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  1. Re:From a lawyer's perspective... by (Score.5,+Interestin · · Score: 1 · on Privacy Policies Are Great — For PhDs

    There's also no reason for them to be hard to read. See, for example, the FTC's privacy policy: http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.shtm.

    Governments (well some governments anyway) seem to be outstandingly good at providing comprehensible, sensible privacy policies. Look at the one from the Australian Institute of Criminology for example or the New Zealand Police (those sites chosen because they're organisations that some people would be a bit nervous about :-). They tell you exactly what they collect, how they collect it, why they collect it, what they do with it, and how to disable some of it (e.g. cookies) if it makes you feel uncomfortable.

    Now compare it to Telsta's policy which more or less says "We'll do anything we feel like with your personal data" - is there anyone in Australia that isn't included in some manner in their list of organisations that they'll hand your details to?.

  2. Re:But what is "terrorism", really? by shermo · · Score: 1 · on ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging FISA

    Here's a list of terrorist organisations and persons. http://www.police.govt.nz/service/counterterrorism/designated-terrorists.html. If you're on the list, you're a terrorist. So there's actually no definition, and as far as i can tell it's just an arbitrary list of people they don't like.

    Funnily enough, if you're on the list you can write to them and request to be removed. That seemed far too simple. So I wrote to them and asked to be included on the list. I didn't get a response :(

  3. Re:Wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on TSA Bans Flight If You Refuse To Show ID

    Third cheapest in the world apparently. Anyone over 18 can apply for a gun license and do the required exam, but if you want pistols/semi-autos/etc you have to get a collectors license which cost a fair bit more. More info here: http://www.police.govt.nz/service/firearms/

  4. Re:US made guns used to oppress Burma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on US-Made Censorware Used To Oppress Burma

    Of course, they're the easiest weapon to defend yourself with... :P

    I'm told that the scariest two things at the pistol club were one guy whose Glock pistol malfunctioned, and it went full auto. He lost control and it took his pinky off. (He drove himself to hospital.) The other was a bunch of foreign students, who wanted to get a 44 Magnum revolver for the car. Apparently, they wanted it to impress girls...

    Yeah it's semi-auto, a company in California specialized in importing them as sporting rifles years back... Good gun. Someone screwed up the firing mechanism on it, though, before I got it... Would occasionally fire two-round bursts due to the bolt not sliding home properly and setting off the second round. Would usually then eject the third round without firing and bend it in half in the breech. Kinda scary, actually...

    It sounds like it, especially if you weren't expecting it. That's what my friend did with his pistols. He started my ex- off with the Beretta, move her up to a 40 calibre pistol, and then finally let her have a shot with the Desert Eagle. I set my camera on timer, and got a wonderful profile of her reaction. She thought the same as I did when he did that to me. "It's only a fractionally larger round, it won't be that bad!" But she's 30kg smaller than I am, and that's a powerful handgun. I thought she was going to kill me when I sent her the reprint.

    Military style? I'd love to see how they define that. Any bolt action 30 caliber rifle could be argued to be a knockoff of the K98, and that's obviously a military weapon...

    I think one of the characteristics required for a military style rifle is a rifle with a pistol-style grip on it. I have the feeling that, if you throw a curved mag on your rifle, it's classified as a military style one. (They're just making stuff up, now.)

    My first shotgun (single shot .410) wasn't 762mm in length, it was only 28". That's patently ridiculous. They gonna call that a pistol, too? I'm assuming they're talking about barrel length, here, since total length is meaningless... You can always put a stock on a pistol to make it ten feet long if you wanted to.

    It could be either. A lot of what they come up with has little to no basis in reality. There's more information on the NZ Police website about licencing and classifications, I really don't know too much about it myself.

    Well, at least the scenery's nice? And I've had it claimed the school systems are good, too...

    The scenery is great, but I think it is pretty much anywhere you could go. As for the schools, they used to be. We've got a nasty case of "make it easier so the grades look good, and you don't hurt anyone's feelings."
  5. Re:New Zealand by smasm · · Score: 1 · on If Not America, Then Where?

    Oh come on.. The campaign overspending is a typical NZ small politics and typical, perhaps, of a party in power too long. It certainly doesn't indicate a death-spiral. 46 murders in 2003/2004, 42 of the resolved. This is truly low by international standards, even if it is rising (though this isn't at all clear). http://www.police.govt.nz/service/statistics/2004/ fiscal/stats-national-20040630.pdf The increase in safety regulations are the same as in many places. I do miss double happies and bumblebees though...

  6. The best protest is the ballot box. by ScottCooperDotNet · · Score: 1 · on The Future of Tech And NSA Wiretaps
    I largely agree with you, but when groups like Greenpeace get involved with obstructing the military, then they're only helping the swing voters go along with this bad legal precident. The best protest is at the ballot box, not jeering alongside naval vessels or trespassing military installations.

    http://www.police.govt.nz/operation/wharf/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Warrior

    All it will take is one undercover agent joining one of these protests and attacking the police/authorities and these policies will get more support.

  7. Re:His views don't make his books any less quality by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 1 · on No Need For Trek Anymore

    Ah, but should I buy the autobiography ($40.21 on amazon) of the terrorist Dominique Prieur? I might find her side of the story interesting, but I don't want to send her money...

  8. Re:Irony by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Kyoto Treaty to Enter Into Force

    Oh, cut the crap you French/Israeli hypocrite! Its documented how your nations use its national intelligence collection agencies to benefit national industries.

    Yes, but in France's case that's not so much of a concern because it pales into insignificance compared to their documented tendency to use their intelligence agencies to attack civilian protestors.