The current state of the NZ economy

[Finn]

I can possibly name one but she's ultra conservative... names are good - beer is gooder. 'sides I owe you one - and a beer too. Name the date and make sure you're lubed up

A conservative accountant is about as useful as a non-confrontational lawyer.

[Finn]

If you're going to hold a wise-up session on LAQCs and the like for MDU, can I come too? It's all Greek to me.

Sure. I'm no expert but I have a good accountant and will find out. In short, make yourself look as poor as possible. I'm very poor and this is depressing.

[jrandom]

Without divulging too much info on your software development, can you let us know what it is?

Lightweight CFD integrating with common CAD software for engineers who need ballpark results and optimised computation for a specific problem right now. Most design teams have neither the budget, the project timeline, the skillset or the CPU resources to bother with a $20K FEM software package.

Fingers crossed. Customers are waiting and my venture capital is a-burning.

[Scouse]

I love paying tax... last year I paid more tax than the average salary (yeah yeah)... and it fucken HURTS.

If thats the case why are you still riding an old peice of shit 1994 RF900

[Finn]

Lightweight CFD integrating with common CAD software for engineers who need ballpark results and optimised computation for a specific problem right now. Most design teams have neither the budget, the project timeline, the skillset or the CPU resources to bother with a $20K FEM software package.

Fingers crossed. Customers are waiting and my venture capital is a-burning.

Sounds really interesting. You must have passed 5th form Physics like I did, but probably stayed on for a few more years.

Good luck with it.

[SARGE]

Sure. I'm no expert but I have a good accountant and will find out. In short, make yourself look as poor as possible. I'm very poor and this is depressing.

shorter way ..


rack up heaps on HP and piss off overseas for 10 years

[ManDownUnder]

If thats the case why are you still riding an old peice of shit 1994 RF900

Rule #1 - put money into assets that go up... not down in value.

[SARGE]

Rule #1 - put money into assets that go up... not down in value.

or...


buy a 15 year old bike and pour $$ into it until your mods are worth more than you paid for the bike ...worked for me..

i saw last night that in 10 years, your average Kiwi will not be able to buy a house ..

to put this into perspective ... the wife and i have been looking around the $350 k mark, but it has to be close to the CBD for her job and in a good school district, as we have kids in school...

now .. the BEST we found in that price range in this area is too small ( family of 5).. no garage ( !!!!) and it was defiantly a :fixxer-upper.."

conversely .. in the US State of Ohio where i am from .. $350k will get you a 5 bedroom split level ranch on at LEAST an acre with a 4 car garage and close to everything in a low crime area .. .. oh .. and it has a heater and insulation ..

[Finn]

Rule #1 - put money into assets that go up... not down in value.

Then why are you married?

[RantyDave]

Hmmm. Finite Elements. Although an engineer without a $20k FEM package is a little like a taxi driver without a taxi ... like, so why *are* we paying them. But I can certainly see the attraction.

I feel I must weigh in, having been involved in this fine shitfight for the last few years. New Zealand has no problem with knowledge. We invested heavily in education while the country was stinking rich and the generally pleasant lifestyle attracts smart people from around the world. Myself included, ha!

What we don't have is people who are any good at turning this into fucking money. What is truly needed for a knowledge economy is a small and necessarily elitst class of arrogant bastards who honestly, genuinely believe they are the best thing since sliced bread and feel the need to prove it by taking monster risks and _selling_ whatever shit it is they've decided to attach themselves to this week. There are a couple (I quote Rod Drury as today's most obvious example - http://www.drury.net.nz/) and they do very well, but we need dozens, and we need other people to invest in them (for which the government is doing it's part).

Keep the Universities and CRI's as far away from all this as possible. You really think you're going to find someone who's spent all their lives taking and pulling off huge gambles in a University in New Zealand? Don't give them another penny, glorified drinking clubs that they are.

That's the basics. I think that's the basics. Don't get me started on the rest.

Dave

[SARGE]

What is truly needed for a knowledge economy is a small and necessarily elitst class of arrogant bastards who honestly, genuinely believe they are the best thing since sliced bread and feel the need to prove it by taking monster risks and _selling_ whatever shit it is they've decided to attach themselves to this week.

we have Finn.....thats close ..

[avgas]

Sounds cool fish. What sort of ball park are you looking at for yours. Also what is Solidworks worth these days....been many years since i did Thermofluids and stresstesting.

[mstriumph]

I did cringe ever so slightly as I typed that post, but I figured it's both true and relevant, and everyone already thinks I'm a cunt, so what the hell.

the fact you cringed mebbe proves you aren't?

[Scouse]

Rule #1 - put money into assets that go up... not down in value.

If you mean that the RF will go up in value? all I can say is good luck with that then

[ManDownUnder]

If you're going to hold a wise-up session on LAQCs and the like for MDU, can I come too? It's all Greek to me.

LAQC's I can help with - big talk, white board needed. I don;t know how much I know - that's the thing... more is ALWAYS good.

Am always happy to sit a swap notes with those that know more/less/different of course.

Happy to swap bodily fluids with 'em if they're cute too.