Cell phones are very popular in New Zealand, and local calls (from private phones)are free. Like most other places, cell phones have their own area code, and you are charged the same charge per minute where ever the cell phone user happens to be in the country.
As for having the problem of having same area - shouldn't be a problem. The only issue is that the caller needs some way of knowing they are calling a mobile. Again, in NZ there are many places with the same area code (e.g. the whole of the South Island is 03), but they still charge if yuo call someone outside your free calling area.
Maybe you need to re-evaluate the whole voting system. Times change, and what the founders thought appropriate then may be less so now. Certainly the low voter turn-out indicates apathy, and a certain feeling that your vote doesn't count.
New Zealand changed their voting method, due to wide spread dissatisfaction with the old (UK style) system, and went with a proportional voting system similar to that used in Germany. It's still not perfect, but at least the members of parliament more accurately reflect the makeup of the population (hell, there's even a transvestite MP, and one with dreads!!0.), and it's a lot harder for big business to influence things (they tried leading up to the referendum, which caused quite a few to vote opposite to what the BB's wanted!!).
Maybe the President should be elected via a Preferential Voting system, so that all votes count. Other votes can use other system, as they do in Oz for example.
The majority of the press are pretty lame, just like most places. However, there are a few around who have a history of being able to bring this sort of thing to light, and presenting in a way that makes everyone understand.
Your comments on flexibility of grammer and pronunciation are quite accurate. One advantage English has is that one can make a complete hash of word order, use the wrong word in the wrong context, and mis-pronounce things and still be understood. French and Italian like the words in the right order, but there is some leeway with pronunciation, but the Dutch seem to be _very_ picky about pronunciation.
However, a number of people who speak English well do seem to have trouble understanding the true "meaning" or sense of what is being said.
Certainly wouldn't happen in Belgium now, as most people there speak at least three languages, English being one of them. I read somewhere that they have the highest number of people that speak 4 (or more) languages (French, Dutch/Flemish, English and German).
Always assuming the handbrake works on the rear wheels - it is quite amusing to see someone try and do a handbrake turn when it operates in the front wheels !! (SAAB, Subaru, Citroen and many others)
Nah, none of that ghetto blaster stuff. If you want to really feel it, listen to some serious organ music. Now that you CAN feel (and the water in your glass dances quite nicely!).
Some can, some can't. A bit like some wine buffs, or art critics.
Interestingly, a group listening to watermarked digital recordings had something like an 80% success rate in correctly identifying which tracks were watermarked.
Also of interest is that women are often more able to detect the changes/differences when doing blind audio tests
Hmmm, I suppose that is why the French are rated as having the best healthcare system in the world. Damn shame for your theory that it is state funded;-(
I couldn't agree more. Every now and then, I think back to the power of the WPS. Sure, if you came from another GUI, it took a bit of learning to understand its power, but once understood....If only it could be migrated, it would be one of IBMs best gifts to the Linux world
Rename or move a program or file, and the icon/shortcut still worked!
And both the Ferrari 360 and Honda NSX make extensive use of Aluminium. The Lotus Elise and upcoming Opel VX have aluminium chassis that is bonded, with fibreglass body panels. The Renault Sport Spider has a welded aluminium chassis.
try looking at www.jobpilot.com or www.jobserve.com or monsterboard.nl
Your best bet at finding work in Europe at the moment is: Netherlands (less than 2% unemployment, and everyone speaks English) and the UK. Austria, Luxembourg, Denmark would also be worth a look. Remember that you will need to get a work permit: given the skills shortage (hell, total shortage!) in NL, you're most likely to get the permit there.
Well, apart from NZ, as has aslready been mentioned, you could try the Netherlands. Probably one of the most tolerant places around. Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria all have very high immigrant populations, and in spite of the crap spouted by the so called press, these places are very tolerant too. Maybe also you could look just a bit to the north.
I too run SuSE 6.2 and wanted to try out Helix (and KDE 2.0 beta6 (?)). What I did was ftp down the Helix package for 6.3, then ran Yast to install it all. Whenever it squawked about some lib or other dependency, I just pulled the appropriate RPM down from one of the RPM "stores".
For KDE 2, I pulled down (via ftp) the SuSE 6.4 ones, and did pretty much the same process.
Now, having tried both side by side, my preference is for KDE2. Incidentally, Netscape 4.7x seems much more stable now, on both systems, although on KDE2 Konqueror seems pretty good for most web sites.
I'm pretty sure you can get a copy of your police record. Hell, even if you can't fill in a form to get it, it isn't that hard - witness recent events in the NZ parliament.....
You must have gone through NZ in a drug-induced haze after smoking some fine Gisborne weed!
NZ economy is one of the free-est in the world, and the government doesn't get much of a sanctioning voice in it. None (or very little) of that class crap either, whether breeding (UK) or money (US) .
As for resources, there are plenty of natural and people ones. The only problem is that the people type resources who are any good go overseas for more money.
Try working there, then in the EU or US and you'd understand that the average Kiwi is quite well skilled, and generally pretty competitive. Themain problems stem from small economy and distance to markets.
