Some links to paperless caching information …
[1.] Paperless Geocaching [Wikipedia]
[2.] Paperless Caching [Florida Caching]
[3.] Geocaching Software [Wikipedia]
Archive for June, 2006
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Guantanamo trials
Published June 30, 2006 politics Leave a CommentTags: , Guantanamo, politics, war crimes
And justice for all? About Bl**dy time!
… Washington — The Supreme Court dealt U.S. President George W. Bush a stunning defeat Thursday, ruling the controversial military trials of terrorists suspects detained at Guantanamo prison camp were illegal under both U.S. and international law, including the Geneva Convention.
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The vote was 5-3, with moderate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joining the court’s liberal members in ruling against the Bush administration. Chief Justice John Roberts, named to the lead the court last September by Bush, was sidelined in the case because, as an appeals court judge that he had earlier ruled on the Hamdan case. … [1]
A bit of a reality check delivery.
… Both rulings reinforced the court’s warning in a related case two years ago. The president, it said, does not have a “blank check” for pursuing war against the nation’s enemies. Even in matters of national security, he must defer to checks and balances posed by other branches of government and the U.S. Constitution. … [2]
and …
For five years, President Bush waged war as he saw fit. If intelligence officers needed to eavesdrop on overseas telephone calls without warrants, he authorized it. If the military wanted to hold terrorism suspects without trial, he let it.
Now the Supreme Court has struck at the core of his presidency and dismissed the notion that the president alone can determine how to defend the country. In rejecting Bush’s military tribunals for terrorism suspects, the high court ruled that even a wartime commander in chief must govern within constitutional confines significantly tighter than this president has believed appropriate.. … [3]
So will we see War Crimes trials against the Bush Administration, now that it has been found that they do need to recognise Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions? Or are ‘War Crimes’ only prosecuted when it is *the terrorists*?
… Even more importantly for present purposes, the Court held that Common Article 3 of Geneva applies as a matter of treaty obligation to the conflict against Al Qaeda. That is the HUGE part of today’s ruling. The commissions are the least of it. This basically resolves the debate about interrogation techniques, because Common Article 3 provides that detained persons “shall in all circumstances be treated humanely,” and that “[t]o this end,” certain specified acts “are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever”—including “cruel treatment and torture,” and “outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment.” This standard, not limited to the restrictions of the due process clause, is much more restrictive than even the McCain Amendment. See my further discussion here.
This almost certainly means that the CIA’s interrogation regime is unlawful, and indeed, that many techniques the Administation has been using, such as waterboarding and hypothermia (and others) violate the War Crimes Act (because violations of Common Article 3 are deemed war crimes). . … [5]
[1.] U.S. Supreme Court blocks Guantanamo trials [Globe and Mail]
[2.] Blank check returned [Chron.com]
[3.] A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed [Washington Post]
[4.] HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. [FindLaw]
[5.] Hamdan Summary — And HUGE News [SCOTUSblog/Marty Lederman]
Oracle Calendar – Delegate administration rights for a Resource
Published June 29, 2006 geek Leave a CommentTags: calendar, geek, oracle calendar
Delegate administration rights for a Resource
In this case we are dealing with a new Calendar resource “r: Education Kwong Lee Dow Centre”.
Note that the resource has a number: 460005
To log in as the resource (via Oracle Calendar Client) you need to use the login name of ‘RES:Education Kwong Lee Dow Centre’ or ‘Education Kwong Lee Dow Centre/460005′ and the password supplied for the resource.
Once logged in select from the menu Options > Access Rights … (For a user account this is Tools > Access Rights …).
The designate rights can the be granted to people.
The Quarter Finals;it is now the business end of the tournament and there are, thankfully, only a few more sleepless nights!
SOCCEROOS coach Guus Hiddink led his players in a chorus of complaint about the controversial decision of Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo to award the match-deciding penalty in the dying seconds against Italy.
