Author Archives: The Elite Geek

One of the more difficult items in relearning how to drive a manual car is getting clutch control perfect. What was never really explained to me by.. anyone.. was that with the clutch in, the engine disconnects, thereby making the … Continue reading →

I’ve started with day 1 of my own production windows hosting box. So far, the results have been great, with specific regard to spam management. One of the domains hosted is a huge spam target, and gets spammed continually with … Continue reading →

Tonight, I was watching with amazement (or lack thereof) the great debate between JHoward and KRudd. Unfortunately, for me anyway, I still am undecided specifically on someone to favour for the election. It really does suck to be me, because … Continue reading →

Thinking recently about the announcement of tax cuts by both sides of government if elected, the result would be around $1,700 back in the hands of taxpayers a year. That’s a bit of money, sure. Will many miss it should … Continue reading →

Thinking more about connectivity methods available in rural areas.. .. actually, let me clarify what I define as a rural area.. I define a rural area as a area of land where the population density is very light, so much … Continue reading →

Senator Conroy in all his wisdom (or lack thereof) has recently claimed the government’s plan to invest in the OPEL network, with a $958 million government grant is not going to fulfill the proposed 99% coverage of the nation. 1. … Continue reading →

I was in the middle of a driving lesson today (don’t laugh, I really have just been uber lazy in getting my license – or is that licence?), and realised something. There is entirely double standards involved between learner drivers, … Continue reading →

BigPond seems to be set on trying to gain customers in a market where they are losing them, with a new push involving a networking your home angle. BigPond traditionally don’t support networking at all, and limit support of the … Continue reading →

Yet again Helen Coonan disappoints fans with another bad decision. The DCITA recently awarded $98 million to the pigs at Telstra for installing ADSL services in Regional exchanges. 211 of them. Unfortunately, however, the list demonstrates that many of the … Continue reading →

It has finally, finally been announced. John Howard finally got the balls up to call the election, on November 24. I guess this has a few key issues to consider, but the more important one is, who will we be … Continue reading →

I did a transaction with a seller a while ago, and the transaction was a relatively poor transaction, with the seller starting with the wrong delivery details (correct details provided on the transaction), and sending the wrong item. The seller … Continue reading →

Yesterday, it was revealed Telstra lost in its attempt to drag Coonan through court, in a desperate attempt to gain access to OPEL’s bidding documents (and therefore straegic business documents). I think that Telstra might have lost more than it … Continue reading →

Telstra yet again wastes more shareholder funds after the court case launched against Helen Coonan was thrown out of court. Telstra’s case had no real grounding from the get go, and documents from Telstra show that they intended to launch … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what percentage of the population this applies to, but I think a percentage of people might recognise what I am saying here. Bad money management. People who live OFF debt. Litterally. They feed themselves not off the … Continue reading →

Need we say anymore but that statement? It says a lot about Telstra’s actions with regard to competition. Everything from pricing retail lower than wholesale through to the current mash up we have now are all a direct result of … Continue reading →

Solution 1 would be to take the licenses off them, and jail them where they might learn how to speed while walking! But seriously, that’s not a entirely realistic solution, as all it will acheive is more people in prison, … Continue reading →

Telstra’s latest attempt at trying to patch things up with the government seem to have been deployed in a typical Telstra way: Incorrectly. Telstra released a letter to shareholders which is full of misinformation. The letter tries to influence the … Continue reading →

Looking further into WorkChoices (and following a Whirlpool thread on the subject), it seems that in Victoria, a study conducted has exposed WorkChoices as a reason for lower pay and more hours. I can’t speak certainly on the nature of … Continue reading →

I’m curious with the IR laws being such a big election issue as to whether there is any evidence from anyone, a real case study, where the employee was an honest, hard working employee (and not a slacker taking 5 … Continue reading →

With the likely that Unwired shareholders accept the deal on offer from Seven’s network investment body, the new news that we see is that there is discussions with Seven and Austar over the possibility of Austar’s spectrum in regional areas … Continue reading →

I think I predicted the future when I wrote my blog post back on September 5th 2007, located here: http://www.tocpcs.com/unwired-engin-and-seven-a-perfect-threesome/. Unwired’s trading halt is a result of the a bid from Seven Network’s Network Investment arm placing a takeover bid … Continue reading →

Reading through the ‘Telstra Forum’ on Telstra’s Now We Are Talking website, it’s very clear that many are expressing their complete dislike of Telstra’s management and current actions. Telstra recently put up a survey for shareholders to answer questions about … Continue reading →

The Expert Taskforce have revealed the guidelines which FTTN proposals must adhere to. I got a copy of them for myself and thought I’d run through some of the proposal questions, since that is what essentially is important here. They … Continue reading →

A new bill introduced into the Senate is to introduce powers to the Federal Police Commissioner to allow censorship of terrorism and cyber crimes. The ACMA would hold the power to administer the block lists, the Federal Police Commissioner the … Continue reading →

As I predicted would happen (who didn’t ?), 2Clix withdrew its Statement of Claim against Simon Wright, Whirlpool Owner. They didn’t exactly state reasoning for withdrawing, but one can safely assume the withdrawal is a direct result of all the … Continue reading →