You are being watched .. a lot!

Hello, I've been neglecting you again haven't I? Sorry. Just been listening to a debate on the radio about cctv cameras and just how many there are etc etc. Well, you know, you wouldn't actually mind if they caught a few of the nasty criminal elements walking our streets. The muggers and violent thugs, even the ignorant abusive kids but there are not many occasions when they actually do any of that. Big Brother has been watching us for quite a while now and this is no paranoid conspiracy theory. Just take a look next time you're in a town centre at the sheer volume of cameras and some you need to look quite hard to find. What are they doing? The Government and it's agencies have more ways of collecting data on each and every one of us than ever before and I don't know about you but I am not comfortable with that. No, I'm not a criminal but I'm sure I break the odd law here and there and if it doesn't effect anyone else then hey ho! Soon they will start thinking of creative (read financial) ways of using this data with insurance companies and targeted advertising, oh the joys of being known to all and sundry as to what I do and where I go and what I spend my money on and where I spend it! You wouldn't mind if it did any good but 99 times out of 100 it doesn't!

The bloke at left is in a RoboSuit which apparently gives superhuman stength and agillity to the wearer and I have seen a concept of the military version! It's a shame you have to carry that dirty great big container of methylated spirits about with you as it kind of negates any benifits from the suit! The military version runs using an internal combustion engine off 2 or 4 stoke fuel! Ha! Not one for the stealth soldier eh?! He'll be putting those big Bean Can exhausts on it and upping the suspension on his Doc Marten army boots! Drag racing for humans!

Enough, back soon ..