Italian defender Fabio Grosso sprawled after a challenge from the man generally regarded as the Socceroos’ best-performed player during this tournament, Lucas Neill. Replays cast considerable doubt about whether Neill had made significant contact or whether Grosso had fallen into the challenge. The decision left Neill inconsolable in the dressing room and the rest of the Australian party devastated. [1]
… speaking of Oscar winning performances
[1.] Australia outraged by ‘fluffy’ penalty [The AGE]
[2.] It is time to GET OVER IT and move on [The AGE]
A big collection of fixes recommended for all Intel and PowerPC Macs, as well as PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 Server.
Mac OS X 10.4.7 [1]
The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies.
It includes fixes for:
- sharing using AFP, SMB/CIFS, NFS and FTP file sharing protocols
- reliable access to Open Directory, LDAP and Active Directory services
- login and authentication in a variety of network environments
- file access and byte range locking with AFP file sharing
- network access when using proxy server automatic configuration files
- connecting to Cisco VPN servers using IP/Sec and NAT
- AirPort and Bluetooth wireless connectivity
- RAW camera support, including updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
- usability of Dashboard and widgets
- searching iWork ‘06 and Microsoft Office documents with Spotlight
- saving Word documents automatically when using a network home directory
- viewing of QuickTime streaming media behind a firewall
- audio playback in QuickTime, iTunes, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack applications
- ensuring icons are spaced correctly when viewed on desktop
- determining the space required to burn folders
- synchronizing contacts, bookmarks, and calendars to .Mac and mobile phones
- mounting and unmounting iDisk volumes
- time zone and daylight savings for 2006 and 2007
- Address Book, AppleScript, Automator, Dictionary, Font Book, iCal, iChat, DVD Player,
Keynote, Mail, Preview, Safari, and Stickies- Disk Utility, Keychain Access, Migration Assistant, and Software Update
- compatibility with third party applications and devices
- previous Mac OS X updates and standalone security updates
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 Combo Intel
The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes.
Rekeased:06/27/06 Size:215MB
SHA1: MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.7Intel.dmg= 15b186d5f3a2314a060df3502eda190ad31a354d
Mac OS X Update 10.4.7 Combo PPC
The 10.4.7 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes.
Rekeased:06/27/06 Size:145MB
SHA1: MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.7PPC.dmg= c5c45dd81429520338caaef012b7da0e01a41f84
[1.] Apple – Support – Downloads [Apple]
[2.] ESB-2006.0432 — [OSX] — APPLE-SA-2006-06-27 Mac OS X v10.4.7 release fixes several vulnerabilities [AUSCERT]
The 28th June has been designated as a National Day of Community Protest against the new industrial relations laws by the ACTU and community organisations.
“Tens of thousands of people have joined rallies across Australia to protest against new industrial relations (IR) laws.” [1]
“Workers have flooded central Melbourne with a sea of colour and soccer chants during today’s rally against the Howard Government’s new workplace laws.” [2]
“Mr Beazley estimated the crowd at 150,000 and said they were the delegates of millions more Australians opposed to the workplace reforms.” [3]
“This is a battle for Australian families. It’s also a battle for basic dignity in the workplace.” (Kim Beazley) [4]
AUDIO
A bit of a new concept for this blog, but I thought I’d upload some sound bites of the protest so you can listen as well as see the photos.
Recording1 (mp3; 88kb)
Recording2 (mp3; 137kb)
I also managed to record this one as a locationless TerraCache:
LCLE – What A Field Day For The Heat
LINKS:
[1.] Thousands join IR rallies [ABC]
[2.] IR rally brings city to halt [The Age]
[3.] Thousands rally in IR protest [The Herald Sun]
[4.] Protesters true patriots, says Beazley [NEWS.com.au]
One of the features that would have been good during this weekends caching was quick access to the GCA State RSS feeds to see what was happening via GPRs with a very light data feed. After some initial testing the RSS feeds came up blank 
Are the RSS feeds empty? [1]
Posted: 27 June 06 10:38 am
Thanks for that it seems that http://geocaching.com.au/xml/caches/au/vic.rss works, but the feed links from the top of the state pages http://geocaching.com.au/caches/gca/au/vic.rss do not.
