stupID

The Government has just announced that the ID card scheme will cost £5.4bn to set up and run for the first ten years of its operation.  Half a billion a year.

This is in line with previous government costings, i.e. a vast underestimate which is disbelieved by anyone who has come close to a government IT contract over the past decade.

Well, at least the Government’s reasoning behind ID cards is becoming clearer.  It’s all about immigration.  The older arguments are falling by the wayside, so we can now see the scheme for what it is.  Here is my mocked-up version of an ID card that can provide the same information required by the Government, at a much reduced cost.

 

 

 

 
9.10.06 12:45


Mindbender

Check out Glossop resident Wayne Fontana's website for a bizarre tale of police, paranoia, abusive letters to credit card companies, and an obsession with paedophiles.  A walking Daily Mail with Tourette's.

Wayne Fontana was a sixties pop star with his group, The Mindbenders.  He could not have forseen how apt that name would be, so many years later. 
9.10.06 18:05


Moving Home

I have decided to move my blog.  I've been impressed with blogs written with Wordpress, and wanted my own domain name.  So, please change your bookmarks to the following:

 http://bread-and-circuses.net

I will 'double' blog here and on the new site for a week or so, while I make the move. 

 
12.10.06 08:51


Four weddings and an auction

An interesting discussion here about auction theory and how it might apply to Christian women’s attitude to finding a partner. In short, it suggests two options:

“if you run an English auction you go out with many people, if not simultaneously then relatively closely bunched in time, and you stick with the one who offers the most. If you run a Dutch auction you signal clearly your standards (lowering the standards over time if need be), and stick with the first person who bites”

Not sure why the author is so obsessed with the attitude of Christian women only. There is clearly a missing piece of economic research which should cover men and women of other faiths.

I challenge any man to discuss the intricacies of this theory with their better half and come away unscathed.

Flog It! will never be the same again

THIS WEBSITE HAS MOVED TO: http://bread-and-circuses.net  
12.10.06 20:50


Permanent move

The new site is working nicely, so no more posts here.  The new site is:

http://bread-and-circuses.net

 

 
16.10.06 20:42