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Phone cables wanted
by Russell Coker 31 May '13

31 May '13

If you have any spare phone cables (usb for Android phones, iPhone 4 or 5) then please donate them to the hardware library. Lots of chargers come bundled with both iPhone and Android cables so there should be a lot of unused cables gathering dust. I know someone who needs a few iPhone cables and I'm sure that we have luv members who need android cables. -- My blog http://etbe.coker.com.au Sent from a Galaxy S3 Android phone with K-9 Mail.

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ADSL modem for long line?
by Tony Langdon 30 May '13

30 May '13

Been having a bit of fun and games with ADSL since moving house. Have had the issue checked out, and other than some extra unused wiring in the house, which the Telstra tech disconnected, there are no known issues on the line. The Telstra tech's test unit can sync at nearly 4Mbps, and a Bigpond router (not sure what brand these are) will sync at 4.2 Mbps. However, I haven't had so much luck. A loan Netcomm router from Internode was able to hold just under 3 Mbps, which was acceptable, however, that has since been returned. According to Internode, the line is 4.6km long, and I can expect 3-4 Mbps. What I'm looking for is a router that is known to work well on long lines. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, I will most likely put it into bridge mode and put the existing router behind it (which will give me VoIP, IPv6, etc). Just need something that can hold sync at a reasonable throughput on a long line. -- 73 de Tony VK3JED http://vkradio.com

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Re: [luv-talk] Victorian Liberals want to privatise ABC and SBS
by Pidgorny, Slav (GEUS) 27 May '13

27 May '13

Not really. Heavy drinking is a big problem in Ukraine (especially the East) and Russia. Was your trip after August 1998? That's when financial crisis hit, was quite depressive time even by our quite low standards. -----Original Message----- From: luv-talk-bounces(a)lists.luv.asn.au [mailto:luv-talk-bounces@lists.luv.asn.au] On Behalf Of Petros Sent: Monday, 27 May 2013 3:42 PM To: luv-talk(a)luv.asn.au Subject: Re: [luv-talk] Victorian Liberals want to privatise ABC and SBS P.S. I could not help but feel I have written something stereotyping and sounding bad. Sorry Peter (The German insensitive one) "If they were going to be like that, then I just wished they hadn't actually been German. It was too easy. Too obvious. It was like coming across an Irishman who actually was stupid, a mother-in-law who actually was fat, or an American businessman who actually did have a middle initial and smoked a cigar. You feel as if you are unwillingly performing in a music-hall sketch and wishing you could rewrite the script. If Helmut and Kurt had been Brazilian or Chinese or Latvian or anything else at all, they could then have behaved in exactly the same way and it would have been surprising and intriguing and, more to the point from my perspective, much easier to write about. Writers should not be in the business of propping up stereotypes. I wondered what to do about it, decided that they could simply be Latvians if I wanted, and then at last drifted off peacefully to worrying about my boots." ― Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See _______________________________________________ luv-talk mailing list luv-talk(a)lists.luv.asn.au http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-talk "This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication."

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Re: [luv-talk] Victorian Liberals want to privatise ABC and SBS
by Petros 27 May '13

27 May '13

From: "Slav Pidgorny (GEUS)" <slav.pidgorny(a)anz.com> > It's a bit too simplistic to equate Soviet Union to Russia. Georgia was > also a part of USSR and now is #65 in the world. And they have been > through wars and occupation. Yep, that's true. It is also fair to say that there is a gap between the Russian empire and Germany even before communism came (you shared your experience in the Soviet Union after I mentioned mine in East Germany). Russia had an urbanisation of 14.8% in 1915 http://www.iisg.nl/publications/respap44.pdf in Germany it was more than 60% in 1910. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochindustrialisierung_in_Deutschland (sorry, it is German but believe my translation of "Im Jahr 1910 lebten nur noch 40% in Gemeinden mit weniger als 2000 Einwohnern" - in 1910 less than 40% lived outside towns with 2000 people or more) 1998, last time when I travelled through the former Soviet Union, mostly by train (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan), I saw countries very poor compared to East Germany before 1989. Your sad experience do not surprise me but I am not sure how much they have to do with communism. What I noticed was a difference in attitude in the former Soviet Union. Russia and Ukraine was very sad to see, with people drunk already in the morning (even hotel porters in "good" hotels) and a lot of "there is no hope" ("Why are you here? I leave as quickly as I can", I heard many times) while in Central Asia people seemed to be more upbeat (even if not really better off in materialistic values - and Uzbek democracy isn't invented yet..) I wouldn't be surprised if Alcoholism plays a major part in bringing down Russian life expectancy. Regards Peter

