n the basis that Might is Right.
If Zuckerberg thinks he doesn't need Australian media input, let Facebook do
without. And if he does, Facebook should pay for it.
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he past many used FAXes to ensure confidentiality, but we should have moved
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o they only had to increase that by (say) 10%,
which most people wouldn't notice, in order to increase sales by 21%.
His remedy was to drill a much smaller hole in the original cap which would
decrease the volume considerably, important when five ch
Hi David,
On 2021-01-03 10:37, you wrote:
> Last night, I tried to watch the Doctor Who New Year Special on ABC iview
> using Google Chrome. A PG classification warning played, then nothing. The
> situation with Pale Moon is similar. Switching to Brave, I got a message
> about Goo
On 02/02/2018 14:47, David wrote:
Once upon a time I could happily play ABC iView and SBS on-demand videos. But
now ...
Last night, I tried to watch the Doctor Who New Year Special on ABC
iview using Google Chrome. A PG classification warning played, then
nothing. The situation with Pale
s that is likely to be got working quicker and be of use world wide.
Are those protocols protected by some form of intellectual-property rights?
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rtunate CovidSafe
app. And the EU provide a better model.
Tom, could your students develop an Australian prototype protocol and
demonstrate its' practicability?
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On 2020-11-28 09:45, Tom Worthington wrote:
>> high rejection rates ... not ... guarantee higher quality ...
>
> Rejection rates are used by academics as a measure of quality, although that
> has problems. Likewise the high cost will be seen by some academics an
> indication of high quality (alt
f they had free time
to help
We believed we could combat these issues by:
- Having really good programmers
[...]
Lessons:
1) A complex solution is a complex solution regardless of the quality of the
programmers
2) Scope Creep always ends in tears
[...]
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an implementation team, or were each student-group required to create &
document their own?
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many addresses found in
email headers.
If (b) is true, then it's worth noting that https://dnslytics.com/reverse-ip
reports the subnet which includes hosts 1,290
domains.
Can any more knowledgeable Linkers comment on the above?
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f course such messages should also be
flagged as unread so the recipient knows they're there, but that invites users
to treat the junk folder as another inbox. Alternatively, messages may be
tagged as junk in the transfer protocol, especially if IMAP is used.
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ype more clearly.
However that's not always the case, fortunately.
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is a fine example of how to provide minimum information with maximum
inconvenience. Compare it with https://covidlive.com.au/ for
"product development methodology"?
And what value will another corporate employer attach to an AWS education?
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were actually used in what network environment, but I think it's
interesting to speculate on the legal position of a court challenge on those
sorts of issues. I wonder if the setup was stress- and security-tested and
formally approved by the Aust. Electoral Co
spite the vast number of systems potentially on one IP
address. A different problem would presumably arise if a system on a
virtual-host requires asynchronous access to a client, but I guess it could be
solved with proper use of certificates.
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ress
23.236.62.147". Over six million IP domains hanging on one address!!
I can't imagine the designers of HTTP 1.1 had that in mind 23 years ago when
the RFC was published, and there must surely be some compromises. What on
earth has happened to IP6?
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ganisation. It also allows Google to immediately identify
traffic for it's own universe of users and possibly expedite it.
Do Linkers have a more informed view? Is hacking the DNS like that allowed by
the relevant RFCs?
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myself PHP because it was so popular with students!)
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> https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/28/eric_raymond_linux_beats_windows_prediction
And who would have imagined one could buy SuSE Linux 15.1 at the Microsoft
Store:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/opensuse-leap-15-1/9njfzk00fgkv?activetab=pivot:overv
expanding its
opt-in ‘digital ID’ system."
https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2020/09/30/centrelink-facial-recognition-mygov/
"The Australian government has an absolutely atrocious track record of
weaponising technology towards people who are on welfare,’’ Dr Mann sai
t in each camp. Think banks...
This would have been far easier if NBN had end-to-end responsibility, as per
the original NBN design, instead of the current equipment free-for-all. No
wonder state actors can see the possibilities for sabotage.
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te intensive, and I can think of some quite revelatory moments for
students. In some cases I suspect the lessons learned were inversely related
to their marks! I could write a book
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thodology,
which is followed like Theseus' silken thread to a happy conclusion.
I've no doubt that training improves almost all teachers' effectiveness. But
some are born natural teachers and some are not, regardless of their research
i
to climate research, or recent defunding of the
humanities?
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p;
relative positions comes from the theatre of Parliament (especially question
time) as reported TV news bulletins and other media, with associated commentary.
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their computer
I think the number of people who attend parliamentary sessions is a little
irrelevant. Prime-time ABC news programs alone have an audience of around half
to three-quarters of a million viewers, and that's where the impact lies.
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under close questioning.
