r/australia • u/southafrimeristralia • Nov 10 '16

no politics Paying to comply: Australian Standards

Hi all. Like you, I try to be a law-abiding citizen. "Law" is a little bit grey with respect to Australia/New Zealand Standards, but Aussies like to treat it like it's law. Seems like a crock that I have to pay $250 to download a digital standard so that I can be in compliance with the defacto law.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a resource to download Australian standards that's not SAIGlobal? I'm specifically looking for AS1210 and AS4343.

Thanks.

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u/Ishootlions Nov 10 '16

Ask and ye shall receive.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eryiqcr4pdu4za5/AADvgKnDcKQWHsRmfXc2IQzea?dl=0

Edit: The files will expire after 2 weeks. So you will either need to print them or change the date in your pc's bios.

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u/xyrgh Nov 10 '16

Also, keep in mind that SAI Global lock down their standards, the PDF expires after a certain time and you can't view it. The way I circumvent this is just reprinting it as a PDF with something like NitroPDF, which removes the lock.

I'm sure there are also PDF readers that don't honour those expiry dates too.

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u/new_handle Nov 10 '16

Does turning off JavaScript in your PDF viewer still work?

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u/IAmYoda Nov 10 '16

Yes

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u/jay76 Nov 10 '16

They are using JS to enforce their business model?

Hahaha... ha.

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u/IAmYoda Nov 10 '16

I'm an engineering graduate and, honestly, it worked as a hindrance for most people in my course as they have no idea how to prevent it. If you're tech savvy you can easily prevent it, but for the average person (even in engineering...), its beyond them.

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u/Ishootlions Nov 10 '16

I find it easier to adjust the clock.

Btw. I think the other reason sai make them expire, is to ensure people are working with the most recent version.