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welcome[edit]

I just started editing. Frank Layden (talk) 14:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Writing my story "on location"[edit]

If you come to this page, have fun answering this question:

Has all life on Earth descended from a single bacterium that mutated to make the final optimization in the universal genetic code? Frank Layden (talk) 03:49, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Or, no. Or, maybe. Wait... what was the question again? ;-) 74.192.84.101 (talk) 00:23, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas Youvan[edit]

I'm somewhat concerned about your emphasis on Douglas Youvan, given the history of banned users who edited that article (like User:Doug youvan). The fact that you post your question to various User Talk pages despite its irrelevance doesn't help your case.--Prosfilaes (talk) 05:29, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing for a major publisher with a working title, "Biophysical Conjecture". If I am required to send a notarized copy of an ID somewhere, let me know. My engagement letter might also be available. While I am digging through material, I don't see why I shouldn't be improving Wikipedia articles on what I must become expert even beyond my own degree and work in physics.

The "irrelevant question" was meant as a jesture of friendship to you.Frank Layden (talk) 23:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Frank, left you a reply over here; I believe Fordham and Mercer. User_talk:Bbb23#Please_Reconsider. Congratulations on your upcoming publication, and thanks for improving wikipedia. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 00:12, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello[edit]

I am more than happy to help you in any way I can. Giant Snowman 20:06, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You'll have to be a bit clearer than that I'm afraid. Giant Snowman 15:15, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My first article?[edit]

If you pass by and see this and know something, let me know:

"However, the single isomer of clomifene, enclomiphene under the brand name Androxal, is currently under phase 2 trials for use in men." Frank Layden (talk) 22:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Humor: Einstein and Lorentz in the Twin Paradox[edit]

Einstein begins, “You know, Hendrik, people say we think so much alike we must be twins, but we are obviously different ages.” Lorentz responds, “Yeah, I know, it sort of a twin paradox – I think Siggie started that one. Forget it, let’s play marbles.” Lorentz said, “Here’s the rules. From a 50/50% mix of red and blue marbles we each have to put the blue marbles in a blue container and the red marbles in a red container.” Einstein responded, “I’ve done something like this before, and I noticed I get worse and worse as the number of items to sort gets larger and larger.” Being the mathematicians they are, they decided to give each other a 50/50% chance of winning. That meant doing some preliminary games to develop a handicap – like in golf.

First Lorentz tried it. Given 2 marbles to sort, he completed the task in 2 seconds. 4 marbles, 4 seconds; 10 marbles, 10 seconds, etc. Now, for Einstein: 2 marbles, 2 seconds; 4 marbles, 24 seconds; 10 marbles 3628800 seconds, etc. Lorentz said, “Looks like I scale linearly as x, as the number of marbles, increase … But, wow, Albert, you scale as a factorial, x!”. They both realized the handicap was x! / x, with Albert’s nonpolynomial rate (x!) on top of Hendrik’s simple polynomial rate (x). Einstein said, “I think I know how to normalize for our respective handicap using a new vehicle I just invented that runs on an E=mc^2 engine and dilates time (t) to t’ based on division of t by that equation you just discovered with ( 1 – (v^2 / c^2))^-0.5. We will have to neglect F = ma because it will be crushing and W = fd because of the consequential heat at the launch site.” Lorentz agreed and added, “Let’s play for the best rate, after normalization, because I don’t want to do all the integrals for total velocity and time!”

Einstein fret that he had problems naming the vehicle, “I found that Folks-Wagon is taken, so I called it a You-Van. In fact, you get in – because I am slower.” They worked out the math and found the necessary velocity for the handicap to sort 100 marbles:

t’ = t (( 1 – (v^2 / c^2 ))^-0.5)

solve for v, with c = 1:

v = ( t’^2 – t^2)^0.5) / t’

substitute the scaling factors:

v = (((x!)^2 – x^2)^0.5) / (x!)

enter actual numbers:

v = (((100!)^2 – 100^2)^0.5) / (100!)

Lorentz looked again and said, “Too bad Cook and Levin haven’t been born yet!” Einstein added, “Oops, we have to wait for Wolfram, too, as we need a lot of precise digits for this calculation. Another day …”

P.S. Hypothesis: P might approach NP as v approaches c, but most of the effect is in the velocity range (c == 1) between (c - 1/∞) and c. Frank Layden (talk) 22:47, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think Youvan made an error. "In fact, you get in – because I am slower." should read: "Because you are so slow, I will get in first". Frank Layden (talk) 15:02, 24 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In-line reference of a personal website[edit]

This is an example of the use of a very good, personal website in a Wikipedia article Hydrophobicity scales, see White, currently #34. Frank Layden (talk) 00:53, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]