The first arrivals in NZ were Maori, who arrived around 900AD. In spite of the efforts of some English, they did a lot better than most "natives". The English suffered quite a bit in battles against the Maori, in spite of their superior weapons. They also managed to sign a treaty with the Queen of England, called the Treaty of Waitangi (some tribed signed to get protection from other tribes with which they were at war).
On the negative side for the Maori, they commited genocide against a genetically similar sub-race, called Moriori, who were (unfortunately for them) pacifists.
The 0-whatever time is not so significant. What is important is the 50-70, 50-90, 90-120 etc times. This is what is important to you on the road. The A4 has very good in gear acceleration. This is where all the modern European TDs are very good (FIAT/Citroen/Renault/Peugeot/VW/Audi/Merc/etc.) Common rail diesels are quick, as well as being very economical.
Maybe you should drive a modern (Euro) diesel. Most have good off-the-line acceleration, excellent in gear acceleration, and have more than respectable top speeds (a friend at work regularly does 200kmh plus in his diesel Alfa). Hell, the new diesel Merc is capable of 250km/h. All that, and good economy!
Yep, the LM400 I think. Built for the desert sheiks. The engine was detuned a bit, and it too had some huge petrol/gas tanks. Top speed was around 200km/h (120mph)
What you fail to realise is that the active safety (i.e. avoidance capabilities) of even the best SUV/Soft Roaders is _way_ below that of even some of the poorer handling cars. You are far more likely to have an accident in the first place. Braking distances are substantially longer, with or without ABS. Due to their high centre of gravity, sudden braking or steering inputs can unsettle the vehicle enough to cause you to lose control, or the vehicle to roll. Your margin ofr error is greatly reduced.
Plus, if you hit a stationary object, or larger object (real truck), you stand a great chance of suffering serious injury or death.
Well, there are some little cars over here that'd surely give you a run for your money. How about a car a bit smaller than a Golf, that'll do about 140mph ? (Renault Clio 172), or a slightly madder version that is has a mid engine and does over 150???
Most little cars over in Europe get driven at higher speeds than over in your part of the woods. Diesels, such as the Audi/BMW/Mercs now do over 140mph, and the new Peugeot/Citroen ones do a respectable 120mph plus, along with 45 + mpg.
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Cell phones are very popular in New Zealand, and local calls (from private phones)are free. Like most other places, cell phones have their own area code, and you are charged the same charge per minute where ever the cell phone user happens to be in the country.
As for having the problem of having same area - shouldn't be a problem. The only issue is that the caller needs some way of knowing they are calling a mobile. Again, in NZ there are many places with the same area code (e.g. the whole of the South Island is 03), but they still charge if yuo call someone outside your free calling area.
Maybe you need to re-evaluate the whole voting system. Times change, and what the founders thought appropriate then may be less so now. Certainly the low voter turn-out indicates apathy, and a certain feeling that your vote doesn't count.
New Zealand changed their voting method, due to wide spread dissatisfaction with the old (UK style) system, and went with a proportional voting system similar to that used in Germany. It's still not perfect, but at least the members of parliament more accurately reflect the makeup of the population (hell, there's even a transvestite MP, and one with dreads!!0.), and it's a lot harder for big business to influence things (they tried leading up to the referendum, which caused quite a few to vote opposite to what the BB's wanted!!).
Maybe the President should be elected via a Preferential Voting system, so that all votes count. Other votes can use other system, as they do in Oz for example.
The majority of the press are pretty lame, just like most places. However, there are a few around who have a history of being able to bring this sort of thing to light, and presenting in a way that makes everyone understand.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
It is NOT a directory, but a method for ACCESSING one. Being LIGHTWEIGHT, it means some features required of a full DAP are not implemented.
NDS is accessible via LDAP, as are numerous directories availalbr on Linux (including NDS), AD, Domino etc. etc.
Your comments on flexibility of grammer and pronunciation are quite accurate. One advantage English has is that one can make a complete hash of word order, use the wrong word in the wrong context, and mis-pronounce things and still be understood. French and Italian like the words in the right order, but there is some leeway with pronunciation, but the Dutch seem to be _very_ picky about pronunciation.
However, a number of people who speak English well do seem to have trouble understanding the true "meaning" or sense of what is being said.
Certainly wouldn't happen in Belgium now, as most people there speak at least three languages, English being one of them. I read somewhere that they have the highest number of people that speak 4 (or more) languages (French, Dutch/Flemish, English and German).
Were they those things also known as B20's. I thought they were run on BTOS/CTOS.
While not a driver aid in the strictest sense, active suspension did give a considerable advantage (as seen on Williams F1 car at the time)
Always assuming the handbrake works on the rear wheels - it is quite amusing to see someone try and do a handbrake turn when it operates in the front wheels !! (SAAB, Subaru, Citroen and many others)
Nah, none of that ghetto blaster stuff. If you want to really feel it, listen to some serious organ music. Now that you CAN feel (and the water in your glass dances quite nicely!).
