Charlie Martin

Charlie Martin is a Colorado computer scientist and nearly-successful screenwriter who contributes to the Flares Into Darkness political blog as ‘Seneca the Younger,’ and blogs under his own name at the aggressively non-political Explorations blog.

More 9/12 Crowd Data: Yeah, It Was Big

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

The latest sourced information on the 9/12 crowd points to a lower bound of at least half a million.

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March on Washington: How Big Was the Crowd?

Monday, September 14th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

Our attempt to calculate the true size of the 9/12 march.

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Worlds Enough to Conquer

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

The indomitable spirit of exploration goes hand in hand with risk taking.

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Google Chrome: A Microsoft and Intel Killer?

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

The upcoming free, lightweight, netbook-based operating system spells trouble for the weighty dinosaurs of Silicon Valley.

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What Happens to ‘Fly-by-Wire’ When Someone Pulls the Plug?

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

Can a computer-driven aircraft control system be made as reliable as a man operated plane?

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Why Google?

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

They started with a good idea and learned to make money from it.

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A New Kind of Search?

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

The Wolfram/Alpha search may not be a "Google killer," but it's pretty cool in a nerdy sort of way.

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Profiting From the Swine Flu Panic

Monday, April 27th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

Don't forget: with the Internet and a 24-hour news cycle, nobody makes money by keeping us calm.

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One Way or the Other, Uncle Sam Will Bail Out Mortgages

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

Everyone predicts imminent catastrophe if his plan for the mortgage crisis isn’t followed. Here's the sorry truth.

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AboutFace-Book

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

What lies behind the furor surrounding Facebook's ever-changing terms of service.

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