Valve could partner with a distribution/manufacturing partner but the people that have experience in the entertainment space and who would be able to accomplish the undertaking is a pretty short list.
The short list is still large enough. Any of the big PC companies would be capable of this, especially those who have experience in the server space where linux is used. Asus would probably be my pick as they have considerable linux experience with the EeePC, but Samsung is another potential candidate. Alternatively you could consider the multitude of companies that make media centres / PVRs based on linux. Those companies have ready experience in consumer electronics and would just need to upgrade the processor and video card. The Western Digital TV is an example of this.
It may be even that all Valve are looking for is to create a reference platform, in much the same way that Nexus devices are the reference platform for Android.
The big benefit I see is the potential for significant improvement in linux graphics drivers.
Microsoft's failure to adopt the standard version of the format after two years has drawn criticism from Alex Brown, the convener of ISO's OOXML subcommittee (SC34). Brown was consistently supportive of Microsoft's push to obtain fast-track approval for OOXML during and after the ISO review process, but his optimism appears to be waning. In a recent blog entry, Brown contends that Microsoft is not fulfilling its commitment to adopt the ISO's edited version of the standard.
I would quote directly from Alex's blog, but sadly the "Microsoft.NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3634; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3634" serving the blog post has NullReferenceException.
Does anyone have more information about the Lego Mindstorms robot that was used in this experiment? I'd like to use it as an inspiration with the kids.
The Curiosity Rover Made With Lego Mindstorms is pretty cool, but the fact that it uses "7 NXT Bricks, 13 NXT Motors, 2 Power Function Motors" makes it out of reach of the average home.
Here in Australia, you register to vote when (or even before) you turn 18. Postal votes are available for a couple of weeks prior to the election and most reasonable excuses will work. If you vote on election day you can turn up to any of several polling booths in your electorate. If you are in a different city or state you can submit an absentee vote. Very simple paper based process which is consistent across the entire country.
It will be interesting to see what effect this has on Microsoft Lync (formally Office Communicator). Two advantages of Communicator are that SIPE project provides Pidgin support and that some corporate firewalls where Communicator is used also let MSN through the network.
Skype would be acceptable if it supported third party clients. I use facebook chat purely because it uses XMPP so I can connect to it via Pidgin.
Family members are wanting me to use messaging apps like Tango that require your mobile phone number to work and don't have a linux client, let alone pidgin integration. If they supported XMPP I might be interested. If I used SMS frequently (more than once or twice a week) I might be interested, but I'm not. SMS messages can sit on my phone unread for hours.
Voting for a third party has much more value with Preferential Voting of which Instant-Runoff Voting is a much better system. I still don't understand why this system is not in more common use.
Everywhere that open source is succeeding is thanks to BSD licensed software:
* BSD based Chrome over the GPL based Mozilla
* Partially BSD based OS X on the desktop over the clusterfuck of GPL Linux desktops
* BSD based(outside the kernel) Android dominating the cellphone market over the effectively dead GPL based Linux cellphone efforts
It depends on your motivation for writing the code. If I want to write some code, have some else make some "cosmetic" changes then charge me for that code, well sure BSD is an appropriate license. However if I want that code (including modifications) to remain free then the GPL is a more appropriate license.
If Android was 100% open source then people would be easily able to upgrade their firmware to the latest Android version instead of being left with third party firmware that hacks binary blobs. However it should be noted that the same issue exists with Nokia's maemo / meego phones.
tlhIngan used the example of incorporating BSD code into GPL code. How is this better or worse than a company doing the same but inside commercial a code base where it never sees the light of day?
What surprises me is that a form of preferential voting (e.g. Instant-runoff voting is not more widely used in the world.
The biggest advantage goes to minor parties where electors can vote for the candidate of their choice, knowing that their vote will still have value if that candidate is not elected. For example, lets assume that two left candidates (A & B) were running and one right wing candidate (C). You prefer candidate A, but know that candidate B is significantly more popular and detest candidate C. Voting strategically you vote for candidate B because you prefer B to be elected over C.
- If too many people vote for candidate A, then candidate C could be elected based on first past the post even though the majority of the electorate prefers B.
- Candidate B is perceived as more popular because people don' t want to waste a vote on candidate A
Preferential voting is a great tool for 'keeping the bastards honest' by adding more checks and balances and providing voices for minority issues.
