User:Wolfkeeper
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About me
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"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice there is."
Significant contributions
- Jet engine
- Rocket/Rocket engine
- Network neutrality
- A2 (aircraft)/LAPCAT/Skylon/SABRE
- Concorde
- Tether propulsion
- Peer-to-peer
- Launch loop
- Spaceflight
- Noble lie
Hobbies include getting vandals banned.
Deep magic
(stuff I like)
- Hofstadter's law - it takes longer than you expect to understand it
- Nomic - what the wikipedia is not supposed to be
- Fermat's theorem/Lagrangian - The magic that runs quantum mechanics; but I'm in two minds about the Many worlds theory
- Special relativity - time and space are interchangeable???? You bet.
- Hash tables - you put things in random places so you can find them quickly???
- Tether propulsion - no fuel required! How does that work?
- Space Elevator - the ultimate Indian rope trick and the Lofstrom loop
- Birthday paradox - two people usually have the same birthday!
- Skylon - it flies all the way around the world ... multiple times on one fill-up (if anyone ever builds it) - also A2 (aircraft) goes half way around non stop
- Evolution - the modification of genomic population over time, and it's useful if you want to apply phage therapy!
- The big rip - ITEOTWAWKI
- Nash equilibrium - the theory you get when a paranoid schizophrenic tries to figure out the world... and it applies to business quite well (gack)
- SOFAR channel - So far and yet so loud! And some people think that the aliens landed because of it!
- Teapotahedron
- Page rank- practical Epistemology applied to the web to avoid infinite regress
Also: External deep magic site
Honors
The Original Barnstar | ||
I award you this Barnstar for your hard work on the Rocket article. Congratulations, and keep up the good work. :) Pursey Talk | Contribs 00:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC) |
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | ||
I've observed your efforts in upholding the Network Neutrality article. Even if there was no reason to doubt your opposing number's motives, it's clear from his condescension, his insults and his steadfast refusal of views other than his own that he has no interest in cooperating, and accordingly that your work has been valuable. That you've been at it for nine months astounds me. Want one of these? --Kizor 15:33, 26 March 2007 (UTC) |
The Minor Barnstar | ||
Here's the minor barnstar for cleaning up after my colossal mistake. (messedrocker • talk) 23:13, 27 June 2007 (UTC) |