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21st June 2011, 08:58 | #162 |
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not sure if srs
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21st June 2011, 09:22 | #163 |
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I think he's trying sit-down comedy. Like the rest of his posts it doesn't work because it's stupid.
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21st June 2011, 09:29 | #164 | |
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Next you should start arguing with lightspeed about what is or isn't god by your definition versus his based on your experiences being the only one true definition. Its about as useful.
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21st June 2011, 19:46 | #165 | |
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The phraseology for this situation is to observe that the SME lacks the necessary commercial acumen to make a decision. Typically this problem is dealt with by restricting the types of decisions the SME is allowed to make. Their moderated opinions are of course taken into account by others who make big decisions. It's now clear that you simply don't understand, likely don't want to understand, and almost certainly are not able to understand. If this discussion were to continue you'd keep repeating your view that nothing is secure. And, I'd be forced to continue to try to help you understand that this doesn't actually matter. But the discussion won't continue unless another takes up the gauntlet because I'm now convinced that you need help well beyond the level I am prepared to tender. Last edited by Golden Teapot : 21st June 2011 at 19:47. |
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22nd June 2011, 08:57 | #166 |
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Yup you're a manager talking out his ass, shock horror you "know it all".
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2nd August 2011, 21:10 | #167 |
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They JUST. WON'T. LEARN. |
2nd August 2011, 21:17 | #168 |
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Stu's a man who speaks his mind!
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2nd August 2011, 21:27 | #169 |
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Stu's a man who comes off sounding like a child having a sulk.
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3rd August 2011, 11:37 | #170 |
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He can afford to be smug when the opposition leader is so useless.
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9th August 2011, 18:33 | #171 |
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LOL I just got banned from the Labour site for critiquing Labour MP Grant Robertson's claim that NZ is one of the only developed nations in the world without a CGT.
BANOWNED and DELETOWNED Guess all discussion is getting sanitised for the election campaign. Well, if they have one I mean. |
9th August 2011, 18:41 | #172 |
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What, they've blocked your IP? Or you need an account to post there? Tell me what you posted and I'll post it there for you. We'll see if it gets deleted again.
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9th August 2011, 19:00 | #173 |
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They're running Wordpress, so it'll be an IP ban. Don't really care - if a political party doesn't tolerate examination of its politics, I'm wasting my time being there.
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9th August 2011, 19:16 | #174 |
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Ab the nasty troll?
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9th August 2011, 19:18 | #175 |
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Oh is this the same Labour that accuses the SIS head of lying?
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11th August 2011, 13:11 | #176 | |
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It's the Labour party whose spokesperson on telecommunications today proclaimed on the Labour website that
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I would tell Curran she's clueless, but I'm banned. Presumably because I'm the sort of guy who points out cluelessness. |
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11th August 2011, 14:26 | #177 |
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Tell Claire to block everything from 127.0.0.1, am sure that will solve the issue.
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11th August 2011, 14:39 | #178 | |
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11th August 2011, 15:22 | #179 |
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I pointed out that Labour MPs saying "Switzerland and Turkey are the only places without CGT" was incorrect and/or deliberately misleading, as Hong Kong and Singapore don't have CGTs at all, and many other countries that DO have CGTs have exemptions and loopholes so broad that CGT is rarely ever incurred.
The "only Switzerland and Turkey" trope has been posted on the Labour site more than once, and I called them on repeatedly using it when it's been pointed out by more than one person (incl me) that it's not true. Deleted, banned, etc. |
12th August 2011, 15:48 | #180 |
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Wierd, sounds pretty similar to what Cactus Kate posted and she's still there.. The benefits of having slept with Mallard i guess
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12th August 2011, 16:10 | #181 | |
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13th August 2011, 15:45 | #182 | |
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13th August 2011, 15:59 | #183 |
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Aren't they saying the only OECD countries w/o CGT are NZ, Switzerland and Turkey? That's is technically true, Hong Kong and Singapore aren't in OECD.
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23rd August 2011, 16:40 | #185 |
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/poli...og-controversy
Your mate is at it again Ab. Winning friends and stuff. |
23rd August 2011, 16:54 | #186 |
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Haha, this is hilarious! In fact, this is the whole reason that National doesn't have a similar blogging setup. It would be very damaging to National if people learned the honest opinions of its members!
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23rd August 2011, 17:14 | #187 |
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Shutting down a clown like Williamson for this long, has impressed the hell out of me.
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4th September 2011, 14:41 | #188 | |
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4th September 2011, 16:44 | #189 |
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Glad that Clare Curran is concerned about the important issues. Glad also that she understands things like audio compression.
I can say with authority that broadcasters have a limit on how loud they will transmit audio and won't let anything go higher than that - ads included. There is equipment in place to make sure that it can't happen. But people like Clare Curran will watch something like... oh, I don't know, Schindler's List for example - something quiet and contemplative - and when the ad break starts and an ad for Bond and Bond comes on, she spills her tea. Well, fuck her. Simon, enjoying your twitter exchange with that clueless bint.
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4th September 2011, 16:46 | #190 |
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whoops, did I say all that out loud?
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4th September 2011, 18:03 | #191 | |
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4th September 2011, 19:25 | #192 |
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In the US there is a the CALM act that requires broadcasting companies to put equipment in place to make sure the ads are at the same level as the program they accompany. It's probably one of the most popular laws signed by Obama.
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4th September 2011, 19:43 | #193 |
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The same level? By what measure?
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4th September 2011, 20:00 | #194 |
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With the powers of technology, that's how!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerc...Mitigation_Act "The CALM Act [...] requires broadcast and cable television stations to adopt industry technology that ensures that commercials aren't louder than regular programming."
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I was quoting from memory but this old Ars article has some details.
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4th September 2011, 20:09 | #196 |
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Then the McDonalds jingle comes on and its waveform has been compressed into a solid wall which is at no point any louder than the peak of the combined car-crash-nuclear-detonation-asteroid-impact in the Michael Bay flick it is interrupting.
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4th September 2011, 20:23 | #197 |
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Right, but there's still the generally experienced phenomena of such sounds being louder.
If there's tech out there that can demonstrably reduce the experience of this phenomena of "loudness", then I'm all for legislating its mandatory use. Well, I would be if I watched TV anymore.
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4th September 2011, 20:37 | #198 |
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IIRC Dolby released some home stereo gear a while back that jiggled compression and EQ on the fly depending on how loud you were playing it. That's pretty cool.
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4th September 2011, 23:54 | #199 | |
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The Australians have an similarly vague code of practice known as Operational Practice 48. Again, it doesn't mandate any technical requirement to meet a specific standard, just a vague directive that "Commercials must not be excessively noisy or strident." The Australian Screen Sound Guild explains better than I can why OP48 is not very useful. Curran talks about some international standard that she believes is being ignored but as neither CALM Act nor OP48 are international standards, that can't be what she's referring to. This whole idea of Curran's is nothing more than a sop to voters who don't have any important issues they care about. Vote Curran and Labour will save you from pesky commercials that make you spill your tea!
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I don't really care that much (Labour LOL) but this might be a good place to start:
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