The advantage comes from it being the less common OS, meaning that they are more likely to be exposed to a different OS. Being able to perform the same tasks in different ways, has been shown to make people more flexible. With changes like the ribbon interface, start bar and now "metro", that flexibility is definitely required.
I'd suggest this is similar to the fact that with English increasingly the global language, that in countries where English is the predominate language, people are much less exposed to other languages, especially in daily usage. You may be interested in reading Bilingualism is Good Brain Exercise for Kids (and Adults).
Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). Tux Paint is used in schools around the world as a computer literacy drawing activity. It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.
Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.
My kids have had great fun using the program, especially with the special effects tools and sound effects. Rather than a structured environment it encourages free play. You can add in your own photos as stamps or just use the extensive collection.
By choosing linux, you expose the child to a different way of working to accomplish the same task. This means when the inevitably encounter a different OS they will have to learn new skills, but will then have a distinct advantage when it comes to learning the third OS or a major upgrade occurs. You also need to consider that most kids are exposed to smart phones and computers so have some experience with this anyway.
Your language example was well chosen. Learning a second language has many additional benefits. Latin is an excellent choice for someone interested in science.
A download cap makes sense, because it distributes costs fairly. On other utilities (water, gas, electricity) you pay a connection fee and usage charges. If you don't have quotas then you experience the tragedy of the commons, where people download purely because they can, not because they need the content.
Even if the traffic doesn't leave an RSP's backbone (and the majority will) it still costs money to run that backbone. Further a significant amount of content in Australia comes from overseas, via very long cables under the sea.
Currently NBNCo are building a fibre network capable of 1Gbps, while predicting that in 2028 less than 3% will connect at that speed and close to 50% will connect at 12/1Mbps. What a waste.
According to the 2012 NBNCo Corporate Plan retail availability of 1Gbps AVC speed tier is scheduled for 2014. The hardware being installed now is 1Gbps capable. It only needs a software switch to enable the faster speeds.
It is not a false comparison. I refer you to An air con: when the poor pay to cool the rich. The NBN is the same huge infrastructure improvements are being installed so a very few can benefit. The NBNCo plan predicts that 1% will have 1Gbps services in 2026.
The needs of the 12/1Mbps users could easily be supported by FTTN. In fact roughly half of Australia with access to ADSL2+ approaches those speeds now, and that excludes the large parts of major capitals that have cable running at 100Mbps. In fact NBNCo appear to be making it a priority to overbuild the areas with cable first to remove competition. Similarly to the article about electricity infrastructure, the majority of people on plans faster than 100Mbps couldn't justify the expense of laying fibre to their door. However the fact it is being rolled out to 93% of the country means that they can afford it. The problem is that people who could benefit (e.g. students, house bound, etc.) won't be able to afford the speeds which deliver these benefits.
There is no justifiable reason to cap speeds in Australia, because data quotas limit usage. Capping speeds will take us back to the days of Telstra's monopoly on ADSL where only 3 speed tiers were available 256/64Kbps, 512/128Kbps, 1500/256Kbps and many people choose 256/64Kbps meaning that VoIP was unreliable, let alone video conferencing. At a minimum the base speed on fibre should be 100Mbps.
On the subject of the $35/month access fee, you missed the $100 setup fee, which most RSPs aren't charging.
None of your statement changes the fact that it is a protected monopoly that has already acted in ways similar to the monopolist (Telstra) that it is replacing. For example heavy handed contracts with RSPs, poorly thought-out pricing structures which will lead to only 5-6 RSPs surviving (Internode folded rather than struggle) and anti-competitive terms in contracts with Telstra and Optus preventing them marketing wireless networks as competitors to the NBN.
The legislated limits are a joke. I'm surprised anyone here has fallen for this! When was the last time technology became more expensive? The pricing structure is based on significant growth in usage. If that fails to eventuate, then prices will go up. If it does eventuate, then on average people will pay more.
Plans for AVC (speed tiers) pricing are outlined in the NBNCo Corporate Plan:
* 1000/400Mbps falls from $150 to $90, while the average speed grows from 30Mbps to 230Mbps.
