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Old 4th March 2015, 19:30     #39601
Golden Teapot
Love, Actuary
 
The herald was a tabloid long before they changed to that print format. If National were to halve the income tax paid by everyone and deliver twice as much the herald would lead with a headline like "tax take plummets under national".
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Old 4th March 2015, 22:42     #39602
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Superhero Bastard
 
AnCnoc 12yr is a pretty fine drop.
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Old 5th March 2015, 13:39     #39603
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
I watched the Wolfenstein Old Blood trailer just now, and it looks pretty cool. But it doesn't look HUGELY different from RTCW.

Think about the leap in graphics and gameplay from Wolfenstein 3D to RTCW. What's that - seven years? It's sixteen years since RTCW came out.

In conclusion, back in my day, get off my lawn.
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Old 5th March 2015, 13:53     #39604
StN
I have detailed files
 
..and now I have a euphonium noise honking around in my head.
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Old 5th March 2015, 17:51     #39605
MadMax
Stuff
 
but when did you actually last play rtcw? I think you'll find the graphics are not as good as you remember
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Old 6th March 2015, 07:15     #39606
Golden Teapot
Love, Actuary
 
Doesn't matter; it's the memory that counts and it's best to not look back to validate.

I had memories of how great the sound and graphics were on my C64; when I went back and checked I was left with a decidedly "what was I thinking". The same was true for my Amiga 2000.

I've had a similar experience with girls I thought were pretty in high school. Again, when looking at old photos I'm left concluding that this was only pretty relative to the population I was then aware of. One who I stalked (well, I visited her linked-in page once) would once I rated a ten became a four once I'd seen more of the diversity of the world.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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Old 6th March 2015, 08:48     #39607
pxpx
 
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=11412272

Bring on the cringefest.
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Old 6th March 2015, 12:12     #39608
Lightspeed
 
A fucking blight on our culture. Or of our culture.
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Old 6th March 2015, 13:02     #39609
StN
I have detailed files
 
Hang in there Han - Chewie and Lando can look after the Falcon.


But who will take out the Replicants?
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Old 6th March 2015, 15:31     #39610
Spoon1
Mmm... Sacrilicious
 
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...ral-Wellington

Excitement down the road from work earlier today.
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Old 6th March 2015, 20:07     #39611
crocos
 
Quote:
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...ral-Wellington

Excitement down the road from work earlier today.
Just after 1pm - Came out of Subway just as the first fire appliance was arriving but didn't think to video it for some reason.
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Old 12th March 2015, 10:38     #39612
Delphinus
 
#gigatowndunedin

Connected a customer through snap earlier in the week.

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Old 12th March 2015, 14:00     #39613
Lightspeed
 
Al Jazeera has some grim in-depth coverage of Syria at the moment. I usually can handle, but it gets a bit much.
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Old 12th March 2015, 14:15     #39614
pxpx
 
Have my stag fishing charter on Saturday

Keeping a close eye on Pam (the cyclone, not the stripper), might get a little bumpy (the ocean, not the stripper)
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Old 12th March 2015, 17:58     #39615
Ab
A mariachi ogre snorkel
 
Holy fucking shit I just watched gameplay footage of some game called "Outlast Whistleblower" and fuck me I think my eyes are bleeding. That shit makes Silent Hill look like Bob the Builder.
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Old 13th March 2015, 22:03     #39616
MadMax
Stuff
 
It's easy to identify a master at work when you're a master at something yourself.
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Old 16th March 2015, 16:48     #39617
Cyberbob
 
Anyone want a sales role at Spark Digital?
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Old 16th March 2015, 16:53     #39618
BF Jax
 
Hmm, is that related to a certain individual starting with us today Bob?
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Old 16th March 2015, 17:50     #39619
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Quote:
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It's easy to identify a master at work when you're a master at something yourself.
You mean spergs, right? Must be referring to crocos re smart watches.
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Old 16th March 2015, 19:14     #39620
Cyberbob
 
Quote:
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Hmm, is that related to a certain individual starting with us today Bob?
New role, so prolly not.
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Old 17th March 2015, 08:38     #39621
Juju
get to da choppa
 
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New role, so prolly not.
Until 3 months is up. Then they'll 'rightsize'. Then you'll be forced to become a contractor. Then they'll get rid of your managers. The a new GM will come in and want to make his mark. Then they'll ask you to reapply for a 'Obtaining and sourcing specialist' full time role.
Rinse. Repeat. Spark.
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Old 17th March 2015, 09:00     #39622
pxpx
 
