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I fixed my virtual hard drive . Now has a brillant (yet imaginary) 116GB of Free Space. Fantastic. The fix was to simply run resize2fs with it mounted in read/write mode, I kept assuming it’d need them not mounted, so was trying to resize it, when it wasn’t existing. I got some sweet speeds on [...]

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I’m in the process of resizing a virtual machines hard drive to get some updates on it (hasn’t been updated in oh… several months), the issue is when I set many virtual machines up, I used to enter a limit for its dynamically expanding disk. Not considering the consequences of doing so, I figure it’ll [...]

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Our sync speed on ADSL2+ is now at a fantastic 10Mbit, with 812kbit out, with the introduction of a Billion 5200 to the network lineup. That device saw the retirement of the trusty D-Link DSL-504T, which just wasn’t cutting it for ADSL2+ with 8Mbit, 800kbps. ADSL2+ has an inherent disadvantage, however. The property we rent [...]

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There are 3 ways to do things. Homer: The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way. Bart: Isn’t that just the wrong way, but faster. Homer: Yes. I’m reminded of that episode of The Simpsons each time I hear of someone trying to do something where something else is already available to [...]

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Whilst not the first company off the bat in Australia to bomb dive into WiMAX on a retail level, Internode has come in just 2nd place with a WiMAX network capable of delivering good results. According to an announcement from Internode, thye claim using a 10 WiMAX base station network centered around Yorke Penninsula, speeds [...]

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Looking at a $20 note recently, the question came at hand, what colour is it? A few different responses were given. 1: Red 2: Orange 3: Pink Obviously, Pink is wrong, we knew that much, but as to it being Orange or Red, I was pretty sure a $20 bill is orange. My partner didn’t [...]

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I understand Conroy doesn’t exactly want to be the target of a lawsuit, even if it is vexatious, and he has already committed to sharing information about the OPEL decision with Telstra. So, what I am wondering is, what about commercial in confidence information? It would be a severe breach of many privacy laws to [...]

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Virtual Machines are a great way at hosting multiple services, and keeping your overall costs low. Computers have become very much so beefed up that the grunt they have spends a lot of time idle, and only peak loads when you are doing intensive tasks, even then, they generally keep within 50% of the processors [...]

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CTP is a critical requirement when registering a vehicle, there’s no option that states you choose to wear all costs for driving an uninsured vehicle, and so forth, you are required to have it to register the vehicle. However, something that amazes me, yet annoys me a lot is the clear differences in CTP costs [...]

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We recently had an ADSL2+ service connected, and since it has been connected, we’ve had issues with it. The original issue was we weren’t able to authenticate with Exetel after being cutover, so they were contacted, to contact Optus about the issue. We were syncing at a great speed though, 10Mbit down, and 1Mbit up. [...]

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I think that when you look at a computer, you are looking at a rapidly devaluing asset. Technology evolves very quickly, so quickly that what is the latest and greatest quickly becomes the oldest. I was working with an old machine today that presented itself with symptoms of rebooting, crashing and a general slowness. I [...]

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A few months or so ago, I mentioned that I planned on setting up a web hosting server for select websites only. Well, that hasn’t really progressed, and if anything, it’s actually gone backwards. Just tonight however, I was testing out the features of a control panel I started with, and one of those features [...]

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At least, an APC article would suggest that happened , we can but still imagine it did happen. What actually happened is the NextG network replacement date was set for January 28, however, one of Coonan’s last acts was ordering an ACMA audit before the closure of the network to make sure it is ready [...]

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The lawyers at Telstra have seemingly finished their holiday break, returning recently to launch an appeal against a decision made in the High Court, where it was ruled Telstra had no requirement or access to see the decision making documents involved in the OPEL process. The result of that case was that Telstra shouldn’t see [...]

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As the title suggests, OzVoIPStatus was unable to discover and log an outage with a VoIP provider monitored by us. The provider is Freshtel, and they were found to be down for 17 hours yesterday. OzVoIPStatus missed it. One rather annoyed user resorted to comments claiming we falsify data (Freshtel haven’t sent us a cent [...]

