been very happy with Mozilla Thunderbird for the last decade (it can be configured to display email in the co

Re: [LINK] Exposure draft of the anti-encryption bill

On 27/09/2018 10:27, Andy Farkas wrote: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE thejuicemedia's take on it (NSFW - language) -andyf ___ Link mailing

Re: [LINK] Giants Join Australia's Cryptowar

On 04/10/2018 17:07, Stephen Loosley wrote: "The government told the ABC's AM today the coalition had spent a year consulting with industry on the bill, and added that security agencies needed to keep up with technology. ®" Ha! Luv that last bit I really shouldn't say anymore, so I won'

[LINK] FTTN will be used until 2040

Good article, sad outcome: http://johnmenadue.com/laurie-patton-the-nbn-sinks-deeper-into-a-technological-mire/ It's things like this that make you wonder how corrupt LNP are: "I even spoke personally to Mr Turnbull (when he was Prime Minister) and subsequently briefed his then chief-of-sta

[LINK] Morrison's Big Blue Bus

https://www.pm.gov.au/media/doorstop-kunda-park-qld Clarke & Dawe couldn't of done better: JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, you’re on the bus tour. Why are you flying? PRIME MINISTER: Well the bus is going all the way up to Rockie and that’s where it was always planning to go. I mean, it’s a big

Re: [LINK] The "health" record security model

On 11/11/2018 11:48, David wrote: He revealed that medical information (other than a summary of any allergies?) isn't held in a structured database but is a collection of PDF documents! Can you imagine a patient lying unconscious in ED while a doctor makes a cup of coffee and settles down to

[LINK] AssAccess

https://alp.fail/ As a "tech expert" I agree. -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Believe him? I'd say he has his own agenda

On 12/12/2018 17:17, JLWhitaker wrote: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-12/encryption-laws-mike-burgess-australian-signals-directorate/10612570 Yeah, I read that last night In a rare, public statement, Mike Burgess has struck out at seven "myths" Maybe it was because my BS-o-me

[LINK] Ugly 90s websites

Ugly 90s websites immortalised in new archive thanks to National Library of Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-13/australias-ugliest-90s-websites-are-archived/10894098 "John Howard was the first PM to have an official website" https://trove.nla.gov.au/ -andyf __

Re: [LINK] Facebookdown, #Instagramdown...

On 14/03/2019 15:43, Scott Howard wrote: ... All Facebook data is stored on their own systems, in their own datacenters. On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:22 PM JLWhitaker wrote: ... What was weird was that saved items are behaving strangely. I can still I still fail to comprehend why people "s

Re: [LINK] The Huawei 5G debate

On 15/03/2019 10:04, David wrote: Spyware in exported network equipment isn't anything new, it's been happening for 20 years. Do you have any links to back up this claim? I've been in the industry for more than 20 years and haven't heard of this. Sure, Cisco 1921 routers needed IOS updates e

[LINK] It's called Driver Assist, not Autopilot

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/03/researchers-trick-teslas-autopilot-into-driving-into-oncoming-traffic/ Also from the article: "Keen researchers have remotely flummoxed Teslas before. These are the guys who, a few years ago, remotely slammed on the brakes of a Tesla Model S from 12

Re: [LINK] IT and Higher Education in the 2019/2020 Australian Federal Budget

On 02/04/2019 22:18, Tom Worthington wrote: The 2019/2020 Australian Federal Budget: https://www.budget.gov.au/ Some items of interest: IT: https://blog.tomw.net.au/2019/04/it-in-20192020-australian-federal-budget.html Higher Education: https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2019/04/educ

Re: [LINK] Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit

The filings lay out a plan to put 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit ... * SpaceX ... more than 12,000 satellites ... * OneWeb ... plans to put hundreds more in place .. * Telesat ... plans to have hundreds more launched ... So not only is humankind leaving behind a heat

[LINK] Missed

Never forget: https://mrjohnclarke.com/projects/clarke-dawe It's like he was here just last week... Richard Shinnery lol -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Millimeter-wave 5G will never scale beyond dense urban areas, T-Mobile says

overhyped 5G Yes. -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Honest Government Ad | 2019 Election (Season Finale)

Not sure if I've posted these guys before, but this is one of their best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrXI3rBbSA PS. NSFW ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] ‘We have been cheated’: Australia's biggest cities dudded with inferior NBN

