May 2013  VERY busy past 6+ months on new job etc.  Read a few good books (The Signal and the Noise, Blind Descent... about supercavers, and the new Sedaris book.  My son is now working his first job, Paige will do color guard.  Life overall is good.  Just submitted a new OEIS sequence A226095 today, interesting to me...Had trip to DC/Chicago over Easter and discovered some new family.

 

Nov 10 2012 I continue to dig the Strava app for Android.  Very well designed

 

Aug 24 2012 I have relocated from California to east of the Mississippi

 

Aug 9 2012 congrats to Michael C. (intern) on setting a new record for the time trial bike course of 21:20 !

   I have just started fiddling with the Strava app and like it a lot - the north and south segments are declared for the time trial course.

  As of now, the north direction lead time is 9:53 and the south 10:27.  The lead sum by same rider (though likely not continuous) is 20:53 (CTanner).  The next (3) I see are LOldstrong (21:45), KAbbas (22:29) and JTaylor (22:51).

Sept 5 2011 congrats to Michael C. (intern) for posting both the fastest raw bike and foot time in the 2011 time trial

July 11  I reach my 21-re aniversary w/ CCCSD within the week; 

June 29 2011  add new TT marks for 2011

Sep 2010 eliminate some stale items; A few good quotes lying around the web:

 

"Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together"  —Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

 

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."   —Lao-Tze

 

Sep 12 2010 I closed a few gaps in my reading list (To Kill a Mockingbird, Diary of Anne Frank, Oil! and The Jungle); I also just read and enjoyed a book about a fella reading the Encyclopedia Britannica (The Know-It-All by AJ Jacobs, ISBN 0743250605).  I also just finished The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

I got my son to read Lord of the Flies and he is currently reading The Grapes of Wrath.

 

Apr 6 2009 read some great quotes from the FreeThinker Robert Ingersoll ... just got Derbyshire's Prime Obsession from PBS

 

Feb 2 2009  I posted an update to my Twin Primes page Twin Primes and Goldbach's Conjecture re: Bernoulli numbers (sums of products of integers etc).  

Have also derived a "modern" list of Ethical Commandments:   Ethics2009.pdf     as part of a class I just took.  I tried to be fairly comprehensive, though many details for each would have to be in place for completeness.  There are 22 items (vs the orig Ten Commandments).  Send me feedback or questions but my time is limited.

 

7/11/2008 fiddling with BuzzDash; tested A047160 thru integers 4.29E9 w/o "-1"

6/16/2008 upload file for 2000/2004 election data; prep for symmetric prime narrative

 

5/20/2008 (gen'l cleanup) came across xcellent Univ Mich control site (open textbook)

http://controls.engin.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/ControlsWiki:About

 

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• useful freeware apps I use/recommend:

AdAware, SpyBot, SpyBlaster, A Squared, CCleaner, Pari GP, ClamWin, Sunbelt or Core Force firewall, Gnumeric, SAGE, Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar,Open Office

 

• volunteers to eval my chess engine whenever I finish it!**
• has anyone looked into FLT (Family limited trust)?
• I attempted to use Java class (isreachable) to essentially perform a "ping", it does not work reliably, or at least does not match with cmd line ping results to various internal subnets ...anyone have any experiene with this? suggestions?
• I am now/still a top 600 contributor to the GIMPS project (Nov 2008)

 

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about me: undergrad Webb Institute MSEE George Mason University PE Control Systems (CA), PE EE (CA)

born 1962 I am a twin, I am not religious (more of a FreeThinker) I bike commute as I am able I love Bluegrass music heritage: Scottish-Irish

job title: Associate Control Systems Engineer

I am married to the lovely Daphne Reese, USCGA '83

future goals: maybe write a nonfiction book, participate in computer chess tourneys, maybe build a velomobile or recumbent

in my former life I played Ultimate, did 10Ks and triathlons and was raised in northern Wisconsin

I program in C++ console apps; my Dad and 2 brothers were all IBEW Electricians

email: billymac00_AT_excite DOT com

 

= = = Chess

here is some discussion on programming a chess engine

engine_aspects.txt

 

= = = Movies

here are my thoughts on some movies/actors etc

http://billymac00.pbwiki.com/f/movie_list.txt

= = = 2008 Election

I will eventually collate the state-by-state data as far as Pivot States (swing states). 