Some can, some can't. A bit like some wine buffs, or art critics.
Interestingly, a group listening to watermarked digital recordings had something like an 80% success rate in correctly identifying which tracks were watermarked.
Also of interest is that women are often more able to detect the changes/differences when doing blind audio tests
Hmmm, I suppose that is why the French are rated as having the best healthcare system in the world. Damn shame for your theory that it is state funded ;-(
I couldn't agree more. Every now and then, I think back to the power of the WPS. Sure, if you came from another GUI, it took a bit of learning to understand its power, but once understood....If only it could be migrated, it would be one of IBMs best gifts to the Linux world
Rename or move a program or file, and the icon/shortcut still worked!
And both the Ferrari 360 and Honda NSX make extensive use of Aluminium. The Lotus Elise and upcoming Opel VX have aluminium chassis that is bonded, with fibreglass body panels. The Renault Sport Spider has a welded aluminium chassis.
try looking at www.jobpilot.com or www.jobserve.com or monsterboard.nl Your best bet at finding work in Europe at the moment is: Netherlands (less than 2% unemployment, and everyone speaks English) and the UK. Austria, Luxembourg, Denmark would also be worth a look. Remember that you will need to get a work permit: given the skills shortage (hell, total shortage!) in NL, you're most likely to get the permit there.
Well, apart from NZ, as has aslready been mentioned, you could try the Netherlands. Probably one of the most tolerant places around. Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria all have very high immigrant populations, and in spite of the crap spouted by the so called press, these places are very tolerant too. Maybe also you could look just a bit to the north.
I too run SuSE 6.2 and wanted to try out Helix (and KDE 2.0 beta6 (?)). What I did was ftp down the Helix package for 6.3, then ran Yast to install it all. Whenever it squawked about some lib or other dependency, I just pulled the appropriate RPM down from one of the RPM "stores".
For KDE 2, I pulled down (via ftp) the SuSE 6.4 ones, and did pretty much the same process.
Now, having tried both side by side, my preference is for KDE2. Incidentally, Netscape 4.7x seems much more stable now, on both systems, although on KDE2 Konqueror seems pretty good for most web sites.
I'm pretty sure you can get a copy of your police record. Hell, even if you can't fill in a form to get it, it isn't that hard - witness recent events in the NZ parliament.....
You must have gone through NZ in a drug-induced haze after smoking some fine Gisborne weed!
NZ economy is one of the free-est in the world, and the government doesn't get much of a sanctioning voice in it. None (or very little) of that class crap either, whether breeding (UK) or money (US) .
As for resources, there are plenty of natural and people ones. The only problem is that the people type resources who are any good go overseas for more money.
Try working there, then in the EU or US and you'd understand that the average Kiwi is quite well skilled, and generally pretty competitive. Themain problems stem from small economy and distance to markets.
The first arrivals in NZ were Maori, who arrived around 900AD. In spite of the efforts of some English, they did a lot better than most "natives". The English suffered quite a bit in battles against the Maori, in spite of their superior weapons. They also managed to sign a treaty with the Queen of England, called the Treaty of Waitangi (some tribed signed to get protection from other tribes with which they were at war).
On the negative side for the Maori, they commited genocide against a genetically similar sub-race, called Moriori, who were (unfortunately for them) pacifists.
The 0-whatever time is not so significant. What is important is the 50-70, 50-90, 90-120 etc times. This is what is important to you on the road. The A4 has very good in gear acceleration. This is where all the modern European TDs are very good (FIAT/Citroen/Renault/Peugeot/VW/Audi/Merc/etc.) Common rail diesels are quick, as well as being very economical.
Maybe you should drive a modern (Euro) diesel. Most have good off-the-line acceleration, excellent in gear acceleration, and have more than respectable top speeds (a friend at work regularly does 200kmh plus in his diesel Alfa). Hell, the new diesel Merc is capable of 250km/h. All that, and good economy!
Yep, the LM400 I think. Built for the desert sheiks. The engine was detuned a bit, and it too had some huge petrol/gas tanks. Top speed was around 200km/h (120mph)
What you fail to realise is that the active safety (i.e. avoidance capabilities) of even the best SUV/Soft Roaders is _way_ below that of even some of the poorer handling cars. You are far more likely to have an accident in the first place. Braking distances are substantially longer, with or without ABS. Due to their high centre of gravity, sudden braking or steering inputs can unsettle the vehicle enough to cause you to lose control, or the vehicle to roll. Your margin ofr error is greatly reduced.
Plus, if you hit a stationary object, or larger object (real truck), you stand a great chance of suffering serious injury or death.
Their safety is largely psychological.
Well, there are some little cars over here that'd surely give you a run for your money. How about a car a bit smaller than a Golf, that'll do about 140mph ? (Renault Clio 172), or a slightly madder version that is has a mid engine and does over 150???
Most little cars over in Europe get driven at higher speeds than over in your part of the woods. Diesels, such as the Audi/BMW/Mercs now do over 140mph, and the new Peugeot/Citroen ones do a respectable 120mph plus, along with 45 + mpg.