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Mobile provider 3 has decided to again increase the quota on the plans it offers, doubling what they were previously. This is great news for those in metro areas but can’t get more traditional forms of broadband, or like broadband on the run, putting Telstra’s NextG back in its outdated place, with 3 and Vodafone [...]

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PIPE Networks announced today that Project Runway has been cleared to take off. This will see PIPE Networks spend $200 million investing in international capacity to help break a ‘gang-of-four’ competition bottle neck. PIPE plans to hit the ground running once the cable is deployed in mid to late 2009, slashing prices on international connectivity [...]

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Assuming that the results of the testing done by ACMA representatives returns positive results, the NextG network will have finally committed Telstra to its plan to charge users more for the same product by stealth, that is, install NextG, charge higher fees, get users to upgrade to it forcing them onto new contracts or more [...]

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Primus Telecom has been given an $8 million new year welcome from Telstra, courtesy of the ACCC for Telstra’s persistent over charging of competitors for access to LSS and ULL based services. In 12 months from July 2007, Telstra would have lost a combined total of $39,000,000 in revenue, as a result of their overcharging. [...]

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PIPE Networks is in a trading halt right now, in what can be perceived as an announcement relating to the deployment of a new underwater pipe to Guam. Viva La Competition is the only real message I can think of sending to Southern Cross Cables and Australia – Japan Cable, who currently maintain a duopoly [...]

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The other day, my back started acting up, but not minorly, really badly. I got home, and managed to put up with it, then went to sleep, the next morning, I woke up and seriously found it difficult to pull myself out of bed. We made a doctors appointment, and in something that can only [...]

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There was an article published in Australian IT, located here: http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23021828-15306,00.html Essentially, the author claims that filters are ‘needed’ to battle child pornography. I disagree, it is not filters that will stop the distribution of child pornography, and it is not filters that will protect children from finding inappropriate content. Filters will simply not do [...]

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This is a little expected, but raises many questions. Austar has sold its spectrum to OPEL for $65 million dollars. Bargain! The questions for me it raises are: 1. OPEL is obviously changing from the 5Ghz spectrum to the 2.3 and 2.5Ghz spectrum. The maps previously released on the broadband now website must now be [...]

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That’s right. Instead of writing about the continued increase of idiots on the road, or more on Telstra’s evil plans of industry monopolisation, or the disgusting crimes of murder, manslaughter, rape, and child abuse continually being committed, or the fact that bike sales are increasing, or, Holden’s large car recall (only a quick fix), or [...]

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It’s amazing how many people will do stupid things on the road. I was out tonight, up for a bit of ice cream, so we went to the shops, and as I went around- I don’t need to say this, do I, you guessed it, a roundabout, some idiot decides that slowing down and indicating [...]

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There is finally a new news item on OzVoIPStatus. Yes, it only took me 7 months, though, that’s nothing due to no maintenance on that site at all, it’s more of a, I don’t enjoy sitting there typing an entry into a database. I have plans to resolve that, bring on the new admin system after [...]

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This morning I woke up intent on a lot more progress with my work on a server. And, it happened. I set out to complete something, and for the most part, it is completed. I started today from yesterday, working on fattening a linux partition. The process was pretty much where my thoughts were yesterday. [...]

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There’s a few ways to do things. The first is the right way, the second is the wrong way, and the third, is perhaps a combination of both in a more interesting combination. When the right way doesn’t (or can’t) work, and the wrong way is not an option, you then need to figure out [...]

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… Or so I meant. Today, I was discussing with someone, how to connect a router to their ADSL modem, and then setup wireless. I figure that’s not really that hard, so set about helping him out. The PC was nice and easy to setup, though I did think his purchase of TP-Link (Toilet Paper [...]

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A new year is a common time for “new”. A new resolution. A new goal. A new year to attempt to acheive something in. Year in, year out, I think you’d be crazy to set goals and not stick to them. I think those who have real success from goals from a new years resolution [...]

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