Re: [LINK] A good read

At 08:42 AM 2/06/2014, Karl Auer you wrote: http://idlewords.com/bt14.htm A few corrections: Eisenhower had been very impressed with the German Autobahn network during the war. When he was elected President, he pushed for the creation of the Interstate Highway System, a massive network of fast

Re: [LINK] The Australian tells me cookies are NOT enabled, but cookies ARE enabled

Just for kicks, I enabled as just Allow for Session to see what would happen. It worked. It's hard to know what the 3rd party arrangements are when you do it 'per site'. I have my general options set to NOT accept 3rd party. Be sure you don't just refresh the screen and that you're asking for

Re: [LINK] Response from Australian re cookies

At 11:23 AM 3/06/2014, Christopher Vance you wrote: Sounds like they want you to accept third party cookies, but won't say it explicitly. I don't allow 3rd party and it worked for me. Karl, you could clear the cookie cache (history/clear cache/ untick all the ones you want to keep, leave

Re: [LINK] The right to be forgotten

At 10:59 AM 23/06/2014, Jim Birch wrote: Where does the right to be forgotten fit into this picture? Reputation is an important mechanism for maintaining cooperation. It can sound unforgiving but requiring people to care for their reputations appears to me to be something to not drop lightly.

Re: [LINK] Gumtree

At 02:45 AM 30/06/2014, Scott Howard you wrote: It's not just Gumtree being hit by this over the past few days, there's a lot of sites being redirected to the same 2 sites. Talk is that it's via an advertising network being abused and not the actual sites themselves, but I haven't looked close

Re: [LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

At 08:48 AM 30/06/2014, Paul Bolger wrote: It seems to be that disabling the pasting of passwords could only really have a bad effect on security. I can see no mechanical benefit, a keylogger is going to be just as good at recording a manually keyed password as a pasted one, and forcing users to

Re: [LINK] Browsers

At 11:45 AM 7/07/2014, Stephen Loosley wrote: Firefox falters, falls to record low in overall browser share Apple's Safari also sheds combined desktop-mobile share, while Google's browsers gain impressive ground Shows how important the OS ecosystem drives user choice. Whatever comes stock

Re: [LINK] Browsers

At 01:03 PM 7/07/2014, xxx wrote: Google is effectively promoting their browser on their search engine and youtube. But wasn't there an anti-monopoly suit on this re Microsoft and IE not all that long ago? Surely there are some crossovers. Jan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Re: [LINK] Question re spoofing with bad reply address

At 04:35 PM 9/07/2014, Karl Auer you wrote: It's because spammers now routinely use other people's addresses as the sending addresses that getting mad at the apparent sender is pointless. The apparent sender is almost certainly not the actual sender. Thanks. Makes perfect sense now. Bottom line:

Re: [LINK] Remember the power to the nodes issue?

At 09:05 PM 12/07/2014, Frank O'Connor you wrote: There's the mundane copper/fibre reliability thingie. Exactly how 'fit for purpose' is the majority of Telstra's copper, how much has oxidised and been damaged in bits of the 'final yards' that we don't know about? And the *current* cable

[LINK] Microsoft address

Had to share. Made me chuckle. Jan . . . The Microsoft way. Paul Mailman Microsoft's address in Redmond is One Microsoft Way. During the unfortunate period when I was a Microsoft employee, I learned that it was more than just an address, it was an article of dogma. Melbourne, Victoria,

Re: [LINK] Bitcoin .. ATO's draft guidance

At 11:31 AM 25/08/2014, Brendan wrote: I find the categorisation of Bitcoin as an asset a little odd. Barter systems typically rely on things of inherent use value. I'd be intrigued to know where they locate it - ie a number - for tax purposes. The strange thing about this is saying it

Re: [LINK] #HeyASIO (It's Friday)

At 09:47 PM 26/09/2014, Stephen Loosley wrote: For a laugh, trying searching Twitter for #HeyASIO .. https://twitter.com/search?q=%23heyasionear=mesrc=typd Yesterday the trending hashtag was #lifebeforeabbott . It went for nearly 48 hours before it ran out of steam. Jan Melbourne,

Re: [LINK] American school online tests

At 12:10 AM 9/10/2014, Stephen Loosley wrote: Perhaps of interest. The U.S. is introducing online standardized tests to measure American school students’ mastery of their Common Core, the new academic standards that have been adopted by most (42) of the U.S. states. http://www.corestandards.org

Re: [LINK] web: OpenAustralia.org: Are your Representatives and Senators working for you in ...

