OK, last night’s lack of sleep is finally hitting me. Gorn.
@MegaManSec Cool. I’m much happier with the idea that I’m merely first to call it that, rather than first to think of it.
RT @JP_Riseborough: An Australian coal mine valued at A$860mln in a deal three years ago has sold for a dollar
http://t.co/Lfq0yL0l3P http:…
RT @BlogsofWar: Well said dead lion. Well said. - RT @LibyaLiberty: We’ve reached peak Cecil the Lion news. https://t.co/sIh4wBd8uY
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Should we let cyber espionage victims hack back?†http://t.co/yjrn8xhrVu
@Taco_Lad Oh indeed. I’m not just annoyed that I fell for the recency illusion. Again.
@johnthelutheran I’m maybe one or two bets ahead of you, in sports anyway. I won a bet agains@mpescece too, lost agains@PaulFletcherMPMP.
@Taco_Lad Oh yeah. That. From the 1930s. Silly me, I’d heard of that too.
@MegaManSec This is what I would have thought, now that things like protein synthesis are automated.
@Taco_Lad Though I suspect that geneticists and software hackers just use different terminology for the idea.
@Taco_Lad Perhaps, but I’d imagined that someone else would have been there well before me.
Google Search returns zero results for “DNA fuzzing†or “gene fuzzing†or “… fuzzerâ€. I think I just invented a thing. A scary thing.
The World Bank really has grown up over the last decade. https://t.co/V55Gpoe3Jg
“Fuzzingâ€, you ask? This definition is as good as any other. https://t.co/WpN9tYRdKB
If you thought that software fuzzing and other hacking techniques caused havoc, wait until they start fuzzing DNA. https://t.co/Xpie6IHy9l
@johnthelutheran What were the odds at that time?
RT @coreyspowell: How’s that for a milestone: Pluto is now in Google Earth (er…Google Pluto?). http://t.co/QvgK6axdZy HT @skdh http://t.c…
“The 9pm I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Planet†is now also on SoundCloud. https://t.co/WkyW7tb746
Meanwhile, “The 9pm Urgent Hardware Refresh@Pozibleible just hit 50% of Target One. Thank ypozible.com/edict2Wpic.twitter.com/o20LMvBfIzBfIz
New podcast: “The 9pm I Can’t Believe It’s Not a Planstilgherrian.com/edict/00046/tCwHy6 Image pinched@davpopeapic.twitter.com/TpXxURed1YURed1Y
Uploading.
Rendering.
@AshKyd If only.
Mixing and post-processing.
Recording.
“Salil Tripathi: As Singapore turns 50, is it at the cusp becoming different?†https://t.co/4FNkaR13UZ
@siggsau It’s true. The timing is a bit wobbly, because I’m re-recording a big chunk of it. But I’ll keep going tonight until it’s done.
RT @swearyanthony: bwahahaha https://t.co/PXP0bCmNxV
RT @charispalmer: Interactive: All of Uber’s battles with Australian authorities http://t.co/5bsTryuOuS via @smh
5at5 number 206: Rogue cockatoos, cyber espionage, the end of Imperial Japan, an old American Communist, and more. http://t.co/jzwKZFVDJU
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Should we let cyber espionage victims hack back?†http://t.co/yjrn8xhrVu
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first [cyber] threat report, but… ho hum†http://t.co/3KHDW0iex2
Fri plan, remainder: Bring in some firewood; @5at5daily; finish “The 9pm Edict†podcast (definitely); wine; venison; more wine, probably.
Unedited vision of Adam Goodes’ press conference after That Incident back in 2013. https://t.co/20z9DRCglX @AndrewCatsaras via @mumbletwits
The @ACCAN_AU Conference debate looks like it’ll be fun. https://t.co/fLHxLyBWVk Conference is 1-2 Sep, Sydney. http://t.co/oB9CiwuUyv
Bravo, @WellandTribune: “Dead deer discovered at dead Deere plant†http://t.co/2SADrUkKHt HT @johnemcintyre
Maybe @AFL should have traditional indigenous routines before every game to help combat racism, says @FionaPattenMLC http://t.co/Xq2x729VJA
@purserj What can I say? The birds love me.
