February 26, 2005

• We were grocery shopping and Joanne decided to buy a lotto
  ticket.  She filled in the numbers on the sheet and handed it to
  the lady at the counter, when the lady asked her "Are you 18?"  I
  proceeded to LOL... I was like "Hey, she's 28!"  Anyway, Joanne
  still had to give her some ID.

  My team (from my grad class) is mostly competent, but they don't know
  all of the current trends in software development (XP, test driven
  development, etc.)  If you write HTML, it should be part of the
  W3C standard.  IE is not
  the standard; they put some extras in their browser that are not
  compliant.  So, if your page doesn't "look right" in another
  browser, it's not the other browsers fault, it's yours for writing
  non-compliant code.

  sorjai asked me to
  comment on Gran Turismo 4. So far, it is very good.  The graphics
  are even more realistic than GT3.  I've only done the license
  tests so far, but I can tell it's a good game.  I can also tell
  I'm kind of rusty.  I can only manage to get silver on the license
  tests.  If you want to learn how to drive well, getting gold on
  the license tests will teach you plenty.  Skip the rest of this
  entry if you're not interested in learning about how to take a
  curve:  If you want to take a curve that is basically a left turn,
  then as you approach, place your car as far right as possible.  In
  a more powerful car, you want to do most of your braking here, since
  braking while turning is a no-no.  Rather, break as much as you
  can in a straight line.  Now, start steering the car towards the
  apex of the turn, light on the throttle.  Once you've passed the
  apex, start straightening out the car and applying more throttle. 
  You want to steer your car towards the outer edge of the turn, taking
  advantage of the width of the track.  Start laying down on the
  throttle to get a good exit speed.  Hope this is helpful to some
  of you.

  • 4:52 pm
  • 3 Comments