At 10:42 AM 22/10/2014, Tom Worthington you wrote: Perhaps the HK students should be working on something like that, with a form of net-enhanced government which would allow seeing what government is doing and have some input. If this did not involve universal suffrage, it may be acceptable to

Re: [LINK] Google's harvesting algorithms

At 08:59 AM 28/10/2014, Rick Welykochy you wrote: I know quite a few people who have accumulated years of business and personal email on a Big Data service like Gmail or Hotmail, erm Outlook. Quite frankly, a frightening prospect. How on earth do they search and archive and save email comms for

[LINK] Fwd: (-: Billion Passwords

This is from The Onion (for those who aren't aware, it's satirical, not real, we hope.) AMERICAN VOICES • The Onion Russian Gangsters Steal 1.2 Billion Passwords A Milwaukee online security firm discovered this week that a Russian crime ring has stolen 1.2 billion username and password

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

At 02:53 PM 24/11/2014, David Boxall wrote: In global warming, the nuclear power industry sees hopes of reviving their moribund technologies. Reality keeps raining on their parade. My reaction (without reading the article, I admit, because there is usually an agenda running behind these sorts

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

At 09:06 AM 25/11/2014, Jim Birch you wrote: It's not even obvious that that growth is finite We're back to definitions: growth of what and how and over what time period? Economic growth through cuts (higher ratio of returns by reducing the investment) can be destructive in the long term,

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

At 11:11 AM 26/11/2014, David Boxall wrote: To get this a bit more on topic for Link, I reckon much of the solution lies in demand management, smart grids and other efficiencies. That helps a lot. Do you guys remember the oil shock and the reduction in flights? Companies pulled way back and

Re: [LINK] Australian Patents

At 06:46 AM 6/12/2014, Scott Howard you wrote: That completely ignores the value of those patents. More than a few startups (and not so startups!) have been purchased simply because of the value of their patents. Whether you agree with the way patents currently work in many parts of the world or

Re: [LINK] OT? Re: Australian Patents

At 11:01 AM 6/12/2014, Dr Bob Jansen you wrote: My view of patenting is that it is only worth the effort if you can afford it in the first place, then can detect when the idea is abused and then can afford to enforce the patent. So any small startup may not have the cash to patent in the first

Re: [LINK] OT? Re: Australian Patents

At 06:44 PM 6/12/2014, Stephen Loosley you wrote: Free for Aussie citizens anyway. The same as copyright is free. I don't disagree with that at all. But isn't part of patenting the need to research the originality in the first place? How would that get done? Jan Lost Anchors - Now

Re: [LINK] web: Telstra wins again with new NBN deal

At 10:34 AM 10/12/2014, Nick Ross you wrote: If you're going to pay Telstra an absolute fortune forever, it might just be a good idea for someone, somewhere to ask, why? Just got an email from a friend who has been told by Telstra she must convert to NBN in her area. I think she's up near

Re: [LINK] From my friend re NBN change

At 01:45 PM 11/12/2014, Jan Whitaker you wrote: 2. They are charging her $189 for installation she thinks Correction: The NBN will be installed free, but from their box to the modem will cost. -- I don't understand that. any help here? Jan Lost Anchors - Now available on Amazon in

Re: [LINK] From my friend re NBN change

At 04:10 PM 12/12/2014, Jim Birch you wrote: 3. Telstra appear to be forcing all NBN connections to buy and connect a Telstra-provided home gateway/router to the NBN connection to provide the telephone service as VoIP using the Telstra gateway, not using the in-built VoIP capability of the

Re: [LINK] The Emergence of the Casual Programmer.

At 11:54 PM 2/02/2015, Stephen Loosley wrote: Now, a shift is underway in software and service design whereby the programming command and control of all these devices in this complex connected world will rely on “casual programming” by their owners. That is, giving every day,

Re: [LINK] The Emergence of the Casual Programmer.

At 11:54 PM 2/02/2015, Stephen Loosley wrote: Soon ubiquitous (pervasive) computing” will become the norm as microprocessors, sensors, and cloud services make their way into almost everything and every product in our homes, cars, offices, and beyond. It's in the air:

Re: [LINK] Surviving Climate Change

At 10:45 PM 20/01/2015, Stephen Loosley you wrote: And, anyway, luckily the BBC with their Infographic Guide to Doomsday Threats are also much more optimistic. They say that the death of bees is the only think likely to do us in within the next five years. They say climate change death and

Re: [LINK] Telcos still charging for 1800 calls

At 07:49 PM 18/02/2015, Stephen Loosley you wrote: A Vodafone spokeswoman told AAP that customers wouldn't pay out of pocket for 1800 calls until they exceed the cap on their plan. We're confident that Vodafone offers market-leading plans that meet a broad range of customer needs, the company

Re: [LINK] Aussie Cyber Warfare

At 10:07 PM 28/01/2015, Stephen Loosley you wrote: This involved implanting malware on foreign servers that erased data and disabled the cooling systems such that they were ultimately fried. (end quote) Entire servers? How overkill. What about everyone else, the innocents also using the same

Re: [LINK] Surviving Climate Change

Just watched this one. BBC production. Multiple points of view. Explains why neolib/con (whatever you want to call it) is a dead end for all of us, globally. Thanks for prodding, Jore. There is so much in this one that anyone who votes needs to understand. The two main parties in Australia are

Re: [LINK] Suggestions and advice please

At 06:37 PM 9/02/2015, Richard you wrote: Also I think there's a Wordpress plug-in that lets you post via e-mail. That's true. I saw it the other day on my install. It may be a common feature now. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Re: [LINK] Internet Voting and Cybersecurity: What Could Go Wrong?

At 09:26 AM 20/03/2015, Tom Worthington you wrote: Within 48 hours of the system going live, we had complete control of the server and changed all the votes. These findings illustrate the practical obstacles to securing Internet voting and carry lessons for all countries considering adopting

Re: [LINK] Fwd: No battery backup

At 08:53 AM 3/03/2015, Tom Worthington wrote: For the phone to work, as well as this battery you need a line powered old fashioned phone, or a cordless phone which has a backup battery in the base station (a few do), or a UPS. She has the analog phones. That's what she had a separate installer

Re: [LINK] Free Digital Technologies Course for Teachers

I just did a presentation on the topic: Learning Stuff Online, to our local computer club. When I dug in, it was incredible how quickly this has grown. Because my audience was older and not content specific, the talk was general as well. I've put my slides (in PDF) up on my blog for anyone who

Re: [LINK] Ben Grubb wins!

At 07:46 PM 4/05/2015, JanW wrote: Yep: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/telstra-to-appeal-fairfax-journalist-ben-grubbs-metadata-ruling-20150504-ggtu59.html The question is: to whom can/will they appeal? Here's the answer: Also note the merits review rights in the new s96

Re: [LINK] Australian Government spending $256M to transform government but wasting $485M on failed eHealth system

At 08:54 AM 15/05/2015, Chris Johnson you wrote: The failure is collective: there is no small group of individuals who failed to say no, minister (or no, permanent secretary), it's collective hubris. We do not train IT professionals to recognise no-go areas, only to be aware of failures with the

Re: [LINK] Australian Government spending $256M to transform government but wasting $485M on failed eHealth system

At 10:07 AM 17/05/2015, Karl Auer wrote: The eventual solution, if it is to have any integrity at all, is going to have to be a distributed database, not a centralised one (think DNS/DNSSEC), and access to the am individual's data is going to have to be controlled by the individual. The need to

Re: [LINK] Let's pause before drinking the 'coding in schools' Kool-Aid

At 09:39 AM 5/06/2015, David Lochrin wrote: But I just felt embarrassed listening to poor Bill going on about coding... I'm sure any decent interviewer would soon reveal he knew as much about coding as Brandis does (or did) about metadata. Most of our politicians read what they're handed,

Re: [LINK] Let's pause before drinking the 'coding in schools' Kool-Aid

At 11:00 AM 5/06/2015, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: Arguing somewhat against my suggestion that STEM is the way to go, I suggest that the most important skill is critical thinking. Yep, I agree with that. It's another level higher again in the hierarchy of 'skills'. Creativity is another at

