Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: People Take Drugs, in reply to TracyMac,
(Disclaimer: I am a qualified homeopath, and I think there’s more to it than just placebo. Don’t ask me what, precisely, and to be frank, I don’t much care if it does turn out to be placebo.)
So, you are qualified in something you cant answer questions about or even seem to care about. How much did this qualification cost you?... or is that part of it?
I guess things like homeopothy are way of reminding us that we don't know everything and that, in itself, is a good thing. -
OnPoint: Budget 2011: Radioactive Space Donut, in reply to bmk,
prefer something you can install and it will block the ads on every page without thinking about it.
Some would say that ad blocking is theft. The owner of the site, that you want to visit, may get some recompense for you seeing that ad. I only block ads when they become annoying as I enjoy most of the site that I visit and feel that, If I am being entertained or informed, looking at a few ads is a very small price to pay to look at something that I am interested in.
If searching the world wide web is so annoying just don’t do it, simple.
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Radioactive Space Donut, in reply to bmk,
The Ad blocker is built in, right click / Block content, done ;-)
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Hard News: Friday Fever, in reply to Rex Widerstrom,
So no one’s going to pst Blondie’s “Rapture"
Good call.
That track Rapture has so many connections it’s not funny. CBGB, the home of American Punk, The Ramones and the first commercial excursion into Rap, well for white America anyway. -
Thomas Dolby also produced this band, Prefab Sprout.
This track "Cowboy Dreams" (which I posted the other day on the budget thread while I thought we were waiting for Keith) has, in my overly humble opinion, one of the cleverest lyrics I have ever heard.
Enjoy, again.
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Southerly: That CERA Rumour, in reply to Islander,
3 taniwha around the CHCH & Port Hills areas-
And Boy, can they kick butt.
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Now with 70% less wordiness!, in reply to bmk,
When I talk to the average person about politics they can kind of agree that National haven’t enacted good policies but then they usually finish it with ‘… but John Key seems like a good bloke so I’m going to vote for them again.’
I concur. The media is what informs most of our citizens and I hear this sort of thing everyday.
It's that bloody bracelet I tell you. -
OnPoint: Budget 2011: A Credible Path to…, in reply to Sacha,
Separately, the Crown has agreed to reimburse the union for withholding tax incurred on payments made in relation to the tournament.
This is the really interesting bit.
RWT, Residents Withholding Tax, is a tax that is deducted at source from “contractors”, the self employed small sub contractors. As I read this it means that “Rugby New Zealand 2011” will keep that “tax” in other words the Government is giving RNZ2011 a 20% discount on the wages it has to pay its subbies.
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No drugs needed with Opera here's the new specs for the one with all the ones Opera 11.11 And that's before we talk about the integrated Mail app M2 which makes outlook express look like shite.
Yeah, I know I bang on about it but it is really quite cool and no, I don't work for them.
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Hard News: People Take Drugs, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
Someone’s selling those wrist band things for lots of money, I’m sure you could sell placebo pills for money as long as you didn’t cross legislation and call them medicine. “Life enhancement pills” or something with a swanky brand name.
How about calling them "Magic Beans" apparently they will boost the economy by 4% and we all get wage rises. Perhaps John Key's wristband works after all.
But it really doesn't matter because The World ends tomorrow.