Posts by Ross Mason

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  • Speaker: TPP: This is a fight worth joining,

    So John Key is saying the opposite now from 2003. What is he going to do when he is no longer PM? Do a Helen Clark? Unlikely. But there are surely openings for gamblers like inside the WTO or the World Bank.Oh..and Tim Groser has been in the running for some seats as well recently. Now who would be voting for those positions?

    Looking after citizens? Nope.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Southerly: Sunstroke in Scotland, in reply to Carol Stewart,

    the grave robbers Burke and Hare

    I heard they emigrated to NZ and got to rename the shore to the north of Auckland Birkenhead. Hare had gone bald by this time.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Southerly: Sunstroke in Scotland,

    Scotland’s capital, I decided, was rather like those mousy librarians in the movies. My previous assessments had never looked beyond her hair-bun and spectacles. Under blue sky and sunshine, the city unexpectedly shed its glasses, unleashed a cascade of glamorous movie-star hair, and gave a slow, come-hither smile.

    Was Jennifer a librarian then…..

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Crazy Gang Nation, in reply to BenWilson,

    Well, they did also win another election after that.

    Yes. And I don't think i was the only one conned into thinking that the damage had been done over the first 3 years and they couldn't possibly do that again and so they were going to spend the "savings" on a decent social programme.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another Saturday Night,

    Jesus. Waiuku in a distressed state was a joke.

    Ben:

    I noticed there were no reports of injuries from overly hot pies, so they’re making some progress :-)

    IF I recall correctly, it wasn’t a “report of an injury”, it was a community cops suggestion to watch out for the hot pie.

    “Safer Communities Together”

    Heh. | And here is Dr Paul giving the cop his 15 minutes on Breakfast. ]]

    Thermonucular. Sigh. Plice. Sigh.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another Saturday Night,

    Report of a female wandering in Waiuku in a distressed state."

    I thought Waiuku was in New Zealand?

    Syria is a distressed state.

    Odd really. The new digital Police Radios prevented us from listening in to the scanners. The Police demanded them. Now they are “broadcasting” again.

    Noticed in article photo of man about to bang open a door dressed in black but not wearing a helmet.

    Chief Constable Peter Fahy authorised the world-first ahead of next week’s Government spending cuts that could see him forced to cut 3,100 of his 14,000 staff.

    Oh dear….is there anything coming in this for NZ??

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • Hard News: nz.general: a speech, in reply to Russell Brown,

    “2,258 items”.

    Busy lad???

    But look at his posting numbers here: 16783 !!!! Times are a changing.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Legal Context,

    From the wiki link:

    In the same year the High Court also clarified that Norwich Pharmacal orders should not be granted for "fishing expeditions". In Arab Satellite Communications Organisation v Saad Fagih & Anr [2008] Middle Eastern inter-governmental organisations applied for an order against a Saudi dissident for the identification of individuals that "may have been involved" in the broadcast of political material. The High Court refused to grant an order which would compel a third party to make a judgement about who "may have" done something, and ruled that "Norwich Pharmacal does not give claimants a general licence to fish for information that will do not more than potentially assist them to identify a claim or a defendant".[17]

    Does this mean that this could be the reason Kim Dotcom has't been served with one of these to find those "culprits" who might have used Mega to "hide" their music???

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Legal Context,

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

  • OnPoint: Legal Context, in reply to Stephen R,

    I’ve occasionally forgotten the passphrase to a key that’s merely days old. I guess it’s less plausible in that case, though still (obviously) it has happened to me.

    Oh you mean like writing the password down on a piece of paper and swallowing it.

    I presume that means you are safe as it is not at rest, rather, it is in motion....

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report

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