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If that's the case then I'd really not be surprised if it's speedtest.net who are redirecting you themselves. It's easy for your ISP to redirect you by just messing with their own DNS, which is why they'd do it that way if it was them; hijacking your actual traffic is a lot more work for little added benefit.

Try going to https://www.speedtest.net (ie use HTTPS instead of HTTP in the URL). You should get one of two results:

• If it says connection refused, or your browser starts blaring security warnings, then your ISP is probably attempting to hijack connections with Speedtest; or

• If you end up at the site you're already seeing, then Speedtest are probably voluntarily redirecting you themselves.

EDIT: And /u/TheBigLowBowSki was complaining that we suck because other subreddits give free IT advice. I guess we've shown him!

Well, from 10 seconds on Google, it appears there is this app for Android. I bet there are a dozen others, plus ones for iPhone.

A good commercial lawyer should be able to take away a lot of the scariness associated with a business acquisition.

It's very easy to approach a lawyer for a matter like this. You basically just schedule a meeting once you settle on a preferred lawyer and tell him or her what you just told us. The lawyer will need a bit more detail, but they will ask you questions. Mention that you do not have much experience with this kind of thing so the lawyer knows what level of detail they need to go into with their advice. It's likely that you will fall under your state's legal costs disclosure requirement laws, so the lawyer will give you a fee estimate and tell you all the work they think they will need to do for you, amongst other things. No obligation to accept their offer and you can shop around for the best deal. But beware; you tend to get what you pay for. It's worth spending a bit on a good lawyer where a significant commercial venture is involved - think of good service as a good investment.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'targeting' - do you mean targeting in a marketing sense of targeting market segments? In terms of due diligence, your lawyer should be able to do that for you; I certainly would not try to do it myself because you need to be trained in what to look for (ie ideally a law degree plus experience). In terms of negotiation, I imagine the only thing you're negotiating with the vendor is the price and things you are buying, so you probably won't need to be an expert in negotiation. There might be some negotiation over the terms of the contract for sale, but your lawyer will guide you through that. If you do want to read about negotiation though, I suggest you read Fisher and Ury, 'Getting to Yes'.

If you would like us to recommend a lawyer, let us know what state you are in and the industry the business is in, if you're comfortable giving out that information. The relevant Law Society in your state might also have a free solicitor referral service.

A good book about this type of thing is "Maverick litigants : a history of vexatious litigants in Australia 1930-2008".

I found it at a library, and it gathers information about the lives of the litigants which makes for some interesting reading.

My favourite story that I can remember was a woman named Constance May Bienvenu who successfully argued that all by-laws of the RSPCA were invalid and Parliament had to intervene to fix the situation.

I found a copy of a judgment which discusses the situation, but it's hard to read since it's just scanned pieces of paper. <em>Bienvenu, Constance May v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)</em> [1968] VicSC 184

What state are you in? at law school we had to do a arrest handbook which stated your rights etc before and after arrest. I'll see if I can dig it up. I'm in SA, but it should apply to most jurisdictions I think..It was designed for youth offenders, but also applies to adults.

Excuse the crappy way it's set out, they wanted it to look like a handbook, so i used one of words built in themes. heh. I also omitted some of my personal details and references just to keep it simple.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ydgrpduc0n03myq/arrest1.pdf

Well, according to this article the average piece of string produced by a random door-knocked sample of Californian households was 7 inches.

However, I'm not sure if a different average piece of string length applies in Australian jurisdictions.

> Without limiting consumers’ rights, Apple will provide its own remedies equivalent to those remedies in the consumer guarantee provisions of the Australian Consumer Law at any time within 24 months of the date of purchase. For the avoidance of doubt, Apple acknowledges that the Australian Consumer Law may provide for remedies beyond 24 months for a number of its products.

From https://www.apple.com/au/legal/statutory-warranty/

I would agree that many businesses in Australia, online and off, do not make their customers aware of their ACL rights but Apple is no longer one of them, I would say.

An easy way to do both styles and I gather you already know why referencing is important etc, so making you manually do them over and over like a first year is POINTLESS, is to use an Electronic reference manager.

