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Before we can set up the camera on the Asustor Surveillance Center, we first have to find the IP address of the IP camera. If you do not know the IP address of the camera, you can find it via the CamLine Pro PC software.
TIP ! : To ensure that the camera always uses the same IP address, we recommend that you set a fixed IP for the camera when you want to add it to the Asustor Surveillance Center. If you do not do this and the IP camera gets a new IP address because your modem / router has had a reset, the surveillance center can no longer record the camera.
- First we have to find the IP address of the IP camera. If you do not know the IP address of the camera, you can find it via the CamLine Pro PC software or APP. Start the CamLine Pro software on your PC. click "+ -> LAN search". Your camera will now appear in the list with the Camera ID, behind it is the IP address and the port number.
- Note the IP address of your camera.
- Now that you have noted the data of the IP camera you can log in to the Asustor NAS.
- Log in to the NAS by entering the IP address of the NAS in the web browser, or using Asustor's Asustor Control Center software and double-clicking on the NAS.
- Click on "Log in" and log in with login data from the NAS.
- Click on "Surveillance center" (if not yet installed on the NAS first) and log in with the known data.
- Click on "Settings"
- Click on "Camera"
- Click on "Add"
- Check the option "Yes, Search all available cameras on my LAN network".
- Click on ">"
- Turn on the "Hide ONVIF device" option
- You will now see a list of all available IP cameras in your network, select the camera you want to add to the NAS and press ">".
- The settings for the camera are entered directly, but you still have to enter the username and password and possibly give the camera a name.
- Click on "Test" to test the settings and then press ">"
- In the "Video format" option you can select the resolution you want to use for the camera (640x352 (VGA), 1280x720 (HD) or 1920x1080 (Full HD)).
- Also set the desired frame rate (images per second) we recommend 25.
- If your camera has a built-in microphone, you can indicate in the Audio Format option whether it is in (enable) or disabled (disable).
- Press ">"
- The camera is now added. You can view the images by pressing "Live view".


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The 'Openness of God' and the Future of Evangelical Theology
Theology will be front and center at this week's meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Atlanta, Georgia. This is not a year for business as usual, for the society will be confronting charges brought against two of its members. Given the nature of the charges, one or both of these individuals may be removed from membership in the society. Why? The answer to that question points to one of the most significant controversies facing contemporary evangelicals.
The theologians in question, Clark Pinnock and John Sanders, are both proponents of a theological movement known as "Open Theism." In sum, open theists argue for a new model of understanding God's knowledge–a model that insists that true human freedom requires that God cannot know human decisions in advance.
Actually, open theists deny God's omniscience in matters that go beyond human decisions. The worldview promoted by open theists is based in a high degree of confidence that God will be able to direct the future in a general way, but open theists deny that God can possess infallible and comprehensive knowledge of the future. In essence, God is waiting with the rest of us to know how any number of issues will turn out.
Promoted by Pinnock and Sanders, along with other popular theologians such as Gregory Boyd, the open theists present a more user-friendly deity, less offensive to many moderns. This new model of God, based in something like what Clark Pinnock calls "creative love theism," redefines the God of the Bible and denies the classical understanding of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and power.
Bruce Ware, a careful critic of open theism, summarizes the movement in this way: "This movement takes its name from the fact that its adherents view much of the future as 'open' rather than closed, even to God. Much of the future, that is, is yet undecided, and hence it is unknown to God. God knows all that can be known, open theists assure us. But future free choices and actions, because they haven't happened yet, do not exist, and so God (even God) cannot know them."
As Ware explains, "God cannot know what does not exist, they claim, and since the future does not now exist, God cannot know it." Most importantly, open theists argue that God cannot know what free creatures will choose or do in the future. Thus, "God learns moment-by-moment what we do, when we do it, and His plans must constantly be adjusted to what actually happens, in so far as this is different than what He anticipated."
In two important books, God's Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism and Their God is Too Small [both from Crossway Books], Ware provides a responsible and careful analysis of the open theists' arguments. Ware takes these thinkers seriously, and judges their argument by the Bible. In so doing, he concludes that the open view of God "poses a challenge to the evangelical church that is unparalleled in this generation."
The doctrine of God is the central organizing principal of Christian theology, and it establishes the foundation of all other theological principles. Evangelical Christians believe in the unity of truth. Therefore a shift in the doctrine of God–much less of this consequence–necessarily implies shifts and transformations in all other doctrines.
The open theists point to biblical passages that speak of God repenting or changing His mind. Rather than interpreting those passages in keeping with the explicit statements of Scripture that God knows the future perfectly, the open theists turn the theological system on its head, and interpret the clear teaching of Scripture through the narratives–rather than the other way round.
They also counsel that their "open" view of God is more helpful than classical Christian theism. After all, they advise, it allows God "off the hook" when things do not go as we had hoped.
In a now notorious example, Greg Boyd tells of a woman whose plans for missionary service were ruined by the adultery of her husband and subsequent divorce. This woman, Boyd relates, went to her pastor for counsel, asking him how God could have led her to have married this young man, only to see the marriage end in adultery and disaster. This pastor [presumably Boyd himself?] assured the woman that God shared her surprise and disappointment in how the young man turned out.
Most evangelicals would be shocked to meet this updated model of God face to face. Nevertheless, subtle shifts in evangelical conviction have been undermining Christianity's biblical concept of God.
Belief in God's absolute knowledge has united theologians in the evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox traditions. Denials of divine omniscience have been limited to heretical movements like the Socinians. Even where Calvinists and Arminians have differed on the relationship between the divine will and foreknowledge, they have stood united in affirming God's absolute, comprehensive, and unconditional knowledge of the future.
Several years ago, a major study of religious belief revealed just how radically our culture has compromised the doctrine of God. Sociologists asked the question, "Do you believe in a God that can change the course of events on earth?" One answer, which became the title of the study, was "No, just the ordinary one." That is to say, modern men and women seem to feel no need to believe in a God who can change the course of events on earth–just an "ordinary God" who is an innocent bystander observing human events.
Measured against the biblical revelation, this is not God at all. The God of the Bible is not a bystander in human events. Throughout the Scriptures, God speaks of His own unlimited power, sovereign will, and perfect knowledge.
