After a couple of cold days, full of rain and wind, the sun shines again. In the afternoon I took a walk on the shore. At such a day, Louis Armstrong (1) must have decided to record the song What a Wonderful World. The sea is not as angry as it was just yesterday. Still the waves were quiet high and powerful.   At the entrance of the old port, I leaned over the balustrade. The sun warmed my back and from the front it was windy and...

One of the eternal inner conflict of man is to accept the facts  of life as they are. And what is the appropriate way of life according to the facts. Not what we simply want, but what are the facts, that should dictate our way of life. Regardless whether what we want is in accordance with the facts of life. Technology is the key to our way of life.  It provides us with the means to overcome the shortcomings of our materiel supplies and...

Freedom, such a auspicious word and it’s promises are, oh, so sweet. No more obligations and one can do whatever one wants. No more work, no more payments, life could be beautiful. But this idea of absolute freedom is a lie. There is, and can’t, be absolute freedom. The bills have to be paid and one can only buy what one can afford. At least, that’s how it should be. And life is full of obligations, which limit our...

The modern man is sufficiently insured against all possible eventualities, calamities and risks. The insurance industry is big business. The insurance corporation AIG is US-based and the biggest insurance company in the world. According to Forbes 2008 AIG was once the 18th largest public company in the world. It just shows that even in the USA, where many people seem to have difficulties with the public health insurance, the industry is big...

The era of Airships, also called Zeppelin, was a short one and ended tragically. The most famous airship, the Hindenburg (1), was 245 meter long, 41 meter in diameter and had a cruising speed of about 125 kilometer per hour, maximum speed 135 km/h. Normal cruising height was 200 meters. In normal cruise settings the Hindenburg burnt 130-180 kg Diesel fuel an hour. In 1937 the Hindenburg carried 72 passenger and 52 crew members....