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TPG - Google problems
by Russell Coker 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Currently it seems that TPG customers can't send packets to Google addresses due to routing problems. So if you use Google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) on a TPG connection then things won't work. Also you can't access www.google.com and other Google sites. TPG apparently aren't taking phone support requests, there is an automated message saying that they have no known problems but that the queue is too long before hanging up. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Problems with the national health data-base (an example)
by Rohan McLeod 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Assembled cognoscenti ! The national health data-base seems to have a number of problems: -financial, -data-acquisition and -legal , I am wondering if it has a low-tech distributed solution.! Firstly let me say as a result of two contacts with hospitals I am really enthusiastic about the idea of having all my medical history accessible to doctors (with my permission) available 'on-line' During these contacts, it was quite frightening to realise that doctors were relying on my memory for for details of diagnostic and prescription history. (Yesterday is not quite an unknown land, but it often requires quite a lot of reconstruction !) So when the option came up I jumped through all the hoops to enable an online version of my medical history. Problems which became apparent in discussions with my local GP recently 1/ My 'paper' medical history is physically distributed amongst the various doctors I have used over the years, so it would need to be gathered from these doctors, -data acquisition problem #1 2/ IF it could be gathered and IF a standardised data-base format could be agreed, upon it would need to be converted; - data acquisition problem #2; 3/ Thus far per capita cost of the above seems not to have been calculated, or if calculated pubicised; not to mention who is to pay ; me, my doctor or the Australian taxpayer ? -The direct beneficiary would seem to be myself, but thus far no-one seems to be asking me for money, 4/ Thus far the current model seems to be a vast centralised repository, Further problems become apparent : - having gathered, converted and transmitted the data to this repository; complex data access permission problems seem to remain because, 'publicising ' the data in this way (even with my permission) seems to expose my GP's and respective diagnostic test providers to legal liabilities -thus currently accessing my data would seem to involve not just my permission but the permission of the GP and if relevant the permission of any diagnostic test provider, on a per item basis !.....an extremely unwieldy arrangement It occurred that perhaps it might be cheaper and easier to leave the records where they are and unconverted and have the central repository merely consist of a set of links to this raw data. If a solution to legal liability of the test- providers could be found ; then it might be simpler and cheaper to just pay the GP's to copy and transmit the records on demand; flames, thoughts, queries ? regards Rohan McLeod

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Greens Senator Scott Ludlam questions on security (of Microsoft software cooperation with PRISM) inside Parliament House network
by David 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/estimates/threats-it-network-s… This transcript is from Senate Estimates on Monday 18 November 2013, one of many at http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/posts/estimates

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Free (iphone) app turns phone into a hearing aid
by Rohan McLeod 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Assembled cognoscenti: I am getting a bit deaf , with much loss of high-end sounds. (Subjectively words as sounds, have a greater tendency to blur together ). But thus far don't feel quite ready to embrace a hearing aid ; particularly as it mostly seems to affect mobile phone conversations . So I thought surely it must be possible to simply boost high end sound to compensate for reduced sensitivity; (that being what hearing aids do presumably.) .......wouldn't that be a good idea for an android app ! But wait, maybe someone has already done it ! After some googling I came across: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/free-app-turns-pho… but unfortunately it is an iPhone app to which religion (iPhone), I have some ideological and considerable economic objections ! Further googling found : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overpass.earassist&hl=en .....review, opinions, theories,flames ? thanks Rohan McLeod

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Re: [luv-talk] App development software
by Rohan McLeod 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Trent W. Buck wrote: > ...........snip > I'm not familiar with the products you mentioned. I could look them up > instead of having you explain, but that's past my ICBF threshhold. Irish Cattle Breeding Federation ? www.icbf.com regards Rohan McLeod / / <http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&s…>

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demo party "Syntax 2013" in North Melbourne Saturday & Sunday
by David E Payne 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

