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| Thread ID: 66978 | 2006-03-13 08:46:00 | NZ broadband: Paying more for less, says report | legod (4626) | PC World Chat |
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| 437802 | 2006-03-13 20:01:00 | The reason the computer mags don't touch it every episode could be as follows: 1 - believe it or not, there are more things out in the I.T world than just NZ's crap broadband service. 2 - subscribers don't want to be reading the same crap every month 3 - we get to hear enough about it in here .. any more would be overkill As far as I know, ninja is not 80 years old, he does work in the telecommunications industry (but not for Telecom as far as I know). Granted we do have a crappy service here in NZ... but must we keep hearing about it every f&^%ing day? Its like listening to a whinging baby If you don't like it, do something. If you just want to sit back and whine, then ... 'quiet in the cheap seats please' |
Myth (110) | ||
| 437803 | 2006-03-13 21:37:00 | To Digby I just can't understand why age should come to it. An 80 year old quite possibly is making better use of high speed internet than some spotty teenager |
bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 437804 | 2006-03-14 04:37:00 | legod: Most commercial sites have a very strong objection to people copying their stories . For example, see what the NBR (www . nbr . co . nz/copyright/copyright . asp) says about it . Copyright infringement can be expensive . The worse practice, copying most or all of an article, without either permission or acknowledgement of the sourse is called plagiarism . If you think something is good; post a link to it . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 437805 | 2006-03-14 04:44:00 | This thread wasn't plagiarism because the origional was linked rather than the poster claiming it as their own. I suppose it could be copyright infringement though. | Greven (91) | ||
| 437806 | 2006-03-14 04:58:00 | Eh? What are you talking about, Greven? It is copyright infringement . I just mentioned plagiarism as a "worse practice", which is something else to be avoided . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 437807 | 2006-03-14 05:22:00 | legod: Most commercial sites have a very strong objection to people copying their stories . For example, see what the NBR (www . nbr . co . nz/copyright/copyright . asp) says about it . Copyright infringement can be expensive . The worse practice, copying most or all of an article, without either permission or acknowledgement of the sourse is called plagiarism . If you think something is good; post a link to it . I did post a link . People quote whole articles all the time without any raising of eyebrows . If I could go back and edit it I would, but I can't . Hey I wasn't arguing with the rights and wrongs of copyright . If you feel that strongly about it, notify a moderator and get it altered . Since the content is now being quoted on a pcworld . co . nz website . I'm sure they will remove the offending article if they think it's a problem . |
legod (4626) | ||
| 437808 | 2006-03-14 05:41:00 | Granted we do have a crappy service here in NZ... but must we keep hearing about it every f&^%ing day? Its like listening to a whinging baby If you don't like it, do something. If you just want to sit back and whine, then ... 'quiet in the cheap seats please' You know you are able to pick and choose which stories/threads you read so you are not forced to read this stuff if you don't want to. The Herald are really hammering this story at the moment, and I expect it will be like this at least until the middle of the year when Cunliffe concludes his review. Would you prefer apathy, and people to switch off and not care? If that happens, broadband will definitely go nowhere. The only way people become informed about such matters is through the press and discussion. This post was never intended to stimulate an unproductive whining discussion. It was intended to inform. Informed people can make decisions - and many people have made the decision to stand up, write letters to govt, form petitions etc etc to stimulate change in the NZ broadband environment. As far as I know, the govt is far off making any sort of decision about what they will do. The more informed people that feel strongly enough to put pressure on them, the better. And if the govt do nothing, they would be far less likely to get away with it this time round. But if we become apathetic, turn a blind eye or remain ignorant, then nothing will change and the moaning will continue for years to come. |
legod (4626) | ||
| 437809 | 2006-03-14 05:59:00 | You know you are able to pick and choose which stories/threads you read so you are not forced to read this stuff if you don't want to. The Herald are really hammering this story at the moment, and I expect it will be like this at least until the middle of the year when Cunliffe concludes his review. Would you prefer apathy, and people to switch off and not care? If that happens, broadband will definitely go nowhere. The only way people become informed about such matters is through the press and discussion. This post was never intended to stimulate an unproductive whining discussion. It was intended to inform. Informed people can make decisions - and many people have made the decision to stand up, write letters to govt, form petitions etc etc to stimulate change in the NZ broadband environment. As far as I know, the govt is far off making any sort of decision about what they will do. The more informed people that feel strongly enough to put pressure on them, the better. And if the govt do nothing, they would be far less likely to get away with it this time round. But if we become apathetic, turn a blind eye or remain ignorant, then nothing will change and the moaning will continue for years to come.Who is being apathetic? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 437810 | 2006-03-14 06:05:00 | Who is being apathetic? Nobody, I hope. |
legod (4626) | ||
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