Re: [LINK] itN: Gaol for possessing files for 3D-printed guns

At 12:28 PM 24/11/2015, Chris Johnson wrote: >But this is a defence, surely: is it possible to fit someone else up by >emailing them a load of sus files? Maybe not, if there is no trail of >request from the fittee to ask for the emails to be sent. My point exactly. >(Owning the files in order to

Re: [LINK] ATO's Non-Electronic Accessibility Days Numbered?

At 05:11 PM 30/11/2015, Roger Clarke wrote: >It is asking taxpayers how moving to digital-only channels to send and receive >information would affect them. Those who don't have the ability to use digital >services would be exempt, it said. And they did provide a means for offline provision of t

Re: [LINK] Detailed analysis of NBN Co’s finances s hows FTTP better value than FTTN

At 03:38 PM 8/01/2016, Frank O'Connor you wrote: >5. Batteries at the consumer end to provide back-up power to the copper and >HFC connections. Personally I think they could do away with these and simply >let consumers rely on mobiles, but I suppose a sizeable proportion of the >public still doe

Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

At 09:40 AM 21/01/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >A start-up project as part of education, I suggest, is a useful learning >experience so the students can experience failure in a safe environment. We did this in high school back in the 60s and 70s in my little midwest US town. It was called 'dis

Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

At 10:42 AM 21/01/2016, Jim Birch you wrote: >It would be much more productive to teach people how to evaluate, customise >and use IT services. This skill is much more likely to provide >employment. That, or plumbing. And gardening and other home services - shopping, cleaning, health. Jan I

Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

At 11:33 AM 23/01/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >I think there's a tradeoff between teaching the fundamentals, which tends to >require a systematic waterfall development methodology, and agile development >which can go seriously off the rails unless the project leaders, at least, >have a solid und

Re: [LINK] Young Aussies losing ground in digital economy

At 02:16 PM 23/01/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >Teaching coding is like teaching bricklaying and expecting the students >to understand town planning, architecture, and infrastructure services >such as water supply, sewerage, transport, communications and power >generation/distribution.

Re: [LINK] The Nick Ross story as told by New Matilda independent media outlet

At 06:16 AM 28/01/2016, Andy Farkas wrote: >https://newmatilda.com/2016/01/24/false-balance-the-debate-the-abc-has-to-have-but-possibly-never-will/ > >"The response from media is staggering." There are two pieces in The Conversation that I read and commented upon yesterday. I'm surprised no one

Re: [LINK] TPG international fibre cable fault - where was that break again?

At 06:17 PM 9/02/2016, Marghanita da Cruz you wrote: >Thanks - I was about to post and ask what was going on. From the poor >performance over the last >week, it seems the cable has been out for about a week already! - I am on >Optus GSM network and a >friend who is on Telstra just phoned. Ha

Re: [LINK] The DVD is not dead!

Satellite was never going to be a longterm solution. Those who thought otherwise were selling/sold the Brooklyn Bridge. Jan At 09:24 AM 12/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote: >Data limits on Sky Muster are so restrictive that streaming video is not >practical. Short of illegal downloads during of

Re: [LINK] Talking about AI

At 11:20 AM 12/02/2016, Jim Birch wrote: >It is difficult by design. Do any linkers remember back in the 70s that there was a competition between AI research and another similar angle? I'm at a loss what it was, but it was the more reasonable development in that conceptual area. It was before

Re: [LINK] Talking about AI

m memory, that showed a lot of >promise … but it’s so long ago () and I failed to keep up with >developments in that field. > >Scientific American was real keen on it for a while. > >Just my 2 cents worth … > >--- >> On 12 Feb 2016, at 11:32 AM, JanW wrote: >&

Re: [LINK] The wonders of NBN

Duly forwarded to the new Minister responsible, Fiona Nash. senator.n...@aph.gov.au Keep for future reference. Jan At 10:44 AM 15/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote: >This relates to an NBN fixed wireless installation. >They've really got their act together. > >

Re: [LINK] Faults? Telstra?

