Driving me nuts

Now that I got your attenttion, so will a speeding cop. One thing I notice about police officers, no matter what department they belong to, is the lack of following traffic laws. Even when not rolling on a hot call, I see cops doing things like speeding without lights or siren. Today I even noticed a cop parked on the oposit side of the street with his car facing oncomeing traffic. Now you can't tell me that he couldn't park on the correct side of the street and walked across, or flip a U Turn and park right on the side in witch the call was on. I have been on ridealongs where cops fly down a street doing 40 miles an hour over the speed limit without lights or siren's. Also, It's not just on duty they drive this way. It's off duty as well. Makes you wonder what they are thinking. I know they are far better trained behind the wheel then the average citizen, BUT, people see them do things like mentioned above and it doesn't look good on their department. Not to mention puts lives in danger. Lives in witch they are swarn to protect and serve.

Zimmerman AQUITED

As most of you know, George Zimmerman the guy accused of shooting Travon Martin was aquited. Zimmerman was a block captain for the Sanford Florida nieghborhood where Travon Martin lived. It too over four years for charges to be filed. As most of you know George Zimmerman is white and Travon Martin was black. The race card is how this whole thing got into the national news to begin with. Now the national media perticurly the talking heads are continuing to make this about race. thats all they seem to be talking about. There are protests and also threats to Zimmerman's life. When I saw he was aquited I thaught for sure there would be a big backlash from the black community. But, one thing I have not heard through out the trial and even watching coverage today is Zimmerman was carrying a gun. No one has mentioned if he was carrying openly or concealed. Nor have they mentioned what the gun laws in the state of Florida are in regards to the issue. It amazes me the tunnel vission of the media. That will be another days topic. For now, I would love to hear about the gun issue.Was he legal to carry a gun? He certainly wasn't charged with any gun violation.

Life as a pedestrian

Not sure if anyone knows this or not, but I walk everywhere. I don't drive, although I used to drive. Not driving can save alot of money not to mention it's great excersise as well as good for your heart. I walk because I don't have wheels. Sense starting to walk everywhere, I have gained a whole new perspective on what its like to be a pedestrian. I have found that alot of drivers are not very educated when it comes to the rules of the rode pertaining to pedestrians. Not to mention etiquite One of the first rules your taught in drivers ed is PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY! Now that doesn't mean that we can do whatever we want. Just means within common sense. There are several bad habit's I see drivers do when it comes to pedestrian's. One of the habit's I see drivers do alot is at a stoplight with a crosswalk, they sit in the middle of the crosswalk blocking it while waiting for the light. That CAN AND WILL GET YOU A TICKET IF CAUGHT! Second thing I see is people parking blocking the sidewalk. That makes it more dangerous where pedestrians have to walk in the street to get around the parked car. That is also a TICKETABLE OFFENSE! Finnaly, I see people trying to get in a hurry when they are makeing a turn and I have the light. If you look as if your in a hurry to me, I will slow down. So DON'T get in a hurry when makeing a turn. Just because someone is walking doesn't make them any less of a person so PLEASE show some courtisy to your fellow human.

Creativity is dead

Creativity is dead. Well maybe for the TV production industry. Today's new shows seem to lack imagination. For instance, you have a show where people buy from public storage auctions. Then there are the countless spin offs. Not to mention the one about some crazy cajun guy from Axmen. So I ask has TV show creaters totaly lost all good sense not to mention creativity. I say yes. As it is, we have way too many so called reality shows to keep adding more dumb reality shows. Every other channel in every other time slot has a reality show about something. Hmmm wonder if I can get a reality show.

LGBT California victory

Two days ago the US Suprime Court ruled that the California proposission that banned same sex marrage was unconstatutional. Today the Su[rime Court ruled that local California municipalities that issue marrage licenses, must begain issuing same sex marrage licenses imediatly. Shortly after the ruleing, the two couples involved in the fight to overturn California's Prop 8, were married. The dission by the suprime court is four plus years in the makeing. This is a victory for the LGBT community. When that meassure was introduced to voters, it was missleading people. I am glad the surprime court ruled against the meassure. It is my opinion that anyone who is in love no matter what their sexual oriantation or gender identity sould marry. Can't stop love reguardless. I am glad the courts saw that.

Second Life Viewer review

Those of you on Second Life know that in order to play the game, you have to have a special program. That is where viewers come in. Linden Labs the parent company that runs Second Life, has their own viewer. But, there are third party viewers available for free. I took a look at the main viewers this week. I tested four diffrent ones. When I first went onto Second life a year and a half ago, I was content on using the viewer that they provide through their website. It has everything needed to play including a home button and a button for your land marks. The only thing it doesn't do is view mesh items. Alot of things in Second Life is being switched over to mesh. Thats where Phenix Projects Firestorm comes in. Firestorm is the viewer most people use. It has everything. Only thing it doesnt have that would be nice to see, is a land marks button like the Second Life viewer has. Instead, you have to go into inventory and click land marks folder. Then there is Singularity. Singularity was interesting trying to navigate the diffrent feature's. It is difficult to chat with friends and no home button much less a land mark button. Cool VL viewer is far better then Singularity but it has it's faults too. It does have one touch button on bottum of the screen for friends and one touch flying button. its also less laggy of all the viewers I tried. Only issue I have with CoolVL is that the media is hard to use. Anyway, hope this is helpfull to anyone looking at Second Life viewers. By the way my main viewer is Firestorm because ease of use.

Second Life urban combat

Ever wanted to be a gangster, cop or firefighter? Second Life has a few urban combat sims that will let you do just that. I have spoken about Second Life before, but I am going to be a bit spacific. If you are a Second  Lifer then you may be familure with some of the sims I am about to name. One is brand new as in a week old. Others have been around a while. One such sim that has notariaty in Second Life is called Danger Point. Danger Point is one of the  urban sims you can drive cars and fly hellecopters . For about a year Danger Point was one of those sims that was dorment and not used much by people. Sense it has become more populer, it has been subject to griefers and those who don't follow sim rules as well as harrassment by other users on the sim. I expierienced it where the owner didn't do anything about the griefing or harrassment even if you braught him proof. It is pretty much unorganised caos. Yet, I or other decent users that follow the rules get yelled at by the owner and admins when we try to even the fight. Even with combat huds, the gangs wait till you are back on your feet and kill you again right away. In Second Life we call that corps camping. On the opposite side we have Vivid City. This sim just opened a week ago and from my expierience is ran quite well. The owners and admins seem friendly. their Police force is more realistic. So far it has prooven to be well organised. A walk down the street and you wont get shot. The police and fire departments on that sim are fairly organised and active. It is still new but is gaining popularity from the former Danger Point user base. If its heros you want there are urban sims for that as well. Gotham/Arkam Assylam used to be very populer in urban RP/Hero RP till it closed down. So if you want to play in an urban scenerio, take your pick there are a few choices out there. See you in Vivid City.