I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the roar of the engines…
It appears that the first steps have been taken towards people being allowed to use mobile phones on aircraft. In flight.
Good grief, it’s bad enough on other forms of public transport with kids/adults who really should know better blasting music out of the tinny speakers, imagine the cacophony when people are permitted to have phones switched on “in flight”.
I’ve no doubt that actually making calls will be horribly expensive, but it’s the other annoying features of modern phones, combined with that complete lack of respect for other people that is prevalent in society today, that’s what will make flying with mobile phones really unpleasant…
Link: http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2212768/sky-limit-mobile-calls-ofcom
So, stress causes depression. No surprise…
According to the BBC News website researchers have found that a stressful job is likely to make people depressed. So if you have a job which has a lack of control, long hours, non-negotiable deadlines, and a high volume of work, you might find it makes you more susceptable to being depressed.
No real surprises there then…
Duck!
If you’re in the South West of England this summer, and find a small plastic toy washed up on the beach - it might be one of these globetrotting ducks
The result of a shipping accident (the container fell off a ship) these plastic toys have been floating the worlds oceans, at the whim of wind and current for years…
Olympic Logos…
What was wrong with the old one?
I do wonder what the chances of the UK actually being ready are - it’s not as if we have a history of building large sporting venues on-time and on-budget… and the amount of taxpayer money being poured into London for this is likely to be utterly obscene…
The new logo does look like something made by a 5 year old at school with a pair of plastic scissors and a sheet of coloured paper…
Maybe that would have been the answer - a competition on Childrens TV (this really sounds like something for Blue Peter) to design a logo for the Olympics - would have been better than the hideous pink thing for several reasons - it would have produced something (a) better, and (b) cheaper.
Apparently the blobs are supposed to represent the number 2012 - although what the dot ni the middle is is anyone’s guess…
Not just the stuff of Comic Books…
The BBC is reporting that the fictional mineral Kryptonite has been discovered in a mine in Serbia.
Let’s just hope Superman never needs to rescue miners there…
Worried about ID Theft? No? Why not?
Are you worried about identify theft - the act of criminals obtaining credit (in other words, running up debts) in your name - debts which you are responsible for and appear on your credit rating?
No?
Really No?
Watch this from the BBC.
Now are you worried?
Think about the stuff you throw away - how much of it has your name, address, bank account number, credit card number (or part of it) on - now think about that reciept from the petrol station - that’s got (part of) your credit card number on it, put it in the same bin as something which just has your address on - and that information that can be put together to identify you.
I’m already in the habit of shredding anything I throw away which has my name, address, or is a receipt. Even just a petrol receipt. If you aren’t - you should get into that habit. Really Quickly.
Also, be wary of phone calls asking for personal information - I had one from a marketing company - “I’m calling on behalf of ****card - are you Mr Marshall, yes, good, can you confirm that by telling me your date of birth and last 4 digits of your card number.” - My answer - “NO, you called me - I have no guarantee you’re from ****card - I’m not giving you personal information”. Her reply - “I can assure you I’m calling from ****card” - no, she wasn’t. The callerID display gave me a number which I called back - it was a marketing company, not my credit card company.
I then called my card suppliers customer services line - it turned out this was a legitimate marketing call - they’d passed my details onto this 3rd party marketing company in order to ask me if I still wanted to be opted out of their junkmail and sales calls. Yes, despite being opted out, they passed me details to another company, and got that company to pretend to be them, call me, lie outright, and try to get me to sign back up to marketing junk.
I will be closing my account as soon as possible - I will not deal with companies that abuse my trust.
Don’t forget the other old favourite scam - “I’m calling from your mobile phone provider - would you like a free upgrade.” - reply is “Who are you calling on behalf of?” - “my mobile phone company?” - “who is my mobile phone company?” - “you don’t know?” - “so how are you calling on their behalf if you don’t even know who they are?”
Petition the Government
Filed under: Early Christmas, In The News, Moronic Driving, Politics
As the UK governments online petition system has been making headlines, I’ve had a look to see if there are any on there which should be brought to your attention… here’s a few that I feel should be receiving a lot more publicity:
- Make it an endorseable offence to sit in the middle lane of a motorway for no reason
- Create a Road Safety Information Campaign to improve driving standards
- increase the number of traffic police and ensure that they effectively enforce the dangerous driving laws.
- Stop the sale of Christmas Stock untill 1st December
I’m not highlighting the ones which call for the PM to do stupid things, like juggle ice-cream (yes, that’s in there) - but the above are all serious issues affecting people in the UK on a day-to-day basis (or at least in the case of the last one, on a day to day basis for 6 months of the year)
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