TECH TALK
Before takeoff, turn off your smartphone's wireless capabilities by turning on this setting
airplane mode
In the acronym HOMES, it's the "H"
Huron
A storm--in Shakespeare or a teapot
(7 letters)
a tempest
It's the animal in the name of the unit equivalent to 33,000 foot-pounds of work per minute
a horse
It lies on the Kansas River
Topeka
Hand-y term for a data storage device that plugs into a USB port
a thumb drive
Differing by a letter, these 2 rivers both rise in Switzerland; one is about 830 miles long & the other, more than 500
the Rhône & Rhine
Doorway part brides have been carried over
(9 letters)
threshold
In an Oscar-winning 2020 documentary, this sea creature was a "Teacher"
an octopus
It's about 90 miles from San Francisco
Sacramento
These days, more than 70% of Internet traffic is this type of video that typically uses data compression
streaming
You'll find the United Arab Emirates at the south end of this body of water
the Persian Gulf
Math term for a digression
(7 letters)
a tangent
If you've taken biology, you've probably studied Drosophila, these alliterative winged insects
fruit flies
Daniel Boone's grave is in this Kentucky capital
Frankfort
Windows users do not want to encounter BSOD, this colorful but fatal-sounding error
the blue screen of death
Under an agreement first drawn up in 1903, the U.S. maintains a strategically important naval base on this Cuban bay
Guantanamo
Boss Tweed's corrupt Hall
(7 letters)
Tammany
This Russian physiologist trained many breeds of dogs to reflexively salivate at the sound of noises they associated with food
Pavlov
It's home to the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Little Rock
Thousands of layers of material, like resin, are how one of these creates an object; the RepRap project led to a self-replicating one
a 3D printer
In ancient times the Dardanelles Strait was called this & was associated with the story of Hero & Leander
the Hellespont
A really fast heart rate
(11 letters)
tachycardia
This Nobel-winning physicist came up with a thought experiment involving a cat & whether or not it's alive
Schrödinger
It's about midway between Yellowstone & Glacier National Parks
Helena