Swans on Tea

Body still on west-coast time, but with an east-coast schedule. There is much caffeine in my future.
Thoughts from this past week:
Airline travel really sucks. There is no space in coach, and the seats are really uncomfortable — my back still hurts. Next thing you know they will charge for air.
Note to TSA [...]

I’m not saying Secretary Paulson is Lex Luthor. I’m just saying $700 billion is exactly enough to build a death ray.
- Tim Siedell

Because if the plan is crazy, the enemy won’t have installed countermeasures.
Via Schneier, a bit of crazy-like-a-fox counterintelligence
Having lost many troops and civilians to bombings, the Brits decided they needed to determine who was making the bombs and where they were being manufactured. One bright fellow recommended they operate a laundry and when asked “what [...]

This is timely, as it were. Scientific American has an article on frequency combs that appears to be publicly accessible. Rulers of Light: Using Lasers to Measure Distance and Time
Optical frequency comb applications require exquisite control of light across a broad spectrum of frequencies. This level of control has been available for radio [...]

if you don’t go 360º on a swing
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OK, disclaimer time: please note that it’s got rigid bars instead of a chain or rope attachment, the feet are probably secured, and that the person doing it is most likely insane.
Apparently this activity [...]