The incident where Scott Morrison produced a lump of coal in Parliament
(presumably supplied by a coal lobbyist) and the reaction of those on the front
benches said more about the Coalition's attitude to coal than could possibly be
conveyed in a zoom meetin
ome less relevant and/or the interests of its members may
have evolved. In either case I'm inclined to think there are easier ways to
deal with the problem than creation of "subchannels" which could complicate
things significantly.
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On 2020-08-18 16:53, Karl Auer wrote:
> TBH in this space less is more.
Absolutely...
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at the current
proceedings are ceased".
Another condition of the sale was that media attention of the case would also
be stopped.
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Agreed, and I think there's a larger problem: the Government's apparent faith
in technological fixes for difficult problems without proper thought,
especially with regard to privacy.
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ectural problems in an organisation's business systems sounds
to me like a good path to chaos because management will lose understanding &
control of their own business.
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ace & contentment?
Sorry to be so negative, but there it is.
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On 2020-06-20 23:25, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Shodjai did not explain how users will end a Continuous Match Mode session.
> Presumably this will be either after a developer-defined exit intent, or via
> a system intent as with existing actions.
...or with a hammer.
Davi
interest, did you have special house wiring installed to support
your car?
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al-estate blocks when they go broke from disuse.
> Putting charger-points at those locations is nuts.
In the long term, yes.
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I think the CSIRO also has a process for transporting hydrogen in liquid form
at normal temperature & pressure; it's liberated at point of use by a catalyst.
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ider will first look up the
owner of B's number ('X') in an allocated-numbers database, then access 'X' to
discover B's VoIP provider. A's VoIP call can be routed over the internet.
Of course the afore-mentioned b
Public Service is to
"implement Government policy" or, to put it another way, to tell the Government
what it wants to hear (and thereby reassure the public).
Does anyone wonder why we have such monumental stuffups?
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many.
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The Star Trek transporter requires teraquads of data. ;-)
I look forward to the day when BMUS (Beam Me Up Scotty) replaces HTTP. :‑J
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rse than having no app at all.
It has nothing to do with privacy concerns. The idea that contact
tracing can be done with an app, and not human health professionals, is
just plain dumb.
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years old: release most of the code to display innocent goodwill but not the
bit that counts.
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organisation like Electronic Frontiers Australia?
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isleading too; "COVIDsafe" suggests it protects the citizen from
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A/AES/DTLS/SRTP technologies and X.509 certificates." It can apparently also
use SIP, which might be a useful feature in the NBN environment.
Do Linkers have any comments or experience regarding these packages, especially
in light of the security issues with such widely-used software as Zo
ntegrity check.
Of course the view from Link is not typical, and lots of well-meaning people
will buy the marketing at face value. Sigh...
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Linkers may enjoy the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPDPzbLFeP4&feature=youtu.be
This one just came up next. It's rather more serious, but beautifully sung.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eR0ckpJ3bk
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means. We
need depopulation, decarbonisation, and an end to the fantasy of everlasting
economic growth.
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A different perspective:
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On 2020-04-09 08:46, Tom Worthington wrote:
> My proposal for the education sector is a gradual return to the classroom
> with blended learning:
What do you mean by a "gradual return to the classroom" and how would it reduce
the risk of i
risky?
It's reported the medical panel and Government is considering the latter.
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On 2020-04-08 22:25, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> ICYMI, I sent an email last night that included this
I beg your pardon, I didn't see your reference and will read it with interest.
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e and in control of the
situation. With allegations in relation to the Ruby Princess & the Liberal
Party being aired in normally responsible media you'd think the Government
would be going out of its' way to look credible & responsible, not indulging in
marketing snow jobs.
Da
On 2020-04-08 11:20, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> While the City of Sydney has emptied - Inner West Local Government Area is
> now busy. Great to see everyone out walking and cycling!
Except when joggers charge up behind you and pass by with much puffing and
panting and little regard for rules a
On 2020-04-03 18:15, Roger Clarke wrote:
> Best demo yet of 100% image and 0% substance.
>
> 'Case numbers' is a meaningless metric, because it's impossible to know what
> each of the at least 40 data-elements means, it adds apples and oranges, and
> none of it tells anyone anything useful.
Wh
the challenges with Zoom:
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And I liked the image of Chairman Meow on the mobile screen.
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www.googletagmanager.com
connect.facebook.net
and five others which don't appear to be tracking me so they may be internal to
Service NSW.
Privacy Badger starts blocking once it sees the same tracker on at least three
different websites. Three strikes and it's coded red and bloc
vious interactions with us.
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So AFAICS the NSW Government is currently a long, long way from the principles
expressed in the documents referenced above.
A NSW "GovDC" is a good idea in that it's one place policies could be enforced,
but of c
ed to change my "Salesforce account" password indicates whatever
they're doing for Service NSW extends beyond data storage.
