Wanganui Computer RIP

[merv]

Just spotted this article and thought you might be interested in it http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/PrintDoc/D82630AFB2DC958DCC25700F0000AE71?OpenDocument&pub=Computerworld

[MrMelon]

Good Riddance! It was a bitch having to manually set up all the paths and things out at police so it would be compatible with the old wanganui system.

[badlieutenant]

i know the 2 guys who did most of the programming originaly :D

[Hitcher]

The building that housed it is amazing -- rounded window sills to resist grappling hooks, the whole nine yards! Today that computer could fit in a cupboard.

[MacD]

i know the 2 guys who did most of the programming originaly :D

I knew the guy who blew himself up there :(

[badlieutenant]

you do ? One of the guys that was working there said he would have been in the elevator that had its door blown in when the guy you know went boom. He was working latethat night.

[NC]

I hope they lost my file... :whistle:

[Sniper]

Hmmm, good old computer, hope it goes to a good home

[inlinefour]

I hope they lost my file... :whistle:

And they say that its wiped after 10 years? Utter crap, as I've found out...

[Ixion]

And they say that its wiped after 10 years? Utter crap, as I've found out...

No, they never said that. What they said was that after 10 years the offence information (with LOTS of exceptions) wouldn't be released to enquirers (eg employers) . It stays on your record forever.

[TonyB]

I hope they lost my file... :whistle:
Erm, how does one find out if one has a record? I have a.... freind.... who was assured that he wouldn't have a record after an... incident. He would like to check.

[Lias]

http://www.courts.govt.nz/privacy/

[spudchucka]

Erm, how does one find out if one has a record? I have a.... freind.... who was assured that he wouldn't have a record after an... incident. He would like to check.
Go to your local court, they have a form you can fill out for disclosure of any previous convictions. It will only sho actual convictions though (court records), not any other police files where he / she may have been a suspect but wasn't charged because of lack of evidence etc.

[spudchucka]

And they say that its wiped after 10 years? Utter crap, as I've found out...
http://www.justice.govt.nz/privacy/clean-slate.html