Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Do Statistics Prove Right or Wrong?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Brian

EAA and AOPA are pushing for relaxed medical licensing of pilots. Maintenance employees of WECO Aerospace before 2007 were misrepresenting work done on aircraft. Bear with me for a minute while I connect the two news stories.

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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Absurdity

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Brian

The WSJ recently published an article titled “Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony?” There are even web pages that help you become someone else.  What do you think about this?  I’m convinced this computer honesty discussion is getting … Continue reading →

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Movies That Aren’t Suppose To Have An Answer

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Brian

I watched the movie Gone Baby Gone tonight.  It brought to mind the movie Point Break.  It also had tenor of the movie Shawshank Redemption.  All three are good movies.  None of them are easy movies. I believe I know … Continue reading →

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Gold and Dow the Same Direction

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Brian

Anybody wanting to know, could have predicted US stocks were going down this morning even before the market opened, based on overnight behavior. It was fun to watch all the option calls drop into red, and all the option puts … Continue reading →

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Advantage of Inflation Is Monetary Manipulation

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Brian

I’ve been wandering the web, finding resources about macro economics. I have always thought inflation is bad. After all, who wants prices to rise? So I looked on Wikipedia. What I found confirmed developing discontent.

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