@jonoabroad What A/V do you run on that Android device? Maybe download the .apk and give it a scan.
@franksting @PointZeroOne @kjmci @jonoabroad I wonder how many Androids visiting @newscomauHQ will end up as part of a mobile botnet.
BYOAB: Bring Your Own Arsehat Buzzphrase. It’s the future of technology!
@kjmci @jonoabroad Yeah, classy. Not.
Hey @newscomauHQ, you may want to check out your ad networks. Mobogenie? Orly? pic.twitter.com/7YtRjCH6D3 @jonoabroad
@jonoabroad That there’s an advert wanting to install it make me suspect it’s a dodgier version, possibly even trojanised.
@jonoabroad “Mobogenie is a manager for your Android Smartphone”, says their more official stuff, which sounds dodgy as all fuck.
@jonoabroad There’s stuff called Mobogenie listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) by some A/V firms. Spammy, privacy-stealing etc.
@madman_42 @Pozible The IBM model 026 and 029 aren’t that different, but our 029s were newer (of course) and didn’t jam as often.
@PointZeroOne We all are.
@sw @Pozible Yes, but unlike so many other “up and to the right” charts, this one has a scale. For now, anyway.
@archoo You’re right, the kitten thing is a bit of a sideshow, but it’s still astounding that various websites were changed in response.
I’ve updated the @Pozible project with a chart showing progress. It’s all explained at pozible.com/edict1 pic.twitter.com/w5DzzpnJx5
Oh the Google Doodle for Earth Day has a hummingbird in it. And it’s rather cute.
@SnarkyPlatypus @jeamland With money I could have a human hold the dead kitten for me.
@cefiar Oh I can make something way more disturbing tomorrow if you like?
RT @jeamland: Dead kitten in shot. [True. It’s pretty shoddy production all rounds. Still, it’s shot on a 3yo webcam…]
Today’s progress video is now online, although the diagram it refers to isn’t. youtube.com/watch?v=AHMhsY… Project page: pozible.com/edict1
@cheshireb I find it unlikely that these 130 pages are deep maths.
Uploading video.
It rubs the soundtrack onto its video… pozible.com/edict1 pic.twitter.com/dvWJrWNttm
@acaderama I’m pretty sure it was PM&C only too, but I’m in the middle of video editing right now.
Mind you, taking an entire working week to look at 130 pages is more than a quarter of an hour per page. That seems very, very slow.
For folks pondering the Stop Tony Meow FOI, the decision-making time is looking at each of the 130 pages and deciding what to redact.
Have you just dribbled back from a long weekend? Dud you know that I’m resurrecting “The 9pm Edict”? pozible.com/edict1
RT @rashasman: You don’t need to know what you’re doing you just need to know more than the other people doing the same thing [True.]
Oh. Maybe I do actually know what I’m doing.
And even though the settings were the same as used previously. Oh well, adding in another production step.
Botheration. Somehow the video and audio recordings have gotten out if sync, even though they were recorded in the same app and file.
@GreenJ Sulks is a compound.
@GreenJ Well it is. [Sulks.]
@GreenJ Six. The carbon number is six.
@SnarkyPlatypus Je suis fatigué et floue et sans inspiration, mais au moins j’ai enregistré la vidéo.
AlsBoy I think this remains the best photo ever taken at a competitive dog show pic.twitter.com/V9woNY5dCK
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. J’ai été obligé de déployer le canard d’urgence aujourd’hui. J’ai de la fièvre. Et vous?
@jamescroft I suspect you’re right.
I wonder how that compared to the number of pages at PM&C on, say, Soapy the Ankle QC’s Freedom for Racism Draft Legislation.
How can 130 pages of documents about a silly joke indicate anything except advanced narcissism and paranoia by the PM and his people?
RT @tobiasziegler: meowception pic.twitter.com/EeCCscPx8W [Perhaps we need a Royal Commission into kitten photos.]