This model of divine sovereignty is explicitly denied by the open theists. As Clark Pinnock explains, "God is sovereign according to the Bible in the sense of having the power to exist in himself and the power to call forth the universe out of nothing by his Word. But God's sovereignty does not have to mean what some theists and atheists claim, namely, the power to determine each detail in the history of the world."
The obvious question to ask at this point is this: Just which details does God choose to determine? Pinnock's "creative love theism" is, regardless of his intentions, a way of taking theism out of theology. This God is so redefined that He bears little resemblance to the God of the Bible.
Pinnock and his colleagues argue that evangelicals must transform our understanding of God into a model that is more "culturally compelling." Where does this end? The culture gets to define our model of God?
Open theism does not stand alone. Acceptance of this model will require a complete transformation of evangelical conviction. A redefinition of the doctrine of God leads immediately to the redefinition of the Gospel. A reformulation of our understanding of God's knowledge leads inescapably to a reformulation of how God relates to the world.
Indeed, some have gone so far as to call for an "evangelical mega-shift," that would completely transform evangelical conviction for a new generation. Even granting the open theist the highest motivations, the result of their theological transformation would be unmitigated disaster for the church.
The late B.B. Warfield remarked that God could be removed altogether from some systematic theologies without any material impact on the other doctrines in the system. My fear is that this indictment can be generalized of much contemporary evangelical theology. As the culture draws to a close, evangelicals are not arguing over the denominational issues that marked the debate of the twentieth century's early years. The issues are now far more serious.
Sadly, evangelicals are now debating the central doctrine of Christian theism. The question is whether evangelicals will affirm and worship the sovereign and purposeful God of the Bible, or shift their allegiance to the limited God of the modern mega-shift.
At stake is not only the future of the Evangelical Theological Society, but of evangelical theology itself. Regardless of how the votes go in Atlanta, this issue is likely to remain on the front burner of evangelical attention for years to come.
The debate over open theism is another reminder that theology is too important to be left to the theologians. Open theism must be a matter of concern for the whole church. This much is certain–God is not waiting to see how this vote turns out.


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The first deliveries for the project will began in August 2010. The Peikko structure was chosen at first for the parking levels as no down stands were needed under the slabs and no additional fire protection was needed under the beam, providing a significant increase in parking space. The tight construction schedule was the main factor for choosing DELTABEAM®s and precast elements.
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For example, if I had a character with the Half-Fae template (Fiend Folio) at +2 level adjustment, and I decided to look up some traditional fey weaknesses and worked them into gameplay mechanics, e.g.:
Aversion to Iron: Must avoid Iron objects normally, takes -1 penalty and unable to use template abilities (eg flight or spell-like abilities) if in contact with iron or cold iron, i.e. equipped with iron weapon/armor, bound with iron chains, etc;
Cannot lie: cannot use Bluff to outright lie, only tell partial truths or abuse exact words; cannot bluff to answer a question asked three consecutive times;
Cannot enter a building without invitation: self-explanatory; cannot physically enter a building unless someone inside invites them in;
Obsession with shiny objects: must make will save to resist bribery in GP or other objects with intrinsic value, DC proportional to value in GP of item(s) (but not 1:1; that would get out of hand fast).
Would it be too imbalanced to perhaps ask for a reduced level adjustment for the Half-Fae template provided I adhere to these strictures and roleplay them consistently? Would it be fair to ask for a benefit for this sort of thing at all? Is this min-maxing? Am I just going power-crazy here?


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With pride, we inform you that this agate stone, meticulously carved as a unique piece of art, is presented to you as a distinctive and special gift. This stone is considered a rare and unique specimen worldwide, crafted with love and tranquility.
Agate, known for its positive energy and antidepressant properties, is not only recognized as a beautiful gem but also as a suit
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You can adorn this stone with various and beautiful designs, in the form of gold or silver jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets, or rings. Additionally, carrying this stone in your bag or placing it in your living space can bring freshness and happiness to your life.
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Pic is Louise Brooks (and here) as Lulu in Pandora's Box, a classic German silent film.
It's Christmas! We have shared the family rituals, waffles on Christmas day followed by a screening of Galaxy Quest. We have finished our Christmas dinner and are about to start a DVD marathon. Bliss.
Highlights in this mix include Cat Power from her slo-core album Moon Pix recorded in Melbourne in eleven days with backing musicians Mick Turner and Jim White of the Dirty Three, True Widow with some heavier slo-core, Molly Hamiliton from Widowspeak, and Karianne from The Whines who have a similar snooty shtick with grungy guitar, Youth Castles / Sight Seeing with more 90's grunge, Shoegaze from Seam, Flying Saucer Attack, Still Corners, Cosmicdust, and Ceremony, then Dee Dee giving it her all with Coming Down before Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon sings us out.
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This botanically rich and non-greasy, Hand and Body Lotion absorbs quickly to restore skin's elasticity and delivers deep, long-lasting hydration and calms irritated skin. It is ideal for replenishing lost moisture and restoring the skin's soft, silky feel. Highly concentrated, soothing Aloe Vera instantly relieves discomforts of dry, irritated, sun-damaged skin. This lotion is excellent for the face, hands, and body, helping to counteract the effects of pollution and the environment. With use, the skin is calmed, balanced, and nurtured back to its healthy-looking best.
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Turquoise mines have been in operation across the world for thousands of years. Since the stone was first discovered, it has been revered by civilizations – some of which built entire industries on the back of turquoise stones.
At turquoisemines.com, you'll learn more about mines from around the world and what kind of turquoise they produced.
The mines where the stone is pulled from play a huge role in both the characteristics and value of the stone. For instance, stones found in Persia are known throughout the world for their vibrant, robin's egg blue color.
The color and composition of the stone is a direct result of the levels of copper and other minerals within the turquoise mines.
Throughout history, cultures have put a high value on turquoise stones. The Aztecs made incredibly detailed masks and other adornments and operated some of the oldest turquoise mines in North America. The stones they used were found in Central Mexico.
In what is now known as the Southwestern United States, Puebloan tribes mined turquoise and considered it a crucial commodity that held immense spiritual value and was also the source of trade.
