Posts by Steve Barnes
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Field Theory: Japan moves, in reply to Rich Lock,
I didn’t get a tsunami warning text on Fri/Sat despite supposedly being signed up to the council’s text alert system.
From the Bay of Plenty Times 1st October 2009
It was the first real test for the Tauranga and Western Bay tsunami warning system and evacuation plan.
While Mr Pearce was reasonably pleased with how the system worked, it did come in for criticism from many.
Those who signed up for a SMS text alert system were surprised they did not get a message.
Mr Pearce said authorities decided not to send a SMS message once they assessed the threat as not too serious. He also said they would probably struggle getting messages out given the amount of text traffic being sent at the time.
A good point about the possibility of networks being clogged by worried txtrs. As tsunami follow earthquake events it is quite probable that the system would be fucked anyway by the time a Tsunami is reported, unless you are far enough away, in which case news should have got to you already, hopefully.
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Field Theory: Japan moves, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Apparently people have been getting txts on their phones (I don't know who from)
Ken Ringtone?.
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Kracklite,
Both Howard Broad and Greg O’Connor have both been defensive and dismissive – the former blandly, the latter complaining on Morning Report that the police have too much real work to do to worry about secondary issues like their conduct
That angers me and I don't think I need to explain why.
The actions of the police in Christchurch have done nothing but hinder the recovery by not allowing anybody to go anywhere. They have, in all probability, aided those mythical looters (I say mythical because these so called looters are just going about their everyday occupations of thieves, they were there before and they will be there after) by stopping people seeking out their loved ones and securing their possessions in the name of "Safety". It is akin to stopping soldiers going to war because they might get hurt. We remember the images of the guy chucking blocks of concrete aside as if they were cardboard boxes in an attempt to save a life, a few minutes later he would have been arrested for not having the required qualifications.
If their argument is that life is more important than property then they have gone about it in a rather obtuse way.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to nzlemming,
Even crap can create its own momentum.
Even after it has his its own fans.
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Hard News: The Wall and the Paper, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
she has good contacts and knows how to use them.
I've only seen her in those yellow tinted glasses.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to SteveH,
@Steve Barnes:Which to my mind raises the greater part of my own concerns. 40 years is an awfully long time to be employing and using same design;
Now you're just making me feel even older.
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Ok Pigeons, may I introduce you to Cat, shall we call him Colin?
Quite an interesting documentary claiming all kinds of interesting things such as...Radiation, not just for fun and profit, it could be good for you
For the last 50 years the world has lived in fear of radiation. Hiroshima, Nagasaki and accidents at nuclear power stations struck terror in people everywhere - but Horizon: Nuclear Nightmares has uncovered evidence to suggest these fears could be unfounded.
But that's not all. Studies have shown........
Cellphone Radiation will make you a Better you
All those cancer concerns surrounding cell phones may have to make room for good news. Astonished scientists found that electromagnetic radiation from cell phones not only boosted the memories of young mice, but even reversed Alzheimer's symptoms in old mice. Their study marks the first to investigate how long-term electromagnetic radiation affects memory function.
Whooda thunk it?.
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Hard News: An excellent evening in Newtown, in reply to Jackie Clark,
So she’s like me, only bossier.
EEEEK!
runs for cover...
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
What’s happened in Japan has been a real testament to the modern design of nuclear plants,
True. I worked, back in the UK, with an engineer who had worked on Nuclear Power Plants in Japan, must be thirty years back. I remember him telling me that the foundations of the reactor were designed to slide up to 10 metres and the coolant pipes were designed to allow for that movement. This appears to be the case as the failure resulted from a malfunction of the pump system due to the Tsunami knocking out the emergency power. There will always be a weakest link in any system.
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Hard News: An excellent evening in Newtown, in reply to JackElder,
can someone tell me how all this talking about food is helping further the cause of the Glorious Revolution?
Immediately had me singing a song from Oliver but they do say "An Army marches on its stomach". I have always thought this a little odd as I would have thought legs were better, oh well, forward with the Revolution Comrades. Who's got the chilly bin and plate of sizzling sausages?.
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