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Re: [luv-talk] beginning a Hacker/Maker Space in Footscray
by David E Payne 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

The first of a series of discussions about this project starts at the site on Tuesday 26th of February, 6:30-7:30pm. This is being organised via Eventbrite https://footscraymakerlab1.eventbrite.com.au/ > I thought this was just about the triangular building at > the stated address. > No! > OmiGORE NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > Tony Smith http://www.ynotds.com/ looked around > there Friday. He said the possibilities blew his mind. > > Lonely Planet is staying but most of the block between > Moreland, Parker, Maribynong & Lyons Streets is to be > repurposed, including that huge building along Lyons st. > One of Tony's associates, John Martin is hoping to establish > the Docklands Science Park somewhere on this site. > http://docscipark.com.au/index.html > > The other side of Maribynong St is a broad gauge rail line > which has just been cut off by the Regional Rail Link so > this could be used for a tourist rwy or I dunno railgun or > rocket sleds? The other side of that is the Maribynong River > & a canal runs along the other side of Lyons street. > > THIS. COULD. BE. > AWESOMENORMOUSOMETHINGREATERRIFICOLOSSALICOUSTUNNING. > Or the biggest missed opportunity since the Docklands > Redevelopment. > Probably some of each, but let's not leave it up to others > & chance! > > > I guess we need to be a bit careful who we tell how much > right now. I know one person in the mass media who I think > already knows about the meeting. > Fortunately she won't rush to beat everyone else with a > counter-productive piece of populist excreta. Even if she > wasn't about to go on maternity leave. > > Even Rachel Buchanan can wait. > http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/industrial-landscape-becoming-a-deser…

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local government
by Andrew McGlashan 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

If you needed a reason NOT to support any referendum giving local councils full governmental recognition, you cannot ignore this shocking news story! This link avoids the pay wall of The Australian newspaper and has more information than the summary below the link: http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/councils-snooping-on-phone-use/story-e6f… http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/councils-snooping-on-phone-us… Local councils snooping on phone use by: Jared Owens From: The Australian February 18, 2013 12:00AM LOCAL councils are seizing data from residents' mobile phones without warrants to chase unregistered pets, illegal rubbish dumping and unauthorised advertising. Federal surveillance laws enable enforcement agencies -- such as police, corruption watchdogs and the Australian Taxation Office -- to seize telecommunications data to conduct criminal investigations, enforce fines or protect public revenue. But the laws are increasingly being used by other public bodies, such as local governments and Australia Post, which have collectively made more than 800 self-authorisations for personal data in the past three financial years.

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Re: [luv-talk] is Marriage dying?
by Petros 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

From: "Russell Coker" <russell(a)coker.com.au> > http://www.alternet.org/marriage-dying > > Interesting article about the support for marriage being a way of attacking > poor people, interracial couples, and other couples who aren't liked by the > people in power. http://www.acoss.org.au/uploads/ACOSS%20Poverty%20Report%202012_Final.pdf Table 4: Risk of poverty - proportion of people from different groups living below poverty lines in 2009-10 (%) 50% of median - At risk group 60% of median Single, no children: 25.3 41.5 Lone parent: 25.0 36.4 Couple, no children: 8.4 18.5 Couple, children: 9.0 14.0 Obviously living as a couple decreases your risk of being poor. It starts with basic income safety: With two people at work you do not loose all earned income if one is out of work. Of course, couple does not equal marriage. AFAIK (and from experience) Australia treats married couple and de facto relationships equally in most aspects (e.g. taxation). In Germany it is different. There are quite high incentives to marry for financial reasons. Whether it covers a $27k wedding and a potential divorce is debatable;-) Regards Peter

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is Marriage dying?
by Russell Coker 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

http://www.alternet.org/marriage-dying Interesting article about the support for marriage being a way of attacking poor people, interracial couples, and other couples who aren't liked by the people in power. The assumption that marriage has to cost $27K is quite strange though. It's one of the problems of using the mean value when the median is more appropriate. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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regex puzzle
by Jason King 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

enjoy. http://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/grid.pdf-pages1.jpg http://www.coinheist.com/rubik/a_regular_crossword/grid.pdf

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Fw: beginning a Hacker/Maker Space in Footscray
by David E Payne 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

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Free Vintage Hardware
by Dave Hellewell 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

I can no longer be bothered to care and find space for: 1 * DEC Alpha 500au 1 * Sun UltraSPARC Enterprise 2 1 * Sun Netra T1 105 (I have some spare memory for this too) 1 * Sun Netra st D130 storage array 2 * Sun Sunfire V20z 2 * Cisco Catalyst 2950 24 port If you are interested in any of these please contact me off list. I cannot deliver, and pick up is from Brighton East. Otherwise they're off to hard rubbish unless someone can recommend a more sustainable method of disposal. Cheers, Dave

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RHCE
by Christopher M. Bailey 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Hi All, Just signed up to do my RHCE through Seek Learning, I'm guessing after around 20 years of using Linux there's gunna be some stuff I know, some I don't and some that I've forgotten. What I'm wanting to know from those who have done the course is, are there any good companion websites or books I should look at to help me move through this a little quicker and easier? TIA Chris

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3G/GSM data while travelling
by Russell Coker 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

http://www.globalsim.covermore.com.au/ I saw the above advertised today at the travel expo. Is it any good? Are there better options? All I need is the ability to receive SMS and data access. Phone calls while travelling generally aren't of interest to me. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Puppet Camp Melbourne 2013
by Edward Savage 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

I haven't seen any mention of this yet so I thought I'd pass a long the registration page for the up coming Puppet Camp in Melbourne. It's this Friday and tickets appear to be free. "Puppet Camp Melbourne is a community-oriented, regional gathering of Puppet users and developers. This one-day conference is an ideal opportunity to talk to a diverse group of Puppet users, benefit from presentations delivered by prominent community members, and be able to share experiences and discuss potential implementations of Puppet with your peers." http://puppetcampmelbourne2013.eventbrite.com Regards, Edward

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