Charlie Martin

Charlie Martin is a Colorado computer scientist and freelance writer. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Duke University, where he spent six years with the National Biomedical Simulation Resource, Duke University Medical Center. Find him at http://chasrmartin.com, and on his blog at http://explorations.chasrmartin.com.

Global WarmingGate: What Does It Mean?

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

Just one of the scandals is the willingness to manipulate data to make a political case.

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Hacker Releases Data Implicating CRU in Global Warming Fraud (Updated)

Friday, November 20th, 2009 - by Charlie Martin

BBC confirms that a hack did indeed occur. Is this smoking-gun evidence of global warming data being fabricated? (Also read Richard Fernandez: "The CRU Hack")

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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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