John F. McGowan's Thoughts

Fact

Software Engineering

• Faster, Better, Cheaper Search Engines
• Interview with Frontier Economy on Complex Algorithm R&D
• Complex Algorithm Research and Development: Harder Than Many Think
• Bamboozled by Mathematical Models
• Programming Management 101
• Evaluating Technical Feasilbity: Lessons from the Madoff Scandal
• Why TV Lost

Science

Space

• John McGowan Interview on The Space Show
• Can the private sector make a breakthrough in space access? (HTML)
• Cheap Access to Space: Lessons from past breakthroughs (HTML)
• Flying Saucers and Science (Book Review)
• The Inconclusive UFO Evidence (Book Review)
• The Inconclusive UFO Evidence II (Book Review)
• Lost in Space: The Fall of NASA and the Dream of a New Space Age (Book Review) (HTML)

Biology

• System-Level Genetic Codes Using a Transposable Element-Like Mechanism with Applications to Cancer
• System-Level Genetic Codes: An Explanation for Biological Complexity
• The Jigsaw Model: An Explanation for the Evolution of Complex Biochemical Systems and the Origin of Life

Problems with Science

• Problems with Popular Science
• Falsifiability in Particle Physics
• The Myth of Falsifiablity
• Psychosurgery (HTML)

The Economy

Financial Crisis

General Crisis

• A Bipartisan Problem  (February 26, 2009)
• Pro-Growth Rhetoric for Anti-Growth Policies  (February 26, 2009)
• The Post Office Versus Wall Street  A brief comparison of two government agencies.  (February 25, 2009)
• A Better Stimulus (February 8, 2009)
• Why a Fiscal Stimulus May Fail and What to Do   (January 10, 2009)
• The Limits of Fiscal Stimulus in the Current Recesssion (November 25, 2008)
• What Should We Do? (Monday, October 6, 2008)

Blaming the Government

• A Brief History of Blaming the Government (January 17, 2010)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It Again! (July 4, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (V)  (March 17, 2009)
• It's All About Alan (March 11, 2009)
• Letters to the Editor (February 28, 2009)
• The Silence of the Banks  (February 24, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (IV) (February 20, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (III) (February 9, 2009)
• Cato Blames the Government (February 3, 2009)
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It! (II) (January 26, 2009
• Mommy! The Government Made Me Do It!  (January 13, 2008)

Letters on Financial Crisis

• Response to E-Mail from US Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) (August 10, 2009)
• Letter to US Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) on Fiscal Stimulus (July 22, 2009)
• Letter to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo on Financial Stability Plan (February 13, 2009)
• Letter to President Obama on TARP  (February 7, 2009)
• Letter to President Obama on Proposed Bad Bank (January 30, 2009
• Open Letter Opposing the Wall Street Bailout (October 1, 2008)
• Letter to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo on the Wall Street Bailout (September 29, 2008)
• Letter to President Bush on the Wall Street Bailout (September 25, 2008)
• Letter to House Speaker Pelosi on the Wall Street Bailout (September 24, 2008)

Miscellaneous

• Standard Based Monopolies: The WinTel Example

Business (For Sale)

The Hidden Job Market

It is a truism that most jobs are found through the mysterious “hidden job market”. This article explains what the hidden job market is, how to find it, and how to use the hidden job market to find a job.

Fiction

General Satire and Humor

• Huntington Smith and the Academic Review Committee
• The Physicists versus the Flying Saucers
• The Antwolly

General Politics

• The Pompous Conservative Balances the Budget (January 9, 2009)
• The Desperate Republican and the Average American (March 8, 2009)
• Unbiased News: The News You Want (July 22, 2009)

The Wall Street Bailout

Financial Instability Plan

• The Conservative Batman versus the Joker (October 4, 2009)
• The Gorilla and the Mouse (July 28, 2009)
• Oh My God! It's a Conspiracy Theory!  (April 21, 2009)
• Government Sachs Offering Memorandum  (April 12, 2009)
• Wall Street Saves the World (April 5, 2009)
• The Demonization of Wall Street (March 28, 2009)
• The Trillion Dollar Laptop (January 30, 2009)

TARP I

• Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 23, 2008)
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 24, 2008)
• The Pompous Conservative Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 26, 2008)
• The Concerned Liberal Senator Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 26, 2008)
• Super Trader Chauncey Wigginbotham IV Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (September 28, 2008)
• The Conservative Planning Meeting on the Wall Street Bailout (September 29, 2008)
• The Liberal Planning Meeting on the Wall Street Bailout (September 30, 2008)
• Corporate Titan Harlan "Mac" MacGregor Explains the Wall Street Bailout to the Average American (October 2, 2008)
• The US Leads the World (October 6, 2008)
• The Super Villains and the Wall Street Bailout (October 8, 2008)
• The Incompetent Bank Support Fund (October 14, 2008)
• The Free Market Fanatic Explains the Housing Bubble to the Average American (October 21, 2008)
• The Pompous Conservative is Outraged (October 31, 2008)

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