Re: [LINK] Let's pause before drinking the 'coding in schools' Kool-Aid

At 09:07 AM 6/06/2015, Tom Worthington wrote: But I am not sure how you teach or test critical thinking. If you can't teach it, or at least test it, then it is just more marketing hype. Sure you can. You present problems /cases that require judgement, analysis, consideration of alternatives

[LINK] TCP joke

It's not Friday, but I can be pretty sure we can all do with a laugh about now. Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke? Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke. OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke. OK, I will hear a TCP joke. Are you ready to hear a TCP joke? Yes, I'm ready

Re: [LINK] NBN Long Term Satellite restrictions

At 08:53 PM 23/10/2015, David Boxall wrote: > >Looks like they've finally realised that satellite isn't fibre - nor >even copper or terrestrial wireless. Fascinating data in there re usage levels. Hard to understand what

Re: [LINK] Australia to trial cloud passports in world-first move

At 09:51 AM 30/10/2015, Jim Birch you wrote: >Doesn't the idea that you can land somewhere and have your id "proven" by a >piece of paper belong in distant past? It's an absolute relic that >predates the telegraph. Sometimes simple is best. Imagine, you're in Melbourne Airport, trying to come

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

At 09:30 AM 22/10/2015, David Boxall wrote: >This leaves about 17,639 km of pair copper cable (about 98%) to account >for - "interesting"! Maybe the 2-pair copper lead-ins are not as much in >a "better condition" as stated in the talk?" Or they included a few too many naughts in the order?

Re: [LINK] NBN Long Term Satellite restrictions

At 10:46 AM 24/10/2015, David Boxall wrote: >These are people running businesses and families with children. If >memory serves, one child averages about 20GB/month for educational >purposes. And yes, there are typically many people using a single ISP >account. Not just family, but employees as

Re: [LINK] itN: UK USO 2 Mbps in 2016, 10 Mbps by 2020

At 10:33 AM 9/11/2015, Roger Clarke wrote: >UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement the aim was to >make sure all of Britain is online, in order to become the most >prosperous economy in Europe. It's a great aim. And having decent connectivity is part of the equation. But it's not

Re: [LINK] Turnbull orders rewrite of draft Australian cyber strategy - Security - iTnews

At 12:21 PM 16/11/2015, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >The article seems to say that the Mal doesn't like the draft strategy. The >bits about the >public-private partnership are probably the giveaway (no pun intended). Hmmm -- Ah, so they want more private funding involved? Or more private

Re: [LINK] First Autodrive cars in Southern Hemisphere

At 11:11 AM 7/11/2015, Jan Whitaker you wrote: >http://cto.telstra.com/advi/index.html > >It's livestreaming, but you can go back and grab earlier bits. Sorry, it doesn't appear to be archiving, just live. >Major IT project. I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne,

Re: [LINK] 20 years of Link?

Happy Anniversary, Linkers! When I came to Australia just over 20 years ago, a friend of mine on this list said I should join up because this was where all the action is. Thanks to all who have made it possible for all these years. Regards, Jan At 12:46 PM 15/10/2015, Marghanita da Cruz you

Re: [LINK] The data drought

At 04:21 PM 9/10/2015, David Boxall you wrote: > From one of the comments: > >"... these children deserve better their education time is NOW not in >2020 when the NBN is sorted .. The govt / education dept decided that >this

Re: [LINK] Turnbull orders rewrite of draft Australian cyber strategy - Security - iTnews

At 10:41 AM 18/11/2015, Roger Clarke wrote: >My guess is that the report was heavily impregnated by public service >thinking. In particular, the author (presumably Tobias Freakin) was probably >given to understand that robust recommendations would not be welcome, and >hence the

Re: [LINK] @piawaugh 22 hours ago: "Just opened Australian Government consultation

At 12:15 PM 18/11/2015, Roger Clarke wrote: >So we also need to beat that normal sequence. > >See http://www.opengovpartnership.org/how-it-works/civil-society-engagement Totally agree. I'm thinking outside the square on this one and tapping into my other networks. As an example, I forwarded

