Genesis 1:28 That God gave to man a dominion over the inferior creatures, over fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air…

It read instead:

Genesisi 1:28 That God gave to man a guardianship over all creatures, over fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air…

Not to mention guardianship over the air as well.

Why is anyone a pedant for maintaining – correctly – that the end of the decade was not to day, but still a year away?

It’s pronounced WESTKIT.

Why is it that if anyone is correct about something they get called a pedant?

What is it about the New Zealand psyche that everybody has to be pulled down to the same level?

The midnight 10 years ago did not signify the end of a decade / century / millennium and the beginning of new ones.

Those happened a year later on the midnight of 2000 / 2001.

Happy new year, but the happy new decade will have to wait a year.

* Amanda O’Brien
* From: The Australian
* December 31, 2009 12:00AM

THE days of scraping car rego stickers off windows are over in Western Australia, which tomorrow becomes the first state to abolish them.

Cutting-edge technology being used by West Australian police has made the stickers redundant, saving millions of dollars.

Police superintendent Lance Martin said hand-held computers were now providing officers with instant advice on registration expiries — as well as an extraordinary amount of other data — simply by tapping in a request.

A car’s owner, previous owners, registration status, even the engine number, were all available within seconds to officers on the beat.

“We can also do detailed searches on people, we can access the criminal records of every person in Australia, we can bring up their mugshots,” he said.

“I can even have an officer carrying one of these hand-held devices in the middle of Broome (1660km from Perth) and pull up an electronic mapping system to track where that officer is in real time, accurate to about five metres. It’s amazing.”

Western Australia is the only state with the hand-held TADIS-lite computers, which have revolutionised life for officers on foot patrol, horseback, pushbikes and motorbikes.

They were rolled out over the past few months.

Superintendent Martin said the expanded access to computers was “the tipping point” for getting rid of car stickers and motorbike tags. Previously, if police spotted an expired registration tag, they had to radio through to base and then wait for someone to run the registration on the land-based computer system.

“It was a very time-consuming approach,” he said.

“Today they just type in a registration number (from their hand-held computer) and within seconds they’ll have all of the information associated with that vehicle.”

The innovation had made the visible stickers irrelevant.

The West Australian technology is fast becoming the envy of forces across the nation, many of whom have sent delegations to Perth to examine it.

It began with larger TADIS computers fitted to police cars, reportedly the most advanced in Australia, and progressed this year to the unique hand-held version.

“Other states are particularly interested in the hand-held units,” Superintendent Martin said.

“This is far bigger than the registration stickers.

“Just in the metropolitan area now with our mobile data devises, we can do over six million enquiries a year. It’s massive.”

The West Australian Department of Transport, which administers vehicle registrations, confirmed it also had been approached by other states about the decision to phase out registration tags.

To ensure drivers were comfortable with the change, they can now phone a hotline or check online to clarify the status of their registration.

Note down these names, they are the members of the Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee, John “Smiling Assassin” Key (Chair), “Karori” Bill English, Gerry “Salad Dodger” Brownlee, Simon “FIGJAM” Power, Tony “Wardrobe” Ryall, Anne “Closer” Tolley, Christopher “Tinkerbell” Finlayson, David “Brown Envelope” Carter, Murray “Charlie Wilson” McCully, Hon Georgina te Heuheu “Grub”, Pansy “Ting Tong” Wong, “Private” Heather Roy, “Aunty” Tariana Turia, Peter “Rothmans” Dunne.

Thanks for a good year, most enjoyable.

Party on.

cheers

CL

They promised to roll out the new myki ticketing system by the end of the year, so they roll it out on tuesday…but you can’t buy a ticket in Melbourne or use it on trams or buses (you will get an infringement if you have a valid myki on a tram but not a metcard). They also promised to roll out a new train by the end of the year. So they bring it out yesterday, make a big announcement, send it out to Glen Waverley and back…and then send it back to the workshop for a month. Hey, but they kept their promises!

How stupid do they think voters are?

http://www.theage.com.au/national/new-train-catch-it-if-you-can-20091230-ljxj.html

Sounds pleasant

A good man who was a splendid dentist and overcame some personal issues successfully.

My condolences to his family.

http://www.odt.co.nz has more details

It stuns me as to why she would get the highest order of merit.

Best I go and put my head back in a Potato or Onion paddock.

Ok got that.
Red wine and Pheasant.
I’ll send some up for your recuperation.

Red wine and pheasant for a pedant peasant. Works for me.

Heading back to the farm today. Man I love the new place – moving out of town best thing I have ever done.

Ouch – you made the right call skipping A&E they wouldn’t do anything for it other than give you painkillers, and that’s why god invented red wine.

I wonder if our government will have the same “road to Damascus” revelation at some stage give that Australia (Shelved) USA (expected to shelve…mid term elections brewing) and now France…who next?

Brian, you are a pedant. Anything else you need?

Some painkillers. I broke my toe last night. Faced with hours in A&E waiting to be seen or fixing it myself I chose the latter. That book on home surgery I got before moving to the country wasn’t a wasted Christmas Gift after all.

Exhibit: – a lowlife who shoots at (probably with intent to kill) and injures a policeman is given bail.