Posts by Sacha
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Rich, I believe Einstein thought of a few things that weren't able to be followed up for about 50 years. Publish, register or otherwise stand behind your concepts and I'm sure you'll get some credit too when the talking shiny ones take over.
I have been told that we tend to confuse invention and innovation in this country. We're good inventers, but not so good at wrapping around the structure and detail that turns the idea into profitable and scalable actuality.
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hardly relevant to the topic
There's the problem - we may disagree about what is relevant.
Sure, allegory is no substitute for action, but perhaps you're confusing this space with a political organising forum, Paul. It isn't. Nor is BSG mindless fluff.
In the realm of talking about politics, referring to story and allegory to help make sense is as old as the hills in any culture, geeky or otherwise.
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Rich, I'm no satellite expert but aren't you confusing coming up with an idea - which I had always understood was original and well enough developed in this case (unless you have evidence otherwise) - and turning it into reality. There's nothing to build unless someone thinks of it, which doesn't contradict the idea not being very useful on its own.
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Brian Rudman shares some Charter history (without offering any solutions):
Ten years ago, at a broadcasting symposium organised by New Zealand on Air to agonise over the parlous state of public television, broadcaster Ian Fraser - who was later to be TVNZ chief executive from 2002 to 2005 - declared that "television is describing a descending parabola" and that "without getting into an orgy of hand-wringing, it looks as though it's going to get worse".
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You'd probably argue about whose got the best Scotch
I believe Russell can testify to previous evidence of mutual good intent on that front. They're all good, even though we have faves.
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And yet we would all get on splendidly over a few drinks, where the tone would be easier to figure, the corrections and adjustments would come sooner and the mutual good intent would be more apparent.
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Suppose I'd better say something about hotels. A few short stay Welli examples. I enjoyed the Copthorne Oriental Bay - easy walk across to the beach and well laid out rooms, good staff, decent food, etc.
Museum Hotel apartment wing was cool, quirky style and good staff - but crap chef. Chat with Chris Graham in the lift was a bonus, as was the cute blue pod espresso machine in the room.
Duxton was bit over the top for me, though the bar was good. I found it strange for staff to knock on the door at about 8pm asking if I needed anything. Surely that's what room service is for, I thought.
Not a hotel but one of the old Terrace Villas is probably the best spot I've found in central Welli - could happily have lived there for a long time.
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Appreciatively.
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Not that I'm minimising the impact of conversations like this, as someone on the spectrum myself.
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I'm waiting for Giovanni to enthuse about sex on tv at this point..
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