Re: [LINK] Google's 'Plus Codes' for Locations

be useful (e.g. entry at rear, or "on the first floor") to avoid ambiguity. I wonder why a 3mx3m maximum granularity was selected when the benefits of finer detail would seem to outweigh the marginally increased complexity. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 4 April 2018 at 12:26, Robert Brock

Re: [LINK] Don’t believe the hype: We’re a long way from 5G

and just for hobbyists. Let's see what 5G always on, effectively unlimited data to mobile devices brings. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Increasing fire threat to vulnerable telecommunications networks

this typically requires transporting satellite gear into location. Regards, Michael Skeggs (pleased not to be in Telco anymore) ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

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

the Service NSW agreement. Note also, Salesforce supplies the main case management database for FACS in NSW, which obviously contains highly sensitive information. Best regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] GST on internet sales

le or vested business interests? Regards, Michael Skeggs On 27 November 2013 13:06, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > > Retail groups say lowering the threshold will help Australian business > to compete with overseas shopping websites on price, and net the Government > an additional $1 billi

Re: [LINK] Amazon Prime Air

"progress". I have little doubt if it registers as a positive on a corporate bottom line it will happen. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 3 December 2013 09:54, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 09:30 AM 3/12/2013, Paul Brooks you wrote: > > > I also wonder how they protect against theft. &

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

oad 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! Regards, Michael skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Big Data - bad or otherwise

breaking data, for example. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Apple SSL/TLS bug February-2014

od idea to update. Finally, if you have an older iOS device that can run iOS 7, but you have held off updating for performance reasons, be aware this update will force you to move to iOS 7. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 25 February 2014 12:26, Phillip Musumeci wrote: > Extract from https://www.imper

[LINK] Bitcoin Exchange compromised. $300m gone

5/business/apparent-theft-at-mt-gox-shakes-bitcoin-world.html?_r=0 Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Bring your Own Device

I am guessing other states operated similarly. Regards, Michael Skeggs > > > > Melbourne, Victoria, Australia > jw...@janwhitaker.com > > Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how > do you fill in the spac

Re: [LINK] Renewable energy 'simply WON'T WORK'

ave energy. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Renewable energy 'simply WON'T WORK'

ieve we will see the power companies up the connection charges and lower the kWh fees before then to combat this. Regards, Michael Skeggs Disclosure: I'm a director of BMRenew, a renewable energy co-op in the Blue Mountains. ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] RFI: Quality in Emergency Phone-Location

s intersect). It doesn't surprise me it took several days to coordinate between the different networks and/or for somebody to have the idea to check the records of the competitors network. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailma

Re: [LINK] A non-sensationalist look at Australian internet speeds

ssumed the system "didn't work" when working from home. I suspect there is a significant, and in some quarters unsuspected, reservoir of demand for higher bandwidth in the community. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing l

Re: [LINK] MyHealthRecord opt-out Site

level of encryption. It certainly inspires no confidence in the security of the system more widely. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 4 April 2016 at 11:12, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > If you wish to opt-out of the MyHealthRecord trials you can go to this > site. > http://www2.medicareau

Re: [LINK] MyHealthRecord opt-out Site

site. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 4 April 2016 at 11:34, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 11:12:03AM +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > > If you wish to opt-out of the MyHealthRecord trials you can go to this > site. > > http://www2.medicareaustralia.g

Re: [LINK] Why you may not own, or drive your vehicle in 10 years time

ctive is a different question, and I suspect, the real one. Best regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

e much more robot involvement. Another 10 years and I wouldn't be surprised to see humans in control for a minority of journeys. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

egligent. So I can see a circumstance where insurers absorb the risk of a failed robot driver mechanism as part of the bundle of risks they insure against. And I can also see them clamouring to do so, if indeed the robot drivers prove safer over time. Best regards, Michael Skeggs _

Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

day source: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/census-meltdown-rubbish-says-abs-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-census-2016-20160808-gqo1jv.html Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] The numbers just don't add up.