The Ancient Egyptians also mined the stone and used it to adorn the highest members of society. The stone was carefully carved and inlaid in burial masks and other ceremonial jewelry. Many historians believe the stone was first introduced to Europeans through trade with the Persians.
Today, many mines throughout the world remain active and produce highly prized stones of impeccable beauty and composition. This can clearly be seen in many pieces of turquoise jewelry and art that is sold around the world today.
At turquoisemines.com, you'll learn more about the storied history of mines all over the world and which ones remain important today. From across the globe to right here in the United States, you'll find out which mines are producing the top stones and what makes those stones so valuable.
Turquoise stones are unlike other stones because of the diversity and array of qualities that truly make each region unique. We'll provide interesting facts about turquoise mines and the types of turquoise stones they produced.
For instance, the Bisbee Turquoise Mine is well known for producing Bisbee Blue, one of the more expensive and sought after stones known for its unique coloration.
The Kingman Turquoise Mine is another well-known Arizona mine. It is also one of the oldest on record and archeologists have discovered ancient mining sites used by the Navajo and other Southwestern tribes.
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How many of you use Google Chrome or Chromium and have more than 10 active feeds in Google Reader? I'm sure that most of you raised your hand…well, maybe not physically but a mental raising of the hand I suppose. How about 20+ feeds? 30+? Is your (virtual) hand still up? Mine is.
I'm plugged in…maybe too plugged in. The "mark all items read" button received much use in my RSS reader. I found myself skipping more than I actually read. Google reader is awesome, don't get me wrong, but it is a bit simplistic and plain…which is fine, it does its job well. I'm informed. But I often times find myself trying to sift through the cruft that is my various feeds. I have wordpress design feeds, freelance feeds, Linux feeds, sports feeds, business feeds, inspirational feeds, youtube feeds, feeds about feeds, and feeds feeding those feeds.
I wanted to get more from my news/RSS. Enter Feedly. Feedly is a way that my feeds become VISUAL. Instead of line by line by line, I'm given tiles and mosaic patchworks in an easy to read format. I have variety. I have images. I have screenshots. I have thumbnails. I can see my feeds. I can see what they're describing. I can see what people are blogging about. I started using Feedly a mere 4 days ago and I have completely caught up on my reading. Before I started I had over 3000 articles and was many, many days behind on my reading. I'm completely caught up now with a manageable 200 articles to read.
Does this mean I'm reading thousands of articles with Feedly? Not by a long shot. But I'm finding what is important to me faster and thus being much more efficient. I'm still skipping many articles…but at least now I know WHAT I'm skipping. I'm not just marking all read so that I can catch up. Feedly allows me to peruse my feeds in almost a catalog fashion which speeds up my reading times and focuses my attention on the things that catch my eye.
Feedly is free by the way. I use it with Chromium/Chrom (works with any web browser though, just head over to their website) and you can too. Install it as a web application in the Chrome web store. Once installed, synchronize it with your Google Reader account…things you mark as read in Feedly will be marked read in your Google Reader account and vice versa. I also use it on my Android tablet. Make sure to check out the settings page in Feedly to configure the right layout and colors for yourself to make things easier to read and fit your workflow. I guarantee you will find yourself reading more interesting articles…bookmarking links more…and paying attention to what matters to you.


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And one more word from California. Over the summer, NPR reporters have been going home, back to the communities where they grew up to see how their hometowns have changed. NPR's Richard Gonzales grew up in the blue collar city of Richmond, Calif., just east of San Francisco. On his trip home, he found a city in transformation in the local businesses and the neighborhoods.
RICHARD GONZALES, BYLINE: I was 13 years old in 1967, when I thought Lou Rawls was singing to me.
LOU RAWLS: (Singing) They said this is a big, rich town, but I live in the poorest part. I know I'm on a dead-end street in a city without a heart.
GONZALES: Of course, Rawls was singing about the South Side of Chicago, but it could have been describing the south side of Richmond, Calif., where we grew up on a dead-end street. Only a small handful of Latino families lived in our neighborhood. Back in the day of black power salutes and wide Afros.
JAMES BROWN: (Singing) Papa's got a brand new bag.
GONZALES: But Richmond was still mostly white, its local economy and politics dominated by the local Chevron refinery. In 1967, more than a third of the city was African-American and only 7 percent Latino. But now, the phrase I hear over and over again is Richmond is changing.
RICHARD MITCHELL: We're on the south side here in Richmond, and we're going to drive up by...
GONZALES: I'm driving through the old neighborhood with a high school friend, Richard Mitchell. He's now the planning director for the city. We're cruising through what once was a fairly vibrant African-American business district.
MITCHELL: This was a grocery store, barber shop. A nightclub was right here on the corner where the cleaners was.
GONZALES: Some of the old shops are still here, but many black-owned businesses are shut down, as African-Americans have left Richmond.
MITCHELL: In our community, really, as people completed school, some went on to college. And then, again, opportunities develop elsewhere and people moved on.
GONZALES: They moved on to suburbs north of here, where their families could find homes with more square footage. By the 1980s, Richmond's African-American population rose to nearly 50 percent, and Latinos were just 10 percent. But then the black community began shrinking.
ANDRE SHUMAKE: If any anything, it's being priced out.
GONZALES: The reverend Andre Shumake has watched this exodus. He says some people left when crime spiked in the 1990s. Others left as home prices and rents soared.
SHUMAKE: Folks choose to go somewhere else. And just as they start moving out, you start seeing all this reinvestment back into the inner city.
GONZALES: You can see that reinvestment along the Bay shoreline. Back when I was a kid, there was virtually no public access to the waterfront. Now, there are hiking and bike paths, a winery and two new brewpubs in town. And there are new homes and condos. This is John Gioia, the county supervisor representing Richmond.
JOHN GIOIA: Younger white progressive families who were living in Oakland or Berkeley and couldn't afford to stay there moved to Richmond.
GONZALES: And they aren't the only newcomers.
GONZALES: When I went back in May, there were thousands of people, mostly immigrants, lining one of the main boulevards - 23rd St. - for the annual Cinco de Mayo parade, one of the largest in the Bay Area. I ran into another old friend, John Marquez. He says that this parade wouldn't have happened when we were growing up.