Some people must just be born stupid. At 03:44 PM 17/02/2016, David Boxall you wrote: >Telstra just gets better and better. I wish the network was still >publicly owned. At least then we could vote the bastards out. > > > >> Last n

Re: [LINK] That moment when ...

At 10:31 AM 24/02/2016, David Boxall wrote: >no your not being punished >> baby it's just your teacher doesn't know internet isn't at our house Looks like something that should be assessed at the beginning of each school term (because it may change more frequently) for each student. Jan I wr

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

At 01:59 AM 25/02/2016, Paul Brooks you wrote: >Periodic or continuous off-site >backups of computers/laptops, or NASs, software/firmware checks and updates >from >everything, permanently streaming security cameras/nannycams. Four to six >laptops/desktops each downloading the same antivirus databa

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

At 09:52 AM 25/02/2016, Andy Farkas you wrote: >All ISPs are required by law to do this, at 50%, 85%, and 100%. > > Isn't that only mobile data? I'm on ADSL at home. And the warning wa

[LINK] Fwd: Telstra's ADSL 'Fair Go'

>>the problem is the 'fair go' rule set into the Telstra system, the rule set >>slows ALL of our traffic up and down if our upload usage exceeds 80% of the >>the available line speed for a set period. for example, if we have a line >>speed of 1MBps and we upload for 30 minutes at .9MBps our dow

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

At 08:30 AM 26/02/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >The Australian Government estimates that "... a typical distance education >student will download 15 to 20 gigabytes (GB) of data in a month" (Fletcher, >2015): >http://www.minister.communications.gov.au/paul_fletcher/speeches/commsday_satellite_s

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

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, int

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

At 12:26 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas you wrote: >28 February 2016 > >nbn rejects claims that the company is at risk of not meeting its targets..." > >...also getting ahead of themselves re dates? Am listening to it on ABC AM right now. What a crock of crap. Sounds like Alan Joyce, he of grounding

Re: [LINK] How fast is the NBN?

At 12:10 AM 29/02/2016, Andy Farkas wrote: >"Under the heading "Commercial in Confidence: Scale the Deployment Program", >the report outlines a plethora of faults, including that delays in power >approvals and construction are being caused by electricity companies which >account for 38,537 premi

Re: [LINK] nbn forgets to renew its radio assignments for over half a year

Keep this mob away from chook raffles, whatever you do At 09:22 PM 9/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: > > >>Assignments at almost a thousand fixed wireless sites have disappeared after >>2.3 GHz licence renewal in July last

Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

At 03:17 PM 19/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: >Progress, I guess. :/ > > > >>A big shout out to the Department of Ed and Training for sending me a USB >>with ALL my course documents so that I can do the majority of my course >>offlin

Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >I don't know of any systems which work with sneaker-net. Apart from students >in remote areas, this would be useful for prisoners and military personnel on >deployment. These groups have been catered for in the past with paper based >distance educa

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

At 06:41 AM 22/03/2016, Paul Brooks you wrote: >By building for the far-off future - which doesn't require significantly more >upfront cost - makes it more likely to make a financial return, not less >likely, by extending the time period they can receive wholesale rental revenue >by a decade o

Re: [LINK] NBN chief seeks advice of US tech giants as broadband technology debate rages

At 08:09 AM 22/03/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >Mr Broadband is building us a $60 billion White Elephant that everybody seems >t think is a colossal waste of money … and all for politics. All because the >MTM ‘˜idea' (and I use that term loosely) isn’t Labor’s. > >Sadly, if this matter is al

Re: [LINK] Sneakernet rules

At 09:15 AM 22/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >On 20/03/16 10:25, JanW wrote: > >>At 10:03 AM 20/03/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >>> When I signed up for a DE Masters of Education, one questions >>>on the enrollment form asked was if I was a prisoner. >> &

Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

At 12:32 PM 22/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>An FttDP box in your street draws its power from your house, up to 200 metres >>away, rather than relying on the electricity grid. >Power to the distribution point from the premises - over existing copper? :/ Wait - how can they require you to pay to

