Rant and Rave
People are dumb.
I downloaded the New York Times app for my phone and have been reading various articles of different topics.
First, I want to point out that technology is RIDICULOUS. Haha, says the girl who owns an iPhone. I read a few articles about some future technology coming out. One is about TVs and DVD players that will be able to recognize hand gestures. As in, you can change the channel by just a flick of your wrist...literally.
Has the public become so lazy that having a remote isn't enough? Pretty soon we'll be able to change the channel WITH OUR MINDS. Ok, so may not so soon, but it might happen one day! Technology was made to make things easier for us and less time-consuming, but it seems with the more time devices save us, the less time we seem to have.
Our generation has seen a lot of technology. We were born when the Internet was and when computers became popular. Since Kindergarten I have been using a computer. I didn't get my own computer until I was 14, the same time in which I was able to access the Internet. Just in our 20+ years of life, we have seen computers shrink, TVs get flatter, and phones become portable and transform into things other than phones. And imagine how the elderly feel! My step dad was alive before air conditioning was invented. Just look at all that's been accomplished in the last 100 years! It's astounding and yet...terrifying. Whereas we have new technology to help us through our daily lives, we also have so much to distract us. Just in the last year or two, it has been brought to our attention that texting while driving is causing several fatal accidents a year. Hardly anyone was familiar with texting 7 years ago, but now it's causing car accidents on a wide scale.
Which brings me to my next point: the ban on cell phone use while driving. I can understand cracking down on texting while driving because that requires you to use one or two hands to do and your eyes taken off the road completely. But talking on the cell phone while driving? If you have a headset, I don't think you should be penalized. Studies show that even with headsets, people can be distracted while driving by the conversation, but if that's the case, then all passengers should be required to remain silent so the driver can concentrate; radios and CD players should be taken out because they could "distract the driver"; cup holders should be removed as well because reaching for a drink may require you to take your eyes off the road for a milisecond. Oh, and P.S., no thinking while driving either.
The point is, there are several things that can distract us from driving, things that may have caused accidents, but people are concentrating on what sticks out in their mind the most. But think of it this way; how many times have you had to go a long drive and having the radio blaring or a caffeinated beverage handy kept you from falling asleep and killing yourself? And yes, even talking on the phone. I know when I make my four-hour drives to West Palm, I often try to call someone when I feel myself wanting to doze. Not even music or the caffeine will help. Whereas these distractions can cause accidents, they can also prevent them.
And my final point: Anti-smoking activists are pissed off at Avatar because of Weaver's character smoking throughout the entire film. Seriously? When I was growing up watching DISNEY MOVIES with smoking and drinking, it never influenced me. The thought never even crossed my mind. Perhaps a personal experience is not enough to justify things, but people have to accept that the reality is some people smoke. Are they going to go around and tell everyone outside smoking, "There are impressionable children nearby, how dare you be smoking out in public!"? I understand people against smoking ads that portray the smokers as being "cool" or "popular," but when it's part of a movie where a story is trying to be conveyed as a possible reality, it needs to be accepted that someone is bound to smoke. No one seemed opposed to exposing the children to violence or the implication of sex, but oh nos, can't have someone smoking. There are more important adversaries to battle here, so leave the film industry alone.
I downloaded the New York Times app for my phone and have been reading various articles of different topics.
First, I want to point out that technology is RIDICULOUS. Haha, says the girl who owns an iPhone. I read a few articles about some future technology coming out. One is about TVs and DVD players that will be able to recognize hand gestures. As in, you can change the channel by just a flick of your wrist...literally.
Has the public become so lazy that having a remote isn't enough? Pretty soon we'll be able to change the channel WITH OUR MINDS. Ok, so may not so soon, but it might happen one day! Technology was made to make things easier for us and less time-consuming, but it seems with the more time devices save us, the less time we seem to have.
Our generation has seen a lot of technology. We were born when the Internet was and when computers became popular. Since Kindergarten I have been using a computer. I didn't get my own computer until I was 14, the same time in which I was able to access the Internet. Just in our 20+ years of life, we have seen computers shrink, TVs get flatter, and phones become portable and transform into things other than phones. And imagine how the elderly feel! My step dad was alive before air conditioning was invented. Just look at all that's been accomplished in the last 100 years! It's astounding and yet...terrifying. Whereas we have new technology to help us through our daily lives, we also have so much to distract us. Just in the last year or two, it has been brought to our attention that texting while driving is causing several fatal accidents a year. Hardly anyone was familiar with texting 7 years ago, but now it's causing car accidents on a wide scale.
Which brings me to my next point: the ban on cell phone use while driving. I can understand cracking down on texting while driving because that requires you to use one or two hands to do and your eyes taken off the road completely. But talking on the cell phone while driving? If you have a headset, I don't think you should be penalized. Studies show that even with headsets, people can be distracted while driving by the conversation, but if that's the case, then all passengers should be required to remain silent so the driver can concentrate; radios and CD players should be taken out because they could "distract the driver"; cup holders should be removed as well because reaching for a drink may require you to take your eyes off the road for a milisecond. Oh, and P.S., no thinking while driving either.
The point is, there are several things that can distract us from driving, things that may have caused accidents, but people are concentrating on what sticks out in their mind the most. But think of it this way; how many times have you had to go a long drive and having the radio blaring or a caffeinated beverage handy kept you from falling asleep and killing yourself? And yes, even talking on the phone. I know when I make my four-hour drives to West Palm, I often try to call someone when I feel myself wanting to doze. Not even music or the caffeine will help. Whereas these distractions can cause accidents, they can also prevent them.
And my final point: Anti-smoking activists are pissed off at Avatar because of Weaver's character smoking throughout the entire film. Seriously? When I was growing up watching DISNEY MOVIES with smoking and drinking, it never influenced me. The thought never even crossed my mind. Perhaps a personal experience is not enough to justify things, but people have to accept that the reality is some people smoke. Are they going to go around and tell everyone outside smoking, "There are impressionable children nearby, how dare you be smoking out in public!"? I understand people against smoking ads that portray the smokers as being "cool" or "popular," but when it's part of a movie where a story is trying to be conveyed as a possible reality, it needs to be accepted that someone is bound to smoke. No one seemed opposed to exposing the children to violence or the implication of sex, but oh nos, can't have someone smoking. There are more important adversaries to battle here, so leave the film industry alone.