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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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1193567	2011-04-11 06:05:00	"The Government is looking at a radical revamp of the eight Crown research institutes in a cost-cutting and efficiency drive. It is understood the most far-reaching option being discussed would mean the eight institutes were merged into three super-CRIs. " These it is understood will be called DSIR1, DSIR2, and DSIR3. As this is rather cumbersome, eventually it will be known as just DSIR. www.stuff.co.nz It is also rumoured that the Government may be considering merging the electrical companies into a new conglomerate to be called New Zealand Electricity Department, or, NZED :p :lol:	Terry Porritt (14)
1193568	2011-04-11 06:30:00	"The Government is looking at a radical revamp of the eight Crown research institutes in a cost-cutting and efficiency drive. It is understood the most far-reaching option being discussed would mean the eight institutes were merged into three super-CRIs. " These it is understood will be called DSIR1, DSIR2, and DSIR3. As this is rather cumbersome, eventually it will be known as just DSIR. www.stuff.co.nz It is also rumoured that the Government may be considering merging the electrical companies into a new conglomerate to be called New Zealand Electricity Department, or, NZED :p :lol: Thats good enough for one of Billy T's Monday laughs Terry.	tut (12033)
1193569	2011-04-11 07:42:00	"The Government is looking at a radical revamp of the eight Crown research institutes in a cost-cutting and efficiency drive. It is understood the most far-reaching option being discussed would mean the eight institutes were merged into three super-CRIs. " These it is understood will be called DSIR1, DSIR2, and DSIR3. As this is rather cumbersome, eventually it will be known as just DSIR. www.stuff.co.nz It is also rumoured that the Government may be considering merging the electrical companies into a new conglomerate to be called New Zealand Electricity Department, or, NZED :p :lol: It's called pendulation.:groan:	Cicero (40)
1193570	2011-04-11 08:53:00	Yep ... new innovations .... :rolleyes:	SP8's (9836)
1193571	2011-04-11 09:01:00	What will they think of next?	R2x1 (4628)
1193572	2011-04-11 09:10:00	"The Government is looking at a radical revamp of the eight Crown research institutes in a cost-cutting and efficiency drive. It is understood the most far-reaching option being discussed would mean the eight institutes were merged into three super-CRIs. " These it is understood will be called DSIR1, DSIR2, and DSIR3. As this is rather cumbersome, eventually it will be known as just DSIR. That's fine, as long as it doesn't end up like the last one did, with all the money concentrated in Head Office on Lambton Quay, where very important little men run around in suits inventing procedures to make life miserable for bench scientists doing real work. Back then, when there was a 10% budget cut, those of us outside HO had to make 15% cuts to keep the HO wallahs in their jobs in their fancy multi-storey building, with their gymnasium in the basement. When the last DSIR folded, I jumped for joy at the loss of the jobs of those horrible little men, whom we never saw again.	TideMan (4279)
1193573	2011-04-11 09:29:00	What will they think of next? How to waste more of our money with such aplomb.	Cicero (40)
1193574	2011-04-11 12:49:00	Which division will now be heading the project for producing a cheap organic substitute for seawater?	R2x1 (4628)
1193575	2011-04-11 20:21:00	Well I’d like to know what these 4400 scientists managed to produce at a cost of $480m last year. :rolleyes: I hope they weren’t contributing to “Global Warming”, sorry, “Climate Change”, sorry “Climatic Disruption”, with copious amounts of hot air.	B.M. (505)
1193576	2011-04-12 21:07:00	Apparently they don't want to merge. www.radionz.co.nz	Snorkbox (15764)
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