luv-talk July 2015

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by Rohan McLeod

Andrew McGlashan wrote: > On 8/04/2015 12:08 AM, Russell Coker wrote: >> At the meeting there was a mention of the fact that we now have a legal >> precedent for film companies to force ISPs to divulge the names of customers >> who might have torrented movies. > This was bound to catch up with iiNet [and other] users.... > >> Is there any good anonymous peer to peer software? Something that uses tor >> hidden services for all communications? > Much better to just keep to legal and proper downloads, don't you think? Well of course that goes without saying ! the very idea of owning movies which I haven't paid for; or even converting DVD's so they are playable outside of brain-dead DVD players, (which mostly also seem incapable of playing them); is abhorrent to my higher moral self.! I even believe there are some who have copies of that other OS what was it called .....; anyway they have not paid for it apparently. There seems to exist a whole category of software ..shareware ? where such behaviour is rife. This software philosophy, what's it called 'open-source' ?; why it's just encourages such an attitude ! Oh Andrew; how I concur with you regarding the wickedness of the world ! regards Rohan McLeod

6 years, 11 months

East West Link - contacting the government

by Peter Ross

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]

7 years, 5 months

Fwd: Celebrate 100 years of discoveries with us at Science in the Square

by Russell Coker

Free science events. WEHI events are really good. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

7 years, 6 months

It's Open House Melbourne's annual weekend of inspect-able buildings

by David E Payne

It's Open House Melbourne's annual weekend of inspect-able buildings see http://www.openhousemelbourne.org/ may not work well with a character based browser or screen reader!

7 years, 6 months

Printing from Android

by Mark Trickett

Hello All, I have a friend I assist as best I can, who has a Samsung Galaxy Tab S that he wishes to print photos from. I think I found an app in the Google Play store, by Googling from my notebook on a dial up connection, but not quite sure of requirements and limitations. While it is probably possible to print direct to a wi-fi network colour laser, I have in mind a Brother HL-3045CN and attaching it to some switch or router with both wired and wi-fi support. Any information from experience and comments would be appreciated. I am still looking for information on CUPS and printing from Debian 7.8 to a Canon LBP-5050N, the error message relates to a "Broken pipe" and I continue to nose around CUPS and the configuration and scratch my head and get splinters. Regards, Mark Trickett

7 years, 6 months

android answering machine?

by Craig Sanders

my phone only rings about 3 times before diverting to voicemail, so if (as is usual) my phone is in another room plugged in to the charger, it gets diverted to voicemail just as i'm picking it up to answer it. this is very annoying. anyone know of an android app that works like an old fashioned land-line answering machine, i.e. 1. answers the call after X rings 2. plays a short message, that I can record like "leave a message after the beep" 3. starts recording, saving to sdcard AND playing on the phone's speaker and, most importantly: 4. allows me to pick up the call during the recording. i don't really care if it continues to record the conversation from this point or not. a search on the google play store for 'call screening' or 'answering machine' just gets a shitload of garbage. craig -- craig sanders <cas(a)taz.net.au>

7 years, 6 months

BBC micro:bit, O'Reilly Safari USD200 (cf 400) offer (SPAM)

by rdbrown＠pacific.net.au

BBC micro:bit Groundbreaking initiative to inspire digital creativity and develop a new generation of tech pioneers http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit/specs (ARM Cortex M0, bluetooth low-energy, USB, accelerometers, etc) O'Reilly Safari (ebook & videos) membership USD200 (half price offer, 2 days) https://www.safaribooksonline.com/public/one-year/?utm_medium=referral&utm_…

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