JOHN MARQUEZ: Changes like you cannot believe it from the old days. Going back to the '70s and the '60s, we've gone through a big evolution here in Richmond.
GONZALES: Today, the city is now 40 percent Latino, 30 percent white and 25 percent black. The Latino plurality is mainly first-time homebuyers who, themselves, were priced out of San Francisco and Oakland. A few days later, I was taking a drive down 23rd St., chock full of Latino restaurants, bakeries and music stores with a new friend, Oscar Garcia. He points to one restaurant called Bionicos Yahualica.
OSCAR GARCIA: My family is from Yahualica, Jalisco, so distant family members opened that restaurant. So it's kind of a source of pride for my family because our little town has a restaurant on 23rd St.
GONZALES: Garcia is an exception. He's a chemical engineer who was born in Richmond and raised in the Iron Triangle, the city's roughest neighborhood, where he still lives because he says it's home. In his well-manicured backyard, Garcia's mother is cooking from scratch a large vat of pozole, hearty stew of pork, hominy and chili.
GARCIA: At the end, she adds the red sauce. That gives it the color and more flavor. And it smells amazing already.
GONZALES: It does.
GONZALES: The aroma of the pozole brings back memories of my long-deceased grandmother, who cooked just like this here in Richmond 50 years ago. The scent of the pozole is more common now. Richard Gonzales, NPR News, Richmond, Calif.
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(Covers information from Both Timelines)
Oceanic Airlines was the fictional airline that operated Flight 815 which crashed on the Island.
According to Oceanic Airlines' website, the company was founded in 1979 and served other destinations such as Costa Rica, London, and Seoul. After the events of Flight 815, it ceased operations due financial difficulties. However, in "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1", we learned the airline was still running, and possibly, to remedy this contradiction, ABC Medianet announced in December 2007, in a press release, that the company was returning to the airways. It was established that Oceanic Airlines had cancelled all flights whilst conducting an investigation into Flight 815's disappearance.
After failing to find anything, the company was pushed to close the case so that they could resume flights and recover from loss of business. This decision to conclude all passengers dead with no solid proof resulted in opposition from individuals such as Sam Thomas, the main protagonist in the second Lost alternate reality game that focused specifically on Oceanic Airlines, Find 815.
A video advertisement aired at Comic-Con 2009 ostensibly stated that Oceanic Airlines had been running since 1979 with a 30 year perfect safety record. The canonical status of this video, and how it contradicts all previously established facts, is presently unclear.
On 'Lost'[]
Naturally, Oceanic Airlines is mentioned on the Island numerous times, and items with Oceanic insignia can be seen in many episodes. However, Oceanic Airlines connections can also be seen in several character flashbacks.
- Oceanic logos appeared on the plane mobile from the Staff that Claire remembered in the nursery. ("Maternity Leave")
- As Locke was walking to and from the Flightline Motel to meet Anthony Cooper, Oceanic Planes flew overhead. Cooper's bag also had a logo on it that was very similar to the Oceanic logo. ("Lockdown")
* The plane tickets to Costa Rica that Kevin Callis surprises Kate with as a belated honeymoon were clearly from Oceanic. ("I Do")
- An Oceanic plane flew by the window in Miami in Juliet's flashback. ("Not in Portland").
- An advertisement for Oceanic can be seen on the soccer field in a TV sports match Desmond was watching. image ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- In "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1", Jack said he'd been flying Oceanic Airlines using the "Golden Pass" they gave him hoping the plane would crash, returning him to the Island.
- The group of survivors who left the Island are known as the Oceanic 6. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Oceanic Airlines is one of the only airliners in the world to still use the L-1011 for transport, as one such plane in Oceanic livery was seen taxiing at LAX the same day as Ajira 316. ("316") Interestingly enough, this is the same make of plane that was used to make the wreckage of Flight 815 for the island crash sites of the cockpit and fuselage.
Oceanic in the expanded Lost universe[]
First website[]
Oceanic-air.com was one of the first official alternate reality Lost websites, offering a number of tidbits and easter eggs through navigation of the site. It also provided some backstory for Oceanic Airlines, including that it had been founded in 1979 (as gleamed from comments about "25 years of service" prior to Flight 815 in 2004).
Find 815 and second website[]
In the alternate reality game, Find 815, Oceanic Airlines call off their lengthy search for the wreckage of Flight 815 and prepare to announce all passengers onboard as deceased. Sam Thomas, a former Oceanic employee and boyfriend of a stewardess who disappeared on the flight, refuses to accept official reports and is determined to find out the truth. In the course of his adventure, he finds a wreckage of Flight 815 at the bottom of the Sunda Trench, tying into the staged wreckage mentioned on the main show that Charles Widmore planted. The fact that Sam is strangely given clues to help him find the wreckage by mysterious individuals at the Maxwell Group, a subsidiary of Widmore Industries, provides an interesting comparison to this truth.
Throughout the course of Find 815, promotions for Oceanic Airlines were shown about its reconstitution online at flyoceanicair.com and in other media forms. For example, an Oceanic Airlines TV ad was shown following the January 31, 2008 U.S. broadcast of "The Beginning of the End". It announced a chance to get a golden pass, an offer which allows people to fly anywhere in the world, anytime they want, and as many times as they want. Viewers were also directed to Flyoceanicair.com to find out more. The commercial was intermittently interrupted by Sam Thomas saying, "We can't trust these people", "Oceanic Flight 815", and "We found it". A quick shot of the underwater wreckage that Sam discovered was also shown. (Find 815 clues/January 31)'
Other references[]
- In the meta-fiction Lost tie-in novel Bad Twin, Paul Artisan and Pru travel on an Oceanic Airlines flight. The book was also written by Gary Troup and referenced how he disappeared on Flight 815. (Bad Twin)
- On the back of "Captured!", Issue 14 of Lost: The Official Magazine, there was an advertisement for Oceanic Airlines. The Oceanic logo in the ad was changed; the new logo had a white center, instead of red. The stewardess was wearing a poppy, such as worn on Remembrance Day in some English-speaking countries. It was speculated that this was in remembrance of the casualties of Flight 815. The skyline in the background was of Hong Kong, although Oceanic Airlines did not travel there.
