• 11Sep 08

  Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath review is here

  I've finished reviewing the Tiberium Wars expansion, so incase you would like to hear about my thoughts or recommendations on it, feel free to check it out

  http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/commandconquer3kaneswrath/player_review.html?id=605961&tag=player-reviews;continue;1

  

  • Posted Sep 11, 2008 12:55 am GMT
  • Category: Games
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• 12Aug 08

  Annoying car horns & Headaches

  We all hear car horns from time to time, but sometimes we get annoyed by them, in a way that you wish that there was another way to alert other people than using horns. Maybe you get what I mean, or perhaps you even felt the same way at times.
  
  In reality, horns are meant to be used to alert other cars if they were not aware that the light has turned green, or more importantly, alert people who are crossing the street while cars are speeding towards them. Surely, horns alone can save the lives of people at times when used at the right time, however......many people seem to be using horns in an "Abusive" way, and I'm hoping that the people who are specialized in these matters try to find a solution to this issue.
  
  
  
  
  1 - The first kind of reckless use of horns I have seen is when people have a habit of using their horns at least once every time they drive. Some people start blowing off their horns when the car towards them is going a "little" slower than himself. Some people even have a habit to use their horns every time they see a person on the side walk. So in other words, if they drive next to a fish market, you can expect them to use their horns at least 10 times, even if the people on the side walk aren't trying to cross the street while the car is moving!
  
  I understand that some people use horns for the people on the side walk to ensure that they are aware that there is a car coming, but not everyone is an idiot, not all people jump on the street and walk without looking for any cars approaching them, and not just that, but if someone truly has this habit, this would mean that they use their horns multiple times on every street. It's going to be more of a disturbing sound than an alerting sound this way.
  
  
  2 - The second strange car horn issue I have seen is the people who have a habit of blowing their horn each time the signal light turns green. I myself live somewhere where I can see the street from the window. Sometimes I stand there looking at the street and you won't believe it, I have seen with my own eyes that some people hold on their horns the moment that the light turns green until the cars move, many of them do this even if the cars move the second that the light turns green. Even now while I am writing this post, I am hearing long and loud horns flying around the air outside the window.
  
  
  3 - Third silly horn-using method I have seen is.....like many of us would agree on is during traffic jams. So, we are standing still, waiting for the cars to slowly move and hoping that we reach our destination as soon as possible, but you hear a long horn sound coming from behind you. The horn keeps coming even though you have no space to go forward since there is a car already in front you. So I don't know, does the car behind you expect that you fly above them? Or just bump the car in front of you to make the traffic seem lighter?
  
  
  4 - The last annoying use of horn I would like to mention about is when people don't actually use it as an "Alert" but rather as "Happiness" or some sort. Usually, when a football match is over and their expected team has won, they start moving through the streets and start blowing off their horns everywhere to show how happy they are or to let the whole area know that the expected team has won.
  
  
  
  I'm not saying that it's not good to let people know about your happiness, but when they rapidly use their horns in residential areas (Sometimes around 12:00 AM) and causing disturbance to people who are sleeping? Some people are even sick and need some silence to rest well, some people could be in a stressful state where they need some moment of silence, and kids who need to sleep well. Yet they keep using their horns and cause disturbance to residential areas for the sake of their favorite sports team.
  
  
  
  Some good solutions to this is that if the car is in front of you, just give him/her a flash light and they will know. Flash lights deliver good alerts to the car in front of them and cause no disturbance to people around them. There are certain areas where flash lights aren't enough to alert people, some simple, short horns will alert the car at the front immediately, not like some people who keep holding on their horns until they see the car at the front starts moving. Horns cause not only disturbance to the cars around them, but also to everyone who lives around that area.
  
  Or maybe they need to remove horns from cars completely and replace them with infrared alerts that sends a message inside the car that they meant? Don't know, it's up to the specialized people to decide how to solve this problem.
  
  • Posted Aug 12, 2008 12:35 pm GMT
  • Category: Cars
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• 31Jul 08

  5 years of membership :O

  Can't believe that it's been 5 years and I'm a member here. Oh well, wonder if there will be a 6th anniversary
  • Posted Jul 31, 2008 12:58 am GMT
  • Category: General
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