Posts by JackElder
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Frankly, the Wellington branch of Les Mills was generally nicknamed "Les Girls" on account of the high number of gymgoers who used it as a cruising ground. Not that there's anything wrong with that, mind.
You aren't the only one who had that experience with that particular National MP. I'm assuming it was his starter for 10...
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"The Goofy Clusterfuck"
Is that any relation to the legendary wrap party after one of Disney's most famous movies, the Snow White Orgy?
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He makes baby food?
No, he backstops for the Ottawa Senators. Or *did*, rather: he sucked so comprehensively they had to send him to the minors.
Actually, I think you'll find he works in printed circuitry - hence the technical bent of his name.
IKB - QED.
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in my head Knowledge Bro is big and quite butch. Possibly a Leatherman.
No, Knowledge bro is definitely Gerber, not Leatherman.
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(b) be signed by the copyright owner or the copyright owner’s duly authorised agent.
So what constitutes a "duly authorised agent"? Is there an umbrella body here in NZ that handles copyright from overseas owners? I guess I'm wondering, say, if someone's been bittorrenting Canadian public access TV shows, who gets to slap that notice on the user?
Plus, if we're requiring that the owner of a copyright (or their agent) file the infringement notice, doesn't that put the onus on the owner to establish which copyright has been violated? As in, it's not enough for them to argue that Telstra User #1354 has logged 20GB of traffic in the past week so they're bound to be doing summat, they have to say "Hey, Telstra User #1354 has violated my copyright on episode 54 of New Zealand's Funniest Sports Accidents". Or am I missing something? Since there's no penalty for malicious accusations by the copyright holder, would the likely tactic be for them to say "Hmm, Telstra User #1354 has a shedload of traffic, they're probably up to something, let's accuse them of downloading a couple of episodes of our TV show... better safe than sorry."
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the racial overtones of your colour choice here
I thought it was a fairly overt reference to the traditional symbol of anarchism, the black flag? As in, we're all exhorting to smash the state and replace it with a series of copyright-free anarcho-syndicalist collectives?
I may have my wires crossed, mind.
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if the revolution only happens on Twitter
All together now: the revolution will not be twittered!
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Judge Dredd
My bro-in-law used to work for a computer games company. There was an artist at the company who'd had one of the shortest job interviews ever:
"Thanks for your portfolio. So, what else have you worked on?"
"I used to draw Judge Dredd."
"You're hired."And so the bloke's name around the office was Kevin Who Used To Draw Judge Dredd.
(His name may not have been Kevin - tbh I can only remember the last part of it. ;)
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Everyone has to have a hobby, man. :) These days, not so much, mind.
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the VUW BBS...
Oh, you're that linger. scfbbs was a while ago, wasn't it... I used to get asked if I was a real girl on the BBS all the time. Mainly by people who'd read the part of my profile that said my name was Susan, but hadn't read the immediately preceding paragraph which pointed out that people lied on the internet all the time and that none of the following statements about me were true.
Of course, I also used to get asked whether I was male or female when I was in China in the mid 90s. This was in midwinter when everyone wore big padded jackets so the only secondary sexual characteristics people could see were my long hair, earrings, and beard. This caused a signal error in some parts of rural China. It's amusing the first couple of times, then you get used to it. One way to meet people.