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

> The point the artist was trying to make was to show how much people > rely/trust the interweb. Sure. If you ask someone what the weather is like these days they are as likely as not to look at their phone as look out the window. Although, apparently Gregories used to add insignificant deliberat

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

I picture Google's AI having a paranoid episode when the 'traffic jam' approached the Google office: "The cars are coming to get me!" On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 13:13, Antony Barry wrote: > > https://www.drive.com.au/news/man-hacks-google-maps-traffic-measure-using-a-trolley-of-smartphones-123199.html

Re: [LINK] The shocking reason the U.S. wants to stop Facebook’s Libra

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-media-full-faith-credit Most schoolchildren learn that money arose when barter proved insufficient for meeting everyday trade needs. People required more complex transactions, so they invented currency: a medium of exchange, unit of account and store of

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

As a matter of interest, can traffic categorisation work if the end users are using encrypted VPN connections? On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 23:06, Andy Farkas wrote: > 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-

Re: [LINK] Media companies scramble after judge rules they are liable for Facebook comments

"social medical forum"? On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 10:55, Tom Worthington wrote: > On 25/6/19 10:45 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: > > > Possibly this new ruling regarding defamatory remarks is also > > applicable to Link etc? ... > > By a remarkable coincidence, this was just released: > >

[LINK] Silicon Valley Nannies Are Phone Police for Kids

Child care contracts now demand that nannies hide phones, tablets, computers and TVs from their charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/silicon-valley-nannies.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage By Nellie Bowles Oct. 26, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley parents a

Re: [LINK] Ruin My Search History

Worth it to see the semi-random searches it comes up with: "Dog penis removal how" ... I suspect the Google algorithm wouldn't have much trouble discounting the search history though, as it does the bogus searches about a second apart. It'd have a much better chance of success if it ran at random

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

Bit hard to see, but it doesn't look like the car braked at all. It certainly didn't avoid, and it doesn't look like there was anything else on the road. Maybe the pedestrian assumed that the car would drive around her - I certainly make that assumption sometimes, but maybe not with a car travell

Re: [LINK] Where's Tim Minchin?

Worked for me too. Wondering what's the point of having a national broadcaster if they can't host their own videos. On 15 Feb 2018, 22:02 +1300, Andy Farkas , wrote: > On 15/02/2018 18:02, Paul Bolger wrote: > > I have to go to Facebook to see ABC videos? > > > > &

Re: [LINK] Where's Tim Minchin?

I have to go to Facebook to see ABC videos? On 15 February 2018 at 20:52, Andy Farkas wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/abcnews.au/videos/10156322486999015/ > > -andyf > > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au

Re: [LINK] Windy Weather

The altitude slider is cute - gives you a better appreciation of what pilots have to deal with. On 6 February 2018 at 19:33, Andy Farkas wrote: > > Was shown a new weather map today: > > http://windy.com/ > > Has all sorts of weather information in real-time. Very similar to > earth.nullschool.

[LINK] seek.com.au

Just noticed that Seek are sporting a new rainbow logo - and not on the NZ site. Is this a political statement, or just clueless? ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link

Re: [LINK] British researcher finds a 'kill switch' for global cyber attack

The next one will have the kill switch encrypted. Be interesting to know if anybody who has tried to pay the ransom actually got their files back. I suspect that the perpetrators weren't expecting quite this level of success, and may be swamped by the upsurge in custom. http://www.techradar.com/n

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

nment tried to introduce a federal fuelwatch scheme too, based on the WA one (which people love). It foundered after an intense campaign from the petrol companies who said it would "reduce competition" and "wouldn't be in the interests of motorists." Paul Bolger On 2

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

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] What is Mircosoft trying to do?

I remember trying to buy a laptop a few years ago without Windows. The salesman told me that it was mandatory and that it was comparable to "the registration for your car." > > Try buying a system *without* an M$ OS on it! > > -andyf > > PS. of the myriad of options out there, I'd recommend

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

Personally I can’t wait for advertising subsidised travel. “Sir, in a moment we’ll be passing your local supermarket, and for a short time I’m authorised to offer you, at an incredible %25 off … SIR! If you don’t take those earbuds out in five seconds I will be charging you the full price for this

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

s unclear what sharing the road with vehicles which are absolutely pedantic about traffic laws, and which will record everything, will be like. Paul Bolger On Jun 6 2016, at 8:22 pm, Ivan Trundle <i...@itrundle.com> wrote: > I detect a distinct lack of passion for cars in people

Re: [LINK] why your internet gets so frickin' slow every afternoon

My router has a handy 'all internet access off' function which can be directed at whichever devices I select. I'm not saying it's going to work forever, but right at the moment (kids 11 and 8) it does the trick. I'm not totally convinced that Minecraft or endless GTA cheat videos on YouTube are th

[LINK] Your ABC and Facebook (was That moment when ...)