- In a cross-promotion between ABC and Xbox, it was announced on February 1, 2008 that Oceanic was teaming up with Xbox to give away Xbox 360 consoles and other prizes.[1] Those who wish to participate were directed to Xbox LIVE Marketplace to download a free Oceanic Airlines theme pack.
The prize details were listed on Xbox.com as follows:
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On or about February 24, nine lucky winners will be chosen from all entries to receive the following prizes: Six (6) First Prizes: Six winners will score a prize package consisting of the following items:
Three (3) Second Prizes: Three second place prize winners will also receive a special surprise package from ABC and Oceanic Airlines. |
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Xbox Live began offering standard and high definition downloads of Lost episodes at the start of Season 4.
- A promotional video of unknown canon status was shown at Comic-Con 2009. In it, Oceanic Airlines were ostensibly reporting that their airline had flown for 30 years with a perfect safety record, after having begun in 1979. This contradicts the entire disappearance of Flight 815.
- In the background of the Pilot episode of ABC's FlashForward, a billboard with Oceanic advertising a perfect safety record can be seen in one of the first scenes.
PR employees
- Frank Lapidus (formerly)
- Seth Norris
- Unnamed co-pilot
Flight Attendants
- Cindy Chandler
- Hunter (possibly)
- Michelle
- Sonya
- Unnamed female flight attendant
- Unnamed male flight attendant
- Unnamed male flight attendant
Ticket Agents
Gate Agents
Customer Services
IT Technicians
- Sam Thomas (formerly)
Employee Relations
Outside Lost[]
According to Damon Lindelof in an interview [2], although the creators of Lost intended the name "Oceanic Airlines" to be original, they later discovered that this fictional airline had already been used in previous works.
- Oceanic Airlines Flight 762 a Boeing 747-200 from Sydney to LAX carried a Bomb programmed to Blow Out 1 Hour before Landing in "Nowhere to Land"
- Oceanic Airlines Flight 816 a Boeing 747SP appeared in the 2003 thriller Code 11-14, which featured a terrorist and serial killer onboard, almost causing a crash of the plane by reprogramming the autopilot.
- Oceanic Airlines Flight 343, a Boeing 747-200, appeared in another thriller from 1996: Executive Decision
- Oceanic Airlines Flight 760, a Boeing 747-47 features in the drama series "Category 6 - Day of Destruction". The plane is struck by lightning and forced to take emergency procedures.
- In the episode "A Clean Conscience" of Alias, J.J. Abrams' other ABC show, when Nadia and Sydney are waiting for Sophia's plane to land in Los Angeles, a boarding call can be heard for Oceanic Airlines non-stop flight to Sydney at Gate 17. (The episode aired April 27, 2005.)
- In the episode "The Dreamscape" of J.J. Abram's Fringe, Agent Dunham finds a ticket to Omaha on Oceanic Airlines while searching the apartment of the victim.
- Oceanic Airlines also appeared in an episode of JAG, which both Terry O'Quinn and François Chau have coincidentally appeared on.
- The tail section of and Oceanic Airlines airplane appears in space in the season eight episode "Möbius Dick" of "Futurama".
- In the episode "Inferno" from the cartoon series Transformers: Cybertron, the Decepticon Thundercracker is shown scanning a fighter jet which subsequently calls ground control for help, identifying itself as "Oceanic Flight 815".
- In the episode "Chuck Versus the Helicopter" of the NBC Series Chuck, the title character includes a reference to Oceanic Flight 815 after his memories (which are entwined with government secrets) are triggered. In his rambling, he says "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by surface to air..."
- Oceanic Airlines Flight 456 from LAX to Zürich had to deal with a murdered co-pilot and a poisoned crew in an episode of 'Diagnosis Murder', entitled, "Murder In The Air".
- The "White Star Line", famous for its ship the RMS Titanic, was also called the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
- The logo for Oceanic Bank in San Francisco has a striking resemblance to the Hanso Foundation's logo when rotated.
- In the Fringe episode "Snakehead" a man who recently died under mysterious circumstances had purchased a ticket on Oceanic Air. J.J. Abrams is a co-creator and writer on both series.
- In issue #90 of Ultimate X-Men, an advertisement for Oceanic Airlines can be seen in the background of the last page. Also on that page is a man wearing a Drive Shaft shirt and a partially-obscured advertisement for Lost.
- In an online game, Soccer Superstar Smash Up, you can crash your car into a tail of a plane which has the Oceanic airlines logo on it.
- On the first episode of FlashForward, an advertisement can be seen in the background when Benford and Noh are sitting in their car ([3]). Though not officially tied to Lost, both shows air on ABC and Dominic Monaghan, Sonya Walger, and Kim Dickens play roles on both.
- In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic #36, Last Gleaming Part 1, Angel is seen saving a plane from crashing that bears the Oceanic Airlines logo after one of its wings breaks off. This occurs just outside of Los Angeles, where Flight 815 was intended to land.
- In Hawaii, where Lost was filmed, the local Time/Warner Cable affiliate is called Oceanic Time/Warner Cable.
- In What If? Spider-Man Vs. Wolverine, both an Oceanic Airlines logo and a Lost poster can be seen in an airport.
"Oceanic Feeling"[]
In Chapter I of his book, Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud discusses a letter he received from his friend, the French novelist and mystic Romain Rolland. In this letter, Rolland describes what he calls the "Oceanic" feeling - that is, a feeling of eternity, a deep and innate connection with all things, a "oneness" with the world. Rolland, a "man of faith," sees this "Oceanic" feeling as being the primal source of all religion, but itself independent of any particular religion. Freud, an atheist and avowed "man of science" disagrees. While he admits that many people may experience this "Oceanic" feeling, he locates its source not in some mystical feeling of connection, but in an infantile helplessness experienced when confronted with a hostile world and the subsequent longing for the protection and guidance of the father. For Freud, this "Oceanic" feeling is "sustained by fear of the superior power of Fate."
- The Oceanic Airlines logo has 18 dots spread around concentric circles, creating a total of 4 circles. Also, when the letters of the name are counted they add up to 15 and when the logo is used as an "O" in the Oceanic Airlines heading, it has 16 dots spread around it. The logo incorporates a motif that is reminiscent of Australian Aboriginal glyphs.
