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  • Hebe, in reply to nzlemming,

    Yeah I s'pose the fucking fuckers think we're fucked in the head whatever.

    Christchurch • Since May 2011 • 2899 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson, in reply to Russell Brown,

    The worst part is I'm pretty sure you guys aren't even high.

    The internet, man. It's a gateway drug.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson,

    WTF? Two paths Bennet can go by? I think her shadow may already be taller than her soul.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • Ana Simkiss,

    There's still time to change the road you're on, though

    Freemans Bay • Since Nov 2006 • 141 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson, in reply to Ana Simkiss,

    Yes, particularly when there's an alarming bustling in your hedgerow.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,

    They’re not called WINZ offices now, and it was over 10 years ago when that stopped.

    Well I'll be darned, WINZ was an acronym for Work and Income New Zealand and now they just go by the moniker of Work and Income. Seems they are no longer interested in New Zealand. That makes sense now.
    ;-)
    I wonder how much it cost us to change the name to one nobody seems to use?.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Stedmund Bacon, in reply to BenWilson,

    That is the shadow of Jacinda. Usurps all souls.

    52°29'39.25" N 1°29'40.… • Since Oct 2012 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Stedmund Bacon,

    Very droll. but I predict you’ll regret registering under the identity “Stedmund Bacon”. You’ll stick around, get to like the place – and wish you didn’t have an impulse comedy name. Mark my words.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Rich of Observationz, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    It's quite unlikely that there'd be competing offices from "Work and Income Molvania" or "Work and Income Falkland Islands".

    If there were, I'd go to "Work and Income Switzerland", They get 80% of salary for the first year of unemployment. And a car.

    Back in Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 5550 posts Report Reply

  • Stedmund Bacon, in reply to Russell Brown,

    Thanks Russell
    Not too unkind
    I note that the eloquent and credible thinkers here Post nakedly.
    Let me find my feet - extract them from the Waterlands.

    52°29'39.25" N 1°29'40.… • Since Oct 2012 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Stedmund Bacon,

    Thanks Russell
    Not too unkind

    And it wasn't meant to be. If you do decide to shed that name, giz a yell and I can sort it.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • steve black, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    So do we now think MSD is an acronym for Ministry of Secure Data? If that catches on they may have to rename it. Again.

    sunny mt albert • Since Jan 2007 • 116 posts Report Reply

  • 81stcolumn, in reply to steve black,

    Funny I thought it was the Ministry of Shared Data?

    Nawthshaw • Since Nov 2006 • 790 posts Report Reply

  • Trevor Nicholls, in reply to 81stcolumn,

    Ministry of Social Data

    Wellington, NZ • Since Nov 2006 • 325 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson,

    It's a horrible acronym anyway - here's some things it already does stand for:

    Mass Storage Device
    Male Sexual Dysfunction
    Musculoskeletal Disorder
    Master Slave Determination
    Multiple Site Damage
    Minimum Safe Distance
    Mean Sac Diameter
    Marble Spleen Disease
    Moderate to Severe Disabilities
    Motor Speech Disorder
    Major System Demonstration

    and my favorite as most appropriate for the moment

    Mississippi School for the Deaf

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • Graeme Edgeler, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    I wonder how much it cost us to change the name to one nobody seems to use?

    Dunno. My recollection is that Helen Clark got rid of the WINZ moniker quite early as it was a Jenny Shipley thing that was strongly associated with her and Christine Rankin, with "They WINZ, You Lose" slogans and all.

    Wellington, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 3215 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to BenWilson,

    easily Led...

    ...particularly when there’s an alarming bustling in your hedgerow

    are we now escalating this heavenward?
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • DexterX, in reply to Emma Hart,

    You are a member of the ACT party, and I am going to have sex with you."
    "You are a member of the ACT party, but I am going to have sex with you."
    Different things.

    The Act Party, that is the party that is the one person, very much alone, looking up at the mirror on the ceiling and talking to themsleves, No??

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1224 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to DexterX,

    The Act Party, that is the party that is the one person,

    John Banks, aka the dead cat?
    Who's gonna have sex with a dead cat?
    But, flogging well that's another story...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Doyle, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    But don't be alarmed.

    Stillwater • Since Nov 2011 • 28 posts Report Reply

  • TonyC, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,

    WINZical security?

    Auckland • Since Aug 2011 • 2 posts Report Reply

  • Michalia Fairydust,

    Dear Keith,

    Thanks so much for your work on this. You're awesome. And if you are reading this comment, I implore you to go get some fresh air and get off the computer.

    Love, Michalia.

    Head of the Fish • Since Oct 2012 • 1 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    The Press's anoneditorialist weighs in with the Planet Key approach...

    Last week's warning, by one of the people originally arrested during the Urewera raids, was admittedly vague and sought payment for further information, but it was treated with a marked lack of urgency. It was only when the matter became public that the ministry was finally, far too late, stirred into action.

    I notice they omit to mention that all charges against Ira Bailey were dropped...

    but at least they are still outraged...

    The inquiries that have started have a lot of work to do - in finding how the vulnerability could have occurred in the first place and why it was not repaired sooner and, if necessary, apportioning responsibility for these failures. They must also ensure that the lackadaisical attitude towards information security is eradicated.

    and it seems the writer hasn't been keeping up on modern data storage levels

    ...access to a ministry server holding megabytes of confidential material...

    Quelle horreur!
    Megabytes!
    more than a floppy!
    or two...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Michalia Fairydust,

    I implore you to go get some fresh air and get off the computer.

    ...or at least get a negative ion generator...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Russell Brown,

    And it wasn’t meant to be. If you do decide to shed that name, giz a yell and I can sort it.

    Oh good, cause I was thinking of changing mine to Keith Ng.

    We are all Keith Ngs.

    Well, we all want to be. ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

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