Spark is a bubbling shit hole of an organisation. At least the parts I was privy to were. I'm sure that there are good areas though.
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Old 17th March 2015, 13:10     #39623
Cyberbob
 
Oh don't get me wrong, corporatized Spark is absolutely that way. Every second week is a restructure. Thankfully, I'm talking IT franchise Spark Digital, which in my view, is a much more preferable place to be.
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Old 17th March 2015, 15:22     #39624
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Hold on, did someone just admit they work for Spark?
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Old 18th March 2015, 08:36     #39625
Juju
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyberbob
Oh don't get me wrong, corporatized Spark is absolutely that way. Every second week is a restructure. Thankfully, I'm talking IT franchise Spark Digital, which in my view, is a much more preferable place to be.
My comment came from my time at Spark Digital, so in my view, it's just as much a shit hole as Spark is.
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Old 18th March 2015, 10:33     #39626
MadMax
Stuff
 
I have to say though that in my dealings with spark digital -- specifically what was managed data and geni I was always well looked after. The service was maintained proactively, the issues were always followed up on and they didn't need telling twice. They were locals so no issues struggling to understand international accents and no annoying voice delay on the phone. You could briefly tell them an issue and no elaboration was required.

Ps, reading between the lines of the above should tell you a lot about other providers, especially "hahaha yeah sure we'll call you back lol" vodafone.
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Old 19th March 2015, 19:22     #39627
Golden Teapot
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The BNZ ending their affiliation with airpoints is terminal to my relationship with them. I've flicked them already.
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Old 19th March 2015, 20:54     #39628
StN
I have detailed files
 
^ This. On the plus side I like the new see thru Westpac card I have.
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Old 19th March 2015, 23:44     #39629
MadMax
Stuff
 
Wish paywave became more widespread.

I consider the parking meters here in palmy antiquated for requiring the insertion of a CC. imagine my horror when I see towns that still have coin only machines.
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Old 20th March 2015, 16:52     #39630
crocos
 
Madmax: You are WRONG. DIAF. (disclaimer: I despise paywave)
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The BNZ ending their affiliation with airpoints...
Most BNZers I've spoken with are pretty gutted too. From my POV it's a fucktonne of extra work, so also not a fan
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Old 20th March 2015, 17:24     #39631
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Paywave is rad. What's your beef? Does it interfere with you ghey watch?
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Old 20th March 2015, 17:26     #39632
crocos
 
Quote:
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Paywave is rad. What's your beef? Does it interfere with you ghey watch?
Debit card and deliberately low-limit Credit card on same card to cut down on wallet space combined with fucktard wait staff that don't listen. Fucking annoying when they go "your card declined", yeah really dipshit?
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Old 20th March 2015, 17:50     #39633
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
You have debit and credit on the same card? Dumbshit waitstaff? None of this seems to be the fault of Pay Wave. You just can't handle its radness.
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Old 20th March 2015, 18:18     #39634
crocos
 
You are wrong and so is your face. Paywave is bad.
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Old 20th March 2015, 18:43     #39635
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
Your setup is sucks and not efficient.
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Old 20th March 2015, 18:47     #39636
verve_rat
 
Also Paywave is a play by the CC networks to kill off eftpos. Put a PIN in, pay a few cents. (If you live in the 1950s and don't have a flat fee for all electronic transactions.) Pay by paywave and that shit goes via the CC network and the merchant pays 2-5%.

End game: every one uses paywave, eftpos is dead, prices go up.
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Old 20th March 2015, 18:55     #39637
Golden Teapot
Love, Actuary
 
As I've posted before I have disabled paywave on my card by cutting through the antenna loops. They're easy to locate - just hold the card up to a bright light and then plan your cut. My card has four loops but a snip in a sensibly chosen spot gets them all with a tiny cut.
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Old 20th March 2015, 20:39     #39638
CCS
Stunt Pants
 
I'm not scared. I wrap my card in foil like that guy on the Westpac ad.
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Old 20th March 2015, 21:43     #39639
Golden Teapot
Love, Actuary
 
I've not seen an NZ TV advertisement for years. I did watch some TV adds whilst in Texas last week for want of something else to do; they were moderately interesting.
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Old 24th March 2015, 09:08     #39640
Kryten
 
I was expecting the NZ Netflix launch to be terrible, but eh, it's not too bad.

http://imgur.com/a/1QTaM#0

Keeping my Unblock-US account for a bit longer, at least.
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