Something for the Weekend - Wars and Wood
I learnt a few interesting facts today. Nothing whatsoever to do with information security(well not really).
In France most of the lumberyards these days have a ready supply of Douglas Fir. This is because after the second world war Canada gave France billions of saplings to rebuild the countryside after the devastating bombing and 70 years later its ready for turning into pool house roofs!
None of the lumberyards will touch wood from London. This was especially disappointing for the likes of Kew Gardens after the big storms in the UK a few years back. The reason? It is because during the wars shrapnel got embedded into the tree trunks, the wood grew around it and it has a tendency to injury people using bandsaws and large milling machines when then cut through it!
It puts thinking about what technology to build software from and finding bugs in software in perspective……
