My awesome solution to liquid explosive terrorism and pretty much all the other problems with the airline industry

I recently took a flight from Virginia to Mexico, connecting in Texas, and I must say that security checkpoint people have the worst job in the world. Day in, day out, all they do is piss people off. They're only doing their job, but most people just use them as scapegoats for all of the pains of travel. What's worse is that they are totally responsible for everyone that passes through the gate. One could only imagine what it would be like to be the guy who let the wrong person through and as a result, caused an untold number of deaths. As terrorism becomes more and more sophisticated, intimidation becomes less and less effective. A terrorist can now have the utmost confidence that security officers will not foil his plan because he/she has hidden his weapons in items that pass through security. Unless security officers are ridiculously careful and prying, they have no chance of stopping any decently organized attack. It took an informant to foil the last big attack, we may not be so lucky next time (I think it was an informant, it's not like I watch the news or anything).

Outlawing drinks on airplanes will not stop terrorsts in the same way that a firewall will not stop hackers. These people will find a way around the system. What would happen if police found explosives in a terrorists rectum? Would they have full body cavity searches on all passengers? (I'd like to see them market that to the business class!)

Here's my solution: sedate all passengers. Whether it be by mailing everyone 20mg of Valium with their plane tickets, pumping NO2 into the cabin, or even playing Solaris as the in-flight movie, the end goal is to ensure that all passengers are sleeping soundly for the duration of the flight. Terroists would be unable to do anything in this state short of /dreaming/ of blowing up the world.

This system would also have several side benefits: Airlines could stop serving in-flight meals and beverages; customers would no longer have to worry about how much leg room they have or how close they were to the isle; the high strung business type would reach their final destination relaxed and rested. Even better, airlines could put passengers and their belongings in giant crates and ship them to their final location in cargo jets. Gone would be the days of missing a connecting flight or having a 12 hour layover. Go to sleep in your home town, wake up in Paris!

My idea may be a little far fetched, but at least it's more effective and more convenient than outlawing beverages or any other measures taken to make traveling more of a pain than it already is.

Do I need more ram?

I've decided tonight that my mac mini is too damn slow. Frustratingly slow. I don't feel like holding out until I get a laptop for college, so I kinda wanna upgrade my ram. Seeing how...well, just look at this picture:

Solo, my bukee

I solo'd (or is is soloed) today for the first time. I was a little nervous, but I did alright. Funny how much easier a plane is to fly when it's got half of its passenger weight removed. Afterward, my instructor took a polaroid of me and 2582 Charlie.

Some cool drawings

I'm really not an artist, but I got bored at the library so I decided to draw some random objects that I found. Featured below are a tape dispenser and a notecard filebox.



I'm really glad I took art foundations this year. I never knew doodling could be so much fun.

This is cool....I guess

I'm too lazy to update my website because I use straight up HTML with notepad. This should be a little easier.