Much of today will be working on the plane. I suspect that I will spend a whole lot of time inside the tail riveting up the top of the tail skin. Given the access in that part it will be a yucky job but it has to be done. And I am sure there are worse jobs. Actually, it will not be that bad… And I am guessing that we will be spending more time putting control rods in too…

The ACM Queue there is an interview with one of the engineers looking after the Hotmail Web Site. There is an interesting quote – “…New hires tend to want to do complex things, but we know complex things break in complex ways. The veterans want simple designs, with simple interfaces and simple constructs that are easy to understand and debug and easy to put back together after they break.”. I love that quote…

There is an allegation on the GRC Web Site that the recent WMF exploit was actually a back door intentionally built into windows for purposes unknown. By analysing how it operated the author of the page suggests that the fault was built in by microsoft, for internal purposes, or by some other organisation.

There is an article in news.Com.AU about how LCD and plasma TV prices are set to drop by 50% in the next 12 months thanks to increased production, and more players entering the market; combined with increased consumer demand.

On the back of Billy Joel releasing a classical album, Roger Waters has released an >opera called Ça Ira. Roger Waters is one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, a band whos music I love. Also created for performances of the opera are amazing images of Mark Holthusen. Technically this is not an opera since the words are in English. The opera is based on the history of the French Revolution.