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  1. Re:Mana party. on Interviews: Ask Kim Dotcom a Question · · Score: 1

    That makes the Mana Party about twice as popular as the ACT party at the last election and ACT have a seat.

    Seen the policies from the far-right that ACT have had pushed through over the last three parliaments?

    Would Mana be able to do the same thing when they were expressly excluded from a coalition by both major parties?

  2. Re:How bad are the Data caps in NZ? on Interviews: Ask Kim Dotcom a Question · · Score: 1

    Spark (aka Telecom) ADSL Incl. landline:

    Up to 10 Mbps down & 1 Mbps up.
    40 Gb $79
    80 GB $89
    Unlimited $99

    Naked Unlimited $89

  3. Re: How does one tell the difference? on Oldest Stone Tools Predate Previous Record Holder By 700,000 Years · · Score: 1

    AFAIK they look at the rock to determine whether the apparent knapping of the rock (striking it with other rocks to make sharp flakes come off) is by natural processes or not.
    The effects of geologic processes etc. differ from the effects of an ape-man with some hand-eye co-ordination.

  4. Re:Its New Zealand on World's Rudest Robot Set To Simulate the Fury of Call Center Customers · · Score: 2

    Thank you for mentioning how polite we are here in the Shaky Isles.

    As my sig shows we are a well-balanced people.

  5. Re:"Hacking" goes a little far here.. on Photobucket Hackers Nabbed, Face Serious Charges From US Authorities · · Score: 1

    Balancing the budget? :-p

  6. Re:I have an idea on Keurig Stock Drops, Says It Was Wrong About DRM Coffee Pods · · Score: 1

    Much the same here in the Shaky Isles. A few SBs around but out-numbered greatly by coffee shops that actually sell you nice coffee.
    According to their website 26 stores in NZ (pop 4.5m) with about 1/2 of them in Auckland (pop 1.3m).

  7. Re:Hate for Uber on Voting With Dollars: Politicians and Their Staffers Roll With Uber · · Score: 1

    This argument may be valid in some jurisdictions but not all even in the US.
    Here in New Zealand the taxi industry was deregulated some 20+ years ago. Requirements are an appropriate level of licence, police check and a vetting by the govt. Transport Authority that you have the right structures, log books etc.

    No monopoly exists to any one firm in any major city but the pre- existing firms have maintained their dominance in the main: e.g. Auckland Co-op, Black & White Cabs (Wgtn). Why? Better service and fewer horror stories of ex and current rapists etc. driving cabs.

    The regulation that exists is mainly for the protection of customers and being able to ensure the vehicles are safe, drivers work no more than the maximum number of hours and so on.
    So, a light handed regulation mix and Uber will not comply as they are 'not a taxi business', the NZ Police are prosecuting them because they are.

  8. Re: I like this guy but... on Rand Paul Moves To Block New "Net Neutrality" Rules · · Score: 1

    Compare the policies of the Democrat party with those of the Conservative Party in the UK. The Tories are left of the Democrats, that makes the Democrats a right-wing party and the Republicans further out than Genghis Khan.

    It is the same in other '5 Eyes' nations such as New Zealand and Australia. Our right wing parties (National & Liberal/ National Coalition respectively) are left of your so-called left-wing party.

    The USA is the outlier, not everyone else.

  9. Re:No news about where it should fall off? on Russian Cargo Mission To ISS Spinning Out of Control · · Score: 1

    How could you possibly know this early?

    Because the earth is ~70% water by surface area? Chances are it will hit the briny.

  10. Re:Progressive Fix 101 on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    Is this in the Mitt-Romney-approved style of dog conveyancing?
    Does Seamus fit into the Car Topper?

  11. Re:A sane supreme court decision? on Supreme Court Rules Extending Traffic Stop For Dog Sniff Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Bollocks. It is well known that dogs have a more acute sense of smell than humans.
    What you are saying is that all the police/ border forces are in on this and use sniffer dogs to fabricate arrests?

  12. That is 'hanged'.

    People are 'hanged', meat is 'hung'.