Re: [LINK] NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

At 12:59 PM 22/03/2016, Andy Farkas wrote: >I really wish the MSM, and more importantly Labor, would jump >on this bandwagon. Yes, I know it is hard for Joe and Jolene Blogs >to understand, but wasting billions of dollars on something that >*will* need to be upgraded in the future is a gross negli

Re: [LINK] "Broadband" service to not-very-remote premises

At 09:23 AM 24/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: >The story of another business and family blighted by our degraded >telecommunications infrastructure. I wonder where we would be, but for >privatisation. Would we need an NBN project or would we already have >infrastructure for the 21st century? I h

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

At 08:16 PM 25/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: > I would just like to know why YouTube vids stop every 5 minutes. It's not my network connection/provider because it doesn't happe

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

At 09:48 AM 26/03/2016, Frank O'Connor you wrote: >To my mind … its not an argument for anything and a pointless filler on the >part of Fairfax. Perhaps the standard of their editorial staff has reached new >lows and they are simply desperate for content that their steadily shrinking >stable of

Re: [LINK] Why Learning To Code Won't Save Your Job

At 11:22 AM 27/03/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >This article is adappted from Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How >Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity by Douglas Rushkoff, In the famous words of FUnderwood, when you don't like the game, turn over the table. What if growth wasn't the

[LINK] Fwd: Re: The wonders of NBN

ate: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:26:15 +1100 >To: senator.n...@aph.gov.au >From: JanW >Subject: Re: [LINK] The wonders of NBN >Bcc: David Boxall > >Dear Minister Nash > >Here is something you can possibly attend to or push someone in your new area >of responsibility to attend to

Re: [LINK] Fwd: Re: The wonders of NBN

At 01:56 PM 30/03/2016, Paul Brooks wrote: >Jan - did the original complainant ring the 1800 number and talk to to the NBN >help >desk, maybe even open a ticket? >They're usually fairly responsive, especially when it concerns a fault in an >existing >service, rather than an installation query. >

Re: [LINK] The NBN is already out of date, but it's not too late to change course

At 03:16 PM 30/03/2016, David Boxall wrote: >Sadly, today's Conservatives seem terrified of the future. Asking them for >anything "with long-term sustainability in mind" is asking them to confront >that which causes them to soil their nappies. It's the same at state level. You should have hear

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

At 01:53 PM 4/04/2016, Karl Auer wrote: >So I'm not knocking video "compression". But I do think people should >know what they are paying for. Here's a different angle on chosen compression. The new 7Flix channel is using MPEG4. My HD tv doesn't do MPEG4, evidently just MPEG2. The racing channe

Re: [LINK] Does NBN need a third satellite?

At 02:20 PM 4/04/2016, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >And Nine estimates most people have MPEG-4 decoding ability already: > >http://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-is-broadcasting-its-channel-in-hd-but-not-for-everyone/ Just going through the whole channel line-up: 13 TenHD - dead 74 TV4ME USED to work but no

Re: [LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

At 10:03 AM 5/04/2016, Jim Birch wrote: >A week in a spinal ward might bring home the benefits of driverless cars. >It's a no brainer when considered in terms of relative risks, rather than >risk elimination. > >They are also likely to improve traffic flow and ease congestion. >Especially when huma

Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

At 09:50 AM 7/04/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >>The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will replace the >>existing application process with an online capability. oh wow, that fills me with such comfort! I wonder if they'll only build to the four levels of outdated browser updates l

Re: [LINK] Australia Post to lose passport services

At 06:15 PM 7/04/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Then you pay and wait. Including the ten minute appointment >the complete bureaucratic renewal process took maybe 20 painless minutes. >With a photo & ID verification I wouldn't know how it could be more efficient. My first thought was if the Post i

Re: [LINK] NBN Network on Wheels

At 02:22 PM 29/04/2016, Tom Worthington wrote: >I am at a meeting on use of social media for emergencies at University of >Sydney. One interesting item is that NBN Co. is building a "Network on Wheels" >for deployment in a disaster where the fibre infrastructure has been >destroyed. There will a

