Traffic, Ants, and Lightning
September 13 2007 William writes:
I went to dinner at the normal veg place, had Jeera Noodles (noodles with peppers), bought some bread, and tried to cross the street. The traffic on the main street between the veg restaurant and my street is busy at all times of the day. It is a strange type of traffic, not the deadlock type you see in the states, but more of a hallway of ants going both ways. The median is hardly discernible and is dictated by the quantity of traffic going in either direction. The side with more traffic gets more of the road. To cross the street, you may think that once you make an initial move the cars would stop, let you cross, and then continue in the same order as before. This is not what happens, once you enter the road, you become a car and are expected to follow the rules of the road. That is, move forward or get out of the way.
In my apartment there are lots of ants. The two things that amaze me about ants are; how do they go such long distances with such little energy, and how do they navigate such complicated paths with such small brains. Chaos theory comes to mind when I try to explain their navigation but I can only guess at their extreme energy efficiency.
I love ants. 
I did finally get home and a thundercloud invisible in the darkness lit up the night sky with lightning.
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