Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

It's funny how a little rain makes people even dumber. We're having another wonderful round of piss from God. Gee, when did LA become like Tokyo in terms of weather? This stuff actually has been lasting all day rather than the short storms or drizzles. The thing that bugs me about cars is the wheels. These things seem horrible weak. Why are we using rubber? Have we improved tire manufacturing so that they won't burst except under extreme conditions? As I traversed through the slop known as the 110, 10 and 405 today I thought how inefficient we are for not putting more effort into improving transportation. I mean I see cars improve their chassis not their engines. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like automobile manufacturers don't go out of their way to improve those things. Think about saving on gas, oil and emissions. But what about other mechanisms? I talked about the "flying car" concept. I was thinking about new car concepts today for my novel on the Martian setting. One thing I was considering was a four legged walker, kinda like an AT-AT. Problem is that those types seem slow. But it would be pretty stable if they got the robotics right. Or if they could figure out a way to increase the movement rate and scale it in such a way to either cover great distance in a small item, or having such a thing carry large numbers of people over that long distance. Another thing that pisses me off are all those goddamn hauling trucks. I blame them for mucking up the roads especially during heavy rainfall. I think that heavy loads should be born on large platforms carried high above ground or far beneath it on something like a conveyor belt. Imagine the way electric systems are built out with wires going every which way and then eventually leading towards their source. You'd have something of the equivalent of a data packet bearing the cargo's id being shipping to a certain destination under high efficient speeds. Maybe some kind of nanotechnology could power it where it knows the routing information built into tiny nodes in the underground facilities. Pretty cool ideas though, right?