Posts by Whoops

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  • Southerly: The Truth About Talkback,

    I've heard that most of the talk show hosts graduate from the Arkham technical institute...

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  • Hard News: The Beautiful Pants,

    IMHO best Media7 ever. None of the humour/needle of the Pam Corkey type panel, but all of the 'so what is the media's role and what are its issues' goodness that Media7 promised.

    Cheers RB

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  • Hard News: Out of the Box,

    This story explains why some people in the same game,

    Thanks RB. very interesting and led me to this

    http://www.newschallenge.org/knc-2010-winners

    which is very relevant to another line of work for me.

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  • Hard News: Out of the Box,

    Another Assange quote outlining why he does what he does;


    There cannot be good governance without good information given to good people. It's impossible in a democracy. Physicists [Assange was trained at University of Melbourne in physics] look at extreme circumstances to understand a situation. The extreme situation of ignorance would be if everyone was deaf, dumb and blind tomorrow. Each person could not communicate with other people. Every form of society would collapse in an instant — democracies, monarchies and dictatorships alike. But if we look in the other direction and ask what if we maximized the reliable, verified information about how the world is working. Then we start to produce more sophisticated and intelligent structures that respond to the abuses in societies and also the opportunities there may be in society.


    from http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2006789-2,00.html

    Not sure he's 'all that', but he's moving towards it.

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  • Hard News: The truth about "Party Central",

    Re: chucks/chocks away....

    Given that the topic includes a barefoot skateboarder, it is most definately chucks away.

    (google chuck taylors if you disagree)

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  • Field Theory: Who says chivalry is dead?,

    Yes yes, must adhere to unwritten rules about not taking advantage of a competitors poor equipment selection/mechanical sympathy/competence... it's just not on, and I'd hate to win because I 'cheated'.







    Now, where did I leave those performance enhancing drugs?

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  • Southerly: Bob's Top Five,

    Hooray for Bob.

    re: helmets and your new science gig on teh wireless... I disagree with the conclusion (some discussion here;
    http://www.vorb.org.nz/concrete-evidence-that-helmet-laws-more-harm-than-good-t107279.html )

    ...but very glad to see more science discussed in more places more often!

    Hooray for David!

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  • Hard News: Rousing Auckland,

    Way ahead of you.

    Looking forward to receiving the Labour version (they tend to follow quickly around here)

    That'll hit the bin as well.

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  • Hard News: Rousing Auckland,

    On a probably unrelated note... I received a letter drop from the local MP (Maungakiekie) which is a 'survey'.

    The survey to be returned has my name and address on it - presumably from the electoral (t)roll. The questions are fairly leading, and include asking who I would vote for if an election were held today.

    "The information is being collected by [the MP] in his capacity as a member of parliament to be used for the electorate and related activity"

    ?related activity?

    I't s come from the National Party presumably, though the house of representative's seal is also present.

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  • Speaker: Seeking Better Science,

    Long term science vs Short term engineering

    Election cycle.

    'nuff said.





    Science in NZ is well and truly fucked, and this is deck chairs on the Titanic stuff.

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