Re: [LINK] web: The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff

At 10:29 AM 30/08/2015, Tom Worthington you wrote: but expresses some concern about how well the up-link will work: https://theconversation.com/internet-in-space-nbns-plan-to-bring-broadband-to-rural-australia-46618 So, the latency that the NBN satellite spokesperson poo-pooed could be OVER a

Re: [LINK] web: The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff

At 09:40 AM 7/09/2015, David Lochrin wrote: >A late comment... The technical person at an NBN roadshow here in the >Highlands, where wireless will be employed in some of the outlying hamlets, >told me each registered wireless user is assigned a dedicated channel so >there's no congestion. I

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

At 10:25 AM 13/09/2015, Roger Clarke wrote: >A personal declaration: > >"I personally use the cloud as little as possible. My e-mail is on my own >computer -- I am one of the last Eudora users -- and not at a web service like >Gmail or Hotmail. I don't store my contacts or calendar in the cloud.

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

At 04:40 PM 13/09/2015, rene you wrote: >That, i.e. fork, appears to me to have been done quite a while ago, >resulting in the "Pale Moon" browser. >https://www.palemoon.org/ >But, as the Pale Moon lead developer explains, it's not just a simple >rebuild of Firefox: > "Addressing a few

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

At 12:08 PM 13/09/2015, Scott Howard wrote: >Or you could just go into the settings and disable it. Now I know what you're talking about. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/hide-or-display-sites-new-tab-page I noticed those changes in the New tab, but didn't equate to this issue. Now I get

Re: [LINK] Of Fossildom and Other Ailments

At 06:40 PM 13/09/2015, JanW you wrote: >Palemoon loads really quickly. I'm going to give it a go. Netflix still doesn't work in it. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Wh

Re: [LINK] NBN service accessibility [Was: web: The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff]

At 11:34 AM 14/09/2015, Jim Birch you wrote: >I guess we need a browser addon that fakes a mobile browser on top of an >adblocker. That's not a bad idea. Is there such a thing? Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia jw...@janwhitaker.com Twitter:

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

At 09:00 AM 15/09/2015, Tom Worthington wrote: >The Federal Government has obtained increased powers to carry out >surveillance of citizens in cases of terrorism, but it takes five days >to triangulate the signals from cell towers to find someone in danger? I had a similar experience at the

Re: [LINK] NBN service accessibility [Was: web: The NBN satellite Malcolm Turnbull never wanted prepares for liftoff]

At 09:47 AM 12/09/2015, Tom Worthington you wrote: >The NBN is installing fiber in urban areas, thus making the Internet >relatively slower in remote area. > >> ... NBN does disadvantage rural users *relatively* ... I reckon there is something important in this. Just as dominant technology

Re: [LINK] itN: Perth-Singapore Cable Cut

At 02:30 PM 2/10/2015, Paul Brooks wrote: >With increased amounts of traffic-engineering and path-locking using >technologies such >as MPLS to steer traffic onto specific paths and networks, ignoring other >possible but >sub-optimal paths, the ability for traffic to flow around a break is also

Re: [LINK] NBN Sky Muster satellites may be quickly overloaded

At 11:11 AM 4/10/2015, David Boxall wrote: >What usage information is available to the user seems to vary with the >ISP. Skymesh, for example, provides each satellite customer with access >to data in real time, down to the hourly level. It also sends warning >emails when usage reaches 50% and

Re: [LINK] The data drought

At 11:17 PM 5/10/2015, Karl Auer wrote: >People's requirements are not geographically defined, so why do so many >people think it makes sense to provide service quality based on >geography? Turnbull responded to a person complaining about BAD connectivity by asking why the person moved there if

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

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 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

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

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 one

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

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.

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

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

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

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] 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

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

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,

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

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

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):

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

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

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

[LINK] Fwd: Re: The wonders of NBN

Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:26:15 +1100 >To: senator.n...@aph.gov.au >From: JanW <jw...@internode.on.net> >Subject: Re: [LINK] The wonders of NBN >Bcc: David Boxall <lin...@boxall.name> > >Dear Minister Nash > >Here is something you can possibly attend to or push someo

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

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

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

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

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] "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

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

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

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

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

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

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