Couple of Things

I have been delayed a little in updating the results pages. Sometimes trying to debug a program (problems with contingency allowance) is like trying to chase a mouse through a giant block of Swiss cheese with a thousand variations on escape exit. It'll take a couple more days.

Next thing - I was reading a blog on a news site yesterday and saw something like "Is the Manufacturing Sector Worth Saving?". Just a thought beyond this. We are told that we are good at design, technology and innovation.

OK - yes, perhaps - but remember that 40 or so years ago we were good at a whole load of manufacturing but found that the hassle of organising making things (industrial relations, safety regulations, recruiting, training, maintaining equipment etc) was best had by people in the far east.

Now - think forward just 20 years (or even 10 or maybe even 5 years) when our current providers of electrical goods in the far east (and everything else) have taken over the design - which they are already doing. What then?

And don't forget the present, not everybody can design computer games - our old industrial society found a job for most people.

Soon our post industrial society might not even provide jobs for our clever designers. Our suppliers of goods will be designing and marketing them as well.

Nearly There

Thanks to the people who have downloaded so far. The more that download will mean more user experience and feedback to me so I can improve the whole thing.

The update with better control of the result areas will be ready in a few days. Please look sometime after the 20th October to download a new Analysis. I just have to kill a bug or two in the contingency allowance that has crept in during the reprogramming.

I noticed that there were quite a lot of viewings of the web page but not all resulted in a download. I know that some were put off by the need to submit an email - I did this so that I could provide advise to users of updates - I certainly would not provide any names to spam merchants. On reflection I suppose that I would feel uncomfortable so I have disconnected that part of the site code that requests the address.

Now, please feel free to stay anonymous and download as much as you like!