On 15/05/2019 23:04, Jevan Pipitone wrote: I think it would be good have an option for a customer to be able to pay for fibre to the premises (FTTP) to be installed https://www.nbnco.com.au/residential/learn/network-technology/technology-choice-program Costs a non-refundable fee of $330 to ge

[LINK] How to watch election coverage

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6uB6GqU0AEtax6.jpg:large -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] NBN Co's 'Netflix tax' slammed as push to protect net neutrality grows

On 03/07/2019 14:34, Paul Brooks wrote: The kickoff article is at https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-floats-its-own-netflix-tax-527507, after the question in the NBN confidential discussion paper ... "Confidential". Yep, need to keep secret how our glorious NBN is being built. The people

Re: [LINK] NBN Co's 'Netflix tax' slammed as push to protect net neutrality grows

On 04/07/2019 06:05, Paul Bolger wrote: As a matter of interest, can traffic categorisation work if the end users are using encrypted VPN connections? I typed "vpn nsa decryption" into duckduckgo. Most of the results say "yes". -andyf ___ Link mail

Re: [LINK] NBN Co's 'Netflix tax' slammed as push to protect net neutrality grows

On 04/07/2019 12:39, Jevan Pipitone wrote: Why did they intruduce unlimited internet quota (unlimited downloads and unlimited uploads) then? They could have left it as 50GB/month or whatever they pick, but they made it unlimited and now they're complaining? Sorry, I tend to ignore emails whe

[LINK] Apollo 11 in realtime

https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/ Happy 50th! -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Apple Asia's Time-Server is >2 minutes fast

On 29/08/2019 11:43, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: On 29/08/2019 11:15 am, Roger Clarke wrote: Very strange. By switching to the European server, I got proper time back. Not good if you're running anything that requires notary-level DTS. If time is that important you should be using NTP/Stra

Re: [LINK] Melbourne International Games Week .. 5th-13th October

On 03/10/2019 20:53, Stephen Loosley wrote: Melbourne International Games Week http://gamesweek.melbourne/melbourne-international-games-week-back-2019 The newest games and innovative technology from Australia and around the world will be on show at Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW).

[LINK] The lines of code that changed everything

[I've played Spacewar!, still use IRC, and have source code for Mosaic-2.5 that I used to compile on a 386 - am I getting old? :)] https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/consequential-computer-code-software-history.html -andyf ___ Link mailing lis

[LINK] Can Big Brother be stopped?

I really think they're trying to take this a bit too far: https://www.zdnet.com/article/home-affairs-pushes-its-face-matching-service-for-porn-age-verification/ "Whilst they are primarily designed to prevent identity crime, Home Affairs would support the increased use of the Document and Fac

Re: [LINK] Cancer cure through gene therapy

On 12/11/2019 22:39, Jevan Pipitone wrote: Any thoughts on this? Yes. Perhaps you should read up on what LINK is about: http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au

[LINK] Aren't you glad you opted out?

Told you so? Of course a massive database of everyone's medical records are safe from hacks: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/25/my-health-record-failed-to-manage-cybersecurity-and-privacy-risks-audit-finds ...oh, wait -andyf __

Re: [LINK] NBN fault maintenance

On 05/12/2019 18:39, David wrote: So much for the Abbott/Turnbull multi-technology-mix. Turdball will forever be remembered as the asshole that fscked-up our digital future. -andyf PS. Had a bit more to say about the , but after redacting the rude bits there wasn't much left...

Re: [LINK] Atheros CSI Tool

On 2020-01-22 18:18, Jevan Pipitone wrote: Some people may be interested in the research papers cited on the "Atheros CSI Tool" website below, under the heading "OpenWRT version". You're on the wrong maillist. Jevan. Actual message: 256 characters (34 words) Signature: 7653 characters (

Re: [LINK] Man 'hacks' Google Maps traffic measure using a trolley of smartphones

On 7/02/2020 2:14 pm, Paul Bolger wrote: I picture Google's AI having a paranoid episode when the 'traffic jam' approached the Google office: "The cars are coming to get me!" The point the artist was trying to make was to show how much people rely/trust the interweb. Give me a Gregorey's any

