Re: [LINK] UN declares that the right to privacy,

2013-12-18 Thread Richard Archer
On 18/12/13 6:10 PM, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: And right now breaking https takes time and processing grunt If https was secure, the NSA wouldn't allow it to exist. ...R. ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au

Re: [LINK] selling the furniture-- in Detroit

2013-12-26 Thread Richard Archer
On 27/12/13 3:22 PM, Frank O'Connor wrote: Nothing to see here, folks. Move Along. Move Along. So what can we realistically do about this sorry state of affairs? ...R. ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au

Re: [LINK] iiNet refuse NBN Agreement

2014-01-20 Thread Richard Archer
On 20/01/14 10:47 PM, step...@melbpc.org.au wrote: It's like trying to remodel your kitchen and not knowing whether you'll be using gas or electricity. It's more like remodelling your kitchen and not knowing whether you'll be using gas or a camel dung camp fire. ...R.

Re: [LINK] RFI: Overseas Payments

2014-03-18 Thread Richard Archer
On 18/03/14 2:46 PM, Roger Clarke wrote: What are linkers' experiences with making payments overseas? I use http://www.xe.com/xetrade/ for transactions over $500. $25 flat fee, and they seem to take about a 1.5% cut on the currency conversion. For transactions under $500 I use Paypal which

Re: [LINK] FTTP soon normal

2014-04-28 Thread Richard Archer
On 29/04/14 8:37 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: On 28/04/14 09:32, Richard Archer wrote: Sorry to be a spoil sport, but your story about networking inside the premises has nothing to do with FTTP nor FTTN. ... Sorry to disagree, but why spend billions of dollars getting high speed broadband up

Re: [LINK] FTTP soon normal

2014-04-28 Thread Richard Archer
On 28/04/14 11:38 AM, Rachel Polanskis wrote: This is where it gets tricky - if there is a power outage, the ONT will stay up, but we need a UPS for the switch now, as with the phone. Some of this kind of logic may be beyond ordinary users, as they may expect to have a phone service in a

Re: [LINK] RFI: Clock Synchronisation in Hosts

2014-11-11 Thread Richard Archer
On 12/11/14 12:21 PM, Roger Clarke wrote: My MacOSX 10.4.11 Date and Time tool has the 'Set date time automatically' option set, pointed at Apple Asia's server at time.asia.apple.com. I find it a serious concern that it doesn't work, and only synchs when I open the panel. A description of

Re: [LINK] The data drought

2015-10-07 Thread Richard Archer
On 7/10/15 8:27 PM, David Boxall wrote:Fibre could last a century. On a similar time-scale, we ran copper into > some remarkably remote locations. That project began with picks, shovels > and horses. Beginning today, what could we achieve? Marree already has fibre running to the town. But they