* Price falls by 40% while average speed grows by 760%
Plans for CVC pricing are outlined in the NBNCo Corporate Plan:
* Starts at $20Mbps/Month when the average data usage is 30GB/Month and falls to $8Mbps/Month when the average data usage is 540GB/month.
* Price falls by 2.5 times, while the average data usage grows by 18 times = growth in revenue from CVC of 720% when accounting for price falls.
Totally wrong! The only major transformation in the broadband market has been by RSPs installing their own DSLAMs in exchanges and leasing Telstra's copper line. Instantly we went from 1.5Mbps to the best the copper would support (up to 24Mbps).
There is this misconception that NBNCo management will be different compared to Telstra, but human nature is such that monopolies tend to deliver poor value over time. We have already seen this through NBNCo attempting to prevent wireless operators from promoting their service as a competitor. The ACCC mandated 121 separate networks (PoIs). A more sensible option would be for the government to invite tenders to run each of the PoIs for a fixed period of time (5-10 years). This is done in other industries (e.g. public transport) where a natural monopoly exists or a monopoly exists.
NBNCo wholesale charges will be the biggest single cost to RSPs. RSPs will have no alternative but to pay. NBNCo have in their wisdom chosen to charge a sliding scale for speed (AVC) and for data (CVC). The effect of this is that we are going to have fibre capable of 1Gbps to which half the country connect at 12/1Mbps (NBNCo Corporate Plan). I can appreciate the need to charge for data, because that is what places the load on the network, but if you are restricting consumption through data there is no need to restrict speed.
Woz is wise in moving to Australia, because the rich will have their fast 1Gbps connections (at least $250/month) subsidised by the poor with their 12/1Mbps connections ($50/month). If it wasn't a national roll out, then it would be too expensive to roll out just for those prepared to pay for a 100Mbps or faster connection. A similar situation exists with electricity infrastructure where transmission lines have been upgraded to support MacMansions with multiple air-conditioners. The cost of the infrastructure upgrades are then shared across the network, including those too poor to pay the running expenses for an air-con.
NBNCo are predicting in the Corporate Plan that only 70% of premises passed by fibre will connect.
13% of premises passed by fibre will opt for wireless, primarily because it is cheaper.
I total agree that for anything beyond basic email and web browsing, wireless is not the best. However I'm not foolish enough to think that everyone has the same wants as a poster on slashdot and is prepared to pay for the privilege. Have a read of Google's Fiber channels NBN woes.
The traffic classes highlight that the fact that congestion is to be expected on the NBN. A 12/1Mbps service costs $24/month for the connection (AVC) plus CVC (data). IT managers who would already have routers with QOS are not going to pay $330 extra a month for TC1 traffic unless it can be justified, especially for a service that only provides TC1 between their NTU and their RSP;
In Australia we are being hit both ways by the NBNCo monopolist:
AVC speed tiers (12/1Mbps to 100/40Mbps)
CVC data charges ($20/Mbps)
In other countries speed tiers make sense because data is unlimited, but in Australia they are not required because quotas constrain internet usage. The speed tiers mean that 4G operators are actively competing for low end users - $34.95 will buy a 30/10Mbps service with 10GB quota on 4G, compared with the cheapest NBN service costing $45 for 12/1Mbps with 50GB quota. People with 4G smart phones may even find the included quota adequate for their needs.
I wouldn't go as far as not hiring union workers, but many are definitely corrupt and the fact that for most jobs there is a union that has a monopoly. Health Services Union expenses affair
A report authored by lawyer Ian Temby, QC and accountant Dennis Robertson found that $20 million was paid by the HSU without any form of tendering or contract. This included $5 million paid to companies operated by former HSU boss Michael Williamson and his wife. Prime Minister Julia Gillard commented ‘‘It’s clear that there have been real problems at the HSU. That’s distressing I think to everyone who cares about working people.’
4 years and counting since this scandal became public, but no serious action due to protection by union mates:
The former HSU national secretary (and Labor MP) Craig Thomson, faced allegations from 2008[4] that he used an HSU union credit card to pay for escorts, and other financial improprieties with the card. Amid the allegations, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) suspended the HSUs' membership.[5] Thompson maintained his innocence, but in May 2012 a report by Fair Work Australia recommended that civil court action be taken against Thomson for what the report says was a "substantial misuse of members' funds".
