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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by technothrasher on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:54PM (#43006913)
> But a lot of what we go through these days is security theater.

I just had a big dose of that this morning, getting my tool bag flagged by TSA, which I honestly expected, and told my calipers were not allowed (because maybe I'm going to hijack a plane by threatening to measure it??) but having my very sharp broaching tools, which could actually maybe do some damage as a weapon, completely ignored. And then, the second time through, after checking the calipers, having my watch case opener taken because it sort of looks like a knife, even though it's completely dull with no sharp edge.

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by bee_rider on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:49PM (#43007476)
If you measure the position of the plane very accurately that will cause the momentum to become unknown due to quantum mechanics, which could make it hard to control the thing I guess.

Hmm. At least you weren’t threatening to measure the momentum very accurately. Since that would make the position unknown. Would that turn the plane into a slab?