- It is thus implied that Oceanic at some point may have been Australian, though it should be noted that its owner, Charles Widmore, is British.
- Other fictional airlines appearing in Lost are Pan Pacific Airlines, Herarat Aviation, and Ajira Airways.
See also[]
External links[]
- Lost-related mock-"official" site - run by ABC; incorporates a few Easter eggs.
- Oceanic Airlines mock site; same site as above with a different URL.
- Another 'unofficial official' Oceanic site
- Oceanic Flight 815 - Official LOST Website
- the second Lost-related mock-"official" site - run by ABC
- everythingLOST Merchandise Store - Unofficial Oceanic Airlines and Ajira Airways Replica Models


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Last week I embarked on a little project to document how I spend my money (more precisely, where does all my money go?). The results were as I expected:
- Daniel and I spend, on average, $65 a week on coffee (in cafes and takeaway). That's well over $3000 a year. If we buy a slice of cake, some banana bread or convince ourselves that breakfast/lunch is in order, we can easily spend $100+ a week ($5000+ a year) in cafes.
- A significant amount of our pay goes on groceries - but I honestly believe that I can reduce our fortnightly bill with more forethought (and possibly shopping online)
- When we run out of milk or bread the trip to the shops always results in milk, bread and a few non-essential items that happen to be on sale.
- Bills - the worst kind of mail. Our electricity payment just increased by $50 a fortnight (!) which basically cancels out the reduction on our car insurance and phone/internet bill.
- a little cottage that we can call our own...even if it's 5-10years away.
- private high school education (the public high schools in our area leave much to be desired)
- Buy a coffee machine so we can enjoy a cappuccino at home...but still go out to a cafe a couple of times a week (there's some great espresso machine and grinder advice in the comments section of this post)
- Shop with awareness - meal planning each and every week
- Make more food from scratch (I'll save this lengthy discussion for another post but I'm also mindful that making bread/biscuits/crackers/jams every week is not realistic for me right now, and that's ok)
- Grow food in the garden (currently a work in progress)
- Allocate a set amount of 'spending' money each week - and always use cash. Basically, I find it harder to spend cash. Handing over my eftpos card is easy - it's invisible money. My 'spending' cash will go on things like takeaway coffee, flowers, magazines etc
Finally....a little perspective:
- If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of the world
- If you have money in the bank, your wallet and some spare change, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy - found via 4myearth


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Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Paramount Digital Entertainment announced that The Godfather® II videogame will be shipping on February 24th in North America and on February 27th in Europe. The Godfather II allows players to both act like a mobster and think like a Don, by immersing them in a 1960's organized crime world. As a Don, players can build a crew and grow their family in an effort to become the most powerful mob syndicate in America. Players will be able to choose how and when to use their Made men, either by commanding them directly in battle as part of their crew, or by sending them to do a job in another part of the world – bombing rival family rackets, attacking their businesses, or defending your own.
Players who pre-order The Godfather II at participating retailers worldwide will receive an exclusive crew member, named Tommy Cipolla, to hire into their family. While the other soldiers at the start of the game come equipped with one specialty and level-one firearms, Tommy will be the only crew member to possess two specialties – arsonist and medic – as well as carry a level-two double-barreled shotgun. With Tommy in your family, players will have a strategic advantage in the game, using his advanced skills either directly in battle, or sending him to take over and defend rackets on his own.
The Godfather II takes the open-world genre in an entirely new direction. Part of the fascination with The Godfather fiction is the feeling of power that comes with being the Don of an organized crime family – and The Godfather II game puts the control in your hands. While at its heart The Godfather II remains an action game, it also features deep new strategic gameplay mechanics never before seen in an open-world game. The strategic elements to the game allow you to extend the fantasy of building and running your own organized crime family. This means that you have to build and invest in your family, manage your businesses, and reach out to corrupt officials – all of which is done through the revolutionary Don's View. The Don's View is a 3D representation of your criminal empire in all three cities; it allows you to coordinate your strategy, plan hits on rival Made men, attack enemy rackets, and much more. The Godfather II delivers the ultimate organized crime experience by allowing you to call the shots.
Developed at the EA Redwood Stores studio, The Godfather II will be coming to the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and PC. The Godfather II has been rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI.


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Nef Ewer, Late 16th century, Murano Italy. Courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum |
On the afternoon of Friday, 22 March 1521, The Venetian Senate - then called the 'Pregadi' - reconvened after lunch. Senator Marino Sanuto (the Younger) recorded in his now famous diary that among the afternoon business was the granting of a ten year exclusive license to Arminia, the daughter of painter 'Alvise da Muran' (Luigi Vivarini). She was granted this privilege to produce the ornamental glass galley ships she had recently devised. [1,2] Once called 'Navicella' (little ships) these ewers, probably most used to serve wine, are now known as 'nefs'. A pour spout was situated at the ship's bow, and often a handle astern. These objects soon became iconic symbols of the island-nation's long dominance in trade, and regularly appeared on sideboards and elaborate dinner table settings, not only in the lagoon, but in Florence, Rome and far beyond.
In their Objects of Virtue: Art in Renaissance Italy, Syson and Thornton write,
"It was not only the use of coloured canes in complex patterns embedded into clear glass that typified Venetian glass from the 1520s, but also the manipulation of cristallo into ever more fantastic forms. Novelties were first displayed at the Ascension Day Fair, which, like visits to the glasshouses in Murano itself, was firmly on the tourist map by about 1500. The Venetian diarist Marino Sanuto mentions the work displayed at three booths at the fair in 1525, those of Barovier, Serena and Ballarin workshops 'among other things, a galley and a very beautiful ship were to be seen.'"