Re: [LINK] Surveillance system

At 11:01 AM 13/05/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Swinburne Uni adds analytics to CCTV > >Looking to expand to facial recognition, heat maps. And come up with a brand new name: Prison. I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitt

Re: [LINK] RFI: Telstra DNS outage

At 12:15 PM 13/05/2016, Roger Clarke wrote: >>Update A Telstra spokesman acknowledged last night's outage and attributed it >>to a failure with a component that manages traffic ... >...snip... This discussion today was timely. Our computer club met today and asked what happened to the Internet

Re: [LINK] There's trouble ahead

At 11:15 AM 29/05/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>like kids and their educations, how far left behind will they be if they >>can’t access anything? Even socially? Then there is business, It’s >>ridiculous trying to upload anything to Youtube, I can only imagine how >>frustrating it would be for

Re: [LINK] Will humans be banned from driving?

At 01:37 PM 1/06/2016, Jim Birch wrote: >(Smart and attentive) humans are currently better and more adaptable >drivers. It's a matter of when, not if, they get overtaken for each >different driving requirement. This is pretty much how goes, whether for >chess, tennis line calls, or driving. Did

Re: [LINK] Why Brutalism is the hottest trend in web design

At 08:17 AM 2/06/2016, Rick Welykochy wrote: >All this has some people longing for a return to old-school websites. And we've >been seeing an emerging trend toward stripped down website design." Hallelujah. I know the rest of the world doesn't face the same data limits we do here, but for those

Re: [LINK] Y'gotta laugh

At 09:10 AM 7/06/2016, David Boxall wrote: >Then there's this comment: > >>... he was given two installs on the one day, gets to the first one, mentions >>where he the next

Re: [LINK] Free access to Australian standards no longer available in public libraries

At 03:58 PM 7/06/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >"Increasingly legislation refers to standards, rather than spelling out >legal requirements. All that says the community needs to have access to >standards." > >The publishing agreement with SAI Global ends in 2018, with an option to >renew for

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

At 11:28 AM 9/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >Stephen & Mike raise a really excellent question (below). Only a human can >assume moral or legal responsibility, so who would be responsible for a death >caused by the actions of a vehicle computer? I had the same question when I read about the min

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

At 09:32 PM 9/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >If Volvo are unconditionally accepting "full liability for accidents involving >its driverless cars" such questions would not arise, but it seems a very brave >move indeed. Maybe they've run the risk/return numbers on this and figured in the law suit

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

At 01:18 PM 10/06/2016, Karl Auer wrote: >(Unpauses Radiohead, returns to book). How about an AI movie? http://mashable.com/2016/06/10/ai-movie-script/ At least one's life isn't at risk. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.co

Re: [LINK] Voter fury rising over sluggish internet speeds

At 11:35 AM 16/06/2016, David Boxall wrote: >While we're at it, please stop referring to the NBN. That name is just >political spin for a repair job. An effort to make catching-up look like an >exciting initiative. > >We should probably stop talking about broadband as well; it's just the >teleco

Re: [LINK] Four different Aussies on four different NBN technologies

At 04:50 PM 19/06/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >Pretty much what you’d expect from News Ltd (or any MSM outlet in Oz) > >Anecdotes from News Ltd selected individuals … if that ain’t unimpeachable >evidence, what is? Had the same thought when I read it, Frank. This is a put up job. Jan I wr

Re: [LINK] Google, Inc., is the world's biggest censor.

At 11:36 PM 23/06/2016, Kim Holburn wrote: >> The company maintains at least nine different blacklists that impact our >> lives, generally without input or authority from any outside advisory group, >> industry association or government agency. I'll probably be howled down for this, but they a

Re: [LINK] eHighways & electric planes

At 01:39 PM 27/06/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >> For example, lots of small buses instead of fewer large ones. > >That's fine in principle, but I strongly suspect the optimum size of a bus is >determined by its service requirements, such as the number of people to be >moved between major centres a

Re: [LINK] Fibre signal losses and wireless

At 10:51 AM 2/07/2016, David Lochrin you wrote: >It sounds very confused, as though the writer imagines a single distribution >fibre is split evenly every time it comes to a house, so the signal after 'n' >houses is then (2^-n). But even then, optical transmission is very efficient >and transmi

Re: [LINK] What is Mircosoft trying to do?

