Predictive Text

You know what really Grinds My Gears? Predictive Texting. With multiple websites devoted to the embarrassing texts that kids send to their parents due to predictive texting, i think we have ourselves a problem. Lets face it, it sounds like a great idea to have a phone that can almost predict your every word while you are typing...but what happens when the obscene and fowl words that you have inputed in your phone gets sent to a girl you like or one of your grandparents. The examples i could bring up are endless, but i dont think they would be appreciated. This really isn't a technology problem, but more or less, a people with technology problem. Why dont you people read your texts before you send them? It doesn't make any sense to send off a text message without a proofreading first. I do it every time, and i dont think its that hard! Learn a lesson people, and think about what you are sending before you send it. We are getting to be adults and you cant be sending out text messages talking about how dirty you are. Clean it up.

http://digg.com/news/technology/biggest_tech_pet_peeves

Electric...Cars?

You know what really Grinds My Gears? Electric Cars. $36,000 for a car that is no bigger than the one that my folks got my sister when she was six? You have got to be kidding me. It looks like someone decided to stick a couple of double-A's in their piggy bank and drive it to work one day. Not to mention the engine sounding like the blender i bought at Wal-Mart freshman year. Then there are the efficiency issues. The AC and Heat both run off of the battery unlike in a gasoline powered engine. This means the driver will have to be mindful of how much they use these luxuries on the drive. There are also concerns for potential electricity distribution issues. Circuits demanding much for energy than usual may have the tendency to blow quite frequently. That is a hazard when the vehicle isn't even moving. With the small size of the vehicle it also raises safety and hauling issues. Most electric cars will be one or two seaters and have very little to offer in the way of safety features. With the limited amount of oil and sky-rocketing gas prices an alternate means for powering our vehicles is inevitable. Whether it is hydrogen, electric, or some other means, let's hope that all the necessary steps are taken to ensure the vehicles will be a viable option for the future.

http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/electricCar.htm

You know what really grinds my gears!? When im playin Halo Reach or Call of Duty on xbox live and I'm doing really well (i.e. a lot of kills and no deaths) and then my internet connection gets screwed up and I end up dying... over ... and over.. and over agian! I just don't understand how the connectino can be toatlly fine on xbox live for half of the game and then all of the sudden screw up.. I also am using a computer for facebook in the same room and it is completely working fine so that REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS when that happens! It happened to me 7 times yesterday......

XBOX 360

Red Ring of Death

You know what really Grinds My Gears? The "Red Ring of Death". Ever since the new and "improved" Xbox 360 gaming console came out from Microsoft, it was suppose to be a revolution in gaming over its predecessor the original Xbox console. The Xbox and Playstation consoles have made a quantum leap in gaming from systems such as GameCube, Dreamcast, and the Nintendos. One major flaw however has plagued loyal Xbox gamers for years now. A design flaw in the Xbox 360 allows for poor ventilation within the system, making it extremely susceptible to overheating and internal functioning issues. This basically renders the system useless and leaves teens all over the world staring at a blank screen. I have seen many consoles and controllers launched into the air, out windows, and into walls due to this little design flaw. The second the green ring goes red, you know that something is getting broken. The "Red Ring of Death" as it is called has prompted a massive recall of the systems, and forced Microsoft to install a trade-in policy. How does technology that is going to be that widely used get off the assembly line and out of the design rooms with flaws this big?

http://todaysnewsfast.info/xbox-360-red-ring-of-death/what-is-the-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-anyway/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems

Text Room: A New World

I was texting about eight different people today around ten a.m. in order to get some ideas on what we should do for this up and coming weekend. I was repeatedly recieving text upon text of ideas, and other people wanted to know what everyone else was saying... Suddenly it dawned on me that the iphone needs a new app in their arsenal. They need a app that shows up like a chatroom on your phone but its all through texting.when you open up a text message it shows what everyone has been saying, and you can view it just like a chat room. Basically cutting down the amount of texts that you have to send to people, and then everyone has to go to one spot in ored to figure out the information. I searched the product and have found nothing like it. Such a small change in the format of texting could make a very big inconvenience into a serious luxury for everyone. Just make sure you are sending in something you dont mind everyone taking a look at.

