Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Also, Shapeshifter featuring Lydon! When? I must find a record shop!
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If the vitamins were demonstrably neccesary or effective, your doctor would prescribe them and Pharmac would fund them.
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Does anyone think that "brickley paiste" and "p forrester jarvie" are the same entity, or different versions of similar botcode?
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Veitch's lawyer should have (and maybe did) advise him that the documentation might be released.
If he'd denied the allegations and let them go to trial, he'd have had a chance to refute them in front of a jury, wouldn't he?
It strikes me that the prosecution were pretty lenient in letting allegations of that level of seriousness be plea-bargained away.
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Would anyone really risk a download from a site that didn't know that software is both a singular *and* plural noun and does not take an 's'?
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Stranger than truth department:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/2427148/Doctor-uses-home-drill-to-save-boys-lifeAlso, on the drill front: I, like most people, have a 10mm chuck on my Ryobi. If I can't find a 13mm reduced shank, is a spade bit acceptable for treppanning, or would I be better with a hole cutter?
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Also, the whole splitting stories over two pages is just to ploy to juke the page impression stats for the advertisers, right?
I reckon so. Don't quite see how they buy it. But then, does anyone really read banner ads and buy the wonderful things advertised...
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A few tweaks and it'll be just the thing for maths homework. It needs to show working and have the ability to parse narrative problems.
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There's a lot that's ugly about modern commercial sport:
- the way a sporting contest becomes an excuse to whip up xenophobia; with the related attitude of a lot of commentators that the rest of the rugby world (for instance) ought really to play at about the level of Italy, such that NZ could guarantee a win every time.
- the co-option of genuine community spirit to a commercial enterprise. Why do the teams have those twee names now? It's mostly so the promoters have the option to transplant the side off to Los Angeles with the brand intact, should that ever look like a smart financial move.
- the whole hype machine that aims to get us all frothed up about a forthcoming event so we'll buy sponsor products and satellite telly subscriptions.
In some places now, fans are starting to get sufficiently pissed off with this that they're forming they're own clubs, like AFC Wimbledon who, while they might not field the best players in the world, are at least a genuine community team.
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If you're a Catholic, and you already have a civil marriage (which the church doesn't recognise) can you marry another Catholic as well?