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Title: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 09, 2016, 06:10:24 PM
How many motor vehicles in your garage, asks tonight's Census.

EXCLUDE MOTORCYCLES!!     :OldMan

So they don't deserve recognition in transport planning.     :well
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: alans1100 on August 09, 2016, 07:07:36 PM
We still haven't got the form - Rang them on Friday and one in the mail.

Don't have a garage so have to say none.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Sicman on August 09, 2016, 07:30:53 PM
Yep no form here either for half the town - The other half has got two copies each  :well :crazy Wot thuh
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 09, 2016, 08:00:48 PM
Only one in the carport, the bike takes up the other spot.

They did the same thing last census
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 09, 2016, 08:15:08 PM
Only one in the carport, the bike takes up the other spot.

They did the same thing last census

And I told them in the feedback the same thing last census.  They just don't listen.  There is a greater proportion of bikes to cars now than 5 years ago.  (Don't ask me for my source- go look it up yourself!)
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 09, 2016, 08:29:10 PM
Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to stream20.census.abs.gov.au. SSL peer was not expecting a handshake message it received. Error code: SSL_ERROR_HANDSHAKE_UNEXPECTED_ALERT


Looks like I wont be doing the Census tonight, its broke


 :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: richo on August 09, 2016, 09:15:32 PM
Just had a similar message and failing to connect.  Does his mean we can charge the government for not allowing us to complete the form.   How can expect the entire nation to go one website on one night and complete this. 
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Streak on August 09, 2016, 09:18:20 PM
I am not going to say it was 20 minutes and we were done. ..
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 09, 2016, 09:23:11 PM
I was thinking $180.00 a day until i get it dunnn
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Sicman on August 09, 2016, 09:33:25 PM
You got til Sept 24th to get it done so dont panic  :thumb
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 09, 2016, 09:38:21 PM
Maybe we should do all the voting like this as well.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 09, 2016, 10:21:27 PM
Maybe we should do all the voting like this as well.


There's a lot of people would agree with you, me for one.  It'd save a motza.  Imagine all that paper the touts hand out at the election booths not being wasted.  The printers would hate it!
But the results would be in a darn sight quicker.

Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Kev Murphy on August 09, 2016, 11:59:33 PM
Filled out the paper form a couple of weeks ago.... Guess I better go post it tomorrow... if the rain stops?
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Jglan10 (Onesie) on August 10, 2016, 12:20:56 AM
Dose that mean dad could say 14 bikes and 3 cars I'll tell mum for every 2 bikes add one car and the wings count them as cars
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: ST2UP on August 10, 2016, 06:46:31 AM
I am not going to say it was 20 minutes and we were done. ..


Same same ... :like
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Gadget on August 10, 2016, 07:34:08 AM
Tried for more than 3 hours last night from 8:20 pm, and again at 6:45 this morning, only to heat on ABC News 24 that the ABS took the website down at 7:30 pm.

They should have changed the front page as soon as. :oldman Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

My OCD was peaking badly. Thankfully we have until late September to compete it.

My cousin logged in, complete most, needed to check some questions, saved, came back and couldn't log in.

ABS are blaming hackers, but I suspect the Senior Public Service are using that as an excuse rather than admit they wasted $10 million+ with IBM and other IT companies.

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Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: StinkyPete on August 10, 2016, 07:42:39 AM
I guess the ABS will be getting our taxpayers money back from the IT companies that told them that the Census Sytem can't be hacked, and could handle the load.   :well  :OldMan
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Grumpy on August 10, 2016, 07:03:53 PM
I am not going to say it was 20 minutes and we were done. ..


Same same ... :like

And here  :like
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 10, 2016, 08:29:07 PM
Still waiting.....