Idiocy: “Australia’s most famous beef producer is about to lose his farm after neighbours complained about cockatoos†http://t.co/gfK61HViZl
“Study: People read more on sites with modern designs. They also remember more.†http://t.co/9587nevr4L
I like your thinking, @BlogsofWar… https://t.co/CQhGEVfGGZ
@BXGD @thelaughingsub They are, however, reliable sources of vision that can make a government loom forward-looking or the reverse.
“Uber ban causes AU$40m annual loss to Queensland economy: Reportâ€, writes @thelaughingsub http://t.co/eWQDHva7AC
@AnturveyLucy Pain’s down a bit, thanks, but ploughing through work is still a bit slow.
RT @atduskgreg: I finally figured out a more accurate name for the ‘sharing economy’: Servants As A Service.
Some 13 minutes of Malcolm Tucker grade invective, plus nearly 10 minutes rated “merely†explic@jeamlandland. That’ll be exhausting.
I’m guessin@jeamlandnd will be pleased at how Malcolm Tucker this is all gettingpozible.com/edict2upic.twitter.com/DtMHnUW3SKSK
@AbstractCode Heh. I’m actually under quota this month.
@aqualung Thanks very much. It looks likely we’ll hit Target One, so now I’m interesting in seeing how Target Two might go.
@jplonie Um, I’d assumed that the selection had been made.
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia. Yes, one published yesterday, and another one today.
What a timely week for @AICriminology to release this new report! http://t.co/NyxT67bh97 http://t.co/wE4V5ZBFPY
@dfg77 So you have. Thank you very much.
@Steve_Lockstep Not really. I don’t care if they’ve heard it or not.
If anyone’s seen audio of last night’s Rabbit speech, do please let me know.
I can guess the age of the Rabbit’s audience last night, but “a generation ago†is… so distant in memory… namely 1990.
“It’s hard to imagine; but much that’s ridiculed today seemed self-evident a generation ago…†No, Tony, that’s quite easy to imagine.
“Riveting, as well as interesting,†eh Tony? Also, “It’s hard to imagine …†is a statement about your own ability, not about the world.
Can someone please tell the Prime Minister that “foremost intellectual†and “tedious pedant†are different things?
“… one of our country’s foremost political intellectuals …†[Fills own pockets with rocks, leaps into canal.]
RT @umairh: It’s because ads suck. And now people don’t have to suffer their torturous validity. Pretty simple. https://t.co/mutzmNEPhn
“3D brain map reveals connections between cells in nano-scale†http://t.co/B0Ohz8w6Ko
“Dying Lion Sure Doesn’t Feel As Though He’s Completing Some Great Cosmic Circle†http://t.co/69o3Hv8FT5
Mildly amused by “The 9pm Urgent Hardware Refresh†being EXACTLY 40% to Target Opozible.com/edict2Wmue Thanks, folks. Keep ’em coming.
@GiovanniTorre The first six words of your tweet kinda answer themselves.
@penbo Well put, Penbo.
I thought @charliepick’s take on the Adam Goodes story was rather good. https://t.co/BUbHBjtLyJ
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first threat report, but… ho hum†http://t.co/3KHDW0zPoA #cyber #disappoint
Fri plan: Research & write for @zdnetaustralia (in progress); administrivia; @5at5daily; finish “The 9pm Edict†podcast; 2043 Full Moon.
RT @penbo: Andrew Bolt says Goodes is starting a race war. Coming from him it’s not a criticism, it’s a demarcation dispute http://t.co/5JZ…
@stufromoz My life continues.
@stufromoz I have the following line in /etc/hosts, and won’t be removing it any time soon: “0.0.vine.co87Jt”
New @FBI video “The Company Man: Protecting America’s Secrets†(36 mins) https://t.co/rSwngLa7E2 Apparently depicts China as economic spies.
Every current and former lawyer for the US military and intelligence community I’ve ever encountered has a gloriously black sense of humour.
