Show Notes: Scooters, 6 billion others and Painting Sound
Well our second show is complete - thanks to all who helped put it together - this is still very much a work in progress your thoughts are very welcome. Tonight we mentioned:
- Possible new legal worries for gardeners and the women of Colossus mentioned in the opener
- The biography of a planet - we looked at 6 billion others
- The Stupid Filter - can you build a smarter web
- Should there be testing for drivers of Mobility Scooters we pick up on a spot by Dizzythinks
- A story we hope to develop. A blogger visits an area in Iraq where local people seem to be taking charge of security
- And the 2 billionth photo posted to Flickr
- Jean Michel Jarre picked his favourite websites
- And an artist who paints sound
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And as promised the longer version of our discussion on the governments consideration of tests for users mobility scooters. Allen Jones of the Wheelchair Users Group debated Jemma Brown who blogs here
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thank you for an interesting program this afternon. I thougth you were talking to someone else about the Web Filtering, only because his voice is similar. I love new technologies. so to www.commoncraft.com (lee Lefever) and watch the video re wikis, it is such a good example of clear animation besides widening your knowledge. Also look at
http://play.blogger.com/
fascinating, all the images currently being uploaded to blogger world wide.
Thank you fro keeping listening interesting and stimulating.
Teresa
There has been much discussion today in the 'Politics Show' on TV about the keeping of DNA details by the Essex police of a young boy who has committed no crime. One ethical and political aspect of this controversy has been completely ignored. Such unnecessary filing of personal details is a prime example of a lack of communal faith on the part of the police. Trust has to work both ways. It is a act iof distrust in the people, as is the identity cards proposal. Authority does not lie permanently with the 'authorities', for authority has to be earned. It is passed like a baton to whoever can show that they have a right to it. We are all well aware of this: how often in a detective drama on the TV do we witness the policeman or woman being told by a superior "I am taking you off the case!' -- and our sympathies are all automatically with the detective. There is a huge danger in giving too much leeway to authority figures -- look at General Musharaff this week, identifying his personal wishes with those of 'the country'.
I have just listened to your programme which included discussion on the use of mobility scooters. I am not sure which side of the argument I am on, but connected with this is my pet subject pavements.
I have been sailing my boat around the Mediterranean Sea for 7 years now, stopping in various countries. I would say that there are few countries I have visited where there are usable pavements for any wheelchair, pushchair or shopper. The pavements of Mediterranean country towns are usualy blocked by lampposts, trees, kiosks, restaurant tables, shops' items for sale or parked cars and the pavement levels are severely irregular. What EEC regulation is there to enable better use of this lifesaving amenity, 'the pavement' for everybody? Is there a published list of the worst affected Countries? I hope that this comment is sufficiently grammatically correct for you to accept it!