I agree with those who’ve suggested a @Pozible to get the $720 needed to get the actual documents. righttoknow.org.au/request/all_in… #stoptonymeowgate
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has 130 pages of documents about “Stop Tony Meow”. smh.com.au/federal-politi… righttoknow.org.au/request/all_in…
5at5daily “5at5 number 38 | 22 April 2014”: Rockets, public bathrooms,suicide, and two kinds of pseudo-scientific bullshit. tinyletter.com/5at5/letters/5…
“To Morrow, when the NBN war began”, in which the award-winning @zyzzyvamedia says the NBN has become of itself. zdnet.com/to-morrow-when…
Oops.
RT @lukehopewell: Hey look. Uber now supports PayPal… [Much like sharks support remora…]
@servantofchaos Thank you. As you might imagine, I’m not a fan of faux-numerical arsehattery.
@servantofchaos Measured in what units?
Damn. I forgot to bring my earbuds with me. I won’t be able to record today’s video here.
No further duck-related information, sorry, @virag064 @CarmenAngerer @Max_in_Sydney @msjenjenjen, Emergency Duck must be protected.
Excuse me for a moment. I need to be alone with this duck.
Sorry, @CarmenAngerer, the location of the Emergency Duck cannot be revealed.
@scottcarson1957 War is hell. Also, that’s disgusting.
I have been feeling dreadful all morning, so I’ve just deployed the Emergency Duck. pic.twitter.com/9IGY174Q7A
RT @gusworldau: The idea is they slide down your throat. Shades of Linda Lovelace. [Are you sure? Ping @scottcarson1957.]
Ah, @scottcarson1957 has the answer to the “sliders” question, and it’s not complimentary.
Who decided that tiny hamburgers are called “sliders”, what is slidey about them, and how many times should they be punched in the face?
Graham Burke also thinks that being given “sliders”, that is, shitty miniature hamburgers, is “being treated like royalty”. Arsehat.
Completely sane, in-touch Village Roadshow exec Graham Burke reckons dinner for two at “any restaurant, it’s $240”. gizmodo.com.au/2014/04/in-aus…
Here’s “The 9 O’Clock Resurrection, Day 2” video, posted late last night so you may have missed it. youtube.com/watch?v=IIQ6Bg…
Sudden fatigue.
“The 9 O’Clock Resurrection” has reached 50% of initial target on @Pozible. If you want “The 9pm Edict” to return… pozible.com/edict1
The speaker list for Newcastle’s @DiG_Festival has some interesting bodies on it. digfestival.com.au/confirmed-spea…
@TristanRayner Yep, I’ll give you a buzz this afternoon.
@oberonsghost Aw, I just got caught at a vulnerable moment.
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost No problems. But please, add “Organise proper data backups” to your to-do list, please. :)
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost Yep, and this photo shows the difference between IDE and SATA connectors. pic.twitter.com/7ChmWrtxTs
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost If you need/want to do it yourself, just take the drive into Jaycar, tell them you want a USB adpter for it.
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost Well the connectors look very different, but it’s likely written on the drive too, or look up the model number.
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost It’s either an IDE or SATA connector on the drive, so you want either an IDE-to-USB or SATA-to-USB adapter.
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost The specific thing will depend on the type of drive, but this stuff is standard work for computer tech shops.
@ErezGordon @oberonsghost Just take the hard drive out, get an adapter, and plug it into another computer. If HD is dead, though, it’s dead.
Outdoor breakfast desk, with steak sandwich instagram.com/p/nEfS_7CFtz/
@stevemcilhatton Or, as @scottcarson1957 observed the other day, like Sewer Commissioners from Jersey City.
New blog post: “Weekly Wrap 202: Doom Clown, fish heads, crowdfunding” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/20… pic.twitter.com/rYdacqZe6D
DeptOfAustralia #chooselife #choosewhite #choochoochooseyou #auspol #nswpol pic.twitter.com/ubzSKt1fuu
@PointZeroOne Oh whacko. I wonder what that’s about. [Makes note to investigate that later.]