 

= = = Football

here are my thoughts on the greatest NFL QBs statistically, including my proposed rating formula (circa mid-2006), needs updated for active players and some missing data (Bradshaw incorrect, a lot higher)

http://billymac00.pbwiki.com/f/QBrating.xls UPDATING soon! post-2010$$to WikiCommons

 

from the pure ratings, the top career QBs in order are:  Montana, Brady,Manning,  and Bradshaw/Favre/Elway, Young, Staubach

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here are my thoughts on the greatest NFL WRs statistically, including my proposed rating formula (circa mid-2006), missing Terry Holt

http://billymac00.pbwiki.com/f/WRrating.xls UPDATING soon! post-2010$$to WikiCommons

 

from the pure ratings, the top career WRs in order are:  Rice, Moss, Harrison, Owens, Hutson, Carter, Alworth

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here are my thoughts on the greatest NFL RBs statistically, including my proposed rating formula (circa mid-2006),

http://billymac00.pbwiki.com/f/RBrating.xls UPDATING soon! post-2010$$to WikiCommons

 

from the pure ratings, the top career RBs in order are: Brown, Faulk/Payton, Sanders/Tomlinson, James

 

= = = Books

fairly recent movies I'd recommend: The Lives of Others (German, subtitled), The Departure (Chinese, subtitled)

recent books I'd recommend: Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis by Rockmore, D., Tiger Force (Vietnam)

or A Beautiful Math about Game Theory

other books  read: Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris), Trigger Men (snipers)

== Misc ==

Tour de Sewer (7.67 mile time trial),Contra Costa County (central), California Bay Area

historical bests (cycle unless noted)

Michael C. 21:20 (2012, age 21) 

Raffi M. 21:29 (2007, age 27) "Armenian Express", approx 21.4 mph

Raffi M. 21:30 (2006, age 26)

Michael C. 21:36 (2011, age 20) the only "double" mode winner

Raffi M. 21:55 (2008, age 28)

Todd S. 22:52 (2006, age 35) "Ironman"

Bill M. 22:56 (2008, age 46) "Flying Scotsman"

Bill M. 23:12 (2006, age 44)

Todd S. 23:13 (2009, age 38)

Bill M 23:23 (2010 age 48)

Todd S. 23:24 (2010, age 39)

Todd S. 23:29 (2008, age 37)

Garth W. 23:31 (2006, age 58)

Bill M. 23:33 (2009, age 47)

Bill M. 23:39 (2007, age 45)

Todd S. 23:56 (2007, age 36)

Bill M. 23:57 (2012, age 50)

Mark W. 24:05 (2012, age 33) "Polish Rocket"

Bill M. 24:12 (2011, age 49)

Mark W. 24:19 (2010, age 31) 

Nate M 25:01 (2010, age 29) "Cuban Missile"

Mark W. 25:05 (2011, age 32)

Mark W. 25:14 (2009, age 30)

Garth W. 25:36 (2008, age 60)

Ken L. 25:37 (2010, age 27)

Ken L. 25:44 (2009, age 26)

Glen B. 26:00 (2011, age 54)

Garth W. 26:50 (2011, age 63)

Garth W. 26:55 (2010, age 62)

Craig M. 35:36 (2010, age 42, roller blades)

Craig M. 36:45 (2009, age 41, roller blades)

Todd S. 43:24 (2010, age 39, Razor scooter)

Michael C. 50:11 (2011, age 20, foot, course record)

Paul F .  51:59 (2011, age 31, foot)

here is link to north end/start of course (north end of bridge) (also on beta.mapmyride.com)

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