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  1. Re:Ashamed on New Zealand Government About To Legalize Spying On NZ Citizens · · Score: 1

    Been a Kiwi all my life and I am damn PROUD of this correction to badly written law. Now we can have the GSCB properly support the Police and SIS in their lawful activities.

  2. Re:Storm in Teacup on New Zealand Government About To Legalize Spying On NZ Citizens · · Score: 1

    Totally agree with you on this. Would mod if I had points

  3. Re:What does the legistation do exactly. on New Zealand Government About To Legalize Spying On NZ Citizens · · Score: 1

    You are correct. This is NOT spying on New Zealanders but allowing the Police, SIS and Defence to use the staff and facilities of GCSB to conduct their warranted work. They have also added in previsions so that if a warrant is granted it needs to be reviewed before the GCSB begins the work. Note the GCSB will seconded there staff to the relevant agency while they do the work.

    Big media and now Slashdot over blow.

  4. there are a nubmer of simpler system on Parking Attendant 2.0 · · Score: 1

    http://www.u-parkit.com/U-parkit makes customised elevtor type systems which you drive on to and a number of cars can then be stacked up its a nice idea for cheap extra storage. No complex robotic systems. They have just started to expand after a number of smaller projects.

  5. Re:Licensing, licensing, licensing on The Insanely Great Songs Apple Won't Let You Hear · · Score: 1

    Yep same in New Zealand, region coding breaks our parallel import laws. So players need to be able to play DVD from other regions. This might change with our new copyright laws but I doubt it.

  6. LabView on True Visual Programming · · Score: 1

    LavView developed by NI is a flexable and easy to use visual programming language. It is used in both lab and industal envroments for the control of plant and the collection of results. It the the concept of front and back pannels with front pannel displaying what a user would see and the back showing the code. It uses a dataflow programming style which works well for many event and data driven applications.

    I have used it and it can become difficult to use if you dont segment your programe into subVIs (funtions). but it is quite easy to learn and use.

  7. Re:Speaking of which, Suse 9.3 next month on Debian Leaders: We Need to Release More Often · · Score: 3, Insightful

    debain testing allow you to update your system as packages become abalable with out having to wait for a full release

  8. Re:well.. on Debian Leaders: We Need to Release More Often · · Score: 1

    I agree I run debain testing as It offers almost the latest software with out more of the breakages you can get with unstable.

    That being said it would be good to get a stable release more often. Rather than having to using testing all the time.

  9. What if on Making Computing More Human-Centered · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if you gave your computer the finger would it get upset and crash :-)

  10. The pen is mightier than the keyboard on Are Written Computer Science Exams a Fair Measure? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Writing code in exams is hard to if you are used to typing all you assignments with the use of an IDE. As a current EE student who does a lot of CS subjects I have found that the best way is to write code with pen a paper first. This way of coding makes you think very carefully about what you are writing, you don't want to have to rewrite a page of code in pen (rather than just deleting it and retyping it). This way of coding also means you spend your time working on the algorithms and data structures that you believe will solve the problem with out being distracted by your complier not liking your code as you develop it. I am not against IDEs once you have written your code worked through the problem make sure it works in you head (The only complier that can find your logical errors) typing it with an IDE can speed up the time it take to find your typos.

    If your are working in assembler pen and paper are just as good as a computer.

    Most exams are after finding out how you would approach a problem. Writing the code demonstrates that you know how to use the language.