* Posts by Mark Zero

8 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Aug 2017

Bricking it: Do you actually own anything digital?

Mark Zero
Coat

Re: A bird in the hand

Hmm reminds me of a funny saying that my father, who was a professor of medicine used to say, rarely;

A push in the bush is worth two in the hand.

Sorry…

IBM deliberately misclassified mainframe sales to enrich execs, lawsuit claims

Mark Zero
Trollface

Re: Unethical business practices

About 20 years ago we use say I'm Building a Macintosh

Electric fastback fun: Now you can surf the web from the driving seat of your Polestar 2

Mark Zero
Devil

Re: Cue the anti-moving work-around in 3, 2, 1...

What? To be a wanker?

Wi-Fi devices set to become object sensors by 2024 under planned 802.11bf standard

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It's already commecialised!

I'm sure that my mesh network doesn't provide the same level of detail as envisioned by the author of this article but the concept of wifi as a motion sensor is available as a paid subscription ($2.99 /month) on the Linksys VELOPS mesh network. I have deployed the VELOPS mesh network in my house and it's fantanstic for seamless, fast excellent coverage of 2.4/5Ghz wifi, I have no want or need for remote monitoring of my house, besides our two cavoodles would present many false readings!

After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’

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As George W. Bush said:

Mission Accomplished

and we all know how well that worked out...

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nbn MTM aargh!

Me three, I'm on a FTTN connected 'telstra small business package' for a 50Mbps service inc phone and domain hosting for $89/month, when its working I get ~40/9Mbps but regularly due to 850m of 80+ year old copper it either suffers frequent dropouts or the speed is retarded, currently 8/6Mbps.

The fact that it's a business service means I get much faster responses on tech support and quicker nbn tech appointments but overall the end result is still crap!

Our neighbours are worse off and I'm trying to get a quote for a community build but that option with nbn has been shut down for now.

FTTP is the only way!

Simon, may I suggest that you drop your contract to a 50Mbps one which should be lower cost and the end result is the same.

World's richest bloke battles Oz catastro-fire with incredible AU$1m donation (aka load of cheap greenwashing)

Mark Zero

Re: The ending comment was spot on

Yes

Bombastic boss gave insane instructions to sensible sysadmin, with client on speakerphone

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John Cougar Mellencamp Song? (wasRe: So he knew how to fix it anyway?)

Maybe Craig and Dianne were fantasising about the John Cougar Mellencamp song Jack and Diane?

Yes sad but it's 1am in Sydney!