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The Invention of the Scientist
by Russell Coker 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

http://blog.ted.com/2012/06/28/the-invention-of-the-scientist-laura-snyder-… tedglobal-2012/ This may interest some people. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Game Masters Exhibition at ACMI
by thelionroars 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

Has anyone else been to the game masters exhibition at ACMI? I really enjoyed it. The exhibition has been organised around some of the pioneers and greats of video game creation. There are 125 playable games from the old Donkey Kong and other coin ops to modern console and mobile platforms. There is about an hour's worth of interview footage as well scattered around. Well worth a visit :)

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Re: [luv-talk] Science Week 2012
by Tony Langdon 11 Aug '12

11 Aug '12

At 12:13 AM 8/12/2012, David E Payne wrote: >Science Week 2012 is from 11th to 19th >August. http://www.scienceweek.net.au/ > >Possibly one of the more controversial parts will be Ian Enting's >Tuesday 14th public lecture disputing climate change denial. >http://www.complex.org.au/c_events.php That would be an interesting lecture, even though I have pretty much seen a lot of the climate change data, and from the evidence I've seen, human induced climate change is real and it is an issue we have to confront. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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How to discover my email redirection
by Carl Turney 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Hi All, I currently own the domain name boms.com.au A friend in NZ is currently hosting that website for me (actually a contact of his in South America, I think). I don't know how it's done, but all mail addressed to "boms" is auto-redirected to an email account I have with my old NZ-based ISP. My pal hasn't responded to my recent request, to change that redirection to the email account I currently have with my new AU-based ISP. In the off chance that something drastic has happened to my pal: How can I "wrest control" of my email handling? Feel free to reply off-list, and/or just point me to a relevant website to RTFM. Cheers, Carl Turney Bayswater, Vic. Home 9720 3975 Mobile 0427 024 735

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Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC) 2012 Sydney - Call for Papers closes August 8
by Jacinta Richardson 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

[forwarded] Hi This year's OSDC organising team in Sydney is pleased to announce that the call for papers for OSDC 2012 has officially opened, and we would like to invite you to submit an abstract for a talk at Australia's premier Open Source annual conference. OSDC is a grass-roots style conference by developers for developers. If you're developing something that's Open Source, or you are using Open Source tools within your business, this conference is for you. The Call for Papers can be found at: http://www.osdc.com.au/call-for-papers CfP closes 8 August, 2012 This year, for four days starting December 4th, the Open Source Developers Conference is taking place in Sydney at the University of Technology, Broadway Campus. December 5th-8th is the main conference, and as is tradition with OSDC there will be a dinner event for all attendees (Thursday evening, December 6th). December 4th will be a CMS Expo day, noting the importance of Content Management Systems in the current web environment. The day will be based around skill sharing tutorials, case studies and talks from contributors in Open Source CMS projects. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us info (at) osdc (dot) com (dot) au http://www.osdc.com.au/ On behalf of the OSDC 2012 Sydney organising team, AimeeMaree Forsstrom

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Re: [luv-talk] Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Edward Savage 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Donna Benjamin <donna(a)cc.com.au> wrote: > Hi all, > > Submissions regarding the Draft Senior Science Australian Curriculum > close **tomorrow**. > > This article in today's age made me think... > http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/science-subject-comes-under-fir… > > Hang on - Where's computer science? Oh that's right it doesn't exist in > the brave new world of the new Australian Curriculum. It's a general > capability (ICT) or a "Technology" along with design, woodworking, > cooking and agriculture - in a strand called "Digital Technologies" > > I've been to a couple of Google sponsored workshops advocating for the > promotion and redevelopment of computer science in high school. #CS4HS > > So I have some thoughts on this. Perhaps you do too? > > You have less than 24 hours to make a submission with your thoughts. > I don't think it really exists now. As many are aware the transition from Information Processing Technology (IPT) to Information Communication Technology (ICT) was completed in most states over half a decade ago. While ICT does cover programming and computer design the focus on 'how computers work' is replaced with 'make computers do work'. The difference is subtle (and I have oversimplified it!) however computer science requires an interest in the lowest levels of computer operation and that is no longer something students are exposed to. The transition in high schools has already had a very negative impact on the computer science departments of at least two universities I know of. The computing department of the university I attended is now almost empty and many of the courses were moved to the Business faculty. I know from friends who are now in their first and second years at other universities that this is not an isolated trend. As a result I think that just setting a syllabus that exposes high school students to computer science may not be enough any more. The root causes of why school boards have been moving away from computer science for the last decade are still there. And, those students that do express an interest may find their options for tertiary programs have been greatly reduced. I will still make a submission however, I fear community action is years too late for submissions to make a difference. While it may be a good start I think it's time the information technology community took an active roll in solving the issues computer science faces in schools. Edward

