Interesting reads
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No Quarter said:
@Bovidae I went to get tickets to Bruno Mars when he came to Auckland about an hour after they became available. Found they were completely sold out, but there were already heaps of tickets available on "resale" for 2 or 3 times the price. It's complete bullshit and Ticketek/Ticketmaster do fuck all to stop people scamming the system. That they would be aiding the scammers is entirely believable seeing as they take a cut on the resales.
Sites like Trademe don't help either. I'm sure, if they wanted to reduce the problem, they could
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@no-quarter If you have a spare 40 mins watch the video in the article. They give some interesting insights about the industry and answer questions.
In NZ, even presales don't give you access to the best seats.
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A book just came out about these guys. @Snowy you might like this
SUICIDE RUN: The Final Flight of Old 666
In World War II, a lone B-17's reconnaissance mission quickly devolved into a desperate dogfight for survival against the odds.
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@jegga Thanks. Trip down memory lane for me, the amazing war story aside.
Have flown in and around most of the places mentioned. Even had a mate with bullet holes in his twin otter and his crewman hit after being in Buka. Bougainville independence stuff and the PNG government had just sent in a load of mercenaries which upset the "freedom fighters" who shot at aircraft.
Dobodura would be Girua now I think and the Japanese major air base was Rabaul of course, which was buried back in '94 along with my suitcase (never trust a volcano).You might like this Jeg:
Just flying, not war, but a part of history now. The author is also a mate of mine and I thought it was good read (I am biased).
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Snowy said:
@jegga Thanks. Trip down memory lane for me, the amazing war story aside.
Have flown in and around most of the places mentioned. Even had a mate with bullet holes in his twin otter and his crewman hit after being in Buka. Bougainville independence stuff and the PNG government had just sent in a load of mercenaries which upset the "freedom fighters" who shot at aircraft.
Dobodura would be Girua now I think and the Japanese major air base was Rabaul of course, which was buried back in '94 along with my suitcase (never trust a volcano).You might like this Jeg:
Just flying, not war, but a part of history now. The author is also a mate of mine and I thought it was good read (I am biased).
Cheers. That looks good , I might recommend that to a mate too . He lived there for a couple of years in the early 70s when his dad tried to set up a cassowary farm .
He told me that the local bush pilots were still flying a JU52 . The French and Spanish made some post war knock off versions of their own so it could even have been one of those ? Either way a cool bit of aviation history.
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@jegga said:
Cheers. That looks good , I might recommend that to a mate too . He lived there for a couple of years in the early 70s when his dad tried to set up a cassowary farm .
He told me that the local bush pilots were still flying a JU52 . The French and Spanish made some post war knock off versions of their own so it could even have been one of those ? Either way a cool bit of aviation history.
How long were you in PNG for ?3 Years.
There were JU52's in PNG in the highlands (probably Goroka) but thought they would have been gone by the '70's.They were repowered with more modern engines. Remember one of the old guys saying that "to fly one you needed to be a plumber not a pilot". They were also called "JU's" (as in Jews) which is a bit unfortunate given the origins, and probably wouldn't be tolerated today.
I'm intrigued by the the cassowary farm. WTF? Are they tasty? Ostrich is delicious so why not I guess?
So whilst on interesting reads:
10 Colorful Facts About Cassowaries
The dagger-clawed cassowary, native to Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea, is one of the world's most dangerous birds—and yes, it has killed people.
They are one fucked up animal.
"so these guys are known to devour each other’s droppings""CASSOWARIES HAVE STRANGE GENITALIA."
I will leave that to those with an "inquiring mind" to read for themselves. Bizarre.
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jegga said:
@snowy no idea what they tasted like ,I think it was an experiment to see if farming them was viable . I don’t think it was a goer
I went up into the Daintree a few years ago to a park that was meant to have Cassowary. Didn't see any. They are basically like a living fossil aren't they? I'd expect Emu would be easier to farm
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canefan said:
jegga said:
@snowy no idea what they tasted like ,I think it was an experiment to see if farming them was viable . I don’t think it was a goer
I went up into the Daintree a few years ago to a park that was meant to have Cassowary. Didn't see any. They are basically like a living fossil aren't they? I'd expect Emu would be easier to farm
I don’t think Emu want to kill you as much as a Cassowary does, even Steve Irwin seemed afraid of them .
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jegga said:
canefan said:
jegga said:
@snowy no idea what they tasted like ,I think it was an experiment to see if farming them was viable . I don’t think it was a goer
I went up into the Daintree a few years ago to a park that was meant to have Cassowary. Didn't see any. They are basically like a living fossil aren't they? I'd expect Emu would be easier to farm
I don’t think Emu want to kill you as much as a Cassowary does, even Steve Irwin seemed afraid of them .
He should have been a little more concerned about sting rays.....
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canefan said:
jegga said:
@snowy no idea what they tasted like ,I think it was an experiment to see if farming them was viable . I don’t think it was a goer
I went up into the Daintree a few years ago to a park that was meant to have Cassowary. Didn't see any. They are basically like a living fossil aren't they? I'd expect Emu would be easier to farm
Saw two last year near Mission Beach. Amazing creatures - bet they taste awesome
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I snapped this one in PNG. Strange animals.
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antipodean said:
I snapped this one in PNG. Strange animals.
When you see them from the side they look very dinosaur like with the crestal plate
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What Is This Thing: Found Hooked Up to My Router
Homicide of flatmate: 100% justified.
Hacker News discussion:
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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
I enjoyed this line:
Two of Elemental’s biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not.
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Interesting comment from Hacker News:
I have worked in card payment industry. We would be getting products from China with added boards to beam credit card information. This wasn't state-sponsored attack. Devices were modified while on production line (most likely by bribed employees) as once they were closed they would have anti-tampering mechanism activated so that later it would not be possible to open the device without setting the tamper flag.
Once this was noticed we started weighing the terminals because we could not open the devices (once opened they become useless).
They have learned of this so they started scraping non-essential plastic from inside the device to offset the weight of the added board.
We have ended up measuring angular momentum on a special fixture. There are very expensive laboratory tables to measure angular momentum. I have created a fixture where the device could be placed in two separate positions. The theory is that if the weight and all possible angular momentums match then the devices have to be identical. We could not measure all possible angular momentums but it was possible to measure one or two that would not be known to the attacker.
Amazon.com: Flying the Knife Edge: New Guinea Bush Pilot eBook : McLaughlin, Matt, Vella, Rachel, Thomson, Russell: Kindle Store
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