[clug] Cheap & cheerful 7" Android tablet this weekend at Harvey Norman

Hey all,

Just a heads-up that Harvey Norman are selling a 7" Android tablet for $68
this weekend -
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/amicroe-touchtab-ii-tablet.html Specs
'highlights' are: 1.2GHz, 512MB RAM, 4GB flash, wifi, 0.3MP front-facing
camera. More complete specs at http://www.amicroe.com.au/pd_tablet_7.aspx

For the ridiculous price, it seems that it's a perfectly acceptable device
(see this thread at Whirlpool -
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2035287). Would make a decent ebook
reader, but I'll be getting one as a dev device (I've just started playing
with Android app dev) and maybe play around with hacking a lightweight
distro onto it...

Cheers,

Jessica
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Re: [clug] Missing diver a clugger?

That's terribly sad.

Michael

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Michael Carden
<crash@...> wrote:
> More here:
>
> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/devastating-end-to-adventure-as-kids-see-parents-die-on-reef/story-e6frg6nf-1226644831609
>
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>
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Chris Smart <clug@...>wrote:
>
>> On 16/05/13 22:44, Andreas wrote:
>> > I only found out this morning what happened, and I don't know a lot of
>> > the details, but I do know that Rob and his wife went snorkeling
>> > yesterday afternoon, but neither returned.  His wife's body has been
>> > identified, but as far as I know, they haven't found his yet.  Both
>> > their children are safe, and are now with their grandmother.
>>
>> Wow I know Rob personally, too. I'm so sorry to hear this. It's a sad
>> and terrible thing and I'll be thinking of him and his family.
>>
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[clug] Missing diver a clugger?

Hi all,

The ABC news is naming a missing ACT diver off of the WA coast as Robert
Shugg.

Rob has posted to this list in the past and attended some of our meetings.

Anyone know anything more about what is going on? (Probably if I was on FB
or
tweeter, I'd be all up to speed on this...)

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

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[clug] chromium browser

Puzzled,

My chromium browser is using almost 100% of my CPU resources, yes I have 8 tabs open but that is normal. Doing a
ps -a list 20 
PIDs associated with the browser. 6 of the processes consume almost all the CPU resources.

Any suggestions?

Adrian

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[clug] OT: Passwords to verify identity

This is not strictly Linux related, but I thought this might be a good
technical forum to initially raise the issue.

I recently had to call up my ISP[1] about a problem with my service.  In
the course of that conversation they wanted to verify my identity.

So they asked "Can you tell me your password?"

Turns out their passwords are all stored in plain text so they can use them
to verify identity.  I've suggested this is a bit of a security weakness
and I was told it wasn't.

I've since had a similar situation where a mobile telco did a similar thing
but in their case, they could only see the first characters of the password.

I can accept an organisation's need to verify my identity, but do people
think this is an appropriate way to implement it?

Andrew

[1] I've chosen not to name the ISP involved, suffice to say it's a local
Canberra ISP.
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[clug] Register to reserve your spot at GovHack 2013

Pia asked me to forward this on, so here it is!

*****

GovHack events now open for registration!

We are pleased to announce that the event registration is now
officially open, so get in and reserve your spot at
http://govhack2013.eventbrite.com.au

All location details can be found at http://www.govhack.org/locations/

GovHack runs nationally from  May 31 to June 2 2013, 8 locations in
Australia will come together with over 400 participants and 150 teams
to play with government data and create unique solutions and services.
Solutions which then have a chance to become reality with over $40k in
the national prize pool and a further $120k of local prizes. These
prizes are divided up into competition prizes and some quite
innovative entrepreneurial packages to encourage our best and
brightest to further develop their ideas beyond GovHack.

Last years competition saw government partner with developers and data
enthusiasts to discover what technologies could improve how government
makes it data available and services better, but this year we have set
up the competition to enable government agencies to invest in
promising projects beyond the competition.

