Jan 27 2008
Death and Vegas
Today I learned:
- I’m going to die some day.
I discovered today, thanks to Death Clock, that my projected day of death is Wednesday, March 8, 2023. No worries right, I’ve still got 476,552,655 seconds to live. A bit disconcerting but I still don’t see why I wouldn’t at least hit the average life expectancy, given that I entered a low BMI, and I am a non-smoker. I did specify that I was pessimistic by nature, but 20 years for being Eeyore? Not to mention that you get a different death day each time that you submit your data. I worked on a similar “death calculator” applets when I worked at Revolution Health.
- Jet pilots can cheat death.
I took my two year old to his first movie this weekend, an IMAX flick called “Figher Pilot: Operation Red Flag” here at the Air and Space museum in Virginia. He loved it! Did you know that the risk of dying for fighter jet pilots drops significantly after ten combat missions? That’s why each year the United States takes part in intense simulated combat missions (with live munitions) four times a year. Over twenty nations participate in the exercises, called Red Flag, which take place in both Nevada, outside of Las Vegas and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. If you have some spare time one weekend you should stop by the Steve F. Udvar-Hazy center in Chantilly and check it out.
I refuse to look at those sites, don’t want to end up like Roy in the IT crowd. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsigFEXVt8