July 12-14 - Coffee, Birth Control and Airplanes

"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact."
 - George Eliot

Fascinating.  I had no idea . . .

Per our discussion the other day re: Oculus Rift. I wonder to what degree this can be solved with better and better processing speed and fidelity.


Oh. Emm. Gee.  Really does put people's nervousness over turbulence into some perspective . . .

Pretty damn interesting.

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