It is absolutely not our (the New Zealand people's) prerogative.
This whole situation occurred because the NZ Police (none of whom are elected) thought they could get some international glory from a big case. They failed to do their research. They failed to follow proper procedure. They failed to use appropriate force. They failed on every account. And now they look like the try-hard asswipes that they are.
If this was a one-off I'd be mildly surprised, but it has happened before, and it's making me feel quite nauseous. For example the NZ Defence Force has been caught on numerous times sucking up to the yanks just to improve their chances of being involved in military exercises, which was in strict contravention of the orders they received from the NZ Government at the time. They are out of control. So are the cops. Small men in large uniforms, thinking their dicks will grow bigger if they chum up to the big boys.
Everyone, without exception, that I have talked to about this in NZ is absolutely disgusted with the way things have turned out.
Blaming NZ is a total cop-out. The cops are at fault, for sure, but how about the US taking the requisite amount of blame for creating the conditions where their entertainment/copyright assholes are running riot across the globe, and the US government is materially supporting them?
I can understand how this gizmo might protect a house from the side-to-side waves ( P-waves?) that earthquakes create. But not so sure it's going to do much to protect a house from the up-and-down type waves (S- and L- waves)...
Welcome to the future. Just as the average web page size has bloated to over 1MB, the average data content in a single smartphone interaction will also grow in size until most peoples' montly data allowance just isn't enough.
As more and more data caps are being brought to bear, data usage is going to become much more of an issue for people - at least once they realise they're paying 50 - 100% more for their 'actual' usage than they intended. I wonder how many of them will just accept the extra cost (therefore putting extra cash into the telcos pockets) rather than moderate their behaviour?
This is a big deal right now in NZ, where you can pay a shedload of money per month for just 250MB of mobile data...I can only imagine it's going to get worse.
I'd be interested to see if there are any correlations between dips in this rating and the occurrence of election years. Also whether or not this is at all cyclical based on whether a government is in its first or later term.
Everyone has been told time and again that backing up to the cloud is a great idea. A lot of businesses bought into that.
The risks of doing just that have now been made abundantly clear.
Personally I'm reaching for my DAT.
Yes I agree that they'll have a bunch of stuff lined up, but software's much more difficult to produce *well* than teevee will ever be. And a week's still too short a schedule to *reliably* release new content.
With a release schedule this frequent, we'll see speed wobbles at Warp 9.
Too short to base a reliable release-to-live cycle around, at least, especially when dealing with the complexity of MMOs and the legendary lack of forgiveness of MMO players.
So unless they have a bucketload of these weekly releases already saved up, and fully integration tested, I'm betting that these will soon start to slip to weekly-and-a-day, then weekly-and-2-days, then they'll move them to fortnightly. Then scrap the idea entirely.
If, as the paper claims, the Internet is the 'crystallization of human wisdom', then my recent purchase of a controlling interest in the world's leading cat photography company means I can retire early.
I wish they'd just get on with it. I'm sick of hearing about all this 'will they, won't they?' crap. It's like watching an episode of Moonlighting.
Still, I suppose we are living in the times of current affairs as 'entertainment'...
Slashdot Mirror
Fence my ass.
This is Slashdot, not Craigslist.
It is absolutely not our (the New Zealand people's) prerogative. This whole situation occurred because the NZ Police (none of whom are elected) thought they could get some international glory from a big case. They failed to do their research. They failed to follow proper procedure. They failed to use appropriate force. They failed on every account. And now they look like the try-hard asswipes that they are. If this was a one-off I'd be mildly surprised, but it has happened before, and it's making me feel quite nauseous. For example the NZ Defence Force has been caught on numerous times sucking up to the yanks just to improve their chances of being involved in military exercises, which was in strict contravention of the orders they received from the NZ Government at the time. They are out of control. So are the cops. Small men in large uniforms, thinking their dicks will grow bigger if they chum up to the big boys. Everyone, without exception, that I have talked to about this in NZ is absolutely disgusted with the way things have turned out. Blaming NZ is a total cop-out. The cops are at fault, for sure, but how about the US taking the requisite amount of blame for creating the conditions where their entertainment/copyright assholes are running riot across the globe, and the US government is materially supporting them?
The committee members are probably trying to avoid a cavity search next time they take a trip.
I can understand how this gizmo might protect a house from the side-to-side waves ( P-waves?) that earthquakes create. But not so sure it's going to do much to protect a house from the up-and-down type waves (S- and L- waves)...
Welcome to the future. Just as the average web page size has bloated to over 1MB, the average data content in a single smartphone interaction will also grow in size until most peoples' montly data allowance just isn't enough. As more and more data caps are being brought to bear, data usage is going to become much more of an issue for people - at least once they realise they're paying 50 - 100% more for their 'actual' usage than they intended. I wonder how many of them will just accept the extra cost (therefore putting extra cash into the telcos pockets) rather than moderate their behaviour? This is a big deal right now in NZ, where you can pay a shedload of money per month for just 250MB of mobile data...I can only imagine it's going to get worse.
I'd be interested to see if there are any correlations between dips in this rating and the occurrence of election years. Also whether or not this is at all cyclical based on whether a government is in its first or later term.
No, not photoshopped stuff from right wing think tanks.
Pics or it didn't happen.
Yes, Corporate America just wants to treat everyone like crap, on a level playing field, regardless of race, gender, sexuality....
...if the answer is "backup"?
Everyone has been told time and again that backing up to the cloud is a great idea. A lot of businesses bought into that. The risks of doing just that have now been made abundantly clear. Personally I'm reaching for my DAT.
It's not like we have enough of a broadband infrastructure in New Zealand to actually download anything worthwhile in the first place.
There is no culture in New Zealand. It's a place full of homages to the UK. And then there's the All Blacks.
He sounds like a reactionary fucktard. Like Apple doesn't have enough of those already?
Open by nature.
Yes I agree that they'll have a bunch of stuff lined up, but software's much more difficult to produce *well* than teevee will ever be. And a week's still too short a schedule to *reliably* release new content. With a release schedule this frequent, we'll see speed wobbles at Warp 9.
Too short to base a reliable release-to-live cycle around, at least, especially when dealing with the complexity of MMOs and the legendary lack of forgiveness of MMO players. So unless they have a bucketload of these weekly releases already saved up, and fully integration tested, I'm betting that these will soon start to slip to weekly-and-a-day, then weekly-and-2-days, then they'll move them to fortnightly. Then scrap the idea entirely.
It's probably a flake of dandruff from one of the technicians.
I think it's happening because of this article on a British clone of The Onion, called NewsBiscuit... http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/07/05/nick-clegg-to-repeal-second-law-of-thermodynamics/
If, as the paper claims, the Internet is the 'crystallization of human wisdom', then my recent purchase of a controlling interest in the world's leading cat photography company means I can retire early.
You need 2 hands to use an Xbox controller.
...I'll finally be able to get that 10 foot statue of my butt that I've always wanted.
Waledac will be back... as SkyNet.
I wish they'd just get on with it. I'm sick of hearing about all this 'will they, won't they?' crap. It's like watching an episode of Moonlighting. Still, I suppose we are living in the times of current affairs as 'entertainment'...
Another great piece of non-news.
I'm surprised they could even give it away.