“We [the US] didn’t ask the international community whether we should execute the Rosenbergs. We just did it.†(2/2)
So @stewartbaker is no fan of “international normsâ€â€¦ (1/2)
“Everybody knew the first-class seats on Air France were bugged,†so French intel could steal secrets, s@stewartbakerak#ACCyberyber
“[The US is] the country that invented the 140-character limit! We CAN innovate,†s@stewartbakeraker. Inde#ACCyberyber
I say, @AtlanticCouncil/@CSMPasscode “Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage†is utterly fascinating. http://t.co/42hCmniIcg
RT @SalmanRushdie: Tweet of the day.Everyone knows the edelweiss is Australia’s national flower & von Trapp is an old Sydneysider name. htt…
Me at @zdnetaustralia Thursday: “ACSC publishes first threat report, but… ho hum†http://t.co/3KHDW0zPoA #cyber #disappoint
taosecurity Some emphasize CN hacker theft of J-35 data, but I prefer the JAST/J-20 comparison of Bill Sweetman @AviationWeek pic.twitter.com/Tptpdso7rc
taosecurity I wonder @warisboring @rbeckhusen how China could build such great aircraft so quickly? “Based on existing designs?” pic.twitter.com/EgVonSrZRN
Watching @AtlanticCouncil’s “Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage†for today’s column. https://t.co/tMu5mH0mvw
Fri plan, draft: Research & write @zdnetaustralia column; administrivia; @5at5daily; finish and post “The 9pm Edict†podcast; Full Moon.
Friday. It is a world of pain. Your world. Of pain. A world of pain. Just shut the fuck up and buy something. Friday.
@MSMWatchdog2013 @elronxenu It can, yes, though there’s none here and none available within, oh, maybe 40km.
@Knieriemen I imagine it’s people who can’t get over the hump to a new way, either technically or financially. DVD players are $10.
@MSMWatchdog2013 @elronxenu I am a big fan of the scroll bar. ;)
@elronxenu There was a good 45 minutes between when it hit tonight and when I was in any state to find my phone, trust me.
@elronxenu That sounds familiar. There seems to be a lot of this about, it’s just not spoken of.
@interrogativus I know what you mean. It’s only the second time this has hit this bad, but Mistress Insomnia is an old friend.
@kipkniskern That’s the one, yes, thank you. I can perhaps amuse myself by looking up its origins.
@AnturveyLucy Thanks. This certainly won’t kill me, but it’s not much fun.
Either way, I recognise this. It will end when it ends, and not before. Meanwhile, sleep will have to be abandoned.
Severe muscle spasm in the calf. I recognise this. I believe that Americans call it a Charley Leg or some such thing.
Well this is rather exquisite pain and two o’clock in the morning all at the same time.
Gorn.
DrScienceCat Looks like everyone dies at 5 pm pic.twitter.com/RMZpw9N4ma
Yeah sure, @sydneyswans, but look right here. What’s this all aboutpic.twitter.com/gen7VKvPAyAy
@thegrugq @ErrataRob I was just thinking that. Also, I could use a news story to distract from the arsehattery in AU this week.
That is to say, I’m too lazy to drag out the Budget papers to see whether “$22.2M funding†is what it’s always been, or more, or less.
Soapy just announced $22.2M funding “for 97 orgs to support and develop professional Indigenous visual arts.†Chocolate rations up or down?
@jplonie Open both bottles now. The Rolling is quite acceptable, and the Block 50 will need maybe half an hour to breathe.
What the MH370 story needs — what it’s ALWAYS needed — is far more ignorant and baseless speculation from 7000km away.
@ChipRolley Chase, but don’t poke. That’d be the policy.
RT @GordyPls: What in eight fucks is a suspected suitcase? Do you even journalism? Is it a fucking suitcase or not? https://t.co/DuQDJ2euHk
@posty Yeah, “ankle†on first reference, then work up to the actual c-word. The dynamic of this will be interesting, ’cos part improvised.
Hah. Like this is even a challenge. pic.twitter.com/WXuNJqoyc3
The @Pozible rewards are skewing nicely towards “Malcolm Tucker†level content from pozible.com/edict2Wpic.twitter.com/4GT7o2QBbGQBbG
Meanwhile, “The 9pm Urgent Hardware Refresh@Pozibleible campaign continues. 35% of Target Opozible.com/edict2Wpic.twitter.com/o20LMvBfIzBfIz
Anyway, tonight I’ll just relax and see what bits of the Edict I still want to use, then tomorrow a solid Full Moon media production day.
