Detour!

Please forgive me, but I am going to take a short detour. As promised, I am announcing my personal website today. Be sure to visit http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~tjd382 to check it out. I have some music up as well as some pictures, but please remember, it is still in beta, so there will be more improvements, I have been really busy these past two weeks.

On a second note, it seems that people in Philadelphia do not make decisions based on right and wrong, but rather based on the damage ratio. Let me explain. A damage ratio is the ratio of damage you will receive with respect to what you collide with. For example, if you collide with another person, your damage ratio is 1:1, because for every 1 blemish they cause you, you are likely to cause 1 back. However, if you collide with a Mack truck going 45mph, the damage ratio becomes 67:1, meaning for every 1 blemish on the truck, you are likely to receive 67. A bicyclist going around 10mph is a damage ratio of 2:1. Based on these ratios, people decide whether they should cross a street on a red. Let me explain: Law says you do not cross the street on a red, however if there is absolutely nothing coming, you are safe, but if a jogger comes running down the street and you have a red, don't let your feet peel off the sidewalk. I think I need to sleep.