 :popcorn :popcorn :popcorn
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: richo on August 10, 2016, 08:37:33 PM
 :rofl. I have been blocked again,  site busy.   What a load of government wastage.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 10, 2016, 08:40:08 PM
Apparently it was the Chinese brought it down out of spite for losing face at the Olympics by Horton's doping accusations.
Sounds about right.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Gadget on August 11, 2016, 08:09:05 AM
:rofl. I have been blocked again,  site busy.   What a load of government wastage.
Supposedly the website will be back up again some time on the 11th Aug.

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Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Philbo on August 11, 2016, 04:10:20 PM
All systems GO.  Census completed on line 4.10pm.  Easy Peasy.  Now where is Johnny Yted?
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 11, 2016, 05:39:19 PM
Will give it a go shortly.. Its only 1540 here.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: West Aussie Glen on August 11, 2016, 06:00:29 PM
How many motor vehicles in your garage, asks tonight's Census.

EXCLUDE MOTORCYCLES!!     :OldMan

So they don't deserve recognition in transport planning.     :well

The census definition of a motor vehicle includes motorbikes and trucks as well as cars, what a waste of an opportunity to easy gain a lot more useful information.
Just finished my census and I was surprised at how little information was collected.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: richo on August 11, 2016, 06:15:38 PM
I tried a few times today and have given up.  I rang the number on the form they sent out and requested a paper copy.   What a debacle,  once the dust has settled watch them group together and sweep it under the carpet like it never happened.  Guaranteed the only people whose heads will roll are those in the trenches who were retiring anyway, the Managers and permanent secretaries are all teflon coated.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Bikebear on August 11, 2016, 06:48:55 PM
I suspect the architect of the online census farce will get promoted to their next level of their incompetence... standard federal government bureaucratic followup to a f*ck up.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Brock on August 11, 2016, 07:05:19 PM
Done 2/3d of the filling in, Son can do the last 1/3d.

Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Kev Murphy on August 31, 2016, 01:35:57 PM
Just had a woman knocking on my door... claims that I had not returned my census form?

I told her to take it up with the post office, where it was mailed 3 weeks ago.

Not my fault that the post is so slow.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: alans1100 on August 31, 2016, 01:47:41 PM
We still haven't got the form - Rang them on Friday and one in the mail.

Don't have a garage so have to say none.
We still haven't got ours - rang yesterday for the 5th time and got told not worry it will get here. How hard is it to put a form in the mail and send it I asked on the fourth call. Though no form also means no fine for not filling it out either.
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 31, 2016, 02:14:37 PM
Just had a woman knocking on my door... claims that I had not returned my census form?

I told her to take it up with the post office, where it was mailed 3 weeks ago.

Not my fault that the post is so slow.

You have got proof of mailing, of course.

We still haven't got ours - rang yesterday for the 5th time and got told not worry it will get here. How hard is it to put a form in the mail and send it I asked on the fourth call. Though no form also means no fine for not filling it out either.

You wish.   :grin
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: STeveo on August 31, 2016, 04:43:15 PM
I had a (very attractive) woman knock on my door last Sunday telling me I hadn't put in my forms. I tried to tell her that I was at my daughters place in QLD that week and she listed me there. That wasn't going to cut it with her, so after some disscusion I went inside and found the blank form, stuffed it in the envelope and gave it to her.
 Now I will be listed as being at two places on the night?????   :grin
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Kev Murphy on August 31, 2016, 04:44:51 PM
Proof of mailing? It was posted in the mail box at the Post Office... what proof is there of that? :OldMan
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: Biggles on August 31, 2016, 04:54:03 PM
Proof of mailing? It was posted in the mail box at the Post Office... what proof is there of that? :OldMan

Oh dear- and it's a very long way to come to visit you in prison...
Title: Re: CENSLESS
Post by: johnnyYTED on September 25, 2016, 06:30:42 PM
All systems GO.  Census completed on line 4.10pm.  Easy Peasy.  Now where is Johnny Yted?
:dred11
johnnyyted is sitting here waiting for a lovely young lady to knock on the door, to invite her in and keep as his housemaid for an eternity. or  a least until the  night before the next census.. . then throw her out so he dosent have to include her on his census form...