Comments on: NetAlert faces Senate Estimates Committee today http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michael Meloni http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10896 Michael Meloni Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:14:18 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10896 Well I got bored watching the Enviro/Comms committee, so I did some channel surfing. Boy I'm glad I did too otherwise I would have missed the aircon controversy. It's better than a bad episode of Passions over on the Public Admin feed. It now appears that mobile phone reception is hopeless through the house. It's a giant blackspot. Thanks for the program PDF. I'll be home from work by the time NetAlert gets a mention. Well I got bored watching the Enviro/Comms committee, so I did some channel surfing. Boy I’m glad I did too otherwise I would have missed the aircon controversy. It’s better than a bad episode of Passions over on the Public Admin feed.

It now appears that mobile phone reception is hopeless through the house. It’s a giant blackspot.

Thanks for the program PDF. I’ll be home from work by the time NetAlert gets a mention.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10894 Stilgherrian Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:46:53 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10894 <strong>@Michael Meloni:</strong> It'll be interesting to see how the numbers are spun, yes. You're watching the wrong committee room, though. NetAlert is under Environment, Communications & the Arts -- which is currently grilling Australia Post on their employment practices. According to the <a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/estimates/add0708/eca.pdf">daily program</a> [PDF file], the entire day (through to 11pm!) is on the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio, and NetAlert is the last item on the agenda. @Michael Meloni: It’ll be interesting to see how the numbers are spun, yes. You’re watching the wrong committee room, though.

NetAlert is under Environment, Communications & the Arts — which is currently grilling Australia Post on their employment practices. According to the daily program [PDF file], the entire day (through to 11pm!) is on the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio, and NetAlert is the last item on the agenda.

]]> By: Michael Meloni http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10893 Michael Meloni Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:36:02 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/politics/netalert_faces_senate_estimates/#comment-10893 I see two ways of looking at the NetAlert numbers: 1) No one wants a filtered Internet service - whether software or at an ISP level. 2) Our the Gov's likely POV - Low numbers are because parents are too clueless to install filtering software and therefore the Gov needs to do everything possible to help them ie. implement manadatory ISP level filtering. Current topic on the Finance & Public Administration feed: What temp should the aircons be set to in parliment house. 22 or 24? YOU BE THE JUDGE. Someone suggested the aircon dials have the temps marked on them. I see two ways of looking at the NetAlert numbers:

1) No one wants a filtered Internet service - whether software or at an ISP level.

2) Our the Gov’s likely POV - Low numbers are because parents are too clueless to install filtering software and therefore the Gov needs to do everything possible to help them ie. implement manadatory ISP level filtering.

Current topic on the Finance & Public Administration feed: What temp should the aircons be set to in parliment house. 22 or 24? YOU BE THE JUDGE.

Someone suggested the aircon dials have the temps marked on them.

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