February 2015 - luv-talk

East West Link - contacting the government
by Peter Ross 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Hi all, Labor opposing East West Link - good news, at least for me. There is no contract signed yet - so all uncertainty claims are quite strange. It is up to the government in power to create certainty - by waiting with the contracts until after the election. The process is before the courts because the link did not go through a proper planning, assessment and consultation process yet. The lack of process created the uncertainty. So the government can correct it by honouring process. This would make it a decision made by a government which asked for a mandate from the electorate. Below my letter to Terry Mulder (terence.mulder(a)parliament.vic.gov.au) Maybe you would like to contact him too? Thanks Peter Dear Terry, the Labor decision to dump the East West Link is a good one for us in Melbourne. Please cancel the project if you care for Victoria. It may save hundred of millions or billions of dollars of claims when the project finally ends in the bin, as it should. The East West Link is not a properly planned project. I contacted you before about my concerns. Some of the events and claims are truly bizarre if you are familiar with the area as I am. I work in Kensington. I frequently use the bike track along the Mooney Ponds Creek you want to overshadow with another bunch of lanes. I also spend a lot of time waiting for and in trains from and to Craigieburn and Upfield which never go on time. It is not a surprise that the whole case is before the courts. The rush to lock it in resulted in a shoddy process which defies logic and did never satisfy requirements of proper consulting with the public. Even now, the design is still work in progress, and some of the "corrections" over time looked as professional as me designing a model train with my son. How can this being assessed? How can the community have a sufficient input in this process? How can you sign contracts with this uncertainty? It will be a liability for any future government and all Victorians. A tender process where you continue with one bidder only is another detail not making sense. I never do that if I want a good deal. You were elected with the Liberals claiming support for the Metro Rail Link. You did not advance the project. Instead it became another train wreck of "planning on the run". Please bring that back into action instead of tinkering with the East West Link if you want to do something for Victoria. Thank you Peter [contact details]

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An interesting note on NBN
by Peter Ross 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

The Age today, written by Sally Young http://www.theage.com.au/comment/politicians-media-moguls-and-doomed-ending… "Abbott did reduce funding to the ABC, limiting what Murdoch views as a privileged competitor. And he did hobble the NBN, reducing the capacity for internet-streaming rivals." Why do we pretend there is a competition of ideas? Good night Peter

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Re: [luv-talk] IEEE SSIT: Sun 1 Mar 5pm: Future challenges in technology
by Daniel Jitnah 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hi Rodney, The meetup website says its in Unitarian Hall, East Melb. But you have Ross House as the venue? Cheers Daniel. On 26/02/15 14:23, rdbrown(a)pacific.net.au wrote: > Future challenges in technology > Greg Adamson > Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Victoria) > 5pm Sunday 1 March 2015 > > Over the past 30 years the technical community has developed an > increasingly sophisticated understanding of the impact of > technology on society. Global climate change, the importance of > humanitarian technologies, technology for development, privacy and > security, and the importance of ethics are all now accepted as part of the > technology challenge. Is our job done? In this talk, Dr Greg Adamson > (University of Melbourne), President of the IEEE’s Society on Social > Implications of Technology, will speak about three important challenges > for the next 20 to 50 years: the future of work; autonomous warfare; and, > human-machine boundaries. > > For more information visit: > Website http://fd2015.scifuture.org > Meetup: > http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/220184121/ > FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/futureday/ > > _______________________________________________ > luv-talk mailing list > luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-talk

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Venue change IEEE SSIT: Sun 1 Mar 5pm: Future challenges in technology
by Rodney Brown 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

On 26/02/15 14:23, rdbrown(a)pacific.net.au wrote: Change of venue, now 5pm Unitarian Hall 110 Grey Street East Melbourne [Map] <https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Unitarian+Church,+Grey+St,+East+Melbourne…> > Future challenges in technology > Greg Adamson > Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (Victoria) > 5pm Sunday 1 March 2015 > > Over the past 30 years the technical community has developed an > increasingly sophisticated understanding of the impact of > technology on society. Global climate change, the importance of > humanitarian technologies, technology for development, privacy and > security, and the importance of ethics are all now accepted as part of the > technology challenge. Is our job done? In this talk, Dr Greg Adamson > (University of Melbourne), President of the IEEE’s Society on Social > Implications of Technology, will speak about three important challenges > for the next 20 to 50 years: the future of work; autonomous warfare; and, > human-machine boundaries. > > For more information visit: > Website http://fd2015.scifuture.org > Meetup: > http://www.meetup.com/Science-Technology-and-the-Future/events/220184121/ > FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/futureday/ > > _______________________________________________ > luv-talk mailing list > luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-talk >

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Looking for Joomla Developer
by Dan062 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello, Looking for someone with good Joomla experience to take over maintaining a website from another developer. There are also a few performance issues to resolve. Preferably based in Melbourne, but will consider elsewhere in Australia. Please contact me offlist. Cheers Daniel. -- dan062 <dan062(a)yahoo.com.au>

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Freed audio hardware available
by Damien Zammit 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hi everyone, A few of you may remember the talk I gave late last year on free audio software (at Free Software Melbourne). It was suggested I cross-post this email to a LUV list: I have recently been able to obtain 2x spare Digidesign Mbox 1 USB sound cards, for which I have written a free linux driver. The driver has now been mainlined into the linux kernel 3.19 I would like to share these devices with anyone interested in making music or capturing sound with GNU/Linux. Please send me an email if you are interested in purchasing one of these pretty decent 2-channel sound cards. I have flashed them both with the latest firmware as per www.zamaudio.com/?p=953 so they should work well with Linux 3.19 I am selling them for $50 each. Regards, Damien Zammit _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-… Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/

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