On the subject of Facebook: Noticed at this TripleJ page today that the ABC seems to have outsourced its comments to FB. Surely 'you may only comment if you agree to submit your personal data to a US company.' is a violation of the ABC charter. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/negative

Re: [LINK] Okay for PM to Use Non-Government Internet Services

On 10/10/15 11:12, Tom Worthington wrote: > I told ABC TV that it was okay for the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, > to use non-government telecommunications services: > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-09/malcolm-turnbull-continues-to-use-non-government-email-service/6839684 > > Don't we hav

Re: [LINK] May the Farce be with you. [Was] Re: Our government does it again

This does though: Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request *GET /LoginServices/main/login *. Reason: *Error reading from remote server* Second day of the financia

Re: [LINK] Fwd: The Death of Ageing

One arm of the organisation runs an 'on demand' server, another is emailing video clips as email attachments.  Sent by my iPidgeon On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > If anyone is interested. > I've removed the 2.8MByte promo > Forwarded Message -

[LINK] Gridlocked cities to cost more than $53 billion a year by 2031 without action: Infrastructure Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-22/gridlocked-cities-to-cost-australia-billions-each-year/6488674 "Travel times in parts of Australian capital cities could more than double by 2031 without transport investment, while congestion could cost the economy more than $53 billion, a new report warns.

Re: [LINK] Firefox Browser, full HTTP/2 support

thing like this, but it's hard to see Apple going along with anything that compromises their world domination plan.  Regards Paul Bolger On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Stephen Loosley < > stephenloos...@outlook.com>

Re: [LINK] Firefox Browser, full HTTP/2 support

> On 26/02/15 07:29, Paul Bolger wrote: > > The vital feature missing from Hello Conversations at the moment is text > > chat, vital for setting up: ("Hang on a sec, I can't find my !@#$ > > microphone!"). > > > > > that was the only thing I could get

Re: [LINK] Firefox Browser, full HTTP/2 support

The vital feature missing from Hello Conversations at the moment is text chat, vital for setting up: ("Hang on a sec, I can't find my !@#$ microphone!"). Regarding HTTP/2, Apple seem to be very quiet about this so far. On 25 February 2015 at 16:43, Stephen Loosley wrote: > > From: kim.holb...@g

Re: [LINK] Firefox Browser, full HTTP/2 support

That's the sort of progress I like: I first read about it on Friday and it turns up the next Wednesday, free! Is there any way of measuring whether there's any improvement though? FF 36 also seems to include some sort of video conferencing client. Look for the little smiley speech balloon on the

Re: [LINK] Suggestions and advice please

You don't say how she's intending to do this, via a smartphone, or by logging in to internet cafes or libraries. If it's with a smartphone the roaming charges could be a bit rough, if it's by public access point security is a concern. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I like the idea of not travelli

Re: [LINK] ACT's iiNet Wifi to Block Lots of Traffic?

My first reaction is "Good luck with that, it'll never work.", but I think the intention is not so much to stop people using peer to peer as to be able to say that they are doing something about it. The ABC is in a similar situation with iView: They geoblock access so they can say to their overseas

Re: [LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

They are an NZ company, skinny.co.nz. They are a budget offshoot of NZ Telecom and the best value over here at the moment. Pity about their website though. On 02/07/14 10:27, Jeremy Visser wrote: > On 30/06/14 08:48, Paul Bolger wrote: >> My mobile phone company recently redid thei

Re: [LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

So does disabling pasting into the password field provide any benefit for the site owner, besides annoying the users? On 30 June 2014 15:01, Scott Howard wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Rick Welykochy wrote: > >> A comment on the plug-in page mentioned security and privacy issues bei

Re: [LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

It's not that hard to get around (I just turn the js off in Web Developer), but it strikes me that this phone company think they are being 'security conscious', but that the net effect will be the opposite. On 30 June 2014 11:38, Karl Auer wrote: > On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 10:48

[LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

My mobile phone company recently redid their website. When I tried to log in to the new site - using my normal method, copy and paste the password out of KeepassX - I discovered that they have disabled clipboard access to the password input field via javascript. I rang them up and the person on th

[LINK] Fwd: Ubuntu One file services

-- Forwarded message -- From: "Ubuntu One" Date: 12/04/2014 1:48 PM Subject: Ubuntu One file services To: Cc: Hi, We are writing to you to notify you that we will be shutting down the Ubuntu One file services, effective 1 June 2014. This email gives information about the closure

Re: [LINK] RFI: Overseas Payments

PayPal, if you don't mind giving your business to reactionary Americans. Otherwise you could try giving a cc authorisation for that amount. Car hire places seem to regard that as okay for security. On 18/03/2014 5:40 PM, "Roger Clarke" wrote: > What are linkers' experiences with making payments

Re: [LINK] Amazon Prime Air

And this week's special offer on Amazon is our new range of book-proof helmets... On 3 December 2013 07:51, wrote: > In America, the commercial use of drones was legalized early in 2012 .. > > Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, "I know this looks science fiction. It’s not." > > > Amazon Prime Air > >

Re: [LINK] The Threat of Dunning, to chill speech

It's also hard to believe that if 'rolling your own' defamation laws was legal the major corporations wouldn't be doing it too: "By activating this iPhone I agree not to criticise Apple Corporation, penalty: $50,000.". I think the woman named in the article needs to find her local 'Saul Goodman'

Re: [LINK] Fwd: Electronic Games

For quite a nice, free, multiplayer shooter try Sauerbraten. http://sauerbraten.org/ Runs on Linux too. On 26/09/13 13:27, Nick Ross wrote: > For single player - interactive movies you MUST try: > > Red Dead Redemption (console only) and Mass Effect 3 > > They might take a little while to get in

[LINK] Groklaw closing down

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