cheers Darren
RSS feed processed via the local* reader: Vic caches from Geocaching Australia
[1.] Are the RSS feeds empty? [Geocaching Australia]
* local to the old blog
BeeLineGPS [1]
BeeLineGPS is a high performance Pocket PC cache navigation and management software tool. Import GPX files and manage thousands of waypoints with the advanced Waypoint Manger. View, manage and hunt geocaches with ease and confidence while having fun, a perfect paperless solution. BeeLineGPS also includes active waypoint technology where a waypoint can trigger a warning window for speed traps, safety cameras or play a sound byte while on a guided tour. Other features include waypoint averaging, altitude profiling and a comprehensive trip computer. BeeLineGPS is the ultimate GPS tool for your geocaching and outdoor needs.
After playing around with VisualGPSce, I thought that it was time time to try out its big brother BeeLineGPS. So onto the iPAQ goes the 30 day evaluation (v.1.76)
BeeLineGPS (eval)
Combine this with the Waypoints from Rob & Lisa, and the Mobile Geocaching Australia pages (via GPRDS) and you have a pretty handy PDA setup.
[1.] BeeLineGPS [VisualGPSce, LLC]
[2.] VisualGPSce [VisualGPSce, LLC]
[2.] BeeLineGPS Manual (PDF) [VisualGPSce, LLC]
Sustainable House
… the website for the West Brunswick Sustainable House, one of Australia’s leading sustainable homes, transformed with a `green makeover’ by Stuart McQuire and Wendy Orams.
Green Makeover provides information about the West Brunswick Sustainable House, including how to arrange tours. Come and see how our suburban home has been transformed to have an extraordinary environmental performance.
Green Makeover [Green Makeover]
Social isolation linked to web
The internet may be contributing to a long term decline in the social networks in the US, according to to a study that reveals fewer close ties are now shared with family and friends than twenty years ago.
A study conducted in 2004 was compared with data from 1985 by sociologists from Duke University and the University of Arizona, who discovered the number of close confidents listed by respondents had shrunk dramatically in the past two decades.
The study did not uncover any reasons for the social change, but based on other studies, the researchers speculated that contributing factors to the decline in social networks might include the increase number of hours that people spend at work and the influence of internet communication.
Social isolation linked to web [The Age]
High-Tech “Flashpacking” Catches On
“Flashpacking is just backpacking, with an awful lot of tech gear going along for the ride,” said Lee Gimpel, 29, a writer from Virginia who “flashpacked” around India for a few months and recorded his adventures at http://www.PassingThroughIndia.com.
Flashpacking [Discovery Channel]
Polycom VSX 8000
For the best in all-around performance of a group video system, the VSX 8000 is the product! Included are tools that enable the addition of multiple participants in a single video conference, People+ContentTM collaboration, voice tracking PowerCam Plus camera and Polycom StereoSurround with high-fidelity speakers. Use the VSX 8000 in your own custom integrated environment, or pair it with a dual 50 inch plasma Executive Collection.
The Polycom VSX 8000 is the VidConf unit installed into the KLDC. This page has links to PDF manuals and user guides.
Polycom VSX 8000 [Polycom]
Serious Study: Immaturity Levels Rising [1]
Jennifer Viegas, Discovery NewsJune 23, 2006 —The adage “like a kid at heart” may be truer than we think, since new research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever.
Specifically, it seems a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth.
As a consequence, many older people simply never achieve mental adulthood, according to a leading expert on evolutionary psychiatry.
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A “child-like flexibility of attitudes, behaviors and knowledge” is probably adaptive to the increased instability of the modern world, Charlton believes. Formal education now extends well past physical maturity, leaving students with minds that are, he said, “unfinished.”
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Charlton added that since modern cultures now favor cognitive flexibility, “immature” people tend to thrive and succeed, and have set the tone not only for contemporary life, but also for the future, when it is possible our genes may even change as a result of the psychological shift.
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Let’s first look at some definitions:
mature = having reached full natural growth or development (Google)
maturity = adulthood: the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed (Google)
immature = characteristic of a lack of maturity (Google)
[1.] Serious Study: Immaturity Levels Rising [Discovery Channel]
