Posts by Rich of Observationz
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What interested me is they have a $9k monthly Getty Images budget. You could hire and expense one or two photographers for that and take pictures of actual news events, rather than generic photos of "a police car" or "an aeroplane".
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Polity: A hazy, intriguing crystal ball, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Yes, I know they have found a legal loophole (I dislike this term, but it does seem appropriate). Would this extend to offering "futures contracts" on horse races, rugby games, or indeed IPL cricket matches?
And could anyone set up a "futures market" on this basis (perhaps with "futures trading terminals" placed for convenience in pubs) or is the University essentially using its "standing" to gain a privileged exemption from gambling law?
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Has anyone ever examined correlations between iPredict and future realities?
Apart from in circumstances where participants are able to steal their employers information and use it corruptly for gain, why should it be accurate?
And why does Vic Uni run an unlicensed bookmakers? Connections, I suppose.
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Classic Mr Ng!
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On the subject of Right Wing Nutters, I see the cops have finally charged a Stratford man for George Taiaroa's murder - one might guess this was the suspect noted some years ago.
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Hard News: Ten Thousand Maniacs, in reply to Joe Wylie,
It's quite possible that, as suggested, that ammunition was made for sale to third countries using NATO calibre weapons. Given the protected nature of Western arms manufacturers, it's unlikely that NATO countries would want to go elsewhere.
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Hard News: Ten Thousand Maniacs, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Do you have any reference for that assertion?
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TL;DR (don't do bad shit, I guess is the summary)
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Hard News: Ten Thousand Maniacs, in reply to Bart Janssen,
post-WWII maps
There weren't any border changes in the area after WW2. Did you mean WW1 (after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the partition of the region into British and French spheres of influence)? http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/documents/maps-in-time.pdf
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Neville Chamberlain - a piece of our time?