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Bias? What Bias?
by Petros 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi, at work I am involved in an upgrade of dedicated connections between Interstate offices. It is a very tiresome process involving new copper cables to the premises etc. We acquired a company in Tasmania. Their speed is very very very slooow (I could read the websites for them so slow are they appear in their browsers), and for a "decent price" I may get 1M download / 256k upload speed. Not more. My boss emphasises how important it is to have better connectivity. Anyway, my boss is a staunch Liberal supporter. As soon as I mutter the word NBN he goes through the roof (duck;-) Regards Peter

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Re: [luv-talk] Fwd: Victorian Liberals want to privatise ABC and SBS
by Petros 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi, quality TV is part of civilisation, I think. I hope more people share this view and become active before a valuable aspect of my family's and other people's life gets destroyed, just because we are silent all the time. The silence of the Australian public is sometimes worrying, I find. That makes the loud (and most of them paid) voices so powerful. I expected some remarks (I am not using it etc. and the "bias" thing) Regards Peter

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Re: [luv-talk] Bias? What Bias?
by Petros 23 May '13

23 May '13

Quoting "Arjen Lentz" <arjen(a)lentz.com.au> > Perhaps the site in Tas already has NBN access, in which case it can > become a nice example of how FTTH works out well. No, not yet. "Commencing within one year". Well, as Turnbull will.. > If your boss is unhappy with the speed/connectivity/quality that a > Liberal/Coalition network might deliver, then that is something for > him to consider, in general or in the context of his business. Seems > worthwhile. You don't need to point that out to him, that indeed is > going to agitate. I don't rub it in.. I just thought about "bias". Which is a lefties' thing here in Australia. Coalition voters are perfectly reasonable beings. I find it amazing how much the view differs if the thing is painted red or blue or green. Thanks for the answer - I will see how I may get us on NBN if it comes to that. Regards Peter

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eeePC900A, key-board problem
by Rohan McLeod 22 May '13

22 May '13

Assembled Illuminati; presumably a hardware problem. My eeePC900A after many years of nearly faultless service , has developed a key-board problem. I say nearly, because I long ago augmented the track-pad with a USB mouse, after one button became effectively 'dead' (wish I had done it earlier !). Some time ago I also augmented the keyboard with a USB one. I say augmented because the original keyboard still functions , ..........unfortunately for me. The problem is after warming up intermittently; some keys on the built in keyboard become stuck 'down' rendering what is otherwise a working machine unusable......... any suggestions, particularly from eeePC / laptop owners ? regards Rohan McLeod

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Re: [luv-talk] alternate OS voids warranty
by Russell Coker 15 May '13

15 May '13

On Wed, 15 May 2013, Arjen Lentz <arjen(a)lentz.com.au> wrote: > Putting original Android back on a CyanogenMod phone just for a warranty > issue is of course a bloody pest, but whether it makes sense depends on > the claim. Let's say the screen is stuffed - pointing out to the shop that > you're simply asking for your statutory warranty rights should bypass the > nonsense. But again remember that the people you're talking to are not > tech savvy - they've just been trained to follow specific steps and if the > question "has the device been modified from the original" can in any way > be answered with "yes" then they will give their standard line. You may > have to ask for their manager if they don't want to take the proper > responsibility for providing you with service as required by law. I want a warranty replacement on my hard drive, it gives errors and when it doesn't it just says "GRUB" on the screen instead of booting Windows 8. ;) -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: [luv-talk] alternate OS voids warranty
by Daniel Jitnah 14 May '13

14 May '13

On 14/05/13 14:39, James Harper wrote: > Not necessarily Linux related, but I just got off the phone with a certain large computer manufacture trying to resolve a failed harddisk on a 3 month old computer, and they claim that installing an alternate OS has voided the warranty. In this case the computer shipped with Win7 and the "alternate OS" was XP, but I find the claim ludicrous as I install Linux on all sorts of PC's and the warranty callcenter has never skipped a beat as long as I can demonstrate the fault in an obvious way. This particular computer is a different brand though... > > What's my best avenue to force the issue? Or are they within their rights to say that I have voided my warranty? I would think your statutory warranty rights would overrule this manufacturers claim. Besides its a question of fitness for purpose. Unless there was a clear indication that for some reason, that hard drive was designed and intended and sold to be used only with Win7 and nothing else, I think they cant do that at all. BTW: Do you wish to name that manufacturer? ... Daniel. > > Thanks > > James > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > luv-main(a)luv.asn.au > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main

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