Information flow in future

While hearing about molecular computing and nano memory cards, one would wonder how the future would be. Definitely different. Here is a preview.

You return home and settle at home. Want to know how organic is the tomato you bought. Pick one of them and use your TV remote as a scanner. Immediately picks of the universal identification number of the tomato and starts pumping data after data about the tomato. The shop it is been purchased, the date it is been stocked, the vehicle it came in .. You could use the remote to drill down the pouring info. The farm of the tomato is show live. The fertilizers used in the past, the chemical composition, the Dept of Agriculture's stance with respect to that fertilizer, What not ..

It is amazing to know the interconnected and data relatedness we can end up in.

Thou this kind of info access is technically feasible, I guess the legality over personal space, business confidentiality etc will hide these info.

The beast

Never came across this one before .. the cell surrounded by 8 mines!!! (circled in the image)

Got it correct and finished off the game too. Felt slight nervousness after unveiling the big shot. There was a pressure to complete the game successfully.

That was quite an experience after playing for years.

The land shark

The revenge of the nomad
Chapter 2. The land shark

Cacophony Rao is the villain of the story. He got his title for his loud and shrill voice. People are fearful to face his screaming shout more than his violent behavior. His family owns enormous wealth. In fact, most of Vijapura city belongs to them. Among multiple business they do, they are famous for real estate. Mr Rao make profit out of layouting land and selling for a margin. He also pockets out of forgery and threatening people to transfer their land. Our hero, Ramaraj, had bought a site from Mr Rao. After five years, this particular layout had appreciated a lot. Mr Rao couldn't digest the fact that his layout is no more with him and it is valued high. He started with usual way of bringing muscle power and trying to retrieve the land back from the purchasers. He was willing to pay them back the money they had given 5 years back.

Obviously site owners were unhappy. They protested, without much use. Many gave off the site fearing the consequences. Few people like Ramdas were trying to save their valuable. They can never acquire a site as the land price had raised up beyond reach. Their only chance is to hold on to what they have.

In order to clear off the problem, Mr Rao applied the ultimate weapon. He choose one of the protesters and made a hit. Alas, it happened to be Ramraj. Ten or fifteen gundaas came to Ramraj house in the mid night. They smashed opened the house and hit the couples with heavy iron and sticks. The attack went on for 30 minutes and both suffered a major injury. Neighbours dare not to intervene, they called for the police after the tough guys left the place.
Seethalakshmi couldnt bear the beatings and she breath her last on the way to hospital. Ramraj had to be administered in the hospital for months and slowly his body parts recovered.

Did police took action? Nope, Mr Rao took care of the matter through money. Beyond that his brother, Karan Rao, is an influential politician. None of the government bodies function beyond Karan's power, atleast in the Vijayapura vicinity.

continued.

First sale

(Pepper climber as shown in the above image. Pepper grows as a bunch of tiny tots. Seen in the right hand side of the image)

After we moved into the farm, we were doing lots of work .. one thing after another. Farm related, house maintenance, government paper work etc. Amidst all those things, we were able to pluck out some pepper and dry it up. My job was to sell it to some merchant.

I hopped from shop to shop, trying to learn the buying price. I had to put an act, as thou I am a seasoned farmer and trying to sell off a load. Had a fear, what if he asks some technicalities about the goods? I know that pepper is used in pongal, beyond that my knowledge is nill. Luckily a shop near the city center bought the stuff with less questioning.

I will have to research more to know about the best price. Less planning to pack it and sell them off.

Joyful life

The revenge of the nomad
Chapter 1. Joyful life

Ramaraj, our hero, has an ideal life. He is employed as a manager in a paper mill. His wife, Seethalakshmi, works as a clerk in a central government department. They lead a happy life; in fact they are expecting a baby in few months. Financially they are sound. Out of their small income, they purchased a piece of land away from the city. After five years of purchase, now that the city had grown and the area is developing good. Ram and Seetha are slowly thinking about constructing a dream house there.

All seem to be going good. Peace before the storm? Let us see.

continued.

The spider web

Usually when we clean the cob web, the spiders used to reconstruct within few days. This time it is a long due and still the house is clean. Upon reflecting, the truth unearthed. My wife had gone to her mom's home on a long vacation. So, no cooking, no food spillage, nothing in the waste bin. The house flies and other small insects should have migrated to better food source. And hence the spider had also wound its silk carpet to elsewhere.

Quiet interesting to note how these small creature observe the environment, adapt to the changes and base themselves to the food source.

Sales pitch

Selling goods seem to depend on two factors. The need of human and fear of something. The basic needs like food and shelter always keeps certain market thrive and healthy. Beyond this is the market where greedy people purchase. Samples: Invest in land purchase and it will double in three years. Drink saffron powdered milk while one is pregnant, and the new born will be fair skinned (if this is true, we shouldn't have any dark skin by now). I checked the price of the saffron and decided to have a baby with my skin tone. Another classic sample is the precious gem that is decided by one's zodiac sign. These specially designed gems can solve almost anything in the world, right from finding a spouse, promoting you in the place of your boss, healing chronic cancer, and a free pass to space travel.

Most of the above ingredients can be used with a threatening mode. If you dont alter your house as per vaastu, 1000 bad things will happen in the coming year and so on. All parents bought this vitamin tablets to boost memory of their kids, if you dont buy, your kid will fail miserably. Another classic sample of fear factor is the insurance policy.

Guess we will save lots of money when we shop without greed and fear.