Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Sarah Palin Papers

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Brian

So, some 24,000 pages of Governer Palin emails were released today.  FOI filers paid $725.97 each to receive 6 boxes of paper copies. 24,000 pages / 500 pages per ream / 12 reams per box => 4 boxes.  I wonder … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare in Federal Court: Analysis of Arguments

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Brian

ObamaCare is in Federal Appeal Court. The arguments for and against the mandatory participation are being crystallized. The critical issue is that people who would choose to not purchase insurance will be penalized by having to pay hundreds of dollars … Continue reading →

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Stock Price Splits and Dividends – Part I

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Brian

Stock prices are quoted in many places. However, prices neglect the value of owning a certain stock or mutual fund. As an investor, I’m more interested in “pocket book value” (PBV), or how much money really increases or decreases in … Continue reading →

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Risk vs. Return vs. Time

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Brian

A mathematician or a statistician would probably trust the Central Limit Theorum. In addition to predicting a Normal distribution, the CLT predicts that the standard deviation of many samples will decrease when taken from the same parent population. Analytical Chemists … Continue reading →

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Discriminate Against Equality

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Brian

Boeing wants to move manufacturing from Washington state to South Carolina because, among other things, South Carolina does not require employees to be part of a union. The Federal government is suing them so they cannot move because Boeing was … Continue reading →

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