Posts by Riddley Walker
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i have to agree with the 81st on this one. having lay readers examine journal article is great, but assuming the inferences can be made reasonable sense of, there still remains the issue of primary data appraisal.
without some understanding of methodology (and it doesn't have to be that advanced), invalid or contestable data goes unnoticed. and once you've got data you want to make a point, albeit falacious, well the sky's the limit isn't it? worse still, dubious data can then be employed to make wonderfully 'clear' findings that any lay reader can 'understand' and act on. this technique is pretty common, especially with those who are pushing spurious arguments in the first place. Maxim comes to mind (i hope that's not being too mean).
one of the best authors i know of on the issues of science reporting is Daniel Yankelovich - well worth a google.
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this is a great site for those interested, it is an archive of all the RFCs from day 1 of the NWG's initial inception of ARPAnet, to NSFnet right through to the internet.
it's like watching the bible getting written by committee from the first page... only perhaps a bit more democratic? -
actually, having read the research it may be the result of using palm oil
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boy, it looks like the 1995 Domestic Violence Act , bought in by National is political correctness gone mad!
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81st, have you considered microdermabrasion? i think your complexion might really respond to it. palm oil might be good too
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an immediate lobotomy to change her bias [to National]
now i get it, so that how you get to see things from National's viewpoint. i always figured it must have required some kind of neuropathology.
why are Labour MPs being whipped into line over this
well gee rossoron, maybe because it's not a conscience vote? shame the Opposition are still so divided some of them are voting with the Government on s59, but then i guess you'd see that as 'democracy in action'. and i guess you're right; National's last 3 failed leaders being discarded by voters is democracy in action too. i do like the thrashing of the term 'whipped' though - very subtle, very clever, very psychomological and all.
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HMS Collins is a bully and a fool. anyone hear her get eviscerated on National radio this afternoon. it was great. actually even funnier was hearing Jim Mora stutter and splutter when he realised his 'Panel', usually stacked with redneck rightwing populists to voice the opinions he holds but dare not say, turned out to actually be intelligent humanists. you haven't heard a presenter rush to (unsuccssfully) try and rearrange their intended line and script so hilariously since Linda Clarke.
Do we all know that dear Judith Collins, champion of that Sri Lankan girl Takshila that was deported with much mock caring and outrage,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0402/S00361.htm
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0402/S00354.htm (for example)...was actually the business partner of the lawyer Carol Curtis that represented her? funny, but it seems that was never an issue raised.
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and actually, continuing the circle jerk theme, thanks sonic for taking the pain and baiting the fascisti, that kiwiblog Fight for the Right to Beat Your Kids March thread was really deeply funny and heartening in an otherwise unfunny and disheartening climate.
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jebus merc, i've just had a look thinking i'd better not look while at work, and it's much, much worse than i thought.
i second your 3 cheers to RB, on behalf of all the Tuttles and Buttles. -
yeah, i guess she should be out there working in the community like Collins. i mean to say, fancy a Commissioner for Children being a spokesperson for children at a time like this, the outrage of it and all.