The worst part about this is that the majority of the Health Services Union members are lowly paid female staff.
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Valve could partner with a distribution/manufacturing partner but the people that have experience in the entertainment space and who would be able to accomplish the undertaking is a pretty short list.
The short list is still large enough. Any of the big PC companies would be capable of this, especially those who have experience in the server space where linux is used. Asus would probably be my pick as they have considerable linux experience with the EeePC, but Samsung is another potential candidate. Alternatively you could consider the multitude of companies that make media centres / PVRs based on linux. Those companies have ready experience in consumer electronics and would just need to upgrade the processor and video card. The Western Digital TV is an example of this.
It may be even that all Valve are looking for is to create a reference platform, in much the same way that Nexus devices are the reference platform for Android.
The big benefit I see is the potential for significant improvement in linux graphics drivers.
Have a read of ISO OOXML convener: Microsoft's format "heading for failure", from which I quote:
I would quote directly from Alex's blog, but sadly the "Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3634; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3634" serving the blog post has NullReferenceException.
Some other thoughts come from OOXML is defective by design, where this post Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission is worth reading.
Does anyone have more information about the Lego Mindstorms robot that was used in this experiment? I'd like to use it as an inspiration with the kids.
The Curiosity Rover Made With Lego Mindstorms is pretty cool, but the fact that it uses "7 NXT Bricks, 13 NXT Motors, 2 Power Function Motors" makes it out of reach of the average home.
I'm amazed at the voting process in USA.
Here in Australia, you register to vote when (or even before) you turn 18. Postal votes are available for a couple of weeks prior to the election and most reasonable excuses will work. If you vote on election day you can turn up to any of several polling booths in your electorate. If you are in a different city or state you can submit an absentee vote. Very simple paper based process which is consistent across the entire country.
Have a read of Votes are in and our plodding way of having a say wins in a landslide which gives an Australian perspective on the US election system. In any other country in the world, I'm convinced the USA system would be roundly criticised.
It will be interesting to see what effect this has on Microsoft Lync (formally Office Communicator). Two advantages of Communicator are that SIPE project provides Pidgin support and that some corporate firewalls where Communicator is used also let MSN through the network.
Skype would be acceptable if it supported third party clients. I use facebook chat purely because it uses XMPP so I can connect to it via Pidgin.
Family members are wanting me to use messaging apps like Tango that require your mobile phone number to work and don't have a linux client, let alone pidgin integration. If they supported XMPP I might be interested. If I used SMS frequently (more than once or twice a week) I might be interested, but I'm not. SMS messages can sit on my phone unread for hours.
Can anyone see the irony in Hollywood studios providing the funding for unlimited quota internet in New Zealand?
To put it into perspective, currently ADSL plans in NZ start with quotas as low as 3GB for NZ$49.95/month (~US$41.25).
Voting for a third party has much more value with Preferential Voting of which Instant-Runoff Voting is a much better system. I still don't understand why this system is not in more common use.
Have a read of Votes are in and our plodding way of having a say wins in a landslide which gives an Australian perspective on the US election system. In any other country in the world the system would be roundly criticised
.
Everywhere that open source is succeeding is thanks to BSD licensed software:
* BSD based Chrome over the GPL based Mozilla
* Partially BSD based OS X on the desktop over the clusterfuck of GPL Linux desktops
* BSD based(outside the kernel) Android dominating the cellphone market over the effectively dead GPL based Linux cellphone efforts
It depends on your motivation for writing the code. If I want to write some code, have some else make some "cosmetic" changes then charge me for that code, well sure BSD is an appropriate license. However if I want that code (including modifications) to remain free then the GPL is a more appropriate license.
If Android was 100% open source then people would be easily able to upgrade their firmware to the latest Android version instead of being left with third party firmware that hacks binary blobs. However it should be noted that the same issue exists with Nokia's maemo / meego phones.
tlhIngan used the example of incorporating BSD code into GPL code. How is this better or worse than a company doing the same but inside commercial a code base where it never sees the light of day?
Alternatively Cisco's sales people might see it as an opportunity to offer massive discounts.
And that is only of interest when it is heavily discounted :).
What surprises me is that a form of preferential voting (e.g. Instant-runoff voting is not more widely used in the world.
