Posts by Stephen Judd
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Russell Brown,
That's just a rumour I heard, albeit an all-too-plausible one. I would like someone to look into it though.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
+1. Should be widely circulated,
Indeed. Am spreading links around right now.
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Field Theory: Man Moments, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
I think what Moa are really aiming for are people who dream of driving an Aston Martin and wearing bespoke suits but can't actually afford it.
I think so too.
I like high end machinery and well cut clothes. But I haven't bought Moa since they first latched on to the homophobe throwback shtick and I'm not starting now.
Also, as your financial advisor, I recommend that you not buy into IPOs in companies that are still making a large loss.
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Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to Emma Hart,
One explanation I heard suggests as we grow older, the less susceptible we are to the blandishments and deceits of advertising.
Here's a thought. The impact of advertising is both weak and cumulative. By the time you have reached middle age, your brand preferences have been set by long repeated exposure and require an even greater exposure to reset and redirect . They can be changed by an extended campaign, but it's not worth it compared to snagging another young person as a lifetime consumer. The only advertising worth targeting at older people is for products and services that only they need or can use.
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Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to Tom Beard,
The fact that Roughan can write this with a straight face, on the assumption that everyone would nod and agree that this is a bad thing, is astonishing.
Indeed. Out of his own mouth.
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Legal Beagle: Kim Dotcom: Questions and Answers, in reply to nzlemming,
The thing about cockup vs conspiracy is that if there is a pattern of consistent cockup, I still want something done.
And yeah, there may be no conspiracy to achieve a dastardly aim, but there can still be collusion to hide systemic incompetence.
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Here's some food for thought: Crooked Timber's recent Open Data seminar.
I think there is a parallel to be drawn with free speech absolutism. A commitment to free speech brings costs to society as well as benefits, in hate speech and lies and calls of fire in crowded theatres. Likewise, a commitment to open data can have negative consequences too.
Journalists have to write stories that resonate with readers. Maybe the boring truth that there is little useful to be learned from National Standards numbers just isn't enough.
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It has occurred to me to wonder what would happen if all the children turned up to class and the teachers continued to teach in their schools as usual no matter what the Ministry wanted.
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I should say not only am I grateful for this article but also for the NZ Inc story. Both crystallise what is going in in this city and this country.
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Speaker: The Democracy-Free Zone, in reply to Russell Brown,
Seriously, read the comments on the Press' website whenever there's a story about Dalziel or anyone else for that matter criticising Brownless, CERA or Parker. A sizable minority of comments will slag the critic as a self-serving whinger and stress the need for unity and gratitude to the powers that be.