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Mark Chu-Carroll (aka MarkCC) is a PhD Computer Scientist, who works for Google as a Software Engineer. My professional interests center on programming languages and tools, and how to improve the languages and tools that are used for building complex software systems.
Category: bad physics
Today is another bit of rubbish from viXra! In the comment thread from the last post, someone (I presume the author of this paper) challenged me to address this. And it's such a perfect example of one of my...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:29 PM • 63 Comments •
Category: bad physics
Sorry for the ridiculously slow pace around here lately; I've been ridiculously busy. I'm changing projects at work; it's the end of the school year for my kids; and I'm getting close to the end-game for my book. Between...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:47 AM • 100 Comments •
Category: bad physics
After the fiasco that was my flame against the downwind faster than the wind vehicle, you might think that I'd be afraid of touching on more air-powered perpetual motion. You'd be wrong :-). I'm not afraid to make a...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:22 PM • 52 Comments •
Category: bad physics
In the history of this blog, I've gone after lots of religious folks. I've mocked lots and lots of christians, a few muslims, some Jews, some newagers, and even one stupid Hindu. Today, I'm doing something that's probably going...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:36 AM • 71 Comments •
Category: Bad Probability
Via the Bad Astronomer comes one of the most pathetic abuses of probability that I've ever seen. I'm simply amazed that this idiot was willing to go on television and say this. The Daily Show With Jon StewartM -...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 5:37 PM • 37 Comments •
Category: bad math
I'm sure you've all heard about the airplane that ditched in the Hudson last week. (Just 30 blocks from my office!) When it happened, after we found out more about what caused the plane to ditch, I wondered how...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 10:13 AM • 22 Comments •
Category: bad physics
One of the many great things about my readers is how you folks keep me up to date with any new crap that springs up, so that I don't need to spend so much time hunting down the real...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 7:15 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: bad physics
(NOTE: It appears that I really blew it with this one. I'm the bozo in this story. After lots of discussion, a few equations, and a bunch of time scribbling on paper, I'm convinced that I got this one wrong...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 10:07 AM • 394 Comments •
Category: Debunking Creationism
Once again, you, my readers, have come through with some really high-grade crackpottery. This one was actually sent to me by its author, but I didn't really look at it until several readers sent me the same link because...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 2:35 PM • 21 Comments •
Category: bad physics
UPDATE(9/1): In a move that, frankly, astonished me, the author of the piece that I mocked in this post has withdrawn the article, because he's recognized its errors. And he didn't just withdraw it - he came back to this...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 12:13 PM • 57 Comments •
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