    They may be meat by then but they were people.

  13. Re:Reason: for corporations, by corporations on Reason: How To Break the Internet (in a Bad Way) · · Score: 1

    In NZ it is from the 'white gold' of dairy farming enriching about 5%. Ohh and property speculation, but that has been the main backbone of our economy since 1870's.

    More publically funded irrigation + more fertiliser + heaps more cows = increased nitrate runoffs + dead rivers and lakes.

    Capitalism is awesome.

  14. Re:We already have these on Bring On the Boring Robots · · Score: 1

    Correct on the misattribution: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2... TLDR: Created by Kenneth John Freeman a Cambridge, UK student in his dissertation in 1907.

  15. Re:The opposite of current movie adaptations on Some of the Greatest Science Fiction Novels Are Fix-Ups · · Score: 2

    Long narratives did not start with the printed word, Homer's 'Iliad' was entirely from the spoken tradition.

  16. Re: Go California! on California Sues Uber Over Practices · · Score: 1

    , look to the third world where companies put melamine in their food to artificially inflate the protein count and fake baby formula with little to no nutritional value gets passed off as legit.

    Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. In 2008 the NZ dairy corporate Fonterra had a Chinese subsidary (Sanlu) in which they had a minority interest (less than 49%) that produced baby formula. The subsidary had supply from local farmers who would get increased payouts with milk with more protein in it. These local suppliers found that melamine was a good way of 'supplementing' the protein count; this was not detected as no Dairy company (at the time) tested for melamine as it is usually used in making benchtops etc (amongst other things I think) and normally does not come anywhere near the dairy supply chain. So, no, the 'evil corporate' did not intentially poison its consumers, the dodgy suppliers did. I am no shill for Fonterra, in NZ we have serious issues with freshwater deregradation due to intesifying dairying which Fonterra is accused of reacting slowly to.

  17. Re:Miles? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 1

    Rugby Union sets it as 100m * 70m http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/the_g...

  18. Re:News for birds... on Kiwi Genetically Closer to Extinct Elephant Birds Than to the Emu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Mate, this matters to New Zealanders! For 20 years our national symbol has been linked as a descendant of the Australian ratites, coupled with our national inferiority complex (see below) the psychological impact has been devastating. Now we are free to clomp around with the flightless chicken-sized kiwi free from any Australian associations.

  19. Re:Only in America on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Economy is not a science. on Australian Economists Predictions No Better Than Flipping a Coin · · Score: 1

    Look on the bright side you have approx. 500K+ resident Kiwi's to blame when it all hits the fan.

  21. Re:Hmm... on 150 Copyright Notices For Mega · · Score: 1

    The servers are located in Germany otherwise no-one would ever be able to access anything. NZ is at the end of 2 shitty cables.

  22. Re:...and this will make money how? on Kim Dotcom's 'Mega' Storage Site Arrives · · Score: 1

    Dotcom wanted to buy the house but was rejected as 'an unfit person' as he had previous convictions and had not been domiciled here long enough. Now having lived in NZ for over a year as a Resident he can purchase it.

  23. Re:He was never IN solitary confinement on Pirate Bay Founder Released From Solitary Confinement · · Score: 2

    Tax Avoidance = Rich people. i.e Sending money to the Cayman Islands and having it come back as Capital gains. Tax Evasion = Poor people. i.e. Taking cash jobs and not declaring the income. Avoidance is the LEGAL minimisation of taxation due, evasion is the ILLEGAL minimisation.

  24. Re:Have to say... on Kim Dotcom Outs Mega Teaser Site, Finalizes Domain Name · · Score: 4, Funny

    He DID have a safe room and went and hid. The Police enticed him out later with candy bars and threats.

  25. Re:It's not just games on Australians Urged To Spoof IP Addresses For Better Prices · · Score: 1

    One of the reasons that we Kiwi's get cheaper goods is due to allowing parallel importing. This keeps the distributors honest although Big Pharma (amongst others) call us dirty names. This will all go when we sign up to the filthy TPP however.