Found a version of sphinx search that doesn't die all over the place. Fixed the systemd to handle failures correctly. I'll correct the queries tomorrow for various bits and add in some tags like author, and we'll see how we go with this new version. ...
Personally, I'm just waiting to get the details about exactly who was doing the accessing. As far as I can see this falls within the "dishonest purpose" of section 249 of the Crimes Act. The amount of effort required to weedle out the information from the...
... what the author actually said I will now apologise to Lprent. It...
... what the author actually said I will now apologise to Lprent. The...
Depends how it is done. If he attacked the basis of her argument rather than her, then it is fine. If he dog whistled - ie he simply started describing her as an impediment to whatever ideological foolishness he was promoting - then that is a while ...
Reiterating... Partial fix on the search engine. It now does the fast search on comments and posts correctly, but with limited selection (ie the Advanced buttons aren't remembering). The @author and other keyword searches need looking at. And the engine ...
PM: The problem isn't if there are laws to deal with it. The problem is if there are ANY laws that are effective at dealing with it. That is a whole different matter. With Matt Blomfield and Slater, the defamation case is currently in its 6th or 7th year. ...
An editor compared to an author has an ability to edit posts and comments in names other than their own. Incognito has it mostly because of their service in making sure we get Open Mike each day. It means that "notices and features" can be set as the ...
Wayne: Could I ask you if you could make a post that asks for some restraint by some of the people who are regular commenters, especially during this week. There has been a fair bit of abuse from a variety of directions about anyone who does not agreee ...
I've always been in favour of the exact opposite policy. The reasons that I've favoured this were a direct response after observing typical online behaviours all the way back in the BBS and Usenet days. Essentially we leave the comments open, encourage ...
He is going to find that moderating back to a reasonable persistent standard is a lot of hard work. From memory it took me about 3 years after the initial authors lost the 'freedom of speech" vanity and started to think that we needed moderation to squelch...
Happy to. You were being a dickhead thinking that your opinions overrode the intent of the author of the post. If you want a particular point explained from the policy, then you will have to be less of a lazy dimwit and read it first. If you do, then you ...
.... Be more careful in future.] [lprent: I can't see how any... about referring to what the author of a post has written...
Pretty hard for a court in NZ to shutdown 4chan - which would be my primary target. It is possible to shut blogs offshore, but essentially it is VERY difficult, and then they just move URLs and countries. The only viable targets would be the blogs hosted ...
Written By: lprent - Date published: 8:54 am, March 13th, 2019 - 13 comments
Categories: blogs, Media
Tags: cameron slater, Dermot Nottingham, human rights, privacy, privacy commissioner, whaleoil
A decision released yesterday by the Human Rights Review Tribunal that went against Cameron Slater is very clear. The gratuitous publication of personal details simply isn't newsworthy in any news medium. There has to actually be something newsworthy to …
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:01 am, March 13th, 2019 - 44 comments
Categories: electoral commission, Media, national, same old national, Simon Bridges, the praiseworthy and the pitiful, you couldn't make this shit up
Tags: jami-lee ross
… Slater. More on this from lprent later. So how did Bridges… explicitly excluded Mr Bridges. Both authorities issued statements saying the investigation…
Are you in favour of their recommendation to abolish the Maori seats? That is probably a question that you should address to the iwi, hapu and maori themselves. There is already a natural system for abolishing the seats. Māori simply don't have to enroll ...
I'm always amused that people think that a domain registry confers ownership. 1. Domains are effectively owned by the state, and parcelled out via the national registries. Having a domain is a rental - not a ownership right. 2. In NZ this is pretty obvious...
Yes lprent those things that pedestrians do ... safety of movement. Because the authorities could not tame the car...
... opposition can one author post in a week? [lprent: The answer to...
She tries to be 'balanced'. It is the political nature of a centre party and their politicians. But basically she doesn't know. Not exactly the most network or computer literate person or even politician based on her online presence. I think that this site...
... any way with Auckland Transport". [lprent: Umm an interesting smear 1... other organisations with which the authors are affiliated, or of the... employers of the authors. So I suspect that he...
... the mark not being an author or moderator here, but pedants... real moderators, sysops who is lprent will step up and sort... (violet snowflake identicon) ? Help - mickysavage lprent te reo putake - ....???? Mea culpa...
... synonymous with being a threat. [lprent: Generally 'Ed' (and his other... almost everyone else. Eventually a author or moderator will get tired...
... this trash to remain up. [lprent: It is an opinion. If... is wrong or ask the author to explain further why he...
Bewildred: If Genter was smart she should have set a target on road deaths per billion km travelled or like? You really are a stupid dimwit. Probably a fan of such measures. However we all know exactly how they end up. Just look at another fan of such ...
I will be restricting what is allowed on this over the weekend. However, lets see what works (preferably with something relevant to the post or OpenMike) - just add the URL with things that you think we should have on the site. If they don't have a oEmbed ...
... it had not already been. [lprent: Just saw that. Actually you... think that any of the authors could written it better in...
More like an eleven year anniversary... Yep. 11 years, 4 months, 15 days to the day of this post. And I created the site in March 2007 at the request of the then authors - so nearly twelve years.
How time flies when you're having fun! Thanks to lprent and all current authors. Anyone out there thinking of contributing, why not start by contributing a guest post or two? An (early) "happy new year" to you all...
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