Doing the math
I'm in Orlando to give my math-loaded paper on distributed simulations at a conference. I wanted to work over the presentation -- I have 30 minutes to give a talk that should really take 90 minutes, so I have to have every word planned out. However, I didn't get much done on the flight because:
- I am coming down with a cold or something, and didn't sleep well last night.
- My name is back on the "no fly" list. Having one of the most common names in America and working for the government evidently doesn't help much there.
- The delay from that caused me to be one of the very last people to board a Southwest flight to Orlando.
- It being Orlando, the flight had an overabundance of screaming kids on their way to the Mecca of Amusement.
- Nobody boarding before me wanted to sit next to all the screaming kids.