Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Did you report it to the police?
Hang on:
- Actual offence? Yes
- Identified victim? Yes
- Perpetrator likely white middle class? YesSorry sir, the NZ police force doesn't deal with such things, We are mostly concerned with imaginary crimes committed by brown people. Just contact your insurance company please sir.
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It was only when the populace started caring more about peace than about "just wars" that progress could again be made towards a country everybody could live in
I don't intend to try and justify the excesses committed by all three groups in the Troubles, including the one I was forced to help fund (the British security forces).
However, in 1967 there was, as Finn rightly alludes, widespread political and social discrimination implemented by a majoritarian state.
Now, NI has power sharing, robust anti-discrimination laws and an accountable police force. I personally doubt that would have happened without the Nationalist community having kicked back. -
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Labour being retrogressive, (and fascist nanny control freaks) what – seriously – is the alternative?
The Greens have made threshold in every election since MMP. They are currently polling around 6% and given the kick minor parties get at election time, I see no reason why they won't do it again.
Which means that switching your vote from Labour to Green won't do anything to help the Nats get back in - it'll just boost the chances of a Lab/Green/Maori Party government that would be a lot more left than the one we have now.
(Incidentally, if there was a right-wing majority of the votes, but due to ACT & NZF missing threshold, a LGMP government, I bet we'd get a lot of insurrectionist chat in golf clubs and the like).
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Have you ever tried to tuck a dollar coin into a g-string?
If she ain't worth $5 she ain't worth anything!
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The North American Numbering Plan is another example of what happens when you don't learn from global best practice.
When introduced, it was an elegant and effective system. 86 places (states and big cities) had 3 digit area codes which were used with 7 digit phone numbers. Calling within a city or state used 7 digits, whilst calling long distance used the full number. Local calls (7 digits) were free on a private line.
But as telecoms changed and improved, the NANP became increasingly creaky. Big cities now have multiple overlapping area codes, mobile phone subscribers get charged for incoming calls and trying to use a phonebooth is a nightmare!
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All starts with the refusal of Americans to accept that $1 is not a reasonable denomination for a banknote.
I can't figure out what that sentence means. Too many negatives. Does not compute.
Ok, I'll rephrase.
Americans believe that a $1 banknote is an essential part of a modern currency. This results in $1 coins (which do exist) being very rare. Consequently, there is no easy and reliable way to put much more than a dollar into a telephone (or vending machine).
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US payphones are remarkably difficult and confusing to use, relative to most other countries, and I think it revolves around weird things relating to area codes. Or something.
All starts with the refusal of Americans to accept that $1 is not a reasonable denomination for a banknote.
Fortunately my Razr (not the 3G one) picks up a GSM network most everywhere in the US.
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*coff* OSX has cutie login icons. N00b.
I stand admonished.
I guess you can probably get them on Linux if you load the ThrustWombat 5.108 build, edit and recompile the kernel reversement module, install Nigel's Window Manager and repurpose the graphics into VRML.
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Geek couple commitment?
No truly geek couple would use XP, especially without a domain controller (the icons, user switch and other cutie stuff only appear in that case).
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dressing up as terrorists
Surely a real terrorist, as opposed to a comedy one, would dress as inconspicuously as possible so as to remain undetected while carrying out their dastardly deeds?