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On 2020-03-04 15:10, Scott Howard wrote:
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> Again I ask, why do you think this is NOT in place already?
Because I can't find any evidence of it in the Service NSW Privacy Statement or
other publicly available documentation. If you know of any I'd like t
scussions like this at a system-requirements level rather than
implementation. But I'm certainly prepared to argue for effective data
security which can be enforced in the Australian legal jurisdiction (?!!).
I don't think we can trade off privacy on the grounds that some technology is
so last c
ause to the
effect that the organisation may pass private information to their service
providers, but there are no guarantees about what a service provider (or their
service providers downstream) might do with it.
David
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On 2020-03-04 12:46, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Private companie
be held solely in Australia and
under the direct control of Government?
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ied in my view, if only because
spyware hidden in IT&C gear has been around for 30 years, and now we're
becoming IT&C dependent. Forget about a military attack, the potential for
havoc through back-door control is terrifying.
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On 2020-01-30 16:13, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> The selfie-stick (sigh) label announced we have apparently bought it. (AU$18)
Are you supposed to have paid for it (just an incorrect address?) or does the
sender want $18 (an interesting scam variation?)?
Davi
list
> for me.
What's your primary interest?
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a suspicious mind, I wondered whether the Australian security services had nobbled DOH.
Have any Linkers succeeded in getting Firefox DOH going with other services?
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On 16/01/2020 6:13 pm, Kim Holburn wrote:
On 2020/Jan/16, at 5:54 pm, David wrote:
Even with some form of secure & encrypted DNS from clients to trusted servers,
ISPs could still see each web-page URL with the host name replaced by its resolved
address.
That'd be very bad securi
rom clients to trusted servers,
ISPs could still see each web-page URL with the host name replaced by its resolved
address. So the security agencies could still monitor an agent of interest, but
selling users' browsing history would probably involve too much work to be
w
dflare
Research prefix for APNIC Labs
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Brisbane
Does anyone know anything about this? There are many DOH servers around the
world, for example so DOH isn't new, and there's also
DNS-over-TLS which seems more elegant.
Do the spooks have a hand in all this?
arry a transistor radio ...
>
> A "transistor" radio?
(:-)!
Stop complaining, it is the conservative party...
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first changed the language to "global warming" which got rid of the cause, then
to "climate change" which leaves it all wide open; maybe the planet is cooling?
The dishonest campaigns waged by some organisations surely verge on the
Criminal.
Finally, I hope Lin
On Tuesday, 10 December 2019 6:31:19 PM AEDT Dr.bob Jansen wrote:
> As far as I am aware, South Korea has multiple networks, each one created by
> one of the telcos, all running in parallel with each other like our mobile
> networks. So apart from the cost, I can’t see why we need only 1 network.
ting an
inferior service or none - the Three Amigos syndrome.
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illustrate that the proposal doesn't require each individual to be personally
assessed and billed if they're not an NBN user. Levying mobile users would
probably be justified on the basis that they also use the NBN, if more
indirectly.
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That would probably raise more money
with less effort and has the great advantage that it wouldn't be directly
visible to electors, I mean users.
Let me see, how do we net the WiFi users...(:-).
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Melbourne was less than 20% utilised, and that only changed when end-user VoIP
arrived. Governments were lobbied for years to allow time-based local call
charging, and I suspect only their survival instinct ensured it never happened.
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customers, and where it's all evolving.
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ardware" which
probably means water entered a pit somewhere; the local HFC network is in
Telstra ducts. So much for the Abbott/Turnbull multi-technology-mix.
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On Sunday, 1 December 2019 3:03:03 PM AEDT I wrote:
> Parts of the Sydney Inner-West currently have no NBN service. NBN describe
> the outage as "infrastructure restoration" and it occurred around early
> afternoon on Friday. According to NBN updates, the technician who
> investigated requeste
On Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:44:42 AM AEDT Tom Worthington wrote:
> Currently I am using a combination of data from my phone and a USB dongle:
> https://blog.tomw.net.au/2018/11/4g-wireless-broadband.html
Do you have any sort of firewall?
D
their vertical monopoly, and
> crying poor now from a deal they were very happy to agree with a decade ago
> really doesn't wash.
Well yes, I agree, but good luck with that.
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e equipment for the
most part made cheaply in China, to no national standard regarding ring-tones,
etc., and probably with at least one back door.
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ISP in order to preserve some
semblence of impartiality.
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ssible if the customer is an optimum distance from the node and the copper
is in really good condition, but I think that's rare. And in relation to (c),
I think many modems used on NBN services are probably rubbish.
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e, as many Linkers will
know, and a meaningful exponential cannot be fitted to only two data points.
Let's hope clearer thinking is applied to managing the nuclear arsenal.
Hurrumph...
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> for research today.
Bernard, would you like to explain that in more detai
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