To conserve, and I have all the time in the world to do just that, I biked up to the Borders for the day. They have wonderful A/C, great coffee, and a better magazine rack than the library. Let’s do some trivia, where to start?In China, they had a 62 mile long traffic jam that lasted nine days. Something does not add up, as China need only avoid the mistakes we’ve made to develop an infrastructure at a fraction of the cost. Yet, when one hears of these incidents, it is frightening that China is not getting the message: plan ahead.
Next item is the iris scans, you know, the laser that can read your eyeballs. It now exists. In the newest model, it can grab your corneal blood vein patterns invisibly from 16 feet away. And forget the sunglasses, the laser goes right past anything like that. The manufacturers claim the only weakness of the system is the lack of “depth in the database”. That is, they have not scanned you yet. As usual, the danger is not the technology itself, but the undeclared uses to which the authorities will certainly abuse it.
I once knew a gal who panned for gold, so occasionally I’ll read up on the topic and recent development . I saw a blanket that one drags along the ground that will detect precious metals up to 20 feet deep. It looks like a tarp that trails behind small dolly wheels. All you need is a backhoe to dig down that deep.
More trivia. You’ve seen all those photos from the Hubble. Deep space, edge of the universe, and such-wise. Did you know this represents 4% of the universe? The other 96% is material that is undiscovered, known only by its properties such as gravitational effects and light spectrum absorption. We’ve launched 4,500 rockets into space to determine that, at which rate we’ll need another 112,500 before we can plan anything really big. And rumor has it near-earth orbit is already a junkyard, or if you are developing a tractor beam, a terrific break. Remember, to a dog, a parking meter is a pay toilet.
And to Theresa the Cave Woman, this place is a sauna. Mind you, she is packing on the weight from months of laziness so don’t go thinking this is some kind of health spa. She is overstaying her welcome with the neighbors, all of whom are now aware of the facts. A few minutes ago, she stomped through here in front of my company saying “Wallace says hi.” implying she has some secret contact, but the fact is it is too late for that song and dance.
It just tells me Wallace has been intentionally not answering my correspondence, the worst thing he could have tried a second time. Never try to pull the same stunt on me twice.
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