You've hit the nail on the head. This government's obsession with 'targets' and 'league tables' and all that associated statistical crap has ruined this country. The police have become more about catching criminals (which appear on the stats) rather than preventing crime (which doesn't).
It's exactly the same in the education system - teachers spend more time filling offsted reports about what they've done than they do sorting out leasons for the children, and in the health service where more and more people are being employed as 'administrators' to keep track of the ever increasing paperwork, and in local goverment, and in... well the list is endless.
i don't wish to appear rude, but why would i throw down $25 (or £13.25 in real money) for a program that only has the complexity of notepad? it really does seem overpriced, in fact i'd go as for to say that for something with the complexity of notepad, you should be giving it away for free.
didn't someone (apple?) demo somthing like this a couple of months ago, only instead of using a pen they had a big touch screen (laying flat not vertical minority report stylee). i remember the demo showed someone moving and resizing pictures by 'grabbing' the sides/corners and just moving them.
if i had a better memory, i'd be able to give more information...
i'm not a doctor, but from my personal experiences (and seeing those of my friends), those people who are exposed to littles bit of dirt and illness often tend to be a healthier.
in my case, when i was a child i was never vaccinated against things like whooping cough or measles or mumps or load of other things that kids get. so while i had periods of illness as a kid, since being about 10 years old (i'm 29 now), i've only had to take medicines on 3 occassions (2 over the course of a summer about 10 years ago, and 1 about a year ago).
if i'm snotty with a cold, i deal with it, i don't go rushing off to doctors to get some antibiotics; if i get a headache i don't rush for the paracetamol; you get the idea.
i'm a big believer that the body can sort out most of it's problems itself, and the continual reliance on medicines only serves to reduce that ability.
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You've hit the nail on the head. This government's obsession with 'targets' and 'league tables' and all that associated statistical crap has ruined this country. The police have become more about catching criminals (which appear on the stats) rather than preventing crime (which doesn't).
2 92) that's approx 5.9m people in 2005.
It's exactly the same in the education system - teachers spend more time filling offsted reports about what they've done than they do sorting out leasons for the children, and in the health service where more and more people are being employed as 'administrators' to keep track of the ever increasing paperwork, and in local goverment, and in... well the list is endless.
Approx 1 in 5 people in employment in the UK are working in the public sector (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1
they're the English football (not soccer) champions.</pedant>
i don't wish to appear rude, but why would i throw down $25 (or £13.25 in real money) for a program that only has the complexity of notepad? it really does seem overpriced, in fact i'd go as for to say that for something with the complexity of notepad, you should be giving it away for free.
didn't someone (apple?) demo somthing like this a couple of months ago, only instead of using a pen they had a big touch screen (laying flat not vertical minority report stylee). i remember the demo showed someone moving and resizing pictures by 'grabbing' the sides/corners and just moving them.
if i had a better memory, i'd be able to give more information...
i'm not a doctor, but from my personal experiences (and seeing those of my friends), those people who are exposed to littles bit of dirt and illness often tend to be a healthier.
in my case, when i was a child i was never vaccinated against things like whooping cough or measles or mumps or load of other things that kids get. so while i had periods of illness as a kid, since being about 10 years old (i'm 29 now), i've only had to take medicines on 3 occassions (2 over the course of a summer about 10 years ago, and 1 about a year ago).
if i'm snotty with a cold, i deal with it, i don't go rushing off to doctors to get some antibiotics; if i get a headache i don't rush for the paracetamol; you get the idea.
i'm a big believer that the body can sort out most of it's problems itself, and the continual reliance on medicines only serves to reduce that ability.