I see Deakin has Endnote available which if you use Word (all versions), Pages (Apple mac) etc is pretty easy to set up and manage your references. Zotero is another (OPenSource) version of a reference manager and can be instantly used for Most Browsers (firefox, chrome, etc) and also has a desktop version.

Both of them (and there are a few others) allow you to store all references that you come across, then INSTANTLY incorporate them into your reports, essays, etc creating the specific Inline reference and Bibliography/Reference list at the same time. (They can also pinpoint).

Best part is they can do a Huge range of styles and all you need to do is select which one for which document. Endnote also allows AGLC3 (Not Zotero yet) though requires a bit of things to be downloaded first.

I personally Like APA for academic journals etc (easier to read and understand IMO) but Harvard is more for Reporting and sciency stuff (I teach IT so its mostly Harvard )

If your not comfortable with the Electronic managers (and are old school paper like me where you need to print anything over 5pages long) there are a few "cheat sheet" Harvard references online, that give good examples etc that show you how to manually write them out ;) .

Good luck with your Business studies at Deakin

I hate Endnote with a passion.. The thing when I was using it was just hopeless. Though admittedly that was a while ago.

I personally prefer Zotero (Zotera is for Win, *nix, OSX, and an awesome firefox extension) or Qiqqa (qiqqa is not for Mac's though it is for Androids - and Windows) - both open source.

A bit off topic, though the following award of damages to "government owned corporations" may be of interest:

Conceptually I do not think it is correct to say that public works, because they may not yield a cash flow, cannot result in damages to the state or public authority if delay in construction occurs.

Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd v. Abgarus Ltd (1992)

...the purpose of Housing Association Grants is to provide housing for the needy, and not to be used to relieve professional advisers from the financial consequence of breach of contract and negligence.

Design 5 v. Keniston Housing Association Ltd (1986)

Ex:

https://www.amazon.com/200-Contractual-Problems-their-Solutions/dp/0470658312

http://www.gsrlawyers.com.au/GrassoSearlesRomano2039/Page/21116/OurPeople.aspx

Here's him - looks classy Linked in too -

No, schoolboy knot is only once around - at least, that’s what I always thought.

I’ll have to check the authority, as it’s got a guide to knots at the back:

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Ties-Francois-Chaille/dp/2080135686

THE ONLY OTHER ROBOT I KNOW PERSONALLY IS THIS GUY AND AS FAR AS I KNOW ALL HE DOES IS WATCH TV AND OCCASIONALLY KILL PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK HE DRINKS.

If I give someone these two books, am I imparting the totality of all human knowledge ?

https://www.booktopia.com.au/what-they-teach-you-at-harvard-business-school-philip-delves-broughton/book/9780141046488.html

https://www.amazon.com.au/What-Teach-Harvard-Business-School/dp/1781253390/

Gift for Lawyers and Law Students ?

I think all the Lawyers are fans of the great show (Better Call Saul), I Found that store that makes journals and notebooks with many Custom Name Lawyer..

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1DKJXYM

ExpressVPN ran a marketing exercise based on one investigation by the Turkish police.

You have to ask yourself - do you trust Turkish legislation on privacy, consumer rights or law enforcement access over the protections offered by Australian legislation?

Signing up to a proxy service, aka “VPN” is on balance going to massively worsen your information security posture, especially considering people are going to go for the free/cheap option, which is most likely run by either criminals or police/intelligence.

And whichever proxy service you go for, it will massively increase your latency and decrease your throughput - you’re paying to be less sad and have slower internet.

The word on the street is ExpressVPN works. Apparently they got raided at one point and there was no information since they were telling the truth when they said they didn't keep it. It is also substantially more expensive than competitor products (but still overall completely affordable if you are in a first-world country like Australia. It might be less affordable in a third world country).

I’m not offering any legal advice - I’ve pointed out that “use a VPN” a. in this particular context is of 0% utility, and b. in general that those spruiking these misnomered VPNs both misinform about the scope of Australian data retention laws (as a marketing ploy) and fail to admit the serious risks people run if they trust a foreign-based entity with their personal data

I guess what you are unaware of is that the PWC auditing of NordVPN was intended to reassure its customers that the kind of logging that they don’t do IS EXACTLY THE SAME LOGGING THAT AUSTRALIAN ISPS DO NOT DO EITHER.

