Posts by Ross Mason
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WHAT? Sold out the first edition when this is the frist time we have seen it? Humbug! But but but...my superannuation fund....selling first editions....
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Sounds otterly delightful.
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gotta say Ryall on the telly tonight, made me rather angry (chatting with an interviewer in a matching suit)
Speaking of suits. From a SCIBLOG blog about the “Re-setting science and innovation (in NZ) for the next 20 years”
The second talk that stood out for me was Sciblogs very own Dr Shaun Hendy who presented some of the ideas he has been sharing at Measure of Science. It struck me that amid all of the rhetoric about what New Zealand needs to do to raise it productivity, Shaun is one of the few who is actually applying science and try and analyse how we measure up to other countries and what the key differences and similarities are. I also appreciated Shaun’s self effacing sense of humour by apologising for not wearing a suit in a room full of suits.
Apparently, speakers had been having trouble with the projector throwing a tantrum and a jeaned and tee shirted geek would arrive on the stage to help the stricken speaker. Shaun was the "stand out" participant in that he seems to have been the only one who wore Js and Ts. He was up on the stage at the podium ready to give his talk when the Chairman asked if anyone had seen Shaun Hendy? Shaun then introduced himself to the Chair accompanied by a smattering of guffaws. Half way through his talk the projector hiccupped and Shaun told the Chair that he knows about these things and could fix it 'cos he was dressed just like the computer technician.
Another good example of clothing imposing "norms" that may not be the right ones.
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I was thinking that some postings were about people who thought that anyone who looks after kids should be at work and the kids put in child care. After all wasn't that the reason they were set up? So that parents could become "real" taxpayers?
But I think the point is, it does not matter who is home looking after the kids, on a benefit, single, partner in work or whatever. The fact that they choose to look after their kids should be honoured to the full and supported to the hilt. As has has been said already, value the kids, value the rearing.
"Until they soar"...maybe he was talking of young adults. But at least sort out the fledgling part of growing up. It makes soaring a shit load easier. And cheaper for society in the long run.
And, until teaching (hopefully) again becomes the profession that society respects and full encourages we will continue to reap what we sow.
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The State in my opinion should build an altar to people like you who care for other people. Because, at the end of the day, you matter more than you will ever know.
So...we are doing the right thing by having child care centres so that parents (both...?) can go out to work and be acceptable contributors to society.
Wouldn't it be better to spend the money on meaningful support for parents who decide to take parental leave (and maternity leave - usually unpaid if I recall but your job is secure!!! Yeah R.) so that the kids get a parental start to life?
Gosh. Take a bit of the stress off the familly wouldn't it.
Definition:
Parent: Right Hand of god. Angel.
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Anyone who's name includes "Hussein", is black (and not even REAL American dinkum "black") is on a hiding to nothing. No amount of Democrat voting is going to overcome rabid right wing religious rantings of woe if you try and vote the party of this 'enemy' back into power.
As an exercise in futility this past weekend, I irrregularly checked out FOX NOOs. Woe woe woe. Nothing but Democratic Woe. And they have been at it for weeks. And it is all skin deep, shallow and lacking in any form of analysis.
What scares the living shit out of me is that people listen to it.
Maybe John Stewart is right about the place needing a sanity injection. The country is not run by "we the people" it is run by Washington marketing witches and technocrats who are paid to wheel and deal in fear.
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After going to the other side of the world in August for two weeks in Zagreb and as we drove from the airport I saw a poster for Leonard peforming there on Sunday 29th (I think), I cheered....until I realised we were flying out in the morning of the concert. AAGGGGHHHH.
But....I have tickets for Monday in Wgtn. YEEEEAAAAAA!
...................I have waited a long time.
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@Andre
The bill does not say that the games must be associated with the (or any) "Film" at all.
If you read it it just says "video games". Period. Therefore in my simple brain it does NOT exclude Sidhe and their ilk who solely develop "video games". And it includes a definition of video as well that has to include any "moving picture" whether it is compiled or not.
It is obvious that WETA got the ear of the govt to include it in the bill 'cos they are into designing and buildling "games" associated with films.
It is an inclusion into the bill of something that was certainly not in the intent of the legislation.
I suggest that it is a first step to....who knows where.
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But what about the game industry like Sihde?????
But what shits me is that there was absolutely no mention of games at all in any converstaion over the last 5 weeks.
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WTF
So. The first extra piece is added to the clusterfuck.
The hobbit bills covers "game production"
“film production means the production of a film or video
gameBill here