Emerges, almost.
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Odd circumstances surround arrest of alleged leaker of Wikileaks video http://bit.ly/aBHg2N
“How [news]papers feed bigotry about Islam” by the Bishop of Buckingham http://bit.ly/cnZ0XC
@GTRoberts [nods] Maybe you had a slight mis-read there. And indeed maybe the networks will operate in parallel for a while. Ah, details!
@GTRoberts That copper comes out when NBN fibre goes in is not new. NBN has always been a REPLACEMENT for the copper network.
@stokely There’s nothing wrong with pet subjects. In other contexts, that’s called being a specialist.
@stokely eHarmony looks scary.
@SnarkyPlatypus The Solstice is at 9.28pm Monday night, Sydney time. To the nearest minute, anyway.
@stokely @duncanriley Hey I think Science trumps what you may thing. The article also points to initial intrigues with opposites. It fades.
“Opposites attract” a myth: people do want partners just like them http://bit.ly/cJLxpN Ping @SnarkyPlatypus
@NineSortJam I haven’t yet done a “comprehensive” write-up of the HTC Desire, no, but sorry I don’t know of any others specifically.
@Nickhodge Agreed, Adam Curtis is master at digging relevant stuff out of the BBC archives. http://is.gd/cW4By
The last “gift” BP gave America and the world? Ayatollah Khomeini! http://bit.ly/aBnWP1
@davidkudrev I’m referring specifically to those re-bleating their non-understanding of today’s announcement.
I’d be happier if Telstra-related tweets eventually converged on understanding, but they’re diverging into realms of sheer idiocy.
@thewinchesterau Yes, you may certainly help with the stabbing. I’ll even lend you a spare knife.
Oh FFS people! Telstra signing a non-binding Heads of Agreement is not “deal done”. It’s not the final act. I do so want to stab you now.
Oh yes @Pollytics “clownsourcing” is such an excellent word, I think I’ll start using it!
Watching more arsehats dragging censorship into the conversation, people who clearly have NFI about the structure of a telco.
Watching arsehats bleat out their comments on the Telstra/NBN deal before they’ve even read it. http://bit.ly/9itDJb
Pondering what to do for the afternoon, now that I’ve given up on resolving this WordPress plugin conflict.
@BernardKeane Huh? Rudd Tanner Conroy presser at 1.30? Government response to NBN study, maybe? Free iPads for all ALP voters?
@thetowncrier Sound a sick animal? Call WIRES and they will advise. http://bit.ly/1P2qdX
Oh I won’t add to the ocean of ill-informed by-election “analysis”, @tristankenney, just noting result was exactly as clueful predicted.
@SnarkyPlatypus Google Translate does not understand the concept of a unicorn shitting rainbows, nor of one farting butterflies. Useless.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis remarquablement bien. Je suis un arc en ciel licorne chier. Et vous? [I think Google may have had trouble.]
@nwjerseyliz Good morning. Or, in your case, good afternoon or evening. Time has a lot to answer for.
So, it was a 24% swing against Labor in Penrith yesterday. Situation as expected. http://bit.ly/9kEQLs
I think there is a word for someone who does database work on a Sunday morning. That word now applies to me. It’s sad.
OK, I’m focusing on producing stuff to tight deadlines now. If I don’t respond to you specifically, it just means that I hate you.
@Zombie_Plan There’ll be a brief mention in Patch Monday only. Twisted Wire is the main podcast about the telco industry. Not my brief.
Key points of Telstra/NBN deal are in http://bit.ly/aMb0Ii @Zombie_Plan and more will follow now that conference call’s done.
Telstra conference call over. Awaiting editorial direction from two different cities.
I’m also getting stabby with those commenting on Telstra who have NFI about the difference between wholesale and retail telco provisioning.
FFS! I’m getting SO stabby at this WRONG headline being RTed: “Australia to pay Telstra A$11 billion for entire copper network”
@wraptinweb Winter Solstice is at 9.28pm tonight Sydney time.
@markhughes3000 The answer is that NBNCo or govt are NOT buying Telstra’s copper network. That headline is completely misleading.
@engochick Oh yes, Patch Monday follows a Crikey piece. The big question, already in your email, is whether PM covers any of it.
OK, my brain is now in Telstra/NBN mode for the next three hours. Anything else will wait until after that.
@renailemay Qs re NBN access to TLS backhaul: Can NBN still shop around even if TLS backhaul exists? Can NBN build competing backhaul?
@jonoabroad I have no idea what you’re talking about.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Your avatar looks like a large tusked turd. [Well then, it’s a fair match to how I feel this morning.]
Japan’s Navy constitutionally forbidden from building aircraft carriers, so hello “Helicopter Destroyer”! http://bit.ly/9FbsjP
Mon plan: Write for Crikey; make Patch Monday podcast; that’s a packed day right there; celebrate Winter Solstice in my usual private way.
@SnarkyPlatypus Je suis le maître de l’activité inutile. Je jouis dans la gloire. Je suis un morse! http://youtu.be/Nnpil_pR…
Speaking of idiot he-said she-said journalism, I re-recommend @jonaholmesMW’s http://bit.ly/a4cLjO then @jayrosen_nyu’s http://bit.ly/bz0Hn4
Key points of Telstra/NBN deal are in the first part of http://bit.ly/aMb0Ii HT @renailemay
Precisely @bacco007 it’s a non-binding “Head of Agreement”, which means it’s a bullet-point list of intentions with details TBA.
There is your lengthy analysis, @renailemay, yes http://bit.ly/aQCv0s but that’s still not a clear list of what is and isn’t agreed.
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis exigeante faits et la clarté des médias. Je suis un imbécile. Et vous?
Now, do any news media EXPLAIN the Telstra/NBN deal, rather than just parrot a bunch of he-said she-said opinions?
I don’t think it’s worth trawling your archives to correct a map that’s already three years out of date, @R_Chirgwin Sorry I mentioned it.
So the Australian figure for 2007 is wrong, @R_Chirgwin? Not 109 Mbps international capacity? What was it?
Wondering if I can face reading the initial flood of “analysis” of yesterday’s Telstra/NBN announcement. I guess I’ll have to though.
2007 data, @R_Chirgwin? Well that’d be what the World Bank has. Nice to know they’re operating thru a rear-view mirror.
Map: International internet bandwidth, kilobits per person http://bit.ly/b3EfOG Compare Australia with G20