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Google Fibre -- Kansas City [US]
by Andrew McGlashan 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

For $70 per month, you get symmetric 1gbps speeds AND 1TB of online storage as well as unlimited data -- add $50 for Google TV. https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/ Oh and if you want free Internet at 5mbps/1mbps, also unlimited data, then you only have to pay the $300 "construction fee", which is waived on the $70 plan. -- Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan Broadband Solutions now including VoIP Current Land Line No: 03 9012 2102 Mobile: 04 2574 1827 Fax: 03 9012 2178 National No: 1300 85 3804 Affinity Vision Australia Pty Ltd http://www.affinityvision.com.au http://adsl2choice.net.au In Case of Emergency -- http://www.affinityvision.com.au/ice.html

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Using 'master-files' in StarOffice/OpenOffice/LibreOffice
by Rohan McLeod 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Assembled cognoscenti ; I have a 'literary project', which resembles a book; in that I have decided to approach it, as a number of modules, each consisting of one StarOffice document, .odt format. Apparently there is some kind of meta-document called a 'master-file'; ( the same nomenclature seems to exist in LibreOffice and OpenOffice) which seems to be just a file of links to the component documents; so far so good. Problem is the result thus far, (after extensive consultation with the relevant help-files and googling), is litttle better than concatenating the individual documents. -' chapters' don't start on odd pages or even at top of page and - 'chapter' headers (originally the document headers) get completely lost ! I don't regret my original decision, because it isolates the layout of each document and thus reduces work. Probably the same result can be achieved in a single document; if one is much more proficient at 'driving' word processors than myself, but I would prefer to continue with this approach for the time being. So has anyone done something similar with greater success ? thanks Rohan McLeod

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cheap dual-core systems
by Russell Coker 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

http://www.graysonline.com/sale/410789/computers-it-equipment/ex-lease-leno… small-form-factor-desktops?spr=true The above URL has an auction of Lenovo E2160 desktop systems with 2G of RAM which are offered at $9. So far no-one has bid! The actual payment would be $9 + $1.50 auction fee + something like $30 delivery. But you are still looking at less than $50 for a quite decent dual- core 64bit system. A couple of my relatives have such Lenovo systems, they are nice. If you want to build a test network then a few of those would be a nice setup. The postage per system is often cheaper if you buy several systems. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: [luv-talk] Urgent / Important: Is "Computer Science" Science?
by Jason White 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Donna Benjamin <donna(a)cc.com.au> wrote: > Hang on - Where's computer science? Oh that's right it doesn't exist in > the brave new world of the new Australian Curriculum. It's a general > capability (ICT) or a "Technology" along with design, woodworking, > cooking and agriculture - in a strand called "Digital Technologies" It was more than this when I was in secondary school. Then, at least, everybody did a little programming (in BASIC or Logo). Some of us learned Pascal too. I don't know what the computing subjects in years 11-12 would have entailed, as I didn't choose them. As to whether computer science is science strictly so-called, I think it's a similar question to whether mathematics is. At university, mathematics tends to have an interesting relationship with both the science faculty and the arts faculty; at some universities it used to be (and perhaps still is) open to arts students and science students, though it was formally part of the science faculty. Computer science tends to be regarded as an engineering discipline. Irrespective of where it best fits, it belongs in the school curriculum. It lies at the base of much of the technological change that is affecting twenty-first century societies in most of the world. To use the technology effectively and to shape its future requires understanding, and this begins at school.

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