The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has published the third draft of the National Broadcasting Code for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (PDF ; 1.14MB) .
Included in this draft document are the comments received from previous drafts and TATT’s response to them.
Comments on the draft Broadcast Code for Trinidad and Tobago are to be sent to TATT before January 23rd, 2009.
The Trinidad Guardian is testing a redesign of its website at http://guardian.co.tt/new/. A few quick obversavations :
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society has been invited by the Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) to a consultation on the .tt country code Top Level Domain policy this Wednesday. From the text of the invitation :
“The .tt ccTLD is the country code top level domain for Trinidad and Tobago. A country code top level domain is an Internet top-level domain, generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and currently all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs. Creation and delegation of ccTLDs is performed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and generally corresponds to the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes maintained by the United Nations.
In some countries they are very popular (.de is the most popular, second only to .com in number of registrations), less so in others. Some countries use the ccTLD as a revenue generator (.tv) while others use it as a national resource and for country branding (.uk, .au). In general, .tt is little known either inside or outside the country, and there has been little interest among most of the local Internet stakeholders in its use or policies.
The Trinidad and Tobago government has been working on a process to develop a plan for local policy development for the Trinidad and Tobago ccTLD – .tt. It has been run for many years by the ttNIC (a local company), but the time has come to have a national consensus multi-stakeholder policy for the local management of this Internet resource, and an inclusive and transparent consultative process to get there.
The key objective of this consultation is to get the views of Internet stakeholders on the major policy issues that inform the management of the .tt ccTLD. Other objectives of this consultation include:
To present models for ccTLD management
- To discuss guidelines and best practices for ccTLD management
- To discuss potential for re-delegation of the .tt ccTLD from the current administrator (TTNIC)
- To identify prioritised actions, processes and indicative schedules for developing the .tt ccTLD as a national resource”
There have been many posts on this to the TTCS discussion mailing list (scroll to the bottom of the page for the responses). Your thoughts?
The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has published in November 2008 a 12 page list of telecommunications equipment that has been approved and certified for use in Trinidad and Tobago (PDF ; 124K).
Unsurprisingly, most common computer telecommunication equipment from bluetooth devices to wi-fi routers are “CLASS” licensed with no fees for use.
The TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.96, a collection of over 100 Free/Open Source software for Windows is available for download.
Changes from v1.95
The Filefront mirror has TTCS OSSWIN CD v1.96 ; other mirrors at https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin-cd/ should have the latest version soon.
Now, regarding translations, I’m aware that the TTCS OSSWIN CD is being translated in different languages. I’ll will be posting an article on how the CD interface is generated, and would make the source files available to those who wish to translate the CD.
Google Image Search will be hosting the LIFE photo archive (up to 10 million photos). You can do various searches from the Google LIFE archive page. Some Trinidad and Tobago related photos:
See LIFE photos tagged with Trinidad.
(Update May 5 2013 – fixed links to LIFE archive – added more information about location of the NY Tropical Research Station in Trinidad)
The Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) has advertised in the daily newspapers for positions in the Trinidad and Tobago Network Registry Centre (TTNRC).
What is the TTNRC? From the ad :
“The Trinidad & Tobago Network Registry Centre (TTNRC) is being established with primary responsibility for the administration of the Trinidad & Tobago Country Code Top Level Domain (.tt CCTLD) Registry. The TTNRC’s funclions include the development, operation and maintenance of a National Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, including related technologies, policies and best practices, facilitating the expansion of online communication and information exchange and ultimately creating new channels for commerce. The TTNRC will be a functional department of the National ICT Centre within the Ministry of Public Administration.
The ad then lists three positions available (links take you to the Trinidad and Tobago Government Human Resource website) :
The deadline date for applications is given as November 17th, 2008.
The implication from the notice implies that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago via TTNRC will (or wants to) administer and run the .tt ccTLD currently run by the Trinidad and Tobago Network Information Centre (TTNIC).
For more background behind the running of .tt, read the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s “Interview with the TTNIC administrator“
The TTCS will be having an online meeting on Monday 3rd November 2008 at 7:30pm
via Skype. The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society skype account is
“trinidadtobagocomputersociety“. Those with Skype accounts who wish to participate, add your Skype contact to the “trinidadtobagocomputersociety” Skype account or email admin at ttcsweb d.ot org with your Skype ID. Please confirm by email that you will be participating at this online meeting.
The focus of this online meeting is to discuss the draft Trinidad and Tobago Government Omnibus Technical
Standards (eGOTS) which describes the technical standards in the areas of
to be used within and by the Trinidad and Tobago Government for the exchange of information between :
Government and citizens (G2C), Government and Businesses (G2B) and Different Government entities (G2G).
Standards are classified in terms of the maturity of their use within Trinidad and Tobago Government systems :
The eGOTS will be discussed at a Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) this week, hence the nature and sudden notice of this meeting.
Nintendo Wii Music for the Nintendo Wii will be available at Amazon.com on October 23rd, 2008. Available in Japan last month, part of the advertising was the variety of instruments available.
Instrument # 29 : the steelpan! (30 second youtube video)
The steelpan is also featured in the video trailer/ad for Wii Music on Amazon.com (1 minute and 5 seconds in). Nintendo has probably done more to popularise the steelpan, using it in Super Mario World (youtube video : 32 seconds in) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in the early 1990’s.
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An update to the Trinidadian charged for turning off the computer as spotted in the Newsday newspaper dated September 20 2008 :
A TRIAL date was set yesterday by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate, hearing the case of a former employee of the Land Registry Division, who is accused of tampering with a company computer.
Avinash Bahadoor was told by Magistrate Cheron Raphael, presiding in the Third Court, that the trial will start on November 11, at 10.30 am. Bahadoor is charged with causing a computer to temporarily cease functioning and interfering with the lawful use of a computer sometime in August 2006. He was formally charged by PC Matthews on May 11, 2007.
Sushma Goopiesingh is Bahadoor’s counsel, while Randall Hector is prosecuting. Three witnesses are expected to testify against Bahadoor when the trial commences.
The wording “causing a computer to temporarily cease functioning and interfering with the lawful use of a computer” is from the Computer Misuse Act, which would make this case the third time someone was charged in Trinidad and Tobago under this act.