This is a big shift for the competition which the GovHack team is
hoping pays off with some tangible outcomes for both the developer
community and government. In addition this year NICTA,'s eGov Cluster,

[clug] Short term Linux Contract available

Hi

I'm posting on behalf of a organisation that is looking for some 
emergency tech support. Please contact me off-list for more info.

quote

I am a small business owner who has built my business using Ubuntu computers, to a network incorporating 2
Linux servers joined by router-to-router VPN link, with one server having Ubuntu workstations and the
other Win7 workstations. All workstations have to be Win7 fairly soon to run software I'll be required to use.

However in the meantime the Ubuntu workstations are suddenly giving me nightmares with some users unable
to log on, either permanently or intermittently, and one computer failing to boot after an attempt to
upgrade it to 12.10 failed. And my usual Linux support guy is un available and I am going overseas in a few
weeks with an entire office network in disarray.

I need urgent Linux it support to get the Ubuntu workstations operational and stable for when I got
overseas, and to be on call in case of problems.

VPN access to the entire network will be provided on e a confidentiality contract is signed (due to the
nature of the data help).

Users have roaming profiles, which is what is causing the most problems. So a good understanding of that is
essential to help with current problems. If your interested in longer term support then expert
understanding of networking win7 workstations and Ubuntu servers across VPN linked subnets would be essential.

Rates negotiable.

/quote

[clug] [OT-Budget] NICTA being wound down. 2yrs?

Taking NICTA out of Canberra will make a hole.

I couldn't figure if they've got 1 or 2 years left. Any help?

[Sorry only ref I saw to this]

<http://www.startupsmart.com.au/financing-a-business/federal-budget-2013-tech-hub-nicta-scrapped-as-new-cash-flows-to-nbn-projects.html>

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[clug] BBC writes on camera on Raspberry Pi

Thought this might be of interest to the group:
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22508667>

Why I think this is of importance (not for the technical info):
 - the source, Mark Colvin retweeted this link (from mark pesce)

 - that Main Stream Media is talking about a *linux* device built for
hacking.

We may have skipped "The Year of the Linux Desktop", but we've had the
decade of the Linux Server, the half-decade of Linux smartphone/tablet
and now "the linux DIY hack thingy".

This line in the BBC article struck me as "the Why":

 "But I still found the whole lengthy process rather satisfying."

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[clug] LXC testing?

With the recent release of Debian 7.0 Wheezy, I have started weening
myself off of the excellent OpenVZ container system and migrating over
to Linux Containers (LXC) (Wheezy no longer provides OpenVZ kernels,
as LXC has reached an optimum maturity level).

However, LXC is still not as "mature" as OpenVZ and there are various
reports (mostly out-of-date) that LXC containers may be easier to break
out of.

So, my question is, does anyone know of any "pentest" scripts etc. that
I can use to test the known "jailbreak" vulnerabilities in LXC (or any
container mechanism, for that matter)? I want it for verification that
my host configuration is set up correctly.

I have tried searching around on the "web", but others search-foo might
be (is likely to be) better than mine.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.
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[clug] Programming Humour. (repost)

A friend sent me this link and it always makes me laugh.

<http://james-iry.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html>

I've posted it on this list before, so my apologies in advance.
<http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2010-May/027718.html>

It might be read along with this:
<http://www.textfiles.com/humor/COMPUTER/timeline.lan>

Or this from Al Stevens and others:
<http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~pjj/cs211/language.html>

"370 JCL" (Shooting yourself in the foot)
"You send your foot down to the MIS department with a 4000 page
document explaining how you want it to be shot.
 Three years later, your foot comes back deep fried with a bill for
$375,000.00."

The James Iry page misses the April Fools' Day joke about Unix just
being a prank (no it wasn't) 

<http://www.anvari.org/shortjoke/Jokes_from_Emails/50033_computerworld-1-april-creators-admit-unix-c-hoax-in-an-announcement-that-has-stunned-the-computer-industry.html>

And the obligatory "If Operating Systems were Airlines":
<http://www.tensionnot.com/jokes/operating_systems_and_airlines>

Linux Air:
 When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench
and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html.