Re: [LINK] .nsw.gov.au and privacy

My list of blocked URLs (always adding to it): # cat banned_urls acl banned_urls url_regex -i ^http://sa.windows.com acl banned_urls url_regex -i 2o7.net acl banned_urls url_regex -i addthisedge.com acl banned_urls url_regex -i adnxs.com acl banned_urls url_regex -i advertising.com acl banned_

Re: [LINK] Media Blockchain

On 2020-03-07 08:05, Tom Worthington wrote: ... an Open Discussion Session on Media Blockchain: https://jpeg.org/items/20200130_blockchain_discussion_proceedings.html Sounds like a solution looking for a problem to me. All your base are belong to us. -andyf _

Re: [LINK] Coronavirus Tech Facebook Group

On 2020-03-15 20:32, Stephen Loosley wrote: Steven writes, .. What can we do with our tech skills to slow the spread of Covid19 Stay home and use the internet to work from home. oh wait... un-do! un-do! Also, mobile-app USB blood detectors for both the virus molecule and for human

[LINK] Fwd: reccomendations of conference / party audio video software ?

An email from another ml I'm on. Mentions of "jitsi" -andyf Forwarded Message Subject:reccomendations of conference / party audio video software ? Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:06:56 +0100 From: Julian H. Stacey Organization: http://berklix.com/jhs http://stolenv

Re: [LINK] Australians Record World’s Fastest Internet Speed At 44.2 Tbps

> Australians Record World’s Fastest Internet Speed At 44.2 Tbps What would you want to stream in at 44.2Tbps? Disk drives can't record that fast... watching 4k (or 8k and more in the future) video streams doesn't need that much bandwidth. I'm quite happy to wait a few minutes when I cop

Re: [LINK] Australians Record World’s Fastest Internet Speed At 44.2 Tbps

On 2020-05-24 20:21, Karl Auer wrote: Please tell me this is just dry humour... You either forgot the :-) or won't answer the question -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] COVIDfail – the Australian coronavirus tracing app that can’t find anyone

On 9/7/20 6:04 pm, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: COVIDfail – the Australian coronavirus tracing app that can’t find anyone ... Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on ABC News Breakfast this morning that the app has found 200 people affected. How true a politician's words are is up to you

Re: [LINK] RFI: How should virtual group members interact with one another?

On 18/08/2020 3:47 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: In 2020, what would the Link Institute recommend as that channel? I've been using IRC for about 30 years and am still on it... irc.oz.org -andyf (aka chuzzwassa) ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman

Re: [LINK] Tony Abbott's NBN, Mad as Hell

On 04/23/13 03:12, Kim Holburn wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-6E5yX1E0U > Clarke and Dawe also satire Turnbull's NBN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TptIs0k-spg -andyf ___ Link mailing list L

[LINK] How fast is the NBN

http://howfastisthenbn.com.au/ -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Space Oddity

Only posting this 'cause its a great song and its had 1 million views in two days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo "A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. With thanks to Emm Gryner, Joe Corco

Re: [LINK] Troll taken to court - defamation

On 25/05/13 11:49, Jan Whitaker wrote: > This is an interesting story of a troll who got caught and picked on > the wrong person - a cashed up plastic surgeon. One to watch. > > http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/plastic-surgeon-sues-over-internet-criticism-20130524-2k6x5.html > There was a documen

Re: [LINK] China allegations

On 28/05/13 16:34, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: > A lead item on "Japan Today" news media .. > > "China suspected of stealing new Australian spy agency blueprints" > > new-australian-spy-agency-blueprints> > Gee

Re: [LINK] Qld govt moving to the cloud

On 31/05/13 12:56, Nick Ross wrote: > Isn't it the case that all current services are on the internet already. > While the cloud makes them more easily accessible, it's likely to have > better security than a zillion government servers which are poorly > maintained, no? > > As for raw costs, the ef

[LINK] How the parties trick you into handing over personal information

It seems the political parties are harvesting personal information using a pretty deceptive method of tricking you with postal votes: And to top it off: "The Rudd Labor government tried to change the rules in 2010, proposing that forms had to be returned t

Re: [LINK] No more human sysadmins??

