RT @chrisjrn: It’s @stilgherrian, looking very much like @stilgherrian: flic.kr/p/bgc1Rz #lca2012 [It’s true.]
Noivilbo isn’t even a proper word, @jeamland.
This street is too long.
In a cab, escaping certain oblivion.
Oh, THAT’S why it doesn’t make sense. I’m in Melbourne.
This will end well.
OH: “Well Twitter is pretty much the internet as far as I’m concerned.”
@ForsakenDAemon Discrimination law is about quite specific things. “I don’t like you or what you do, I won’t do business” is fine otherwise.
Me at @technologyspec, 13 Dec: “Time to drop the ‘e’,” or the ‘cyber’ for that matter. arseh.at/p7l #woti /cc @jeamland
Trying to work out how a business choosing not to do business with someone is “outside the law”. #woti
I just wish to point out that no-one searched me for firearms today.
@Melissa_Moyle I’ve got your mob on my pencilled list, and will sort this stuff out first thing Monday morning.
So many people RTing a speaker turn their quotes into cartoon parodies trivial to refute. You work AGAINST your cause, arsehats! #woti
It’s times like this I realise how few people are competent at paraphrasing someone while preserving nuance of meaning. #woti
As a complete aside, I’m in Melbourne through until Tuesday evening, and my schedule is pretty much open from 1000 Monday.
@Asher_Wolf ALL numbers out of context are bullshit. Quoting “large numbers” without dividing by population is bullshit. #woti
Alas I was moving as the figure was given, @Ucannot @LucasJamesAU @nekonoir, and Twitter stream has already Chinese Whisper’d the numbers.
Yes, surveillance is increasing. Countering government bullshit is good. But FFS don’t counter it with more innumerate bullshit. #woti
65,000 surveillance ops, population 22.8M [national figure cited?] 0.29%. VASTLY more criminals than that. But, you know, arithmetic. #woti
I do get depressed when law enforcement is ALWAYS portrayed as an automatic enemy. Are we forever to be 14yo rebels? #woti
The hashtag for War on the Internet is #woti and the stream has kinda started at arseh.at/qr6
@michaelmeloni I’ve got cargo pants on. My American Shooters t-shirt is in the wash, alas.
Heading to Trades Hall, Carlton, for “War on the Internet” forum at 1500. arseh.at/qq7 Stream arseh.at/qr6
RT @rbbrown: It hasnt been the Lunux conference since Welllington in 2010 [This is true. I am embarrassed.]
Episode 4 of @TechRepublic’s #lca2012 podcast now online! “Linux.conf.au 2012: Planes, sounds and freedom” arseh.at/qr5
Videos from sessions at Lunux.conf.au are starting to appear at arseh.at/qr4 and quality looks good. #lca2012
Oh. South Yarra. That’s right.
Quick detour to South Yarra to check in, then to Trades Hall by 1500.
@R3mm3t I like your thinking. But as I say, it’s all uploaded. At 1500 I have to cover the War on the Internet forum. arseh.at/qq7
@R3mm3t Oh, it’s all already uploaded. I only needed a spot to sit while I used my own internets.
Oh. Arriving at Southern Cross station. I must now gather my things and find a spot from where to upload all the things.
OH: “A real bloke doesn’t stand a chance because there’s always just too many parasites working against him.”
Environmentalism. Business strategy. Constitutional law. Should I list the other fields in which his expertise is still unacknowledged?
Ah, good. He’s now complaining that a court didn’t accept his view that a certain tax breached the Australian Constitution.
The first chap is continuing on his theme. Apparently if they shot for 5 hours, they should have broadcast all 5 hours of footage.
OH, other guy: “The problem is they have no idea how to run a business.” Or, presumably, do heart surgery or square a circle.
OH: “I’ve been on Channel 7. ‘Today Tonight’. They sent a film crew. They took 4 or 5 hours to film but it was cut down to 8 minutes.”
OH: “Don’t talk to me about Greens, they’re a pack of crooks.”
Pro tip: When travelling by train, it is important to loudly detail every inconvenience in your life to the passengers sitting nearby.
@digitalkulcha I would never fake the ambient sound. Thin end of a wedge that puts you on the slipper slope down a dangerous path.
