Posts by chris
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Speaker: Who guards the guardians?, in reply to Dan Rose,
Thanks for that link Dan, a telling picture painted there. That comment section is far more transparent than anything I've seen on New Zealand providers. Re: Stuff, When censored while following the posting guidelines to a T, any objective integrity publishers claim to possess is negated. It is of extraordinary concern that the stakeholders are legally able to misrepresent their readership and the general public in this way.
Obviously this is stated clearly:
You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide licence to republish any material you submit to us, without limitation, in any format.
Certainly a democracy is critical to a free press...
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Three years isn't long enough to truly inhabit a key political position let alone deal with or rectify your own mistakes. The New Zealand population takes this into account and is very forgiving. Aware of this, the veritable politician, cottoned on to the fact that the smoke of internet commentary has entirely replaced any fire the NZ constituent previously frothed, sleeps easy....
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Steve Barnes,
And that, coming from someone that lives in China, should be a wake up call to all those that thought voting for rich people would make them better off.
I share Chris Waugh's concern. I have a pet theory which I can't adequately defend, that despite it's failings, a system where the ousting of the lifetime membership governing party can only occur at gunpoint does seem to put more impetus on politicians to diffuse large scale domestic issues than the democratic system whereby politicians have peace of mind knowing they'll vanish into the void at term's end with fat wallets and sprayed and wiped consciences....At least in the internet age it seems as such. With no end to the term in sight, there's more incentive to do a better job.
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Sacha,
Usage of evolving may be evolving too...
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I’d suggest everyone read Manufacturing Consent and get a good understanding of how the distorting filters work in these organisations and how in turn it controls, frames and influences public discourse and democratic process.
Exactly, when attempting to query the political appropriateness of this project at stuff.co.nz, I was moderated at every turn. $
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Muse: The Good Word, Bad Numbers and The…, in reply to Islander,
with legs akimbo
Were it human(e)ly possible I'd love to see that photo.Nice one!
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pocket 2-3-2012
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Muse: The Curmudgeon's Guide To The…, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
So was Thor and Real Steel.
I was determined not to like Real Steel but it did it's thing: "26-and-a-half total live-action robots that were made for this film. They all have hydraulic neck controls. Atom has RC [radio-controlled] hands as well".[15] According to Jackman, executive producer Spielberg "actually said to Shawn, 'You should really have real elements where you can.' ... Basically if they're not walking or fighting, that's a real robot" - made all the difference to me. I still haven't been able to track down Thor...
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Hard News: European Horror Stories, in reply to Russell Brown,
It was a pleasure.
I'm looking forward to watching this.
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Hard News: European Horror Stories, in reply to Alex Coleman,
Agreed. It’s kind of hard to imagine how a democratic global government could work, or what it might even look like.
It looks like 76 police officers with a chopper making arrests at the behest of a foreign law enforcement agency for the heinous crime of running a website.
