Tag archives for security

  1. How to Defeat Terrorists

    I was having dinner with family and some good friends, one of whom is an engineer several scores my elder. One of the topics that came up was how engineers see the world differently. This can be a potentially prickly question, especially since engineers are often considered to lack adequate social skills. I have always…

  2. Six Years Later

    Patrick Smith is a commercial airline pilot and writes a section for the New York Times Blog called Jet Lagged: Navigating the Unfriendly Skies.
    Here’s an excerpt from his latest article, The Airport Security Follies.

    Conventional wisdom says…