Syson and Thornton continue, "Leandro Alberti singled out just this kind of glass in his famous description of the marvels of Murano in his Description of All Italy of 1550: 'I saw there (among other things made of glass) a scaled-down model of a galley, one braccia long and with all its rigging and equipment, so perfectly in scale that it seemed impossible to model such things accurately in such a medium." [3]
Scholar and science investigator, Georgius Agricola, described a vessel in the form of a ship in his De re metallica published in Basel in 1556,
"The glass-makers make diverse things, such as goblets, cups [...] and ships, all of which excellent and wonderful works I have seen when I spent two whole years in Venice some time ago. Especially at the time of the Feast of the Ascension they were on sale at M[u]rano, where are located the most celebrated glass-works. These I saw on other occasions, and when, for a certain reason, I visited Andrea Naugerio in his house which he had there, and conversed with him and Francisco Asulano." [4]
Arminia Vivarini's father was a painter of some renown, but her family is also among the earliest recorded glassmakers on Murano. Her third-great grandfather, named Vivarino, arrived from Padua, just ahead of the plague in 1346. [5] The family seems to have been involved in the craft on the island from then on. She clearly had access to a furnace, perhaps one owned by an uncle or a cousin. In any event, she exemplified the qualities of the very best glass artisans throughout history: a clear design sense coupled with technical expertise and the opportunity to put them both into practice.
Her very existence also forces us to more closely examine the well worn narrative that hot-shops were exclusively male domains, from which women were strictly excluded. In such a highly competitive arena, it is perfectly reasonable that a family would promote its best talent, regardless of gender. In many ways, we owe homage to Vivarini for her success with this style of novelty glass object; it started the genre that continues in popularity today, five centuries later, with works of art prized by collectors and in museums around the world. [6]
[1] Arminia (Armenia, Ermonia) Vivarini (1490-1569). See Luigi Zecchin: Vetro e Vetrai di Murano, 3 vols. (Venezia: Arsenale, 1987-9) v.3, p. 194.
[2] Marino Sanudo: I diarii di Marino Sanuto (1466-1536) v.30. Eds., F. Stefani, G. Berchet, N. Barozzi (Venezia: Fratelli Visentini, 1891) col. 45. Also see Zecchin 1987-9, v.2, p.276.[3] Luke Syson, Dora Thornton: Objects of Virtue: Art in Renaissance Italy (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001), p. 197.
[4] Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer): De Re Metallica: Tr. from the 1st Latin Ed. of 1556… trns: Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover. (Princeton: Mining Magazine, 1912), p. 592 (Book XII.)
[5] op. Cit. Zecchin 1987-9, v.3, p194-5.[6] Thanks to Sophie Small @sophieesmall for inspiring the subject of this post.


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Palo Alto, CA / SEAPRWire / October 21, 2021 / Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM), the next generation insured asset-backed cryptocurrency, continues to gain momentum and expand its global acceptance as it announced today it will be listed on Changelly and Changelly PRO. Users can exchange LTNM for other 200+ digital assets at floating rates using Changelly. The official trading is expected to start at the beginning of Dec 2021.
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HOUSTON (FOX 26) - The death of 4-year-old Maleah Davis was caused by "homicidal violence", according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Maleah's remains were found on a roadside in Arkansas on May 31, nearly a month after she was reported missing from Houston.
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Vence showed up to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital on the night of May 4 with his one-year-old son seeking treatment for a head injury. He claimed to have been attacked the night before on his way to pick up Maleah's mother, Brittany Bowens, from George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
He told police that Maleah and his infant son were in the car with him, when he pulled over to check his tire around Greens Road and Highway 59. Vence then claimed that three Hispanic men pulled up in a blue Chevy pickup truck and beat him up until he passed out. He reported that the next day he regained consciousness near First Colony Mall. Maleah and his car were nowhere to be found, but his son was still with him.
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Just before noon on May 31, Quanell X held a press conference with Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller. Quanell X said he spoke with Vence in jail. He said Vence told him that Maleah's death was an accident and that he admitted to dumping her body in a ditch in Arkansas.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers
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Who is going to have the last laugh now Paula Bennett, we the people at your expense, and as for that Mr Keys well he better be utulising those brothers of mine to seal a overseas deal on earning this country Trillions, like I said before we dont even have a 1000 dollar note yet printed, is this when maori start demanding the world bank make one....nah to hell with it we want at least eight trillion, so keep up the good work Mr Keys and bring home the bacon, I am already thinking what colour will they make this note "ALLBLACK" perhaps ! with a trim of gold around the edges, this is in relation to the water he thought he could sell earlier on behand Maoris back ayeee!! Hold up Brother we say we will discuss this and we have now you can go and find and seek the truth for NZ we want top dollar we got alot of hungry people to feed
I have a family member who works for an NGO that gets CYFs referrals for counselling and support. So all those details will be there. I wonder how many NZers are affected like this one way or another? Such a widespread violation of privacy.
The third wave of stories will no doubt be on crowd funded journalism, since Keith has met his target again
Sacha, in reply to
We are talking no access controls, meaning that at a policy level controls have never been instituted. Meaning that, even if by omission, a decision has been made that it's okay for all MSD staff (and anyone else with access to MSDs network) to have access to all MSD information.
This is huge.
Deserves emphasising. Professionally speaking, this is a 101-level failure well beyond the kiosks or any random bad staff or contractors.
Any IT manager right up to the new CIO should have spotted this stuff and fixed it. Ensuring it's not repeated also needs a culture change process like we've seen started at ACC, which takes in the CEO and the Minister as the public's representative.
Government is relying on more connected government systems for efficiency and saving money, so this failure is instructive. We all deserve to feel confident.
Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Well done Keith for outing this. Absolutely fucking appalling mismanagement. Bennett must resign.
Funny that's your go-to response, rather than sacking the people who as far as I understand have had a heads-up on this before and did sweet Fanny Adams.
Hamish, in reply to
It's not entirely unfair, Craig. it really is this serious. Without hyperbole, it's about as serious a systems failure as can happen.
If it is not in the perview of the minister responsible, nothing is.
Rebecca Denton, in reply to
I agree Hamish. This kind of breach is pretty much as bad as it gets.
NZ needs strong whistle blower protection. Not so much for Ng, but for the IT savvy professionals with some resemblance of a clue who surely had knowledge of the state of MSD's info security for a long time now.
Sam Stephens, in reply to
And it's not just a breach. It's a complete lack of governance around access control of incredibly private data.