<jazzcat6581@...> wrote: Hi all, Be sure to register or make your way down to Syntax 2013 this year. Syntax 2013 is set to roll from SAT 9th to SUN 10th November 2013 in North Melbourne at an atmopheric and cosy venue. Twin projectors / CRT / chunky sound system and a ton of crazy old hardware. C64, Amiga, PC and anything else goes with demonstrations etc over Sat/Sun. More info - http://syntaxparty.org/ Dave ---------------------------------------- The website also has entries in previous years for download. - (a different Dave) <there is no Eric conspiracy of Daves either.>

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on line browser games
by Steve Roylance 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

hi there are some browser games at this site, at least one works in firefox on fedora 19. Free to play with some micro-transactions, which are mostly avoidable. http://en.gameforge.com/browser-games

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Programming Perl courses, Melbourne, December 2013
by Jacinta Richardson 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

G'day folk, It was great to talk to you last night. :) Below is the information about the upcoming Perl training courses that I mentioned. 1. If you are a student or open source enthusiast who is looking for a new job, then you might be interested in know that Strategic Data and Perl Training Australia are offering up to 8 individual scholarships for computer science graduates to complete our 5 day Programming Perl course, valued at $3700 per person. This course is running 2nd - 6th December. More information: http://tinyurl.com/perlts2013 2. If you want/need to learn Perl for your current (and ongoing) job, you might be happy to know that Perl Training Australia is running our very popular Programming Perl course in Melbourne on the 9th - 13th December. *Book before 5pm, Friday 15th November (and mention this email to LUV) to pay only $3200 per person! That's a $500 discount per person. *All prices are GST inclusive, offer only applies to new bookings on this course. No other offers apply with this special. Bookings can be made at http://perltraining.com.au/bookings/Melbourne.html This course covers Perl's fundamentals to give an existing programmer sufficient knowledge of Perl to work on most projects. It assumes features from up to Perl 5.16, but includes work-arounds for older versions. The first half of this course will introduce the Perl programming language, discuss Perl's variable types, functions, operators, conditionals and subroutines. Once you grasp Perl's basics, the second half will build on that knowledge to cover I/O, complex data structures, file system interaction, modules, packages and objects. You will learn: * how to write simple Perl scripts and run them from the command-line; * how to use Perl's inbuilt help system, perldoc; * how to use warnings and strict to catch common errors and enforce good programming style; * about Perl's three main data types and how (and when) to use them; * about Perl's most common operators and functions; * how to use Perl's conditional and looping constructs; * how to write and use subroutines; * about Perl's powerful regular expression capabilities and how to apply them to your problem; * how to create, dereference and use references to build complex data structures which allow multi-dimensional arrays and hashes. * how to write and use Perl modules and packages; * how to use Module::Starter to start your modules off on the right foot; * how to write tests; * how to use Perl objects; * how to interact with the file system to read and write files, and read directories; * how to pass commands to the system for execution and the pitfalls therein; We hope to see your booking soon! http://perltraining.com.au/bookings/Melbourne.html All the best, Jacinta

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The Age today: 30-year-old railway computers take a byte out of the past
by Petros 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/30yearold-railway-compu… 1982.. 1982? What do they use here? Anyway, may explain why I needed 40 minutes yesterday, 20 each way Southern Cross to Macauley, 2 stations, 5km, more parking than moving.. just a normal day commuting. Regards Peter

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hard drive sizes
by Russell Coker 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_drive#Capacity Currently the biggest available 3.5" SATA disks are 4TB according to Wikipedia. Has anyone seen announcements of bigger hard drives? One of my clients has a zpool of 3TB disks that is at 79% capacity so it's time to start thinking of adding more capacity. Upgrading from 4*3TB to 5*4TB would be barely worth doing. But upgrading from 4*3TB to 5*5TB would more than double the capacity and thus be a better option than buying an external case for adding more disks. So I'm wondering whether 5TB disks will go on sale before my client runs out of space. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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