Delivered new to Hollywood and motoring icon Steve McQueen on the set of Bullitt; owned by McQueen for more than four years. Subsequently owned by TV star Guy Williams, of Zorro and Lost in Space fame. Restored by Ferrari Classiche to McQueen’s original specification; Classiche certified in the autumn of 2013. Currently owned by F1, Indy, and Le Mans racer Vern Schuppan. With its history confirmed by Ferrari, the car was proudly displayed by the Maranello company in its own museum exhibit, From Cinecittà to Hollywood — via Youtube
Last Friday, the Australian Attorney-General’s Department sent internet service providers (ISPs) a confidential discussion paper — subsequently leaked to Fairfax Media — that attempts to clarify exactly what metadata they’ll be required to store under the government’s proposed mandatory data-retention scheme. The detailed requirements are presumably designed to feed into the statutory specification
of metadata that will be included in legislation to be introduced to parliament in coming weeks.
Until now, the only official government description of metadata we’d seen — apart from that breathtakingly confused TV performance by Australia’s favourite Attorney-General Senator George Brandis QC — was the hilariously inadequate one-pager (PDF) that the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) tabled in Senate Estimates on October 15, 2012, after much prodding by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
You might therefore think that the description of the government’s metadata needs in Friday’s document was a recent development.
You’d be wrong.
A confidential document obtained by ZDNet shows that even more detailed descriptions of the government’s data-collection ambitions had been discussed with ISPs as far back as early 2010.
The document, Carrier-Carriage Service Provider Data Set Consultation Paper version 1.0 (PDF), is a 16-page PDF file created on 9 March 2010, at 14:49. Its core sections are similar in structure to the nine-page document obtained by Fairfax Media this week, with the addition of tables of sample data to further illustrate the expected type of data to be retained for each specific retention requirement from the data set
, discussion questions for industry to answer, and an introductory background section rather than an executive summary.
The 2010 version of the document was quite specific about the data to be collected. For mobile calls, for example, the data would include the IMSI and IMEI of both the calling party’s and called party’s devices, whereas the current version simply specifies the identifier(s)
of the devices. This is in line with the government’s intention to make the legislation technology neutral.
References to web-browser sessions and file transfers that were in the 2010 version have vanished, too, in line with such ideas being dropped as the data-retention debate has evolved — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Limited edition bronze of 20 — Year released: 2012 — Bronze giant squid dining table dimensions: 30” tall x 36” round glass — via Kirk McGuire
A maritime fort constructed in the 1860s in the middle of the Thames Estuary is on the market for half a million pounds, or roughly $835,000.
With its fifteen-foot thick walls and insanely daunting approach—accessible on foot only at low tide and, even then, after a squelching walk across seemingly endless mudflats — it’s certainly a good option if you’re looking for solitude — via BLDGBLOG
For over 15 years, the keepers at the Zoological Center Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan, have eagerly hoped for zoo babies in their Fennec Fox enclosure. Their patience has been rewarded, and they are excited to announce the birth of two new Fennec Fox cubs — via ZooBorns
The Snow Leopard cub at Milwaukee County Zoo has been busy playing with new toys and developing his skills. Patrons of the zoo are able to purchase toys and items from a wish list. The toys encourage behavior similar to what is seen in the wild, and they provide enrichment the growing zoo babies need to stimulate their minds and bodies — via ZooBorns
— via Youtube
Freshwater Kraken are amphibious little water monsters. They live in small, secluded ponds, lakes, swamps, and bogs. They are usually found in two forms, Juvies and adults but during the early spring, you can sometimes see them swimming about in the larval stage, much like tadpoles — via Etsy
The Evil One… slinking about in the shadows, looking to devour souls and drive the weak minded to insanity… or just eat all the biscuits, he’s not fussed… — via Etsy
Richard Attenborough, one of Britain’s best known actors and film directors, has died aged 90.
In a career spanning more than six decades, Attenborough appeared in dozens of films including World War II classic The Great Escape, the dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park and period drama Elizabeth.
The older brother of renowned documentary maker David won two Academy Awards as producer and director of 1983’s Gandhi.
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of esteemed filmmaker and former BAFTA president, Lord Attenborough,
the organisation wrote on Facebook.
His passionate support of BAFTA for more than 50 years was integral to who we are today. He will be sorely missed
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Zoo keepers at the United Kingdom’s Chester Zoo have announced the birth of a baby Brazilian Tapir. Though he’s tiny now, the calf will double in weight in his first 14-21 days — via ZooBorns
David and his brother Jed recreated this braiding machine from an 1890’s machine they found in a surplus store — via Youtube
Sandcrawler, the new regional headquarters for Lucasfilm Singapore owned by Lucas Real Estate Singapore and designed by Andrew Bromberg of Aedas, has an innovative horseshoe form. Upon completion of the design, it inspired the naming of the building, rooting it with success of the renowned animation company — via ArchDaily
By offering you the benefit of a small storage space, a slot for mail and a hanging space, the Cubby by Materious Shop ensures you get the most out of of your wall/door hangers. It’s particularly useful when it comes to replacing a coat rack or hat rack by your door since you can come home, put down your keys and cell phone, store your mail in the slot and then hang up your coat and purse — via Homes and Hues
A prominent Australian psychologist has warned Australia is currently raising a generation of spoilt brats, because their parents are crap
and never say no
.
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg believes today’s parents have a lot to answer for, and there may be serious long-term consequences for Australia.
Dr Carr-Gregg attributes the rise of poorly-behaved children to five major parenting problems.
The first [problem] is that there are too many parents being doormats for their kids. They have got what I call a vitamin N deficiency, which is a failure to say no.
It’s incredibly important that parents set limits and boundaries and I don’t know that that’s happening at the moment.
Dr Carr-Gregg identified the helicopter parent
as another model of crap parenting
he was targeting in his work.
The high-strung, control-freak parents that want to smother their kids with so much love and attention and monitoring and supervision that they never, ever develop any self-reliance and can’t solve their own problems later on
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
In the 1960s, the United States Rubber Company (Uniroyal) introduced the world to their discovery of a supple synthetic leather substitute called Naugahyde, primarily for use as an auto seating leatherette material. It made its debut on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Their brilliant Mad Men
advertising idea was to create a fictional creature called the NAUGA from which the Nauga hyde
was harvested. Needless to say, it was a huge hit — via Arcane Images
This piece has 5 wooden planks and one 18” shelf with hole cut into it to access it from underneath. Its hole is an extra large hole and lined with sisal. The entire piece comes 11” away from the wall. Attaching all of the shelves is a stiff bottomweight fabric. Each post is very strong and reinforced with three layers of board and attach to the wall with large 4” brackets. Each raceway is built to be mounted between 16” studs — via Etsy
— via JHall Comics
Denver Zoo is now the new home of three Spotted Hyena cubs. Kelele (keh-LAY-lay), a male born on 26 June, arrived from the Buffalo Zoo on 31 July. On 1 August, two unnamed females, born 11 June, arrived from Kapi’yva Exotics, a private facility in Houston, Texas, that specialises in the propagation of rare and endangered species. The cubs must first pass a mandatory, month-long quarantine before visitors can see them — via ZooBorns
— via Maximumble
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