Thanks, Andy I haven't upgraded and don't intend to. I reckon my machine(s) are optimised for whatever OEM OS version they came with. I only upgrade OS when I buy new hardware. That's a few years away yet, perhaps. What is irritating, though, is providing support in our computer club just doub

Re: [LINK] The internet should be for everyone

At 04:14 PM 5/07/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>If we keep arguing about the costs over a four year budget cycle we are >>unlikely to see a universally acceptable outcome. We need to be building a >>futureproofed NBN that is seen as a critical long term investment. I find it amazing that the count

Re: [LINK] The internet should be for everyone

At 10:17 PM 6/07/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Senior ABC sources have told The New Daily that the ABC’s move into text >publishing was a point of aggravation to News Ltd., in particular with its >Canberra lobbyists telling politicians the broadcaster had gone beyond its >taxpayer subsidised

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

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

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] Robot cars and the fear gap

At 01:50 PM 14/07/2016, Brendan wrote: >Presumably, driverless cars are going to disproportionately remove drunks, >suicides and young men from the accident statistics. If there is only a >marginal improvement in _overall_ statistics, then that implies that they're >being balanced by losses fro

Re: [LINK] AEC faces backlash over vote counting ???black box???

At 10:27 PM 21/07/2016, Chris Maltby wrote: >The other audit capability is the (incomplete) counts of senate >first preferences by group that was conducted manually in polling >booths on election night. This data is available for statistical >comparison with the booth-by-booth final vote data and t

Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

At 03:06 PM 27/07/2016, Jim Birch wrote: >Maybe in your case. My cat is certainly conscious - i.e. aware of and >responding to it's surroundings - but doesn't do a lot of symbols. We were discussing this very thing yesterday --- sapient versus sentient. Animals are sentient. Humans are sapient

Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

At 09:19 PM 27/07/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >I think computers are likely to develop into sapience before sentience … which >may be problematic - as this whole discussion so far points to. Hmm...I reckon in a rudimentary yet multiple way, computers already are sentient, as in sensors - light

Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

At 10:25 AM 28/07/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >There's no colour in physics, only EM waves of certain wavelengths or photons >of certain energies, so where would it come from? If you can answer that >you'll be famous. LOL doubt it. Rods and cones (something like five different types I think I

Re: [LINK] Machine Learning Was: Re: Robot cars and the fear gap

At 11:58 AM 28/07/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >Personally I think AI’s are a long way from developing this >‘understanding’ - especially at the hard wired instinctive level that >pretty well all fauna and Animalia on this planet do. > >And that could be problematic for any truly sapient AI

Re: [LINK] All cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030 - Telstra

At 09:54 PM 2/08/2016, Roger Clarke wrote: >Alright, I'm up for it. > >I'm prepared to make the prediction that, after autonomous cars take over, 90 >percent of road accidents will be caused by machine error. Made me laugh. Alternative: the network made me do it. Jan I write books. http://ja

Re: [LINK] All cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030 - Telstra

At 07:53 AM 3/08/2016, Nicholas English wrote: >The ancestors of all great Australian adventures in infrastructure are rail >and water. 100 years latter we are still paying to fix them both. >There's no need to learn when an investor can get a return. The 'gift' that keeps on giving - like a pe

Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

At 09:41 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer wrote: >Running with no cookies and no scripts is an austere, but somehow >peaceful web experience. Ad Block is a must as well, for safety as much as anything. Speaking of -- I'm doing a talk on "safe(R) computing" for our club next week. I wouldn't mind sugg

Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

At 10:20 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer you wrote: >If you are a Chrome user, uninstall it and install Chromium instead. >They are the same browser, but Chrome has Google's privacy-hostile >"enhancements". > >Chrome/Chromium has the first three, need to find something else to >replace the last. I went

Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

At 11:19 AM 5/08/2016, Karl Auer wrote: >Carry on with Chrome. Google loves you. Chrome is NOT my browser of choice. I use it quite sparingly. I don't use bloated FF any more either. I avoid IE as much as possible, too. Chrome over that, without logging in. So no, Google can get stuffed. I

Re: [LINK] Why do people permit third-party cookies?