The Census website is operational again. It will be interesting to see if it handles the load better this evening. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] Census: OAIC's Vacuous Pseudo-Investigation Report

!!) to restore it. There was a major failing here, but it isn't clear yet what it was. Suffice to say there are plenty of high profile web sites in Australia that face the same environment without multi-day outages. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___

Re: [LINK] Labor caves in, Fascist Dutton wins the day

Did no-one suggest that this was so important they might recall Parliament in two weeks giving everyone a chance to read and comment before reasoned debate? On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 10:11 AM Kate Lance wrote: > > “We offer to let the bill go forward, without the amendments which are > needed...

[LINK] U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks

As is acknowledged in the article, is this a good step or not? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/nuclear-weapons-floppy-disks.html Update Complete: U.S. Nuclear Weapons No Longer Need Floppy Disks The Defense Department has transitioned away from a 1970s-era nuclear command and control syste

Re: [LINK] NBNCo Report

nloads about 270gb a month, but I work from home so that skews things a little.) Michael 1: as reported by speedtest.net style tests. ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

[LINK] Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013

Pia asked me to forward this on, so here it is! * GovHack events now open for registration! We are pleased to announce that the event registration is now officially open, so get in and reserve your spot at http://govhack2013.eventbrite.com.au All location details can be found at http://www.

Re: [LINK] Message from ASIC or not?

I image SGE stands for "Secure Gateway Environment", the Commonwealth's outsourced firewall environment. Michael On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Scott Howard wrote: > Domain Name: SGE.NET > Registrant: > Verizon Business Australia Pty Ltd >243 Northbourne Ave

Re: [LINK] iiNet sells Transact to NBN

I believe NBNCo has said they're not interested in the FTTN network. iiNet has said they'll try and sell it to the Liberals if they win the election. Michael On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On Thu, 23 May 2013 13:06:48 +1000 Jan Whitak

Re: [LINK] NBN spent $14m on 1800km of new copper for FTTN

Well, lets ignore that they actually said the copper was to hook the 60,000 node pillars up to the existing copper. It's still dumb, but not that dumb. That's only 30 meters per pillar. Michael On 21 Oct 2015 1:17 PM, "David Boxall" wrote: > What's t

Re: [LINK] No dead cats please

When Netflix Australia began they refused to collect GST saying they were not an Australian entity. Their pricing was 10% below the other streamers. Does anyone know if this is still the case? On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Stephen Loosley wrote: > If governments are serious about transforming

Re: [LINK] Not so smart Cybersmart.gov.au

At least it isn't redirecting to a traffic harvesting porn site. Regards, Michael skeggs On 30 August 2013 15:50, Roger Clarke wrote: > At 14:59 +1000 30/8/13, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > >Apparently, the http://www.netalert.gov.au/ domain name is no more. > > > >One

Re: [LINK] Dull Chrome

want people to, for example, view the Groupon vouchers I have purchased, yet that is a site I have a saved password for. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 30 August 2013 23:07, Jeremy Visser wrote: > On 30/08/13 16:45, Roger Clarke wrote: > > I thought Google employed *clever* people. > >

Re: [LINK] A Clean Energy Revolution -- Now

t now. If you wait longer, you are postponing savings and might find that costs actually go up as government support programs are withdrawn. Regards, Michael Skeggs (who is also on the board of www.bmrenew.org) On 22 September 2013 22:59, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > Two fundam

Re: [LINK] Fwd: Electronic Games

y, many games at 75% or more discount. Regards, Michael On 26 September 2013 12:08, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 11:55 AM 26/09/2013, gr...@zeta.org.au wrote: > >You should also checkout Steam as there are lot of > >old games on there packaged to run on PC or Mac. > > Speaking o

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

t issue to me, unless you have something to indicate otherwise? Hope you get it sorted. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 21 October 2013 16:05, Andrew Thornton wrote: > > > Hello > IInet has engaged in unethical and > unprofessional busi

Re: [LINK] RIP Printed Evidence of Payments

a few members who do not have access to email, and only patchy access to a website. Communicating with them is hard. They would certainly struggle if the only channel to monitor their income statements was online. Regards, Michael Skeggs ___

Re: [LINK] An Overhead NBN

Austel certified cablers do cabling. Electricians, Austel cablers and High Voltage linesmen are three different beasts, although I am sure there are overlaps. Regards, Michael Skeggs On 8 November 2013 16:07, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > Electricians do cabling, it isn't just up po