Posts by Ian Dalziel

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  • Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Lilith __,

    Midnight in the Zen Garden...

    But better, perhaps, than a drop in a bucket.

    something to read before
    the long drop into sleep?:
    I've Been Tinkling
    by Wretched Pebbles

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Three months after,

    steaming down the Sewers...

    Wow, those islands of green
    look pretty small, don’t they.

    How come I'm in the pink
    yet they're shitting pretty?

    3 cheers for the loan arrangers...

    A lot of people are missing the
    public libraries really badly.

    Having Shirley Library back open is
    fabulous, walking distance, with
    no mall distractions, excellent.
    - though petrol, post and banking
    would be useful...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to BenWilson,

    ....and averted by a microswitch
    shorting in a pay-toilet unit
    near Aotea Square –
    taking out the network !
    Waddya think of
    those apples, HAL?.
    ....
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    ...maybe even a Deloitte Award.

    I can't find Deloitte Entertainment category...
    {: - )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,

    Sine of the Times?

    No, because a fat bloke in wellies (NZ’s concept of a plant controller) is immune to worms and viruses of that kind.

    - WELLYWORM?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…,

    SAP is the anti-PAS...

    ...the trouble with SAP is that it’s not just a big accounting package. It was originally a huge Plant Maintenance product, with the Financials as part of that.

    ...has the Stuxnet worm been found in NZ yet?

    ...any Siemens controllers in our infrastructure?

    I found it a tad disquieting that Stuxnet had surfaced in Japan as long ago as October last year - more on that and possible implications for the earthquake/tsunami-compromised Nuclear reactors - here

    Will the last person to leave New Zealand
    turn Deloitte off

    But, this is what Deloitte do. They sell unnecessary SAP upgrades and deployments instead of encouraging reuse.

    I note that Mike Foley (Head of Information Services, Auckland Council) was headhunted by Deloitte to set up and run its customer relationship management practice in 2001 (till 2003).
    He is reported to subscribe to the "Plan for the worst, deliver the best" scenario - This skill set provides Foley an edge when dealing with a major part of his role as Watercare CIO — strategising for a disaster. Here's hoping he'll carry that over into the new job.... problem solved folks!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Someone has to be accountable…,

    Why does it have to be new?

    always room for the
    DOS-enchanted and
    broken dataed...

    ...and as long as everyone
    keeps up with the paperwork
    what could possibly
    go wrong?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Three months after, in reply to Islander,

    @ Islander
    Just popping my head in to see
    if you got the poster proof?
    I look forward to hearing back
    I'm running out of week...

    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Friday Fever,

    That’s odd – I bought it on kindle for Mac.
    No issues.

    once upon a time...
    you could've just
    loaned him your copy...
    :- )


    hmmm...
    ...what to do with the
    empty shelf space in
    the library, now that
    everything is digitised?
    - a vinyl solution...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Southerly: That CERA Rumour, in reply to Kyle Matthews,

    More Brinkermanship...*
    One Rink to Bind Them!**

    Rink is, as you all know, merely a
    contraction of that most fearful
    of interest-bearing compounds -
    Red Ink - which freezes anything
    o'er which it spreads or seeps...
    Don't take my word for it, the
    Gummint has been skating on it for years!

    *many Hans make light work...

    **the as yet unwritten LOTR sequel
    in which Christchurchshire is itself
    cast into the pit of More Ordure...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

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