At 09:00 AM 6/08/2016, Kim Holburn wrote: >I think the key issue is: why do all browsers give away so much information to >websites? Why do we have to rely on extensions to make browsers secure? > >Who are they making the browsers for exactly? It's the new TV - they are selling eyeballs and

Re: [LINK] Telstra, our network and rural service

At 09:13 AM 9/08/2016, David Boxall you wrote: >By the way, I've just had another Telstra rep. assure me that ADSL is >available on my line (9km from a RIM). I'm stringing them along, just to find >out how far they'll go. LMAO good luck with that, Telstra REP!! Sales-shill more likely -- hook

Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

At 09:51 PM 9/08/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >* JavaScript is required to use this online form. Please enable > JavaScript on your device or for assistance call the Census Inquiry > Service on 1300 214 531. [code 950]" At least someone had the sense to program in the failure number in the

Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

At 06:54 AM 11/08/2016, Frank O'Connor wrote: >Bottom line: If there really was a series of DDOS attacks (which has been by >no means proved, and will probably only be proved if third parties verify >traffic stats .. and the ABS produces the logs) then the ABS are incompetent >and should not be

Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

At 09:06 AM 11/08/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >The most reasonable explanation is that they didn't expect everyone to >try and log on at about 7:30, after dinner. Someone had already >predicted this and had it published in the age - on August 4 >http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-age-lett

Re: [LINK] RFI: Census Site Implosion

At 09:39 AM 11/08/2016, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >Worth noting the ABS now comes under the Minister for Small Business which is >in the outer ministry. >https://www.pm.gov.au/your-government/ministers Plus the guy has only had responsibility for it for 2 weeks. Abbott then Mal didn't assign AB

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

At 12:13 PM 11/08/2016, Ben Elliston wrote: >.. which is how it should have been done in the first place. Why >build a system with such a high peak capacity when you could smooth it >out over several days (say, Queensland Monday, Victoria Tuesday, NSW >Wednesday) and do it with less kit? Yep, t

Re: [LINK] The Real Reason ABS Took the Census Offline?

At 10:08 AM 13/08/2016, Kim Holburn wrote: >That would mean, surely that census workers would have to deliver the right >envelope to the right address. I'm sure that would leave a paper trail. They >could have done it electronically, ie with a census worker's device and some >kind of identifyi

Re: [LINK] Fwd: The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol | MinnPost

At 07:42 PM 19/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote: >They were magic times. It started with archie. Who remember archie now? > >https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-gopher-protocol I do! One of my fond memories around that time was giving gopher lessons to our Chancellor. We were bot

Re: [LINK] Language please ...

At 05:28 PM 23/08/2016, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >And if you want to know who can legally get at your health data, without >you knowing, see here: > >Especially the bit about "Section 70 Disclosure for law enforcement >purposes, etc." And that link is?? ;-) Good overview, BRD. Jan I write

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

At 10:29 PM 26/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote: >Back to petrol, I buy around 30 litres a month. Me too -- without using the bike or walking much. :)) Buy local, plan trips. But it's still nice to see prices below $1/l Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Au

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

At 10:43 PM 26/08/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >I'd say this site will become very popular across NSW, and, will result in >lower >fuel prices across the State. An excellent State Gov initiative, and one which >I'd certainly hope Victoria etc soon emulates. Well done the NSW government. Ours com

Re: [LINK] Voice on the NBN

At 10:57 AM 9/09/2016, David Lochrin wrote: >Thanks for those interesting responses. However I wonder what the average >non-technical householder is expecting and what they'll do, particularly if an >FTTN connection requires existing POTS wiring to be isolated from the VDSL2 >signal cable and N

