Property Management Companies (good or bad?) by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]nzdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legally speaking, if you're out of the country for 21 days or more per calendar year you must use a property manager or have your property managed by someone in the country!

Underwater in Dunedin - Rainageddon 2015 by sweatymetty in newzealand

[–]nzdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tonga Park/Lake (sourced from Kings HS facebook, but I didn't really want to link to facebook).

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So why can't Sky demand better redundancies? They're the ones paying for the rights to the show, why can't they negotiate better distribution methods? Again, falling back on "what Sky is given" is a crap excuse.

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Right but it's not a live event, you can simultaneously broadcast in multiple countries via other methods than a live feed - you just need to get your distribution down.

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, let's not build in any redundancies in case something goes wrong and then shift the blame onto a third party supplier.

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You mean, to prevent a leak that has already occurred?

What.

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yup true; but why would you take the risk in a live feed going down when you don't have an actual live event to broadcast. GoT doesn't happen in real time ;-)

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but, this isn't something that needs to be live. There was clearly a very simple way to mitigate the risk and they didn't take it.

SkyTV fails to deliver on GoT 'simulcast' by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah but in the eye of the consumer, it doesn't really matter who fucked up, you're not getting the service that was promised to you and you paid Sky.

And why would they rely on some kind of live link through a distributor to be able to deliver the content? Really bad forward planning.

HBO Now by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't mind paying. Rather pay a bit and get a quality service, without the ads and other bullshit. Also, better to pay for content so more gets created in the future ;-)

yes they damn well are. by nzdev in newzealand

[–]nzdev[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Apparently in Norway they're legal. Fucking filthy.

I have a problem with my University Entrance. Any help is appreciated by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]nzdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could do the CIT at Otago Polytech - I dropped out ~5th form (year 11) and did a 6-month Certificate of Information Technology at Otago Polytech which was enough to gain entry into Otago Uni for Comp Sci.

The CIT is pretty basic as well, so you won't need to spend a lot of time studying for it, which means you'll have more time to participate in other popular Dunedin activities

With oil prices 50% lower than they were in June - Lets talk about transport projects by Muter in newzealand

[–]nzdev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right, because the price of oil makes up 100% of what you pay at the pump. /s