The TVNZ7 Internet Debate (in association with InternetNZ) will be broadcasted live, 23rd September 2008 9:10pm on TVNZ7 (Freeview).
This will be an organised debate on ICT issues, streamed live to the official website and TVNZ7’s site, directly from Avalon Studios.
The debate involves four politicians quizzed on major areas of ICT policy with questions coming from you through the online chat, a studio audience, and experienced journalists.
The politicians are Labour’s Minister of Communications Hon David Cunliffe, National ICT Spokesperson Hon Maurice Williamson, ACT Leader Hon Rodney Hide and Greens ICT Spokesperson Metiria Turei.
You can participate live through an IRC channel or by posting your questions in our Geekzone forums - we have created a special ICT Policy and Regulation forum specially for this event. There you will find the discussions for each topic (direct links below) and you will be submit questions:
* Broadband (includes infrastructure, productivity, sustainability)
* Convergence (includes broadcasting and mobile)
* Copyright (includes open source)
* Cybersafety (includes privacy and security as well)
* Digital Divide (includes rural and TSO as well)
You need to login to post in the Geekzone ICT Policy and Regulation forums or complete our quick registration to get started.
Wigram Update
Quick Wigram update. Denis is working with a tenant of the airfield (don't want to name names incase it makes life even more tortuous for them) to raise issues through official channels regarding problems which run to the core of the very process by which the plan change was recommended.
Namely three points:
a) The commissioner appointed to prepare a report on the plan change (and thus the utility of Wigram) did not consult with relevant people, both because they were not specifically tasked as such - they were tasked to receive submissions drawn as a result of the public notice in the paper (the applicability of public notices in the paper in this modern age is another story, probably written by Douglas Adams), not seek them out - and because the people most affected were forbidden contractually from commenting. There were NO aviation submissions to the proposed change.
b) The statement which was presented in the report regarding the present usage of Wigram as being "aviation related businesses and activities have ceased, over time, to operate from and use this part of the Wigram airfield and associated facilities" is factually incorrect, indeed records show the NZ Flying School alone operates 13 aircraft and brings in something like $10 million dollars a year to the Christchurch economy. ( It is worth noting that this statement also appeared basically word for word in the initial notification of the proposed plan change, long before the submissions were receieved let alone the commissioners report written, you can draw your own conclusions from that. )
c) The Council was apparently advised that they had "no option" but to approve the plan change, which was approved "pursuant to clause 17(2) of the [Resource Management Act]". This advise received by Council, was factually incorrect, the relevant clause of the RMA indicate that the council has the option to approve, but does not require such action, allowing the Council to defer the action. ( Note, it is unclear due to public excluded proceedings regarding this matter in the last year as to whether there are other reasons for which the Council may have had "no option", again, you can draw your own conclusions. )
It's also worth having a quick squizz at the Flying School's charter ( http://www.nzflyingschool.com/ ) paying particular note to the pains at which the Flying School has gone to acknowledge and respect the Tangata Whenua, and the Treaty. It is a great shame that Ngai Tahu Property Group Limited do not see fit to return the respect and support afforded by these businesses to the people that Ngai Tahu Property Group Limited apparently respresent.
#tenz8 Notes from the Field at NZ Tech-Ed 08 day 2
| Time | Where | Comments |
| 02-09-2008 8:30 | Breakfast | great conversations |
| 02-09-2008 9:00 | BIN309 | changed my mind, from ARC to SQL |
| 02-09-2008 9:10 | BIN309 | is it just me, or does Pat Martin remind anybody else of Malcolm McDowell? |
| 02-09-2008 9:20 | BIN309 | this class is full |
| 02-09-2008 9:30 | BIN309 | merge statement is very verbose |
| 02-09-2008 9:45 | BIN309 | death by PowerPoint |
| 02-09-2008 10:00 | BIN309 | super dump! should I shout skull ? |
| 02-09-2008 10:45 | WEB304 | web future starting. @kiwitwitter is in it |
| 02-09-2008 10:50 | WEB304 | each country thinks broadband speed is better elsewhere |
| 02-09-2008 11:00 | WEB304 | contrary to all appearances Scottha is not really a Budhist |
| 02-09-2008 11:15 | WEB304 | reach out and Touch some device |
| 02-09-2008 11:30 | WEB304 | finally Chris Auld has found his niche: he's a hopeless panelist but a great convenor |
| 02-09-2008 11:45 | WEB304 | "Silverlight gets us around the limitations of HTML, is the future of the web" |
| 02-09-2008 12:00 | WEB304 | just realised: unlike 2005, have no time for labs, too many good sessions |
| 02-09-2008 12:10 | DEV260 | TFS version control starting |
| 02-09-2008 12:30 | DEV260 | @kiwitwitter it was fun thanks |
| 02-09-2008 13:00 | DEV260 | death by PowerPoint |
| 02-09-2008 13:25 | DEV260 | multiple forward integration for each reverse integration |
| 02-09-2008 13:40 | Lunch | listening to Trika talk about certification |
| 02-09-2008 15:00 | LAB | doing labs |
| 02-09-2008 15:30 | LAB | trika was lovely and gracious |
| 02-09-2008 16:00 | LAB | missed 2 sessions 2 do 1 MVC lab. glad i did but MVC not 4 me |
| 02-09-2008 16:30 | LAB | im loving sub sonic too much to MVC |
| 02-09-2008 17:00 | LAB | just did another lab: Test Management |
| 02-09-2008 17:10 | WEB317 | ASP.NET AJAX SP1 starting |
| 02-09-2008 18:20 | WEB317 | ScriptManager EnableHistory=true |
| 02-09-2008 18:25 | WEB317 | @blackmael MVC seems 2 be 3-tier on the presentation layer. y bother? |
| 02-09-2008 20:15 | Tech-Fest | idea 4 next year: have a dinner on Tuesday for those not inclined to booze |
| 02-09-2008 20:20 | Tech-Fest | great idea Intergen: earplugs in survival kit |
| 02-09-2008 20:25 | Tech-Fest | takeaways 4 dinner, heading back to hotel |
| 02-09-2008 20:30 | Tech-Fest | latte anyone? |
| 02-09-2008 23:00 | Hotel | Completed compiling Tweats into Blog Post |
IM - new threats for a changing communications landscape - The Times
Flaw Found in Google Chrome;
Security Researchers have annouced the first flaw found in the much hyped Chrome browser from Google:
*** Update *** Flaw Demo included.
The issue exists in the way that Chrome behaves with undefined-handlers in chrome.dll version 0.2.149.27.
This crash can occur without any user interaction.
When a Malicious link is visited, that has a 'special' character after an undefined handler, The browser crashes, with a message "Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart Now?"
(source: http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.php , credit: Rishi Narang)
There is a demo of the working flaw at the source site.
Due to the Open source nature of the Chrome Browser, and the fact that its from such a prominent company I expect this flaw will be the first of many as coders and researchers alike tear it apart looking for flaws.
Mouse over the following link to crash Chrome CRASH CHROME
iTunes 8?
As a new iPod owner (3 weeks), I'm waiting for iTunes 8.0 so I can decide if it sucks for windows or not. I think it's about time Americans got out of bed.
Stay, um... Tuned???
yeah, I know....
Multiple Vendors Vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning
Multiple vendor DNS protocol implementations could allow a remote attacker to poison the DNS cache. Patches that resolve the vulnerability on the DNS may be rendered ineffective if the DNS is behind a NAT device that does not randomize ports. Public exploit code was made available on July 24, 2008. At the time of this update, neither X-Force nor IBM MSS has witness any active exploitation nor the integration of this exploit into any exploit toolkits.
#tenz8 Notes from the Field at NZ Tech-Ed 08 day 1
Time | Where | Comments |
| 01-09-2008 8:27 | Plenary | in plenary session |
| 01-09-2008 8:53 | Plenary | listening to John Key |
| 01-09-2008 8:54 | Plenary | disintermediate? |
| 01-09-2008 9:03 | Plenary | NZ is an under-performing company. change the management |
| 01-09-2008 9:05 | Plenary | meaningless Global Warming dribble from Labour |
| 01-09-2008 9:13 | Plenary | 2000 IT pros here now |
| 01-09-2008 9:25 | Plenary | Live Mesh = software + services |
| 01-09-2008 9:27 | Plenary | Google = software as a service |
| 01-09-2008 10:44 | WEB301 | Scott Hanselman starting |
| 01-09-2008 12:10 | WEB301 | MVC routing as user interface |
| 01-09-2008 12:13 | DEV215 | Windows Mobile development started |
| 01-09-2008 12:40 | DEV215 | great demo query webservice and create calendar item |
| 01-09-2008 13:00 | DEV215 | Silverlight 4 Mobile is immanent |
| 01-09-2008 14:24 | SOA301 | how to AJAX enable WCF services |
| 01-09-2008 15:10 | SOA301 | ctrl+k+v = auto-format |
| 01-09-2008 15:19 | SOA301 | register web service inside ScriptManager |
| 01-09-2008 15:53 | WEB302 | when scottha mentions poo shout skull |
| 01-09-2008 16:27 | WEB302 | scottha is demo-ing Linq 2 REST |
| 01-09-2008 16:53 | WEB302 | big ups from scottha to Ivan Towlson. prestige! |
| 01-09-2008 17:05 | WEB302 | Scott Hanselman's The Man! |
| 01-09-2008 17:15 | DEV335 | VB2008 Starts |
| 01-09-2008 18:15 | DEV335 | i cannot conceive of any use for anonymous delegates |
| 01-09-2008 18:30 | DEV335 | Nick Randolph Speaks My Language |
| 01-09-2008 20:00 | Dinner | bloggers dinner starts |
| 01-09-2008 20:08 | Dinner | just discovered none of my tenz8 tweats were logged! |
| 01-09-2008 22:08 | Dinner | scottha talks 32 ways 2 make blog suck less |
| 01-09-2008 23:00 | Bar | Plenty of social networking opportunities. A great forum. |
| 01-09-2008 23:30 | Bar | I might have volunteered to assist Mauricio with his GeekZone DB issues?!?!?! |
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