Global Wahrman

This is the personal journal of Michael Wahrman.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Has One of John Holland's Submarines Been Found?

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One of the problems with being mortal is that you do not know how some stories end and one might really want to know. In science of co...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Lions and Tigers and the LAPD, Oh My

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One of the great advantages of using mass transit, or at least transit, in this case Amtrak, to go back and forth between LA and Oceansid...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Proposed Naming Convention for Random Acts of Violence

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If you are like me, you are confused by the different random acts of violence in this country. Who can remember if the murders were comm...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Thomas Piketty and the New Celebrity Economics

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You know that things are going to hell in a handbasket when Economists become cultural heroes. When America, the ultimate anti-intellectual...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

The Obsolete Vision of Dr. Heywood Floyd

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When I was very young, I went to see 2001 in what must have been a 35 mm print in Richmond, VA.  . I was of course bored out of my mind....
Monday, July 20, 2015

Corruption and Degradation in Orange County

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“The law must be honest, just, reasonable and according to the ways of the people. It must meet their needs and speak plainly, so that al...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Internet Provides A New Way for Human Resources to Confuse Victims

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When I first worked for a large corporation, I had a very benign view of Human Resources.  I assumed that HR was there to help everybody...

Centos Linux 6.6 Good, 7.0 Bad

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When a new major release of an operating system comes out, I generally wait six months or a year, and then try installing it on a non-cri...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Reading List on Data Storage for the Computer Illiterate

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This is the second post in the boring “build a backup for your studio” series of posts. The first post is  here . The primary reason ...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Is a Worker With Baggage Like a Plant That Has Bolted?

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In this post, I want to ask the deliberately limited question of whether or not a “more experienced worker with baggage” is similar in so...
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