Posts by Rich Lock
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Yes, a good point I overlooked in my reading of the article.
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Hard News: Some things just don't let…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
And not to rain on the parade, but Anthrax have just done a Metallica and dissed their fans for file sharing.
Et tu, Anthrax?
Oh well. Happy Nigel Tufnell day, everyone!
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I think they were from the North of England
No judge would convict you ...
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As a PS, it ocurred to me that the current Labour opposition have, on several occasions, voted for legislation drafted and put forward by the Nats, as has been extensively discussed over the last three years on this forum. CERA and skynet, for example.
What's the point of voting agains the tories, if what you end up with is....tories?
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
You don’t remember the last time National held the reins?
In this country? Actually, no. We only arrived in 2003. But yeah,
Ruthanasia yadda yadda yadda.I've made my feelings about tory pollies very clear on this forum on a number of occasions. I don't want them in power.
But. hypothetically, if Labour got into power/managed to form a government this time round, what's going to happen? Well, they're not exactly looking like a well-oiled mean lean governing machine at the moment, so most likely they'll flail around incompetently for three years, getting savaged at every turn by the opposition and the public, and then National will get in in 2014 and do what they're going to do next term anyway.
Also, in my (UK skewed) experience, Labour parties in power have proved themselves very good at passing lite-blue laws in areas like policing, social policy, etc. Not necessarily as bad as Teh Evil Tories, but not exactly my cup of tea, either. The Labour parties in both NZ and the UK have drifted quite a fair way rightwards of where I, personally, would like them to be.
If my menu choice is boiled dead rat or raw dead rat, I think I'd rather stick with the nice leafy green salad.
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Hard News: On Science, in reply to Ross Mason,
Ross: the word I deliberately used was 'many'. Not 'all'. I don't see why the two are mutually exclusive.
I personally think it's an often overlooked and extremely underutilised option.
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Hard News: On Science, in reply to 81stcolumn,
I see your point but New Zealand has an established track record in exporting the bi-products of interactions between sun, water and biomass.
That does rather limit the options, though. To put it crudely: farm or fuck off :)
I'm sure there's a few coders, filmtechs, and from Matthew's link, electrical engineers who might not be too happy with that message.
I suspect there is also a point at which our ability to create tech is limited by our ability to make stuff or indeed the exposure to making stuff
Yes, true. But more true for some industries than others. Concentrating on the ones that are less capital intensive, and which require less in the way of imported heavy items, and which can be exported or licensed easily, might pay big dividends.
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Hard News: On Science, in reply to Matthew Poole,
now all that NZ gets to keep is the patent licensing revenue.
I'd argue that this is precisely the sort of business model that NZ needs to be aiming for in many situations.
We're a pair of small islands, containing very few people, sitting miles from anywhere. Tech is easily and cheaply exported. Hardware is not.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to BenWilson,
Would be delighted to meet up - drop me an e-mail. Will have to be next week, though.
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Ben, David: My wife notes that she didn't choose her path, it chose her.
I accept that not being of an artistic bent, I'm never going to fully understand it from the heart. But I try to accept that it's something she just has to do, and we've worked out our own strategies for dealing with the comprehension gap.
She took the road less travelled. I got a haircut and got a proper job.