Which Way Does the Door Swing?

You know what really Grinds My Gears? Guys that don't know proper door holding technique. There are a very  particular set of rules that need to be followed in order to ensure a successful door hold. When it comes to door holding, a lot of guys seem to lose or completely abandon their god-given gift of depth perception and just wing it. There is always a ten foot rule when it comes to gauging how a door should be held open. If the young lady is within ten feet of the door, open it with a certain sense of urgency to ensure that she does not get within the swinging radius of the door. This eliminates the chance of you rendering her unconscious, thus negating any attempted chivalrous act that has just taken place. If she is outside of ten feet, open it slowly and carefully pretending to take your time. If you open it too quickly you will be forced to stare at her for a long period of time  which will in turn creep her out, also negating the door hold. Chivalry isn't dead, there is just a lot of user error going on. Following the simple guidelines that are supposed to be ingrained in our DNA as well as not trying too hard or completely abandoning the concept altogether, will help avoid some of these acts that make us appear socially awkward.Yes this means pushing the red handicap button and letting her go first no longer counts...

Like...Like...Like...

You know what really Grinds My Gears? The "Like" button on Facebook. Is it really necessary? It isn't bad enough that we have to spend the better part of our day scrolling through mind-numbing amounts of uploaded pictures and reading statuses(with countless spelling errors i might add) about how many times couples break up daily. No, they just had to go and add a "Like" button. If you like something that someone has said or a picture that they have put up then say so. Are we really that lazy that all the energy we can muster up to show our appreciation for a friend is a single click of the mouse? The answer to that question is yes by the way. The "Like" button is just one technological handcuff that is stifling creativity and melting away IQ points of young people across the globe. If many years from now your wife comes into the living room to see if you like what she is wearing and all you have been conditioned to do is click a button to show approval...guess who is sleeping on the couch tonight. If you really like something that someone has done then at least be generous enough to leave them a nice comment or better yet look up from your computer screen for two seconds and tell them to their face...they won't acknowledge it because they are busy texting but at least you tried.

There's a time and place for everything.

Walking down the hall in between classes and all you are looking for is a place to sit down...coming back to your room after a long day and want to sit down on your couch and relax....

Today i have been stopped twice by people sleeping in inconvenient spots. To the guy sleeping on the couch in Metz today...Get your butt up! Nobody wants to see you in your pajamas taking an afternoon nap just because you had an 8am class this morning. NEWSFLASH...There are other people in Metz that would love to do nothing more than to just sit down and pop their feet up while chatting with some of their peers. Moving on...after that scenario i come back to my room to just watch a little T.V. and check my emails. My roommate has spread himself across the entire couch and taken up all of the seating....and it gets worse. His bed is in the living room, literally three feet from where he is currently snoring into my ear as i sit on the floor. Not to mention i have heard his alarm clock go off at least three times now, and he has yet to not hit the sleep button.

Listen people...Sleep in your bed if you are tired. Quit irritating everyone else because you think you have some type of entitlement to every couch you see.

Thats what really grinds my gears. Oh wait...there goes my roommates alarm again...

How Fast Do Real Friends Walk?

You know what really Grinds My Gears? People that run to catch up with their "friends" when they are behind them. If these people you are so desperately trying to catch up with were really your friends...they'd stop. The fact that they haven't yet and you are almost out of breath means that you should probably go ahead and unfriend them on Facebook because they don't like you. 3/4 of Americans don't stretch properly before exercise and you think its safe to take off all happy-go-lucky down the hallway. Do you really want to be the person that snaps a hammy trying to sprint after people that genuinely do not care about what you are going to tell them? Doubt it. If you're having to sprint to catch up with your girlfriend...she's going to dump you. If you have to sprint to catch up with your boyfriend...you're clingy. Next time you come out of the blocks, catch a flip flop, and dive face first into the pavement trying to catch up with the cute girl that sits behind you in English, smile knowing that the embarrassment and bodily harm you have just undoubtedly caused yourself saved you from the real pain of realizing she was never going to stop in the first place. You're Welcome.