tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711269760993993197.post6391428856426391415..comments2024-03-21T09:17:26.488+00:00Comments on Vincents Random Waffle: I like driving in my car. It is not quite a JaguarVincent Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02686407477776093281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711269760993993197.post-84556655721180208902017-07-22T23:10:03.266+01:002017-07-22T23:10:03.266+01:00I earn $20 for a 20 minute survey!
Guess what? Th...<b>I earn $20 for a 20 minute survey!</b><br /><br /><b>Guess what?</b> This is <b>exactly</b> what large companies are paying for. They need to know what their average customer needs and wants. So these companies pay $1,000,000's of dollars every month to the average person. In return, the average person, myself included, <b><a href="http://opinion-surveys.syntaxlinks.com/r/PaidSurveysAtHome" rel="nofollow">fills out surveys</a></b> and gives them their opinion.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711269760993993197.post-7164600811282757982012-02-23T23:45:16.694+00:002012-02-23T23:45:16.694+00:00When you think about how people go about traveling...When you think about how people go about traveling from one place to another, let's say around 100 years ago, you would feel blessed for having modern means of transportation. The inconvenience of recurring traffic is nothing compared to the amount of time needed to travel by foot or by horse. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rayskillmanford.com/section/secondary/about-us/" rel="nofollow">Erwin Calverley</a>Erwin Calverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721178747832478887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711269760993993197.post-42125593991565918452010-09-23T01:33:18.541+01:002010-09-23T01:33:18.541+01:00I was trapped overnight just outside Droitwich in ...I was trapped overnight just outside Droitwich in the June 2007 floods. My friend had his satnav, and also an unfailing faith that due it its update system it would be able to tell us the exact location of every flooded road in the region, and therefore tell us which route to take to our destination. Of course the reality was somewhat different as the update mechanism didn't work as the mobile phone network was saturated, which led to him being very frustrated with the satnav. Even if this part had worked it would have undoubtedly failed to provide a route out for many other reasons, not least of which there probably simply wasn't a single road out of Droitwich that wasn't flooded at that time.<br /><br />I think the unfailing trust that people put in technology is a disease of modern society, and these events serve to remind us that technology is merely a tool to help serve an end, and like all tools they occasionally fail. As your example shows we are very privileged to have what we have now. I often wonder how friends ever managed to meet up before mobile phones were invented.Donald Allwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115246501674171743noreply@blogger.com