"‘My rule is, a new boat every day’. His years at sea had taught him that if you don’t fix something when you first see it beginning to fail, it is very likely to finish failing just when it is the most dangerous and the hardest to deal with, such as in the midst of … Continue reading The Maintenance Race by Stewart Brand
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TEU: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
"It is the physical equivalent of the internet, the other industry which makes globalisation possible. The internet abolishes national boundaries for information, news, data; shipping abolishes these boundaries for physical goods. The main way it does this is by being almost incomprehensibly efficient and cheap. As George points out, if you’re having a sweater shipped … Continue reading TEU: Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
A Note on Water Escapes
"How many times now have I tried to tell you that making water travel any part of an escape plan is almost certain to end in failure?"—Kevin Underhill, "Fine, Get in the Sea, Crooks." Lowering the Bar. August 28, 2020. Quite a few examples of people trying to escape police via water that do not … Continue reading A Note on Water Escapes
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