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Thread ID: 117275	2011-04-11 06:05:00	A New DSIR ?	Terry Porritt (14)	PC World Chat

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1193577	2011-04-12 23:54:00	I wonder if we contributed to THIS (www.stuff.co.nz) earth shattering discovery? :rolleyes: What steps should we take? Mind you, there probably isn't much we can do, given it happened 3.8 Billion Light Years away. :eek: Hmmmm, I suppose we could wander on over, but I guess we'd need to take a cut lunch. ;)	B.M. (505)
1193578	2011-04-13 01:27:00	Really do we need a DSIR? the answer has been found to be 42. Do we need DSIR scientists like Beaker on the Muppets to tell us otherwise?	prefect (6291)
1193579	2011-04-13 01:29:00	My dad worked for the DSIR in Mt Albert when it was still a DSIR. He said when he first got shown round (there or Nelson where it started off at??not sure) they showed him the storage warehouse. Stuffed full of expensive specialised equipment. When he asked, he was told it was stuff various scientist had ordered but then they either left or moved or went onto some other research and didn't need it. So there it sat, if someone else wanted one later - a new one was bought. Sounds like typical govt money wastage and inefficiency.	pctek (84)
1193580	2011-04-13 02:56:00	Wasn't it that snotty little Tory twerp Simon Uphimself in a Jenny Shipley cabinet that split the DSIR up in the first place? Or was it in the days of Spud? I wonder what the rationale was then? Probably competition, money saving, and efficiency. What is the justification for the Latter Day Tories sticking it all back together again? Probably just money saving.	John H (8)
1193581	2011-04-13 04:52:00	Wasn't it that snotty little Tory twerp Simon Uphimself in a Jenny Shipley cabinet that split the DSIR up in the first place? Or was it in the days of Spud? I wonder what the rationale was then? Probably competition, money saving, and efficiency. What is the justification for the Latter Day Tories sticking it all back together again? Probably just money saving. Yes, it was Simon Upstart, he was made minister of science and technology I think because they thought well, at least he can't do much harm in that job, after being bailed out several times by big daddy Birch.	Terry Porritt (14)
1193582	2011-04-13 05:27:00	Minister of Science and Technology. Well, well. Maybe he got the job because he had a MLitt from Oxford, and therefore should understand the research method.	John H (8)
1193583	2011-04-13 10:02:00	Yes, it was Simon Upstart, he was made minister of science and technology I think because they thought well, at least he can't do much harm in that job, after being bailed out several times by big daddy Birch. Yes, but let's face it, back in 1992, DSIR was a dysfunctional organisation, drowning in red tape, with a bunch of grey-suited civil servants running it who didn't know **** from clay. I remember being asked a question at a public meeting as an expert in the subject. I responded and my response was published in the newspaper. Next thing I was hauled before these Head Office bastards and asked to explain why I had spoken in public without seeking prior permission. I was officially reprimanded and a note was put on my personal file. Then, to keep their records in order, they gave me "retrospective provisional approval" to speak in public. At least Simon knocked this sort of bullshit on the head.	TideMan (4279)
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