Category Archives: General

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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Transnational Good and Bad

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Brian

During the last 10 years, United States National Security has become centered around terrorism. The United States has campaigned a “war on terrorism”.  The interesting thing is there is no specific bad-guy nation with geographic borders called “terrorism”. Because of … Continue reading →

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Google vs. Government

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Brian

…from Marcus Asner, former cybersecurity prosecutor… as reported on pg B2 of the Friday, June 3, Wall Street Journal: It used to be we’d send the FBI agents to find the 16-year old boy in a basement responsible, but now … Continue reading →

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Congress Can Redefine Reality

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Brian

Murphy v. IRS. In August 2006, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled the IRS is not part of the United States.  “Insofar Congress has waived sovereign immunity with respect to suits for tax refunds under 28 … Continue reading →

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