The biggest advantage goes to minor parties where electors can vote for the candidate of their choice, knowing that their vote will still have value if that candidate is not elected. For example, lets assume that two left candidates (A & B) were running and one right wing candidate (C). You prefer candidate A, but know that candidate B is significantly more popular and detest candidate C. Voting strategically you vote for candidate B because you prefer B to be elected over C.
Preferential voting is a great tool for 'keeping the bastards honest' by adding more checks and balances and providing voices for minority issues.
The advantage comes from it being the less common OS, meaning that they are more likely to be exposed to a different OS. Being able to perform the same tasks in different ways, has been shown to make people more flexible. With changes like the ribbon interface, start bar and now "metro", that flexibility is definitely required.
I'd suggest this is similar to the fact that with English increasingly the global language, that in countries where English is the predominate language, people are much less exposed to other languages, especially in daily usage. You may be interested in reading Bilingualism is Good Brain Exercise for Kids (and Adults).
I recommend TuxPaint:
My kids have had great fun using the program, especially with the special effects tools and sound effects. Rather than a structured environment it encourages free play. You can add in your own photos as stamps or just use the extensive collection.
By choosing linux, you expose the child to a different way of working to accomplish the same task. This means when the inevitably encounter a different OS they will have to learn new skills, but will then have a distinct advantage when it comes to learning the third OS or a major upgrade occurs. You also need to consider that most kids are exposed to smart phones and computers so have some experience with this anyway.
Your language example was well chosen. Learning a second language has many additional benefits. Latin is an excellent choice for someone interested in science.
A download cap makes sense, because it distributes costs fairly. On other utilities (water, gas, electricity) you pay a connection fee and usage charges. If you don't have quotas then you experience the tragedy of the commons, where people download purely because they can, not because they need the content.
Even if the traffic doesn't leave an RSP's backbone (and the majority will) it still costs money to run that backbone. Further a significant amount of content in Australia comes from overseas, via very long cables under the sea.
Currently NBNCo are building a fibre network capable of 1Gbps, while predicting that in 2028 less than 3% will connect at that speed and close to 50% will connect at 12/1Mbps. What a waste.
According to the 2012 NBNCo Corporate Plan retail availability of 1Gbps AVC speed tier is scheduled for 2014. The hardware being installed now is 1Gbps capable. It only needs a software switch to enable the faster speeds.
It is not a false comparison. I refer you to An air con: when the poor pay to cool the rich. The NBN is the same huge infrastructure improvements are being installed so a very few can benefit. The NBNCo plan predicts that 1% will have 1Gbps services in 2026.
The needs of the 12/1Mbps users could easily be supported by FTTN. In fact roughly half of Australia with access to ADSL2+ approaches those speeds now, and that excludes the large parts of major capitals that have cable running at 100Mbps. In fact NBNCo appear to be making it a priority to overbuild the areas with cable first to remove competition. Similarly to the article about electricity infrastructure, the majority of people on plans faster than 100Mbps couldn't justify the expense of laying fibre to their door. However the fact it is being rolled out to 93% of the country means that they can afford it. The problem is that people who could benefit (e.g. students, house bound, etc.) won't be able to afford the speeds which deliver these benefits.
There is no justifiable reason to cap speeds in Australia, because data quotas limit usage. Capping speeds will take us back to the days of Telstra's monopoly on ADSL where only 3 speed tiers were available 256/64Kbps, 512/128Kbps, 1500/256Kbps and many people choose 256/64Kbps meaning that VoIP was unreliable, let alone video conferencing. At a minimum the base speed on fibre should be 100Mbps.
On the subject of the $35/month access fee, you missed the $100 setup fee, which most RSPs aren't charging.
None of your statement changes the fact that it is a protected monopoly that has already acted in ways similar to the monopolist (Telstra) that it is replacing. For example heavy handed contracts with RSPs, poorly thought-out pricing structures which will lead to only 5-6 RSPs surviving (Internode folded rather than struggle) and anti-competitive terms in contracts with Telstra and Optus preventing them marketing wireless networks as competitors to the NBN.
The legislated limits are a joke. I'm surprised anyone here has fallen for this! When was the last time technology became more expensive? The pricing structure is based on significant growth in usage. If that fails to eventuate, then prices will go up. If it does eventuate, then on average people will pay more.