This goes back to our Data Retention law - IT geeks in the “net anarchy” camp have managed to construct a hyperventilated mythology about that law that bears no relation to its reality.

It’s a very short piece of legislation, why not read it?

You don't understand the technology involved, are unable to answer simple questions about it, but have no hesitation expressing an opinion on it.

That's bold.

> NordVPN isn’t subject to any of the Australian legislation we rely on for our privacy...

I'm excited to hear how Australian privacy law compares with a tax haven like Panama, particularly after PWC have signed off on their "no log" policy, and am expecting you to have a real good answer.

> They may legally log and retain and trade any of your information they like...

You're offering legal advice for a foreign jurisdiction whose language you do not speak and whose laws you do not understand, covering a particularly technical topic whose technology you also don't understand.

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

The information targeted by police in those technical breaches didn’t include any information about the content of those journalists’ internet activities- why? Because Data Retention doesn’t cover content. By law.

Meanwhile, NordVPN isn’t subject to any of the Australian legislation we rely on for our privacy. They may legally log and retain and trade any of your information they like, unlike Australian ISPs who are not able to, by law.

The effect on my insurance premiums when I don’t object to patently a inadmissible document because I just want this to be done and to GTFO

Great read, thanks for sharing. I’ve always enjoyed reading or listening to what Kirby has ti say. Under the wig isn’t available online (to my knowledge), but here’s a link to its Amazon page if you’re interested https://www.amazon.com.au/Under-Wig-Lawyers-Stories-Innocence/dp/1912454084

The internet has legislation, which this is fully compliant with, given regional variance.

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Definitely do this. Even if you don't care about this one use-case that much, in most cases there'll be some other DNS server that will be faster than the ISP's one anyway. My personal recommendation is 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, because it's easy to remember, pretty reliable, and relatively fast (at least faster than the ISP when I've tried it before.

Alternatively, you could try out the DNS Benchmark utility by Steve Gibson, from GRC. (Windows only, unfortunately, so if you don't have Bootcamp set up, or another computer with Windows on it, you might want to get a mate over to try it out.)

> no one is really taught how to draft formal correspondence

i'm not even sure thats really the issue, Law Schools for whatever reason (i'd wager because they're academics and not professionals) really seem to encourage the use of flowery and loquacious language in assignments and so it carries over into a lot a graduate's 1st/2nd years of practice, until they are ground down to the harsh Hemingway-esque reality of effective communication

sidenote: this is kind of fun

I think you can also try a few different project management software.

Trello can get a bit pricey when it comes to their subscriptions. Currently using a free software called Quire, which is basically the same as Trello but with no upgrades needed. Highly recommend!

ok lets make it a contest Guys?

we have here james edelman's entry in the competition at 339

i raise you matt collins defamation text retailling on amazon for 558

can anyone beat that? only rules are the book must still be in print. GO GO

https://www.amazon.com.au/Collins-Defamation-Matthew-ebook/dp/B00JEFHRA8

Get a microdesk and raise your monitors, set it underneath. That was my setup. Works perfectly even with a fully loaded full lever-arch folder.

https://www.amazon.com/Microdesk-MD-SS-Good-Use/dp/B00JPN83NE

Sure - some law really is a no brainer. But you can be breaking those 'no brainer' laws without realising it.

For example - perhaps you enjoy Victorian literature .. so head over to Amazon to pick up a classic collection of Victorian stories like 'Pearl by Anonymous' (Link here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Pearl-Anonymous/dp/0345410041 )

There's no indication on the Amazon website that you'd be breaking Australian law by clicking the 'Buy Now' button. It's not labelled as 'Child Pornography'. It's on a mainstream book site. Back when Australia had bookshops, it was readily available in mainstream books 'n mortar stores.

But it has been classified as 'child pornography' because it was written at a time when the age of consent was different to modern Australia.

There has been at least one conviction of a someone for possessing child porn over this book.

-- Mac