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In US, again
Feb. 29th, 2016 11:07 amI am in US now, just arrived. I like this conference, it is my 6th time now. And first as an organizer.
When getting here, noticed that Canadians are still pumping oil in the north:
Also TSA's computer hanged when reading my boarding pass (and it was reproducible, they even made a picture of a pass). So they decided to make a more thorough check on my stuff. Good thing: they let me pass through all the queue. Bad thing: after all, I did not save any time.
Some smart ppl think TSA is a security theater. I don't: I think when performing normal checks they would catch 99.9999% of stupid terrorists and 10% of smart terrorists, and on detailed checks they would catch 100% of stupid terrorists and 50% of smart terrorists. I strongly believe there is no such thing as a smart terrorists, so TSA wins. (Smart people go learn VHDL, C++ or Scala, or at least are working on M&A ;)
When getting here, noticed that Canadians are still pumping oil in the north:
Also TSA's computer hanged when reading my boarding pass (and it was reproducible, they even made a picture of a pass). So they decided to make a more thorough check on my stuff. Good thing: they let me pass through all the queue. Bad thing: after all, I did not save any time.
Some smart ppl think TSA is a security theater. I don't: I think when performing normal checks they would catch 99.9999% of stupid terrorists and 10% of smart terrorists, and on detailed checks they would catch 100% of stupid terrorists and 50% of smart terrorists. I strongly believe there is no such thing as a smart terrorists, so TSA wins. (Smart people go learn VHDL, C++ or Scala, or at least are working on M&A ;)