On 09/08/13 21:28, Rachel Polanskis wrote: > ... pushing the devops line ... > http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/ -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Ffax: FTTH as Infrastructure

Associate Professor Kai Riemer wrote: > Finally, why should the taxpayers pay for this infrastructure? > This shows how badly the ALP is marketing the project. The taxpayers are *not* paying for this infrastructure. I believe Abbott said the same thing last night, and he also mentioned the BS figu

[LINK] What the Americans do with fibre-based broadband

Interesting article on "What the Americans do with fibre-based broadband": "While traditional library spaces support the consumption of knowledge by offering access to media, an area called the 4th Floor is unique because it su

Re: [LINK] Coalition announces internet filter ... and immediately backs down

On 09/05/13 21:23, rene wrote: > Two hours later, Mr Turnbull took to Twitter to say that: "The policy was > in error - I would never support a mandatory internet filter." > Just read the best comment ever: "A party should at least make it into government before it starts showing it's incompeten

Re: [LINK] New proposal for e-voting - Turnbull

Perhaps Malcolm has been listening to Alan Jones? The opening story on last week's Media Watch: was all about Alan claiming there were 16,000 fraudulent multiple votes in the 2010 election. The AEC says there was only 1500. -andyf _

Re: [LINK] The Internet's problem with comments

Watched this pretty amazing video just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6JcybgDFo Top 2 comments: Tony McGrath 57 minutes ago Well that just completely blew my mind. I'm a pretty tech-savvy filmmaker familiar with projection and moco units but I still can't really wrap my head around

[LINK] Tech support for Obama

Ok, its not quite Friday, but those who enjoy The IT Crowd should get a laugh out of: -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] shafted by my ISP [iinet]: how often does this happen in Australia?

On 21/10/2013 4:15 PM, Michael Skeggs m...@bystander.net wrote: >> In any case, I don't think LINK is the right forum to raise this Correct. Also, top-posting should be banned. >> On 21 October 2013 16:05, Andrew Thornton > > wrote: >> >> Only about a week ago,

Re: [LINK] RFC: Easier Security for SMEs and Consumers

On 28/10/13 08:55, Richard wrote: > > I simply consider the product a scam. > How about: -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Random Lego Structures

Might try this on the weekend! -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] LG Smart TVs send filenames from USB drives!

No wonder I don't own a smart TV yet: "At this point, I decided to do some traffic analysis to see what was being sent. It turns out that viewing information appears to be being sent regardless of whether

Re: [LINK] LG Smart TVs send filenames from USB drives!

On 11/20/13 13:47, Rick Welykochy wrote: > > Easy solution: disable networking on the TV. Then you lose Internet TV channels (eg iView). Is this not the point of a smart TV? > > Static IPs are the safest way to go. > Even if you give it a static IP it will start sending info back to LG, so I'm

Re: [LINK] LG Smart TVs send filenames from USB drives!

On 20/11/13 14:23, Karl Auer wrote: > On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 19:47 -0800, Rick Welykochy wrote: >> Easy solution: disable networking on the TV. > Better solution - block all outbound connectivity, make exceptions for > devices that need it. > Easier said than done. The average Joe that walks into

[LINK] Australia's (Less Super) Super-highway

Here is an article about the difference between the two NBN policies that even a layman should understand. There is a nice graphic of the comparison. Written by a professor that was a member o

Re: [LINK] Amazon Prime Air

On 03/12/13 20:51, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > Amazon Prime Air: Plan for drones to make home deliveries takes heavy flak > The Independent > http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/basket-case-amazons-plan-for-drones-to-make-home-deliveries-takes-heavy-flak-8978718.html >

Re: [LINK] Any crash courses for a Gen X?

On 12/04/13 11:51, Andrew Thornton wrote: > Intra-Australian Network Performance : City-to-City hourly metrics > > The tables below show the network latency and packet delivery ratio > metrics for the links between the eight metropolitan city POPs in the > Telstra domestic backbone network. > Do y

Re: [LINK] IEEE: The Rise and Fall of Australia’s $44 Billion Broadband Project

e-rise-and-fall-of-australias-44-billion-broadband-project/ > On 28/11/13 09:52, Andy Farkas wrote: > Here is an article about the difference between the two NBN policies > that even a layman should understand. There is a nice graphic of the > comparison. > > <http://spec