@chifley_alison Well, a Pinot Grigio is a different beast entirely from a Sangiovese. Are Tuscan whites even a thing?
Maybe my wine reviews should become a regular thing. I’ve already recorded Phil from d’Vine for the Edict this week.
@monsieurarion Well, not a Spanish one. There’s a couple in Australia that are starting to get it.
Yeah, that’s PRECISELY what a Sangiovese is about. Love and regret.
Which is to say, you could down a couple bottles of this over lunch before you realised what you’d done. Love and regret in equal measures.
This needs maybe 15 minutes to catch up with contemporary reality, but this 15-dollar Tuscan Sangiovese is exactly what it should be.
Ah here we go. Nice ruby colour. Promising nose. Light, fresh berries, this DOES have the soft tannins. Slightly acrid palate, in a god way.
Well, opening this bottle a having a sniff, it actually smells like wine. Excellent start, when compared with that Spanish shit.
Having put that dreadfully dull wine aside, let’s see what this Tuscan 2012 Sangiovese can deliver. pic.twitter.com/KeEPWjwUgN
@monsieurarion Well, in a way it is.
@monsieurarion A tempranillo shouldn’t need that much, and character won’t magically appear.
@trentyarwood That sounds like d’Vine. They’re lovely people.
@juhasaarinen On reflection, it wouldn’t have been my first choice, but it’s acceptable, apparently. http://t.co/n1BshPTrzo
@bigbadave That was @virag064’s suggestion, pretty much. I don’t have all the makings here right now, so I’ll re-cap the bottle and move on.
I’ve been spoiled this week, because Phil at d’Vine Cellars has a SEKRIT bargain that I’m not allowed to talk about.
@virag064 Both your suggestions are fair. But it’s just a dull wine. Somebody has gone through the motions, but little more.
@SnarkyPlatypus It’s lighter than a merlot. Which I suppose is your point.
That is to say, it’s a seven-dollar non-vintage Spanish Tempranillo.
This dull wine would be ideal for hosing down the patio or, in an hiking emergency, washing out infected cuts and abrasions.
Non-vintage. Meh. Unremarkable deep red colour. No nose. “Red berry flavoursâ€, yes, but lacking character. “Soft tannins? Where. No palate.
Opening the seven-dollar Spanish Tempranillo because YOLO or Rule 34 or Shane Warne or something. pic.twitter.com/0IA4KuNslH
dobes @stilgherrian just get absolutely fucked, and then get fucked again for good measure.
@dobes Rule 34.
“UK trade union takes legal action against Uberâ€, writes @thelaughingsub http://t.co/W7b6iG0dRt
@stringy This is true, perhaps, but even so.
RT @Drag0nista: Meanwhile, in the parallel universe…. https://t.co/oLKstM46aH
@MoviusC Ah, yes. I suspect you’re right. Multiple articles cover it. But where to point newcomers to the story? Rolling media’s problem.
5at5 number 205: Hamburgers, satirical video, two kinds of racism, and yet more damning reporting on the F-35. http://t.co/aCCccPKFMm
@MoviusC If you spot a better one, do let me know. I’m happy to improve my suggestions.
I’m scrapping the first 17 minutes of “The 9pm Edict” podcast that I recorded Tuesday because it’s simply not angry enough.
Non-Australians coming to the Adam Goodes saga late, here’s a fair summary from @GuardianAus http://t.co/NqDd6dq9St
NITV Stan Grant tells how #AdamGoodes feels in @GuardianAus Now join Stan’s chat w Adam 9PM NITV bit.ly/1Iq58Af pic.twitter.com/DEwbxPCgKg
@thegrugq Ah yes. People with a wholly different raft of personal problems. ;)
WtfRenaissance Tiffany’s pingers had kicked in way before anyone elses. pic.twitter.com/jdbSlIRBhn
@thegrugq What took you so long?
@NevinPeter No. No, it doesn’t.
@ResignInShame Excellent work, that.
Today’s News Word appears to be “flaperon”, because apparently it’s new to people.
@ResignInShame Oh that’s rather handy. Though isn’t the dry to sweet axis upside down at one end?
