Posts by Don Christie
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While I understand the concern of internet users who think that their rights to free music and free films are threatened
It is interesting that Judith Tizard understands the concerns of copyright infringers but no-one else.
Unfortunately those were not the people that were expressing their concern. It was businesses, artists, writers, copyright holders as much as anyone else.
Judith, stop trying to misrepresent people to further your own lost cause. You are not that stupid so one can only assume you are being deliberately misleading.
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First, on a personal, your mileage may vary note, it seems to me that people generally buy the audio version of a book or the text version, rather than both
That's an interesting point. I am thinking about setting up a voice recognition service that writes out audio books into text. Any takers?
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I've noted my concern over the strained interpretation in comments
Not just us, but RIANZ and APRA who believe it is ridiculous to have to go to court and refuse even to submit evidence of a quality that would stand up in court.
What this draft gives us is “innocence by denial”
Er, no. That is a 'strained interpretation'. It allows the accused to challenge the allegation. I struggle to understand why that is a problem.
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FU Donald Rumsfeld. Your legacy is 'assured'.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/27/obama-iraq-war-end-august-2010
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Sasha, dunno :-)
Here's something interesting though:
http://www.realhelpnow.gov.uk/
and some background
http://andrewlewin.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/innovation-v-transformation/
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Taxpayers are being asked to take on some of the risk, in exchange for businesses not laying workers off right away. The Act party and the dryer Nats must be spitting.
I am *not* against the spending of tax payers' money. Just not on such an unproven idea. I am happy for it to be easier to have 4 day weeks if that is what an employee wants, but I would rather our dollars were spent in other, more productive ways.
If there was absolute proof that 4 day weeks worked well, reduced unemployment then I would reconsider. I haven't seen anything that suggests it does.
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4 Day weeks....(no discussion allowed on your last post, Keith)
Of course, if the alternative is that the business goes bust, leaving them and their workmates jobless, then maybe this is the less shitty of two evils.
Maybe. France has tried the 4 day week idea. Can't say it has been stunningly successful. They haven't had unemployment down below 7.5% for at least a generation.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/Unemployment-rate.aspx?Symbol=FRF
I do think if an individual employee wants to work 4 days they should be able to, maybe making that option easier is worthwhile.
But subsidising 4 day weeks, gah, where will it end?
Not fucking up the economy with hardline monetarist policy (i.e. bowing to Dr. Brash and friends) seems like a much better thing to talk about.
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I think it has become generally accepted that OT information can be placed in Hadyn's threads.
Hot off the presses - Kim Hill talks to an old PA punter tomorrow:
10:05 Playing Favourites with David Haywood
Christchurch writer and former research scientist. His book, My First Stabbing, collects some of his blogs from PublicAddress. -
Heh, I'm at an education conference. I just love my last sentence (requoted by Giovanni).