Craig Ranapia, in reply to
It's not entirely unfair, Craig. it really is this serious. Without hyperbole, it's about as serious a systems failure as can happen.
I do understand that, considering I may just have some quite involved medical records that were passed over to WINZ (perfectly legitimately) back in the day, I might as post here. I'd just like to see some accountabilities called for from, you know, people who are a little more directly responsible for data security.
Heather Gaye, in reply to
Yeah, but this breach signifies bad (*coff* nonexistent) security practices that go back YEARS. It's only the introduction of a public portal that's made it apparent. CIO's head yes, minister in charge... wishful thinking.
Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Funny that's your go-to response, rather than sacking the people who as far as I understand have had a heads-up on this before and did sweet Fanny Adams.
I doubt we would have seen the kiosks without Bennett and Nactional so sack the lot ,I say! More Transparency? You got it. All upside your face Key.
Perhaps if they weren't so busy denigrating beneficiaries and instead dealt with them like humans rather than beans..... -
To look on the bright side. This will be another valuable case study for students of the growing academic discipline of e-government.
More online government services were always coming no matter who was in power, and this process will continue over many years. Addressing this properly requires a cross-government response and strong leadership.
One practical thing that can be done pronto is to give the Privacy Commisioner's office the teeth they've been seeking so they can strengthen up the ongoing independent oversight and advocacy they do such a good job of already.
stuartm, in reply to
Does anyone know the significance (if any) of Mountain Standard Time reference on one of the captures?
There would be no significance to this. This looks like it's just a default config file used to provision computers/servers. Same goes with the short-looking admin password - this would almost certainly just be part of the initial build process and would get locked down further along the process.
Incredible (and depressing) to hear Katherine Ryan and Katrin Evans saying to each other "well, I don't know if you or I could do it, but it seems if you know about Computers it's not that difficult ...".
Keith on your Nat Radio interview this morning you mentioned being tipped off .
Implies others know about this security hole.
How many and for how long? You are clearly doing the right thing handing over files to the privacy commission.
It begs the question how many people have already accessed MSD files, how deep did they go and what are they doing with that data? -
There is no doubt that Bennett is responsible for this farce. The "Self Service Kiosks" were introduced last year on the back of Winz staff cuts so that jobseekers could access vacancies without having to tie up staff by 'interacting' with them.
The kiosks were introduced by way of a national rollout with attendant free drinks and press releases for journos.
At some stage, doubtless out of due regard to Winz managers penchant for re-aranging the furniture whenever they are given yet another crazy command from oberSturmbanfuhrer Bennett, a decision must have been made to ignore the pesky requirement to pay an 'expensive' IT contractor to come in and change the local network's active directory every time the Kiosk was moved, expanded, or its PC swapped. Although that sounds crazy surely they must have an onsite secirty officer at each office, someone who can be trained to implement this trivial task. Or not. "After all" some moron thought to himself, "its not as if they can access the national network from these terminals, they're only gonna get the local data n whats that? Boring old accounts."
This is a classic example of the folly of mega departments; once they are created , usually by a larger organisation swallowing a number of public service minnows, the odds are high that most of senior management has no idea of the actual duties of the former small fry.That means they don't understand CYFS holds accounts with intimate details of their at risk clients on their local network. As far the managers are concerned Accounts are the mob who are always harrassing him when he wants to upgrade to the latest iteration of y-phone, and IT is the mob who won't knock up a quick app permitting him to do his job from under the table of the local strip club. (true stories from a mega bureuacracy I once did a lag in) but that was a digression.
I have had a bit of a play around on a kiosk while bored waiting for a quick client/winz interface but tho I noticed the vulnerability I decided not to push it too far lest the legendary MSD audit trail ID my activities. It looks as though I shouldn't have worried all the security is tied to the national client database which is what private detectives try to bribe idjit winz staff to get into.
The degree of incompetence is unfathomable.
Bart Janssen, in reply to
it's more likely that IT staff heads will roll, not Bennett or the guvmint.
Sadly that's true.
It's likely the people building this system were the cheapest that they could hire. Not necessarily bad workers just lacking in the kind of experience that would prevent this disaster.
They of course will have been hired by manager who will be paid full "market rates" who will have been given direction by senior executives who will have demanded salaries equivalent to those overseas.
The heads that should roll should be those managers. But in all likelyhood it will be the overworked IT codemonkeys who get the chop and the managers will survive.
rodgerd, in reply to
Mark, if you can access the VM images, then you have the Windows SAM files within those images, which mean you will be able to get domain admin logins as quickly as you can crack them.
Unfortunately public ignorance of IT is going to work in the government's favour on this one. They're describing it as a security flaw and 'investigating' how the flaw occurred - as if to suggest it was a complex error in an existing security framework rather than a complete lack of any security whatsoever - and Key's already heavily downplaying it saying on Breakfast this morning that "accessing the information wasn't easy". The media aren't likely to run too far with it by themselves and Labour never miss a chance to miss an opportunity. I'm predicting this story will be gone within ~3 days.
Roll up, roll up, extended season at Govt data security amateur hour! Get your tickets now! Aren't GCSB mandated to deal with this stuff? My mistake, they too busy spying on overweight German egos
IANAL, but for those with legal concerns:
(1)Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who intentionally accesses, directly or indirectly, any computer system without authorisation, knowing that he or she is not authorised to access that computer system, or being reckless as to whether or not he or she is authorised to access that computer system.
(2)To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not apply if a person who is authorised to access a computer system accesses that computer system for a purpose other than the one for which that person was given access.I think it's fair to say that a self-service kiosk implies a certain level of authorisation to access the system (where "system" is defined in the Act as stretching to encompass the network). My reading of subsection 2 is that once they've given you access, you can have at anything which isn't bolted down, so long as you limit your activities to viewing so as not to engage the parts of the Act which cover damaging or interfering.
Craig Ranapia, in reply to
Key's already heavily downplaying it saying on Breakfast this morning that "accessing the information wasn't easy".
Well, he's not wrong but completely misses the point. I couldn't do what Keith did – but the point is that nobody should be able to. A non-trivial point I'm sure Mr. Key would heartily concur with if someone without a legitimate interest in doing so accessed his tax records (which I assume are sitting on an IRD server somewhere).
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