In modeling and simulation, a problem that has often occurred for me is the problem of low ballistic coefficient particles through the atmosphere. The oddness here is that the least energetic of debris is the most difficult to model. The debris which is considered below the kinetic energy threshold for injury is the worst of… Continue reading Optimization of Propagation at Terminal Velocity
Month: March 2014
Corporate Sponsorship Pays
Pretty soon, the useless U.S. yellow journalism/infotainment-lobotomy casserole will inform us that the Supreme Court has “made a decision” that Hobby Lobby (which is a corporation, and corporations ARE people, my friend) is within its rights to refuse to allow those filthy whores to get their whore pills on Hobby Lobby’s dime, nosireee Bob. They… Continue reading Corporate Sponsorship Pays
Not So Much on Expertise as Science
Ok, so I am easily distracted. I seem to have gone off the claimed topic a bit in my previous post. This time, I will actually attempt to stay on point. Expertise is an important indicator of the soundness of a science. There are a number of metrics by which we can measure degrees of… Continue reading Not So Much on Expertise as Science
The Existence of Expertise
On easy way to see if your pursuit is real or bullshit is the existence of experts. People in science often see it as a battlefield wherein truth is approached through bitter struggle between competing factions supporting incompatible models of reality. On this, the fools and leaders of fools capitalize. Unlike silly detective shows, the… Continue reading The Existence of Expertise
I Understand the Obsession
Long, long ago, a little known spot on the body journalistic happened upon a new World War in the making. Powered by such luminaries as Peter Arnett and Christiane Amanpour, the world populace was informed of the goings-on of a then little-known patch of the world known as Iraq. Fast-forward what seems like a hundred… Continue reading I Understand the Obsession