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Suppose Bill is a healthy man without family or loved ones. Would it be ok painlessly to kill him if his organs would save five people, one of whom needs a heart, another a kidney, and so on? If not, why not?
Consider another case: you and six others are kidnapped, and the kidnapper somehow persuades you that if you shoot dead one of the other hostages, he will set the remaining five free, whereas if you do not, he will shoot all six. (Either way, he’ll release you.)
If in this case you should kill one to save five, why not in the previous, organs case? If in this case too you have qualms, consider yet another: you’re in the cab of a runaway tram and see five people tied to the track ahead. You have the option of sending the tram on to the track forking off to the left, on which only one person is tied. Surely you should send the tram left, killing one to save five.
But then why not kill Bill?
Thanks to the BBC
camera.co.uk sold for US$35,000
Camera.co.uk just sold at Traffic Down Under for US$35,000
I kept bidding, but was getting too late and didn’t buy it….now thinking maybe I should have…what does anyone reckon.
I did buy these though
www.hunting.com.au
www.plans.com.au
www.up.com.au
Last month it was a real bargain at £18,000…now with the new exchange rate it’s closer to £25,000
Still looks like a steal? What do you reckon?
Doug
Why is the UK the Surveillance Capital of the World?
Why is the UK the Surveillance Capital of the World?
The UK is addicted to surveillance and we are indeed the surveillance capital of the world. In the UK there is a CCTV or security camera for every 14 people in the country. We are constantly monitored and our daily lives are recorded by surveillance cameras.
While we are all used to so called safety cameras on the A and B roads, even motorway driving is now tracked, so they can tell where you go and what speed you are driving at. Your credit and debit card activities are also monitored (this is known as dataveillance) and every time we are out in a shopping centre or in the centre of town, our image is being recorded.
It also appears things are going to get worse and not better with some experts claiming that soon every street in every town will be fitted with a CCTV camera.
Indeed such is the extent of surveillance in the UK that we are now the worst country for surveillance in terms of any other western developed society. Around 20% of all the CCTV cameras in the world are found in the UK and yet we are a tiny, tiny country. So why is this?
Well one main reason could be that we have absolved ourselves of any collective responsibility for the acts of others. Historically, when someone was attacked or hurt or we saw something wrong being done, people would intervene. Now, many people are too scared to do this and there is something at the back of our minds that says ‘Oh it will be ok, they will get the guy using CCTV’. So we just walk on by and of course the more we walk on by, the more crimes are committed, so the more CCTV cameras we need. A vicious circle indeed. And CCTV doesn’t actually work, with only about 3% of crimes actually being ‘solved’ by the use of CCTV. So it is a pointless exercise and it is expensive, since people have to be paid to watch the screens and then supposedly alert the police if a crime is taking place. Sometimes the police will be too busy to attend anyway.
The government’s ‘nanny style’ approach is also to blame. Now the government tells us what we should eat, what we ought to drink, when we should sleep and how we should bring up our kids. So CCTV cameras and recording data is just one further step in the process.
People have also lost their sense of privacy: where would the likes of Jerry Springer and Jeremy Kyle be if people were not willing to reveal the most intimate details of their lives on national TV, or parade their own unique take on life on sites such as Facebook?
People have lost all faith in politicians, which has turned them off politics, so there is a feeling that people don’t really care. Most people just shrug their shoulders and go and have a pint in the pub.
But all these factors combined give rise to lethargy and a real feeling of just not being ‘bothered’ about CCTV and camera usage. But one day we may all live to regret this lethargy when Big Brother really does take over.
Doug has a bag on his head
Top 9 Myths about Affiliate Programmes
Top 9 Myths about Affiliate Programmes
There are a lot of myths associated with affiliate programmes and if any affiliate programme is going to be ‘worth its salt’ then these need to be debunked. So what are they and why have they arisen?
Myth No. 1: always choose a programme that pays high commission.
In fact this should perhaps read ONLY join a programme that pays high commission, since this seems to be the attitude of many webmasters.
Yet the reality is that sometimes it is better to have a low commission rate and get real, tangible leads that will actually follow through, rather than simply going for a high commission rate, where the visitors you direct will simply fail to make a purchase because they do not like the site or they find it hard to use.
Myth No 2: add banner ads for maximum results.
Banner ads are simply not the answer to every marketing problem and often they will fail to generate any traffic to your site. Most people dislike banner ads and just don’t use them; so they are of little use. If you really want to use some kind of advertisement then often a testimonial can be far more effective and can lead to visitors naturally following through.
Myth No 3: don’t worry about the quality of the sites in the programme.
This is a fundamental error; if visitors to the site feel they cannot trust it or they cannot make secure purchases or it simply looks amateurish, then they will leave the site and not follow through. So instead of just thinking that the other sites will be ok, take time to research them, particularly from the point of view of your customers, so that you can try to see any flaws in the design of the websites. If there are flaws then avoid this programme.
Myth No 4: in 10 Minutes you will be earning megabucks.
This simply is not true; it comes back to the old saying that ‘If something looks too good to be true, then it generally is’. This is because if you establish a programme in just a few minutes, then you are probably just relying on banner ads or pretty basic graphics. Instead, it is far better to set up a good, logical and natural set of links to an affiliate problem, and in this way you can ensure that your programme is more effective than if it is clumsy and doesn’t flow seamlessly along with the rest of your website. So take the time and put the effort in so that you can maximise your chances of real returns.
Myth No 5: if you have 1000s of affiliates you will make big bucks.
This again simply does not happen in reality; you may find that there are 2-3,000 affiliates who are all in your network, but there is no point in having them if they don’t actually buy anything. Make sure that you take time and trouble to research the kind of programmes that will generate potential customers, rather than people who simply aren’t interested!
Myth No 6: it is easier to allow the network hosts to facilitate payment.
If you let the network hosts facilitate payment then you have effectively given up a good deal of control and you will have to pay them an extra fee every time that they handle transactions. Also if you handle payments directly then you get to interact directly with your customer and hopefully have them coming back again and again!
Myth No 7: only a big name network will actually be successful for you.
Now this really is a way to get people to join up to an affiliate programme. After all, if only the big fish can help you then why not earth would you ever want to choose any provider other than a big name?
Well therein lays the rub; this is just a clever trick that the big names have pulled to try and get people to stay with them. In fact, the real success of any affiliate programme is the time and effort that YOU put into making it a success and making sure that it does attract potential customers who are interested and not just people who really don’t care.
Myth No 8: it’s too late to get on board with affiliate marketing.
Again, this is a way of keeping things ‘sewn up’. It may well be true that there are more affiliates around who are eager to get their own share of the market, but the reality is that more and more people are going online and so the number of affiliates has risen. The amount of people who are using the internet is also rising quite dramatically, so there is no reason to assume that you have missed the boat, instead you should simply hop on and come along for the ride!
Myth No 9: you can earn money without any increased traffic.
This myth is almost astounding; the whole basis of affiliate marketing is linked in with increasing the website traffic to your site. If no traffic visits the affiliate website then how do you get customers? Are they simply virtual customers or phantom customers? It just doesn’t add up, you really do need to increase website traffic and you can only do this if you take the time and trouble to sort out a good programme and adopt a strategic approach to the whole business.
Any programme that promises you or tells you that you can earn money without increased traffic is simply being false. It may take a little time and it can be a little labour intensive, at least to start off with, but if you are going to do it you may as well do it right and make it a success from the start, rather than just thinking you will get maximum rewards for minimum effort. Sadly life just doesn’t work in this way!
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What do you think?
Spotted any problems?
Vote for the black bloke with the funny name
He just makes it easier for the rest of the world to see the US as a free and nice country with opportunities for all.
- A black bloke in power who does not kill or rob
- A bloke with a Muslim sounding name who runs a country who is at war with Muslim countries, but not over religion
- A bloke who is less than 50 and gained power without a gun
- An originally poor bloke who came from more or less nothing to be the most powerful man in the world.
That is a story to preach to the world of what can be achieved by a country.
Doug hopes he wins
Shame the Oil Price has dropped
When the prices go up everyone worries about how they will fill up their big white car with petrol.
People whinge and whine
Governments try to work out how they will get the prices down or find alternatives.
Then some wonderful people realise what is going on and make sure the price of oil drops again
Everybody stops being concerned….
Doug wonders what we do when we have no choice