RT @weezmgk: Major fire at Eastern Creek as seen from #BlueMountains @702sydney https://t.co/hAOH8Xd8mh http://t.co/FTzCJtLN5z
7NewsSydney View from 7 News helicopter of the Eastern Creek building on fire. 100 fire fighters are in attendance. #7News pic.twitter.com/eRZrjnfGHu
#purpletrain, briefly.
@R_Chirgwin @mahootna2 Let me know how it goes. My bush engineering isn’t exactly fresh knowledge
@R_Chirgwin @mahootna2 Perhaps grind down the head of said screwdriver to a flat thing before glueing.
@R_Chirgwin @mahootna2 $2 Shop jeweller’s screwdriver plus Supaglue.
Weinstrategieentwicklung ist in Ordnung.
@R_Chirgwin Just get a new screw. OPSM stores keep a random selection, will replace yours for a $5 donation to their charity box.
Just received for my @Pozible campaign, the instructions “Please direct abuse to @NowhereBob, whale molester and dugong fancier.†Sure.
@Greybeard3 @NowhereBob Oh cheers, yes, I just got the email. Thank you. Instructions received and understood.
@wendy_harmer Cheers, Wendy. This writing and/or performing and/or media lark. What in God’s name possesses us?
@PointZeroOne And yet, The Australian. [Shrugs.]
Perhaps listening to this venue’s classic Nick Cave playlist while doing all this is not the most sensible strategy.
I read stuff like Stan Grant’s op-ed, look at my own and think — yet again — that I should just give up and go work as a dish pig or such.
“… ashamed of the bastardised wreckage of a culture that we clung to. This wasn’t the Dreamtime. This was mangy dogs and broken glass.”
“I can tell you what Adam must be feeling, because I’ve felt it. Because every Indigenous person I know has felt it.”
Yeah, look, as people have been tweeting, Stan Grant is simply astounding on Adam Goodes today. http://t.co/zr46za6yIT
New blog post: “Talking the ACSC cyber threat report on @1395FIVEaaâ€. 11 min audio from earlier. https://t.co/6jvO9uHnjH
@ericscheid @michaelneale Plans are one rate. This “as you need†is $10/GB block. And excess (if not on $10 blocks) is the nasty rate.
Never a truer word was said about linguistics, eh? https://t.co/VUOCrhDtnz
@Gin_ev_ra It really doesn’t seem the same, though, does it.
@cafuego Ah. You’re probably right.
Currently playing: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “We No Who U R†https://t.co/hQhlrcUsgo
My God, that’s a good word.
Weinstrategieentwicklung.
Right. I’d better get the shopping done, and then get back t@bunjareeee so I can work on the podcast.
@jodiem @zdnetaustralia Thanks. It was my genuine reaction. I was looking forward to the report, and was disappointed.
@paul_okeeffe @michaelneale Why indeed.
@davpope @Thetownlybomb It’s quite terrifying.
And I’m cybered out. I’ll post a recording of that later today on my website.
Preparing to cyber up…
Here we go…
This cyber chat on @1395FIVEaa should be any minute now. You may listen at fiveaa.com.au or, you know, not. It’s really up to you.
@Telstra Thanks, Oliver. Nice to know that my brain remembered it correctly.
@OzNigel I’ll post a full breakdown of the work required etc at the end, so it’ll be easier to judge then.
@OzNigel This is pretty easy stuff, actually. Well, everyone’s concept of “easy†is different.
@michaelneale I’m not across the fine details. I think it removes the entire “data pack†concept once you flip @Telstraelstra can tell you.
@michaelneale Effectively it means you just pay for mobile data in 1GB blocks as you need it.
@michaelneale I’ve been using the new Telstra mobile data process for a couple months now, and it works as advertised. Much more sensible.
@jeamland @SnarkyPlatypus The reference is completely lost on me. No neurons are firing in recognition.
@Thetownlybomb Some things are universal, I guess. Sadly.
@Thetownlybomb Indeed. :) Twitter has catapulted @davpope’s cartoon well outside its usual Australian political wonk audience.
@Thetownlybomb Steady on, there! :)
@Thetownlybomb What you’re not across, I’m guessing, is that the cartoon is about a political/sport issue in AU. The lion is a metaphor.
@Thetownlybomb Imagine what you like. You seem intent on telling me what I think, rather than asking me.