Rightnow, you'resittinginanuncomfortablechairattheairport, waitingforyourturntoboard a Boeing 737 whichisgoingtotakeyousomewherethatyoudon't evenreallywanttogo—probably, like, Houstonorsomething—andaboutthreeminutesagoyouread a headlinethatwassomethingalongthelinesof, "'BoeingRecallsPlaneAccidentallyMadeOutofWet
They'remoreorlessfail-proofandonlytake a coupleofsecondstoputon—unlike a parachute, whichiswayheavier, waymorecomplicated, andyoudon't exactlywantall 200 ofyourpassengersin a panictryingtoteachthemselveshowtoequipanddeploy a parachutewhileyourplaneisalreadyonfire, becausethey'llprobablyenduphurtingeachother, andveryfewofthemwillactuallygetitright.
WhenUSAirwaysFlight 1549 crashedintotheHudsonRiver, only 33 ofthe 150 passengersmanagedtoputon a lifevest, andofthose 33, only 4 actuallyputitontherightway.
Evenifallofthatstuff I saidbeforewasn't true, whichitis, andjumpingoutof a passengerairlinerwith a parachutewouldbesurvivable, whichitisn't, youstillshouldn't jumpoutof a crashingairplanebecausethat's nothowairplanecrasheswork.
Andthesameevenappliesforengines—twin-enginejetsaredesignedtoflywithjustoneoftheirenginesifnecessary, andcanusuallyglideupto a hundredmileswithoutanyenginesatall.
ByconnectingthroughNordasthough I'm athome, I canskipneedlesssecurityverificationsandeasilynavigatewebsitesthatmightotherwisebelockedtoanotherlanguageoranothercurrency.
Whenyougoto a coffeeshopandconnecttotheirwifinetwork, you'revulnerabletoman-in-the-middleattacks—it's easytoaccidentallyconnecttosomeoneelse's computeror a compromisednetwork, andleaveallofyourbankingandpersonalinformationoutonthetableforsomeonetosteal.