Posts by Ian Dalziel
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Jonathan King,
The bucket list, dear Liza...
And a bit sad how proudly MSD are saying “there was a hole flagged a year ago and the system was completely rebuilt.”
Do we know who rebuilt it, or first installed it, (any history at all?).
Was this the another one of the Government's (not sure which one) expensive white elephant computer systems, late and over budget, like others before....Colin James had an interesting assessment of some of the changes Trevor Mallard / Labour was making back in 2003:
"Mallard is also driving the standardisation of government computer purchasing and information technology to reduce costs and make departments more user-friendly to those who deal with them -- and to give the public a "whole-of-government" feel.
This in part revolves around the government internet portal (www.govt.nz), a one-stop entry to government services for suppliers and users. It is financed with a levy based on departments' size and computer procurement.
One issue is what level of authentication is needed for different services -- a much higher level is required for access to tax records than exam results, for example. Another is to ensure people on "low-grade computers in rural areas" can access the system." -
OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Chris Miller,
Witty Leaks...
I would love to see them go after him for this. LOVE TO. He may well have technically broken the law but public opinion if they tried to charge him for it could get very messy.
Well, Power got rid of that "Greater Good" defence before he left for Westpac and handling the Gov'ts banking - Keith has 'burst their bubble' - they'll probably want to make him pay to fix it up, just as they did with the Ploughshares guys at Waihopai... They're a vindictive bunch (Nat Gov't), and don't like people showing them up, especially when they desperately need showing up!
Still, I hear those private prisons are easy to get out of, and the operators just have to pay a fine (well for the next 25 years anyway...)
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Oh it's a cigar...
The way he was holding it
I thought a suppository, maybe.... -
Lad all over...
I'm guessing there'll be some crossover advertising between H*ll P*zzas, M*a beer and L*nx the BO concealer... while trying to capture the market left behind after the Rapture...
and hey that Geoff Ross bloke sounds like a real family man according to his wife:We spend date night on a Moa pub crawls - life becomes pretty business orientated when you both share a monstrous passion for the growth of your brands and for the teams involved in making that happen. Even the children are dragged in. Our version of shopping in London recently was a family competition. Geoff, myself, and the boys raced to find the Ecoya display in Harrods and then it was off to the food hall for a meeting to critique it.
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Field Theory: Man Moments, in reply to B Jones,
Beer Necked Ladies...
...doesn’t really go with the name “Moa”
Maybe it's not some mega-apteryx they're teaching to turn new tricks, maybe it's an acronym...
Misogynist Outdated Appeal
Male Oriented Advertising
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Legal Beagle: Kim Dotcom: all the fault…, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Warning: Truth may be optional....
In 99%+ of Government cock-ups it is not the original stuff-up that causes the most damage, it is the cover-up.
Meanwhile back in the USA the Benghazi Consulate incident
is falling apart......the State Department conceded that it had never concluded that the Sept. 11 assault that killed Libya Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans began with a protest against the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims. In fact, State now says there was no demonstration outside the consulate in Benghazi like the one at the U.S. embassy in Cairo. The first sign of trouble, according to the latest account, came with an explosion on the edge of the consulate compound, just before a mob of armed men stormed in.
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Hard News: Music: Decked Out, in reply to Steve Barnes,
I like QR code
create your own QR codes here...
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Dock and Roll...
....they’re heavy and bulky and they have to
be brought in whenever it rainsthat's why they are nicknamed Wharfies...
bass desires...I have since realised that finding a cheap active sub is not at all easy. Any tips?
Why not close in the under deck and feed the bass straight into that space, be like sitting on a coupla W-Bins...
of course ya may end up with love-struck whales on the beach at Pt Chev if ya play any Bailterspace at full volume... -
Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to John Sellwood,
a multistoried event...
I suppose when the Titanic was sinking some might think good reportage was a technical analysis of the ship’s buoyancy....
Will no-one think of the iceberg?
Calved off, lost and lonely,
miles from home in the dark...
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John 'Quixotic' Campbell is becoming more of a People's Tribune than just a mere Advocate...