Don  Lancaster's 
                                                   Pseudoscience  Library 

  

Pseudoscience is what the Houynnyhymms politely termed
"That which is not so".   Ludicrosities such as free energy,
alien abductions, cold fusion, UFO's, or perpetual motion.

There are three levels of pseudoscience:                               

• Tain't likley, McGee.  
• Boy, a whole flock of 'em flew over that time.
• What are they on, and where do we get some of it?

Because so much of it is so mesmerizingly awful,  much of  
pseudoscience makes for wondrously fascinating reading.  

My goal here is to place a big pile of pseudoscience onto a
large stage.  Shine a bright light on it.  And then get you to
personally conclude:  "Yup - that sure is a big pile all right." 

The only tiny problem is that an awful lot of it keeps leaking
out of the bottom of the pile.

Most library files require an Adobe Acrobat 3.0 plug-in for online
viewing.  Offline, these may be accessed by an Acrobat reader, or
with use of any program (GhostScript, Transverter, Illustrator... )
that can accept v 3.0 or higher .PDF files as inputs. 

		Blatant Opportunist #49  BASHPSEU.PDF          How to Bash Pseudoscience. Meta studies. Looks like a duck. Binary       consequence tree. Ockham's razor. Follow the Cash . Avoid negatives.       Roswell. Dowsing. Brown's Gas. Homopolar gens. Magic lamps.
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Resource Bin #86  RESBN86.PDF (March 1999)       How to superluminally dowse for Brown's Gas in Roswell. Art Bell       Bill Beatty. Keelynet. Saucer Smear. Borderlands. More miles per       gallon. Skeptical Inquirer. Preposterosity Du Juers. More.

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		Tech Musings #124  MUSE124.PDF  (May 1998)       How to bash pseudoscience. Some wind energy resources.       New white LED caving lamp. ExtraOrdinary Science conference       papers. Reading web site extended referral logs. Free samples.
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Tech Musings #140 MUSE140.PDF  (September 1999)      Low cost printed circuit drill. "Laws" as theorems. PostScript      robotics. Free USGS maps online. More on scanner "photographs.      Water soluble plastic films. Recommended GPS books.

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   Resource Bin #26 RESBN26.PDF (March 1994)
             Pseudoscience ripoffs are a multi-million dollar industry. Here's an
                 extensive directory of where to go to get the latest insider info on     
                 UFO's perpetual motion, aliens, and wonder medicines.

    Tech Musings #129  MUSE129.PDF  (September 1998)
                  Understanding DMX512 theater lighting controls. Hydrogen energy
                  journal. Some stage lighting books. Overunity energy fantasies.
                  Asynchronous RS422 and RS485 network communications.

    Tech Musings #108  MUSE108.PDF  (January 1997 )
                  Debunking miracle energy sources, A history of color organs,
                  Those great new baby PIC's, New consultant's insider magazine,
                  AC phase control fundamentals, linearizing by table lookup.

    Tech Musings #120  MUSE120.PDF  (January 1998)
                  NewTek's new PIC Calibar tv generator, investigating Brown's
                  Gas, television broadcast magazines, understanding meta studies,
                  comparing energy densities, plastic injection molding book, more.

    Hardware Hacker #64  HACK64.PDF  (May 1993 )
                  Steam calliope sources. Micropower oscillators. Avoiding
                  energy scams. Thermodynamic basics. Communications trade
                  journals. Understanding process reversibility.

    Tech Musings #107  MUSE107.PDF  (December 1996 )
                  SX laser printer repairs, linear phase digital filters, home theater
                  opportunities and resources , debunking some techno-myths,
                  improved access to government surplus electronics. 

Tech Musings #134 MUSE134.PDF  (March 1999)       Online aerial photo access. A collection of loose ends. Selected       SETI books. PIC video overlay displays. Underwater arc absurdities.       Military manual source. Shooting the AOL messenger

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    Tech Musings #112  MUSE112.PDF  (May 1997 )
                  A.C. power measurement tutorial and basics. Aerogel resources
                  and developments. 99 cent Telephone extension lockouts.
                  Understanding RMS currents. Several column corrections.

    Tech Musings #123  MUSE123.PDF  (April 1998)
                  AC power measurement new options and tutorial. $49 Acrobat
                  source. Rapid simultaneous A/D converters. Solid state
                  power meters. Home energy monitoring. DNA computing.

    Tech Musings #119  MUSE119.PDF  (November 1997)
                  Miracle motor suppressed! Handheld data acquisition resources.
                  A useful hydrogen book. Thoughts on electrolysis. Reactance
                  limiting concepts. Web FM radio search service.

    Tech Musings #121  MUSE121.PDF  (February 1998)
                  FM Wireless Broadcasters. The Radio Shack 12-2051. Surplus
                  and auction update. A homopolar traction motor. A new power
                  measurement chip. Understanding the Faraday Disk. Cool cars.

    Tech Musings #94  MUSE94.PDF ( November 1995 )
                  Important EE Internet sites, pseudoscience strikes again, a new
                  MIDI electronic music book, Basic Stamp II microcomputer,
                  a collection of microcomputer startup resources.

    Hardware Hacker #87  HACK87.PDF  (April 1995 )
                  AC motor drive fundamentals. New Basic Stamps from Parallax.
                  PIC Microcomputer resources. Additional details on forced zero
                  magic sinewaves. Dealing with "too good to be true" results.

    Tech Musings #117  MUSE117.PDF  (October 1997 )
                  Real PostScript for PIC Robotics. Shattering homopolar machinery
                  myths. Six clicks to display PostScript. Motor and generator intro
                  and fundamentals. Melody IC's and sound modules.

    Hardware Hacker #77  HACK77.PDF  (June 1994 )
                  Thermodynamic Second Law violations. Soliton waves, references,
                  and resources. Superb CD ROM directory. Santa Claus machines
                  review and update. Some hacker opportunities.

    Hardware Hacker #86  HACK86.PDF  (March 1995 )
                  The DNA computer language. Some wavelet book resources.
                  Magic digital sinewave codes. Engineering economics review.
                  Hot new fringe FM RBDS tuner.

    Hardware Hacker #82  HACK82.PDF  (November 1994 )
                  Cyborg cosimano helmets, long range remote control, unique direct
                  toner decals, Powerful new PIC software, "virtual ways"CAM machine,
                  pseudoscience resources, FCC periodic regs, more...

    RMS current & voltage finder  FINDRMS.PS 
                  A PostScript utility to find the rms and average values of any complex
                  waveform. Especially triac phase controls. Also investigates recent
                  outrageous lighting efficiency claims.

    Tech Musings #111  MUSE111.PDF  (April 1997 )
                  Evaluating energy claims. the CIE Chromaticity diagram. Superb
                  digital video book. Understanding color spaces. Innovative auto
                  electronics. A new current monitor. A skeleton for your closet.

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