“John Della Bosca, that’s what I’m talking about!” ustream.tv/recorded/20966… Ping @PointZeroOne @burgotastic @leslienassar
Unaware of John Della Bosca’s irresistible, overpowering sex appeal? Here’s a reminder. So very moist-making. pic.twitter.com/24Yeh8y8qH
“Coming up, John Della Bosca joins us,” so it’s pretty much pants-off time right now. Ungh! Ungh! Ungh!
swearyanthony Look, George, you’re just not thinking that creatively pic.twitter.com/AM34NDM583
Noticing that I just typed “I’m a freelance journalised”, so there’s that.
nycjim Worth another mention. 50th birthday of the videophone, AT&T’s giant but wonderful flop. on.mash.to/RBw9hN pic.twitter.com/JiVESq6EK1
NYTimeskrugman The Economy is Not Like a Household nyti.ms/1ttA5PP
grifferz @bitcoin_txt
has anybody sent opec an email and asked them if they’re willing to accept bitcoins for oil?
@jeamland Ah, thank you. Sounds like @github needs to sort out some stuff, but “Software project full of arseholes” isn’t news, sadly.
TheFix The best picture of President Obama and the Easter Bunny you will ever see. wapo.st/1pnjwWv pic.twitter.com/M3NXZdDXMB
I’m resurrecting “The 9pm Edict”. We’re halfway to the first @Pozible target. So, help reach it and push it further? pozible.com/edict1
Angry and frustrated at having to return to work after your Easter break? Channel that emotion into my podcast plans. pozible.com/edict1
Should I bother finding out more about this @github thing, or would I just be wading into the usual quagmire of arseholes?
@purserj That must be getting to be rather a long list.
mikko How the “Unflod Baby Panda” iOS malware was named: pic.twitter.com/Hb26SGvGXm
markpollard Tasty food marketing jargon: “mouth feel.” Use it next time you dine with friends.
jacobian Can someone order us a new tech industry, please? This one’s broken.
jacobian Silicon Valley: where you can harass an employee, resign, and immediately get funded by a premier VC firm.
Oh. There’s a book.
Listening to today’s discussion of Gillard vs Rudd. Wondering what practical value any of this has for my life. Seems like sports coverage.
Tue plan, draft: A long morning of email and planning and many minor tasks; @Pozible pluggage in audio and video; @5at5daily; evening TBA.
@SnarkyPlatypus Oui. Un trou noir supermassif. L’un de dents. Et couteaux rotatifs. C’est bon. D’accord.
RT @charltonbrooker: Am back in The Guardian. Wrote this about Masterchef: gu.com/p/3zt2z/tf [He is. And he did.]
@SnarkyPlatypus Quel est l’équivalent intergalactique d’un canal, je me demande?
@cxi @SnarkyPlatypus One of the saddest aspects of growing up was realising that the world is generally not as described in the brochures.
@SnarkyPlatypus C’est un choix difficile. Oblitération est nécessaire, et pourtant je veux que ce soit douloureux. Je vais demander conseil.
I think @SnarkyPlatypus would recognised @cxi’s current plight, apart from the Afghanistan part. twitter.com/cxi/status/458…
leslienassar RT @paleofuture: Vox made a graph about tech history. Here’s why that graph is garbage. paleofuture.gizmodo.com/no-tech-adopti… pic.twitter.com/PVly0ypt7g
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Je suis ennuyé et j’ai un mal de tête et tout le monde doit mourir. Et vous?
We’re being encouraged to “Commit a Billion Acts of Green”, @stevebwriter, but isn’t that St Patrick’s Day? Confused. earthday.org/takeaction/
stevebwriter @stilgherrian Is it one of those times for turning off hydro-electric lights & burning fossil-fuel candles to show we respect t environment?
Today is Earth Day, so you are permitted and required to be 24 times as smug as during Earth Hour. earthday.org
Hello, Planet Earth. What do we have in store for you today?
SwiftOnSecurity Then I was like, yeah I’m Taylor Swift but even I can’t fix your compliance issues without buy-in from management pic.twitter.com/oCxou0q2AW