Plans for AVC (speed tiers) pricing are outlined in the NBNCo Corporate Plan:
Plans for CVC pricing are outlined in the NBNCo Corporate Plan:
NBNCo is a monopoly, with anti-cherry picking legislation to protect that monopoly.
Totally wrong! The only major transformation in the broadband market has been by RSPs installing their own DSLAMs in exchanges and leasing Telstra's copper line. Instantly we went from 1.5Mbps to the best the copper would support (up to 24Mbps).
There is this misconception that NBNCo management will be different compared to Telstra, but human nature is such that monopolies tend to deliver poor value over time. We have already seen this through NBNCo attempting to prevent wireless operators from promoting their service as a competitor. The ACCC mandated 121 separate networks (PoIs). A more sensible option would be for the government to invite tenders to run each of the PoIs for a fixed period of time (5-10 years). This is done in other industries (e.g. public transport) where a natural monopoly exists or a monopoly exists.
NBNCo wholesale charges will be the biggest single cost to RSPs. RSPs will have no alternative but to pay. NBNCo have in their wisdom chosen to charge a sliding scale for speed (AVC) and for data (CVC). The effect of this is that we are going to have fibre capable of 1Gbps to which half the country connect at 12/1Mbps (NBNCo Corporate Plan). I can appreciate the need to charge for data, because that is what places the load on the network, but if you are restricting consumption through data there is no need to restrict speed.
Woz is wise in moving to Australia, because the rich will have their fast 1Gbps connections (at least $250/month) subsidised by the poor with their 12/1Mbps connections ($50/month). If it wasn't a national roll out, then it would be too expensive to roll out just for those prepared to pay for a 100Mbps or faster connection. A similar situation exists with electricity infrastructure where transmission lines have been upgraded to support MacMansions with multiple air-conditioners. The cost of the infrastructure upgrades are then shared across the network, including those too poor to pay the running expenses for an air-con.
NBNCo are predicting in the Corporate Plan that only 70% of premises passed by fibre will connect. 13% of premises passed by fibre will opt for wireless, primarily because it is cheaper.
I total agree that for anything beyond basic email and web browsing, wireless is not the best. However I'm not foolish enough to think that everyone has the same wants as a poster on slashdot and is prepared to pay for the privilege. Have a read of Google's Fiber channels NBN woes.
The traffic classes highlight that the fact that congestion is to be expected on the NBN. A 12/1Mbps service costs $24/month for the connection (AVC) plus CVC (data). IT managers who would already have routers with QOS are not going to pay $330 extra a month for TC1 traffic unless it can be justified, especially for a service that only provides TC1 between their NTU and their RSP;
In Australia we are being hit both ways by the NBNCo monopolist:
In other countries speed tiers make sense because data is unlimited, but in Australia they are not required because quotas constrain internet usage. The speed tiers mean that 4G operators are actively competing for low end users - $34.95 will buy a 30/10Mbps service with 10GB quota on 4G, compared with the cheapest NBN service costing $45 for 12/1Mbps with 50GB quota. People with 4G smart phones may even find the included quota adequate for their needs.
A report authored by lawyer Ian Temby, QC and accountant Dennis Robertson found that $20 million was paid by the HSU without any form of tendering or contract. This included $5 million paid to companies operated by former HSU boss Michael Williamson and his wife. Prime Minister Julia Gillard commented ‘‘It’s clear that there have been real problems at the HSU. That’s distressing I think to everyone who cares about working people.’
4 years and counting since this scandal became public, but no serious action due to protection by union mates:
The former HSU national secretary (and Labor MP) Craig Thomson, faced allegations from 2008[4] that he used an HSU union credit card to pay for escorts, and other financial improprieties with the card. Amid the allegations, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) suspended the HSUs' membership.[5] Thompson maintained his innocence, but in May 2012 a report by Fair Work Australia recommended that civil court action be taken against Thomson for what the report says was a "substantial misuse of members' funds".
The worst part about this is that the majority of the Health Services Union members are lowly paid female staff.
Currently we see court cases where the fact that a mobile phone was turned off during the period as a reason for suspicion.
How long before driving a route that doesn't involve cameras is also seen as a reason for suspicion?