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Mikes Electric Stuff

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:10:45 -0800

Lots of cool electronic-related items and links here

PicoCool - Heavenly Staircase That Test Your Phobia

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:09 -0800

I had a dream of going out of a building on an open staircase like this the other night. I have a fear of heights, and needless to say, I woke up from the dream as I was scared stiff trying to descend the damn stairs.

Ataque de Pánico! (Panic Attack!) 2009

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:21 -0800

Cool sci-fi video (Transformers style invasion) from my friend http://mynona32.stumbleupon.com

HyperOne999s favorite websites - StumbleUpon

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:12:58 -0800

Lots of cool and interesting links at http://hyperone999.stumbleupon.com - Thanks

30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery, 30 Pictures - LIFE

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:53:50 -0800

This yodeling meter makes the list of 30 dumb inventions, but I just liked the priceless look on the dames faces.

Or how about this one - the poor gal looks so depressed that James T. Kirk didn't quite survive the transporter experiment - At least she can still feast on him - lol.

My first time getting caught by photo enforcement of a traffic violation. | Dangerous Intersection

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:13:47 -0800

I know someone who recently got a red light photo enforcement ticket. It was not even 7:00 on a still slightly dark Saturday morning in St. Louis City, and no one was around. The poor smuck had just dropped off his visiting Sister-in-law at the train station, and was returning home cruising along at the speed limit, when they got distracted by a strobe light effect that suddenly appeared in their peripheral vision (they even commented on it with another SIL/MIL riding in the car). By the time they looked back to the road again, they realized the stoplight had changed to red, but it was simply too late to avoid running the red light. It is just my opinion, but I'm convinced that had the strobe light effect (probably from the photo enforcement camera itself) not distracted them, that they would have been paying attention to the road like they normally do, and wouldn't have run the red light in the first place.

Now, I've only seen the cameras effects at night, but I can say the strobing effect of the camera is itself a safety road hazard by causing distraction that might not otherwise occur. Most people know what to expect with normal business lights, and vehicles, but we aren't used to trying to drive with a strobe effect going on around us. I mean really, remember how disorienting it was trying to walk with a strobe light going on in your room as a kid.

Anyway, the municipalities know, the insurance companies know, and we know this is all really a municipality money generating scam under the guise of true concern for safety. The municipalities say the photo enforcement systems help increase traffic safety, but the insurance rep that I've interviewed on the subject suggested the cameras are resulting in more rear end collisions, etc. and that it was all about the money.

That said, it sounds like you're pretty much trying to literally fight city hall to get out of a ticket. They've bypassed a lot of the mechanisms for fighting by making it a civil offense. Anyway, not discounting the valid safety points of not running red lights or speeding in general, I have to question whether the means justifies the ends in this case. Sounds to me like all it does besides make money for the municipalities is to piss people off royally. Kudos to the municipalities, and the contractors in cahoots with them, in figuring out a way to legally siphon money while effectively making things less inherently safe in my opinion when people are second guessing what they normally do with common sense naturally (i.e. gut reaction).

By the way, this blog is in no way an admission of guilt to anything. Cue the Pink Floyd music for Big Brother - lol.

Thumb Up for Trees

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:08:53 -0800

Kudos to SU for supporting a noble cause - Until May 2, 2010, we can do the same by simply giving a thumbs up on the link, which will help plant a tree.

The Librarian franchise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:04:45 -0800

Just got through watching "The Librarian" trilogy. I hadn't heard of them before, but I thought they were as good if not better than the Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and Romancing the Stone series.

The Guild - Do You Wanna Date My Avatar

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:04 -0800

What, you mean people use fake avatars? - lol. I just pretend to be a normal, married guy - haha

Rebuses Answers - Tom Vella-Zarb

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:19 -0800

I did a rebus puzzle for a girl once. I was trying to get her to talk. It didn't work - lol.

Sugar
__________

Pretty Please

She was a chemist. Maybe I should have used the chemical name for sugar: C12H22O11 and used equal signs to represent double bonds as the dividing line. Alas, I guess it was just burnt sugar without enough OH - lol.

Here' another rebus puzzle I've done recently: