Universal Device

Technology is confusing because of choice - too much of it. There are so many gadgets that do so many different things. It would be nice to have one thing that is portable and link directly to the brain. It would be auto-upgradable (using software and memory), intelligent and have functions including telephony, gaming, computing, audio/video/holographic and use a touch-screen interface and virtual projection screens for communicating to others. With a link to the brain it could operate up to the speed of thought. Very likely this would have a combination of organic (neural), inorganic (holographic, cystalline) and virtual components that are all scalable in power and function according to user requirements and developments.

Then there would be little need for rooms and shops full of things that are going to be obselete soon, cost a lot of money and require time to operate.

When Will We Be Free?

I think that the media is the weapon of choice of governments and big business. There is so much information out there and much of it is disinformation. We are crushed by a combination of politics, religion and (lack of) money. News is full of stuff about terrorism and war (much of which is created deliberately to instill fear in the population), CO2 greenhouse gas (how many have looked up at the sun and back in time to temperature records?) and celebrities (to take our minds off things and make us consume).

Things need to change. Change can be done in many ways. I am only going to talk about peaceful methods because they are the ones that will ultimately work. These include the use of media and information to fight back. These techniques include awareness online, alternative TV, alternative press and independent scientific research presented to the public in a clear and concise way. Also, there are global peaceful protests and the idea synchronous thinking and meditation on peace. These would need to be done but a large percentage of the population and may affect our way of thinking if not the physical reality around us. Maybe we could use some of the environmental issues as test cases.

Here are some sites to check:

What the Bleep do we know?
Stop the war coalition
Out There TV
TerrorStorm (Alex Jones)

Question everything you see and hear and if something feels wrong then it is worth investigating further.

Cars and Bins

Pavements are for pedestrians and roads are for cars. Yet on the roads in my local area there are countless cars parked halfway across the pavement. This is due to the amount of people owning cars compared to the amount of alloted drive or garage space. One could argue that there are too many cars but this is only half the problem.

People need to put out their rubbish once a week. This is left on the pavement on the streets. After the dustmen take the rubbish away they leave the empty bins all over the pavement (and sometimes on the curb too). Often the bins are not taken back in for a day or two. Also in the summer the trees and bushes grow out over the paths. This situation has to occur across residential and suburban areas across the UK.

All of this combined creates a situation where the pavements are totally blocked to pedestrians who have to walk onto the road around the cars. This causes anger and frustration especially when carrying heavy shopping or pushing a pram. Often the view is blocked by the parked cars so it is hard to see an oncoming vehicle (including bicycles). There is, I believe, potential for accidents.

This is nonsense and may in fact be illegal (bins on roads, cars parked over the pavement at crooked angles). We need to remind binmen to put bins on the empty drives to force drivers to put them in the correct places when they come home. Also, to ensure that drivers are aware of correct parking procedures.

Letters to local MPs across the UK?

Where are the electric cars?

As we pollute the environment what has happened to all the research about electric cars? Have all the patents been gobbled up by corporations interested in making more money on polluting oil and gas as well as forcing higher costs and taxes on the consumer?

Also, why are there no solar panels on aircraft? These can be added to the fusilage without affecting areodynamics much and would provide extra energy to power the craft when in flight during the day and during take off / landing under clear skies.

Job Trials and Training

I cannot believe that most UK companies now expect people to have so many specific skills in order to do a job. Many of these can only be kept current by being in a similar job yet academic study does not always provide the level of knowledge and skills expected by companies. Also not everyone can secure a place on a graduate recruitment scheme and many, like myself, are unhappy with call centre or temporary jobs through agencies.

It would be a lot more useful to be able to go to work and have a 50:50 work training split where I could learn further skills on the job but also able to put what I know to good use. This is instead of having to do stop gap jobs and pay for training.

Of course this would mean that private companies, for example in IT, would need to be flexible regarding employment and allow new recruits to learn on the job rather than expecting them to know everything already. It may also mean a lower starting salary or extra training hours for the employee.

BA baggage problems

After the passenger tax increase now comes the horrendous baggage charges. Yet we can carry several pieces of hand luggage and carry sports equipment in bags at no extra cost!

Why not tax the airplanes for fuel consumption - NOT the passengers.

Also issues about police state (inequality) and nanny state (overprotective over children). Irony is most trouble is caused by white teenagers yet these are the most protected people. Second irony - you cannot do anything (except report to the police or if in danger of losing life) if you are hassled by gangs of kids on the streets or (in some cases) burglers and thieves.

This country - the "dis-united kingdom" makes me laugh!
Equality for all - discrimination for none.

Correct charges - wrong methods

So people are moaning about the doubling of the airport tax. Well if the UK government had decided to apply the increase for flights booked from a specified date rather than make pre-booked passengers pay again at the airports then there would have been less chaos. Also, would it not be better to have levied charges on the airlines instead? Get it right next time Mr Blair!

I can understand being charged for text messages that I have sent. However, these companies are charging for receiving messages. Yet it is so easy for someone to put a false number in for a club or marketing site and lo and behold I get charged for receiving messages. So I had to type STOP ALL to prevent this from happening.

I also think banks overcharge for overdraft and credit limit violations (why get charged every day for on a charge made for going over by 1p) and the government and the whole employment industry is driving people to pay for all training. Then I am told I cannot get work because of no recent work experience. Yet if I volunteer I cannot live in the accursed country. Yuk!