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Driving, as you have probably figured out by now, is not that hard. There is hardly any challenge in it. It can’t be that difficult to get a license, either. Any average moron can get a license; that is why there are so many morons driving on the roads. But there are a few frustrations involved with driving… here is what happened to me today:

1) To the idiot in the van in front of me that properly stopped at the stop sign… thank you, that was correct. However it was not correct to not go when you clearly had plenty of chance to go. On top of that, you also went wrong when you proceeded to go when you clearly did not have an opening. You were lucky to avoid the accident this time, but next time you may not be so lucky.

The intersection in question here is that of Carroll Street and Wolf Ledges Parkway near the edge of the University of Akron. I’ll have to point out that this intersection is one where the road perpendicular and terminating into the other road has a stop sign and you can turn right or left. The other road has a stop sign going in one direction which gives the option to either turn right or go strait. The on-coming side of this road does not have a stop sign, though. Going in that direction, you have full right-of-way; you can go straight or turn onto the other road. It’s not a very common type of intersection, but that is how it is. I was at the stop sign which gave me the option to go strait or turn right.

2) To the person coming in the opposite direction that stopped where there was no stop sign… you need to learn the basic rules of the road; You stop when there is a stop sign, and you don’t stop when there is nothing causing the need to stop (such as a stop sign). Next time you make this mistake, though… why not actually begin going as soon as you realize that you are a dumb ass instead of waiting like 15 seconds while everyone sits there waiting for you to go. Then actually pick a lane when you turn onto a new street. It is also beneficial to you to pick the correct lane, that way you don’t hold up traffic further down the road when you suddenly realize you need to switch lanes. And if I felt you knew what you were doing, I might have let you over when you made nearly a complete stop in order to switch into my lane.

If everyone knew how to drive correctly, then everyone would be so much happier.

Here are some thoughts that I’ve had for my next computer. I am always planning computers; dream computers, hugely insane computers, supercomputers, budget computers, practical computers (bang for the buck computers), and systems that I would actually buy.

Well, computers to me are obviously the most important thing so I have to have them just right. That is why I’m announcing today my plans for my next computer system. When do I plan to build my next computer? I was originally targeting summer 2008, but after a recent upgrade to my current desktop computer, I think I may be able to hold off a new system until summer 2009 with nothing more than a graphics card upgrade at some point (when prices come down even more on nVidia 8-series). I decided to hold off a whole extra year because so much is going to be happening in the world of computers between now and then. So… here is my current plan:

Target Budget: $1000 (this always gets fine tuned towards final purchase)

-min 8 cores (will come down to AMD or Intel based on who has the best at the time, hopefully AMD)
-min 8GB DDR3 or more (waiting for triple channel, so could become 12GB, we’ll see)
-Dual Socket Motherboard to provide very good ability to upgrade in the future… and to be badass.

Beyond that, it is rather difficult to say what will be around in a year and a half. For all I know, I may look back at this post and laugh at how small I was thinking.

Additionally to these specs, I am hoping to be able to actually keep my current desktop system running as a secondary computer, maybe even get a KVM, thought dual screen DVI KVMs are pretty pricey.

To reward myself for not getting a computer this summer, I think I may get an Asus EEE and/or something else really cool.

Sorry for all the inconvenience, but I’m glad to announce that my website is back-up for now. I had some issues I had to take care of which is why it was down. It may actually go down again shortly for a server upgrade… but it’s OK, no one will notice I’m sure, heh.

Oh yeah, I added a shoutbox on the right side… so… go ahead and use that if you want.

Technology is great… it’s true.