Re: [LINK] Voice on the NBN

At 05:30 PM 16/09/2016, Narelle wrote: >Personally, I like the idea of a simple set of instructions to help you >reconnect the wiring to a break "up"/out box that you then plug everything >into. Surely given it aint 12VDC any more should mean no-one gets hurt... ? Thanks for all that, Narelle. I

Re: [LINK] The NBN, as re-imagined

At 01:36 PM 2/11/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>I use the internet to run pumps and an automated watering system to provide >>water to livestock. This of course is out of action without internet so I >>have to be there to ensure water is kept up to livestock. This wasn't too bad >>before the weathe

Re: [LINK] MyGov down today

At 08:05 PM 4/11/2016, Karl Schaffarczyk wrote: >How would you serve the privacy and sovereignty >issues with using a private and overseas service such as Amazon? I attended an Amazon talk a couple years ago. They assured me they were using Australian servers. I guess you can choose to believe th

Re: [LINK] Freeview app for all five networks

At 01:38 AM 8/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Freeview FV can already mirror to Apple TV using AirPlay. Business Insider has >contacted Freeview about any plans to support Google Chromecast. I was looking forward to this app when I heard about it earlier. But, still far too many holes in this

Re: [LINK] Off Topic: The Election

At 04:05 PM 9/11/2016, Andy Farkas wrote: >>Donald Trump cannot be president of the United States. > >Seems the American people disagree. He's not inaugurated yet. I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter:

Re: [LINK] Cyber Security Strategy

At 10:33 PM 10/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >The federal government is set to offer voluntary cyber-security ‘health >checks’ for Australia’s top 100 ASX-listed companies, in partnership with >the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). [emphasis added above] So, the

Re: [LINK] Unassigned IPv4 addresses exhausted

At 05:37 PM 12/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Surely IPv6 awareness is required throughout networks? And so, how aware are >we? Bets on if the NBN installed equipment is IPv6 ready? Or is that certain that it's all fine and dandy? Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbo

Re: [LINK] Telstra launches Australian homes onto the Internet of S**t

At 09:52 AM 21/11/2016, dloch...@key.net.au wrote: >If someone hacks your front door and steals the priceless Ming Vase, would >Telstra pay up immediately without argument? Ignoring legal risk always makes me laugh, sadly. Of course Tel$tra could include it as a 'business expense' or try to att

Re: [LINK] NBN Co moved an FTTN cabinet after users asked to connect

At 04:11 PM 23/11/2016, David Boxall wrote: >>But rather than agree to the request, NBN Co decided to move the node cabinet >>out of view, 120 metres down the road. Is there ANYONE in that Government OWNED company with any brains I got an email from my ISP telling me their products for

Re: [LINK] Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results

At 07:33 AM 25/11/2016, Christian Heinrich wrote: >The Democrats aren't taking action due to the prior blacklash against But Jill Stein of the Greens is instead. Interesting, eh? http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-election/green-party-raises-us35-mln-for-us-presidential-vote-recounts-20161124-gs

Re: [LINK] Aussie websites download faster in NZ than in Australia

At 02:14 PM 28/11/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Typically trans-Tasman ping times are around 23 milliseconds. That is the time >it takes data to travel from Sydney to Auckland. TPG is Australia’s second >largest service provider. > > “TPG is a lot worse than all NZ ISPs for downloading N

Re: [LINK] A plastic bag and a bit of rope

At 01:43 PM 8/12/2016, David Boxall wrote: >Goold old Aussie ingenuity. > I had to laugh, too, but I also wasn't exactly crying for him. He was getting speeds in the teens and higher, while I get only MAX of 8 on a direct test file download

Re: [LINK] A plastic bag and a bit of rope

At 08:50 AM 9/12/2016, David Boxall wrote: >Thinking it through, 1 b/s is "up to" several TB/s. The term is totally >meaningless, so why is it legal? I'm with you. The ACCC should take them on. I read recently in a search of Whirlpool during my quest that OPTUS has already been found in breach o

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