Awwww… I grabbed a Carlton Draught here at Ballarat station, but just saw they have casks of Coolabah Soft Fruity White.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus What a random collection of music artists. At a medieval theme park. [Glorious, isn’t it! And yes, good sitcom ep.]
Apparently I’m tweeting in a New Zealand accent now.
INXS, Vanessa Amorosi and James Reyne are playing Kryal Castle tonight. Thus us why they invented the ballista.
Thanks, @kelisha, you too. To everyone at #lca2012, sorry I couldn’t spend as much time with you as I’d have liked. Great event.
RT @mrgrumpystephen: @stilgherrian You’re talking about me right? [Yes.]
Have you noticed how some of the people on the internet are paranoid psychotics?
Backing up data. Yep, 3.2GB of new data since my last backup at 0630. Welcome to the joys of media production.
So, the majority of the final podcast editing is done. Pack, check out, cab to railway station, and yes get ready to record SFX.
Oh bugger. The only train to Melbourne before the 1131 is the 1012, and I don’t quite have time to get to the station to record that.
@bleeters Nope, still at the motel. I’m planning to catch to 1131, but record an earlier train to get the SFX.
Hmmm. The first podcast started with magpies calling in the early. Perhaps the last one should end with the sound of my train leaving.
Back to the podcast editing. Identifying which 20 minutes or so of@ioerror’s 1.5-hour presentation I’ll include. #lca2012
“I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I AM A HUMAN PASSENGER TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT!”
I stand corrected. Wikipedia tells me “the largest wide-bodied aircraft” are called “jumbo jets”. But, WIN, it’s still rather infantile.
Acording to whichever TV news they’re playing on WIN, an Airbus A380 is a “Jumbo”. In other news, Sydney Swans is a women’s netball team.
Breaking from Linux.conf.au podcast production for breakfast. Scroll back for linkage to stuff I posted in the last 24 hours. #lca2012
@NewtonMark I should’ve asked you to pick me up on the way through. YBLT to YMMB.
RT @NewtonMark: Ballarat’s ICAO code sounds like a question about a sandwich. “YBLT. Because bacon.” #lca2012
Whew! That’s all the repimpage of yesterday’s work. Now diving into today’s work. New Linux.conf.au podcast in about 4 or 5 hours. #lca2012
RT: Also at @zdnetaustralia: “No SOPA for Australia: AG” with @SenatorLudlam comments too. arseh.at/qpz #lca2012
RT: Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam” arseh.at/qpy #lca2012
Actually, the Linux.conf.au podcast cross-post at @zdnetaustralia has comments a’gathering. arseh.at/qq9 #lca2012
RT: Episode 3 of @TechRepublic’s #lca2012 podcast now online! “Linux.conf.au 2012: cyborg lawyer demands source” arseh.at/qq8
Sat plan: Final Linux.conf.au podcast; train Ballarat-Melbourne; 1500 War on the Internet forum arseh.at/qq7; drinks and dinner.
And so this is Saturday. With magpies. And a very, very blurry start to proceedings.
I will now collapse, ‘cos I have a podcast to do in the morning, and other stuff, and still get to Melbourne by lunchtime. Yeah, good plan.
@mattcdef2000 Oh, I meant my immediately preceding tweet, but it was a @reply to @SenatorLudlam so you may not see it in your timeline.
I’m still staring at that statement and am gobsmacked by the arrogance and sheer contempt for the citizenry it implies.
@SenatorLudlam “…with the government saying that it is too early in the discussions for consumers to be involved.” Says it all. #sopa
@SenatorLudlam I was going to pay you out for still being awake but realised your body clock is probably still on AWST?
@SenatorLudlam Mind you, Sen Conroy has always said that it’d be better for copyright-holders and internet industry to sort it out. #sopa
@SenatorLudlam @zdnetaustralia It’s a curious response. “Not currently considering” is of course meaningless. @engochick had to prod. #sopa
@SnarkyPlatypus Sadly the existence of the RI was just a reminder that I should’ve been paying attention about four hours ago.
So, just to make it clear, “Ball a rat” is not some late-night rodent-oriented recommendation for enjoyment. #lca2012
I am in Ballarat, @SnarkyPlatypus. It’s midnight. Why would I be making ravioli? Also, RI in the bar was quite acceptable.
Also at @zdnetaustralia: “No SOPA for Australia: AG” with @SenatorLudlam comments too. arseh.at/qpz #lca2012