Re: [LINK] private question for off list - consulting

On 06/12/13 09:36, Rachel Polanskis wrote: > Hi Linkers, > I have finally accepted a redundancy from my job at and my last > day is just on the new year. Congratulations (?) - it'll be worth it :) > I have put together a little business plan, getting an ABN and putting > together > a little web

Re: [LINK] Depiction of wind at various altitudes, other weather pages

On 19/12/13 13:32, Jim Birch wrote: > ... you have a bunch of stuff going in any direction. > Sorry, nothing to contribute, just an observation I made the other day when there was a storm front moving over the Wide Bay area. Was watching the rain radar (as you do when a storm comes) and enabled t

Re: [LINK] OT: Bundy [Was Re: Depiction of wind

On 19/12/13 14:18, Roger Clarke wrote: > At 14:05 +1000 19/12/13, Andy Farkas wrote: >> ps. The climate in Bundaberg "is the most equable of any Australian >> town or city and ranked 5th on a worldwide comparison." >> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundaberg#Climate

Re: [LINK] Depiction of wind at various altitudes, other weather pages

On 19/12/13 14:31, Michael wrote: > Faulconbridge, a town down the road from me in NSW claims to be number 1 > globally: > http://infobluemountains.net.au/weather/best.htm > > I wonder how many locations make similar assertions! Probably lots :) Ah! Faulconbridge claims "equitable" whereas Bunda

Re: [LINK] Depiction of wind at various altitudes, other weather pages

On 19/12/13 16:05, Kim Holburn wrote: > That wind earth site is awesome Robin. I can see two cyclones in the Indian > Ocean. Apparently the one closer to Australia is Cyclone Bruce. > Yeah, that site is very nice, and the two cyclones look very pretty. Fortunately, TC Bruce is heading away fro

Re: [LINK] OT: Bundy [Was Re: Depiction of wind

On 19/12/13 14:49, Andy Farkas wrote: > > It seems the WP article references a Bundaberg council document, > which in turn does not include any references. I have emailed the > council asking for clarification to where they got their info. > > -andyf > Apologies for being OT

Re: [LINK] Australian online news history

On 09/01/14 22:40, Fiona Martin wrote: > I have very little on locally produced, pre-internet and pre-web news > publications or services – and would like to include mention of examples of > both specialist and generalist news sources from this period. > Hi Fiona, My very first job after I left

Re: [LINK] NBN Satellite changes

On 03/04/14 08:55, Jan Whitaker wrote: > Sir Malcolm is on radio this morning here in Melbourne patting > himself on the back for NBN Co. adding some satellite services > because the current interim services are undersized. Did he mention that the cost of this additional capacity ($18.4 million) i

Re: [LINK] Flash drives in the sea?

On 07/05/14 09:48, Jim Birch wrote: > My feeling would be that the vast majority of air accidents > occur due to deviations from accepted best practice, eg, pilot error. > Have you never watched the "Air Crash Investigation" TV show? Type it into youtube. -andyf

Re: [LINK] Bring your Own Device

On 07/05/14 12:26, Michael wrote: > On 7 May 2014 09:37, Jan Whitaker wrote: > >> At 09:11 AM 7/05/2014, Tom Worthington you wrote: >>> They wanted to turn the old Netbooks into Chromebooks >>> (which sounds a reasonable idea to me), but have yet to track down the >>> code needed to unlock the BIO

[LINK] Reboot ICT teacher training to halt the computing brain drain

I've posted the delimiter version because of this particular bit by one of the commenters: BruceH Posted 09/05/2014 at 1:03 pm | Permalink | Reply I’m happy to go on the record about this. I’ve not lo

[LINK] OS X silliness (its almost Friday!)

Got Apple? Try this: say -v cellos "Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum he he he ho ho ho fa lah lah lah lah lah lah fa lah full hoo hoo hoo" -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] ABC ignoring the greatest Australian infrastructure project in history?

Renai does some analysing: The issue is a pretty big one. 40+ BILLION dollars big. Why no coverage? From anyone? -andyf ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu

Re: [LINK] Minister for Communications on the Digital Economy

On 29/05/14 09:12, Tom Worthington wrote: > Greetings from the opening of "Information: the Currency of the Digital > Economy" conference in Canberra, by Malcolm Turnbull, Minister for > Communications. The opening session is being webcast live: > http://theatre.deewr.gov.au/naa-may2014/ > > The Mi

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