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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Driving in Troy... and Beyond... 7:00 AM is not the time for 80-year olds to be adding to the congestion and insanity of driving through Sterling Heights and Troy. There is no excuse for somebody to be driving 30 mph on a two-lane Troy road! First off, people have somewhere to go! Secondly, and most important, the Troy S.M.A.R.T. system scans traffic at each intersection to determine traffic light switching. When you're in the left-hand-turn lane in Troy, you basically have 0.32 seconds to respond, or the S.M.A.R.T. system thinks there's nobody in line waiting to turn. If you're an 80-year old in the left-hand turn lane, 0.32 seconds isn't even a reasonable time to think, since 3/4 of your brain is probably asleep, or using every resource to just stay alive. The cascading effect becomes even more gruesome, as more and more cars pile up in line to turn left, causing traffic to backup even more on the two-lane road, which causes backups on the perpendicular veins, and so on and so forth. It becomes a nightmare, just because an 80-year old was looking for a Denny's. Secretary of State - Reflex & Judgement Testing My recommendation is that people undergo reflex and judgement testing. Based on the results, you may be restricted to drive only during non-rush-hour times. Most people will probably pass with flying colors, but for those that don't, they should only be allowed to drive between 10AM - 2PM and 7PM - 6AM. Furthermore, the judgement and reflex test should also test alcohol impairment. If you consume three beers in an hour, and are forced to take a breath-alyzer, you'll go directly to jail, since your blood alcohol will definitely be over the legal limit. To me that's absurd, because even after 12 beers, I can still take a quarter out of your hand, replace it with a nickel, before you even knew it was gone. I don't condone drunk driving one bit- I know when I cannot and should not drive. I'll challenge anybody to a reflex test after six beers... I'm sure I'll still be in the top 99 percentile. Games and Compulsive-Obsessive Disorder Well, I'm at it again: Neverwinter Nights. That game consumed me for a few weeks about two years ago. I remember I was so wrapped up with it, that I would actually come home for lunch to play (15 minutes there, 15 minutes back, and 30 minutes of play). I was inspired to finish it after trying out Temple of Elemental Evil. That game sucked so bad that I actually deleted it off of my system. It did, however, inspire me to finish Neverwinter Nights. How sick and demented am I? Let's see... I decided to do a little web work after I got home yesterday evening. I worked on a few things, then got sucked into NWN up until 8PM. Josh brought back some sushi, and I gorged myself with some grade-A raw fish. It was yummy. It was so yummy, that I layed down at 9PM and actually fell asleep. I woke up around 1AM, and went back on the computer to exit out of NWN, but I got fished in. Umm... I didn't even go back to bed! I stayed up and played from 1AM - 7AM! I'm sick! It is a damn good game, though, and can't stop thinking about it. I can't wait until the day is over. posted by Dino at 9:38 AM (permanent link) |