Posts by Rich of Observationz
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I'd imagine there would be new naval and merchant ensigns after the fashion of Canada's. I don't think it wouldn't need legislation (at least for the Naval ensign), just a general order.
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West Finchley
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Legal Beagle: The flag referendum:…, in reply to linger,
You obviously don't understand the rules
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Being asked to swear allegiance is a fundamental of fascism.
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I'd say typography is maybe 25% "science" (around measurable stuff like usability) and the rest "art".
Essentially, the "typography community" is a "guild" that has developed a set of rules or schema as to what is regarded as "correct". This schema is akin to the laws of rugby, chess or Mornington Crescent - they are internally consistent and testable, but there is no real empirical foundation for them.
Of course, because the population are conditioned to accept these rules, we will tend to subconsciously favour compliant styles (and you only have to walk into a dollar store to see how non-compliance is subconsciously tagged as cheap and nasty - while presumably the packaging designers, coming from a different culture, consider their work attractive and professional).
See also the fetishisation of Greek and Roman culture by the British education upper classes, including attempts to apply Latin grammar to the English language.
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Legal Beagle: The flag referendum:…, in reply to Sacha,
They're pretty patterns. Deciding that one of them is *better* than the other is entirely a matter of personal taste, fashion, and coherence with various other flags. Personally, I find the ones that don't play, like the flags of Brazil or the state of California, better because of their originality, but that's just my opinion.
Incidentally, there is no reason to have a flag panel. One could have had a website that presented each voter with a sample of four flags from all those submitted, and produced from that (assuming reasonable turnout) a statistically respectable ranking to generate a shortlist.
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The "designer approved" thing bugs me. Basically, a flag is Art. There is a small aspect of the choice which is objective: can it be identified from a distance? how many pixels are needed to make it distinguishable? but beyond that, it's all subjective.
The question "is this flag any good" falls into the same domain as "is cubism/dubstep/conceptual art" any good - it's a matter of personal opinion and fashion.
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Hard News: The flagging referendum, in reply to TracyMac,
Can you provide examples of how positive engagement with the National party has led to anything other than symbolic gains?
Key losing on the flag would have several positive outcomes:
- firstly, it demoralises the man and brings the time closer when he retires to Hawaii or gets gifted some sinecure by his mates in the states.
- secondly, it introduces traditional National voters to the idea of voting against Key. This could turn into a habit
- and finally, it spreads discord within the National caucus and membership between the Key faction and his various rivalsHowever, if you think we are best served by near-perpetual National government interspersed with National-lite Labour administrations, then yes, the sensible, grown up approach would be to consider the flag (and the TPPA, the holiday highways, benefit cuts, education cuts, etc) on their merits.
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Hard News: The flagging referendum, in reply to linger,
Who chooses the design experts, or decides on their qualifications? Shouldn't we have elections and referenda to do that?
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Hard News: What you lookin' at?, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
All I had to do to get (US) Netflix to work on my Chromecast was to acquire a new WiFi router, program it to redirect attempts to hit Google's 8.8.8.8 DNS server to Unotelly and make sure both the Chromecast and the laptop casting to it were on the same WiFi.
I imagine smart TVs might be similar.
But then, one of my grandfathers was employed as a TV installer before WW2, a process which involved him working onsite for several days and cost the customer around the price of a high-end car.
I suspect in ten or twenty years, kids will be amazed that "broadcast TV" was ever a thing.