Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

[Guest guest]

You go !!! I had not a clue! PJ

[Guest guest]

Who is this Steve person screaming No internet searches allowed. What???

Yeah, right, Steve. Sure. Uh Huh. We're gonna all obey that dictum!

[Guest guest]

Ha! Take this, :

N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the list what

that equation is...

Pax,

Steve

>>by the way E=MC2

[Guest guest]

Steve...

That would be the Drake equation....

R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems of

planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets (potentially

suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the fraction of

those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species that

become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

Cincinnati

3/8/01 Dr. R

294/238/???

> Ha! Take this, :

>

> N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

>

> By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the

list what

> that equation is...

>

> Pax,

> Steve

>

> >>by the way E=MC2

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Bravo! I owe you one beer, redeemable the next time you visit

Raleigh-Durham.

Pax,

Steve

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

Steve...

That would be the Drake equation....

R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems of

planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets (potentially

suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the fraction of

those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species that

become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

Cincinnati

3/8/01 Dr. R

294/238/???

> Ha! Take this, :

>

> N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

>

> By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the

list what

> that equation is...

>

> Pax,

> Steve

>

> >>by the way E=MC2

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Steve...

>

> That would be the Drake equation....

>

> R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

> year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems of

> planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets

(potentially

> suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the fraction

of

> those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

> life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species that

> become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

> average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

>

>

> Cincinnati

> 3/8/01 Dr. R

> 294/238/???

>

> > Ha! Take this, :

> >

> > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> >

> > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the

> list what

> > that equation is...

> >

> > Pax,

> > Steve

> >

> > >>by the way E=MC2

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Steve...

> >

> > That would be the Drake equation....

> >

> > R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

> > year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems

of

> > planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets

> (potentially

> > suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the

fraction

> of

> > those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

> > life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> > intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species

that

> > become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

> > average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

> >

> >

> > Cincinnati

> > 3/8/01 Dr. R

> > 294/238/???

> >

> > > Ha! Take this, :

> > >

> > > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> > >

> > > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell

the

> > list what

> > > that equation is...

> > >

> > > Pax,

> > > Steve

> > >

> > > >>by the way E=MC2

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Hey, no fair!!! I was away at lunch when that came out!!!!!!! I could have

asked somebody what the answer was,,,,,,I mean I could have figured it out

and won!

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

> >

> > Steve...

> >

> > That would be the Drake equation....

> >

> > R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

> > year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems

of

> > planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets

> (potentially

> > suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the

fraction

> of

> > those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

> > life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> > intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species

that

> > become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

> > average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

> >

> >

> > Cincinnati

> > 3/8/01 Dr. R

> > 294/238/???

> >

> > > Ha! Take this, :

> > >

> > > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> > >

> > > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell

the

> > list what

> > > that equation is...

> > >

> > > Pax,

> > > Steve

> > >

> > > >>by the way E=MC2

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

Drake Equation

(N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

NAME DESCRIPTION Est.

R* Average rate of Star formation within a year 20

fs fraction of stars that are suitable " suns " for planetary systems

0.1

fp # of suitable suns WITH planetary systems 1/2

ne # of planets in the Continuosly Habitable Zone ?

fl (given time) the # of planets on which life actually originates ?

fi Fraction of these planets who form some form of intelligence ?

fe fraction of intelligence of these planets that develop desire to

communicate w/ others ?

L average or mean lifetime (in years) of a communicative civilization

> Ha! Take this, :

>

> N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

>

> By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the

list what

> that equation is...

>

> Pax,

> Steve

>

> >>by the way E=MC2

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What search engine.... it was the very first one that popped up when

I searched google... LOL.

manda

> > >

> > > Steve...

> > >

> > > That would be the Drake equation....

> > >

> > > R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way

per

> > > year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems

> of

> > > planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets

> > (potentially

> > > suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the

> fraction

> > of

> > > those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction

of

> > > life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> > > intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species

> that

> > > become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is

the

> > > average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

> > >

> > >

> > > Cincinnati

> > > 3/8/01 Dr. R

> > > 294/238/???

> > >

> > > > Ha! Take this, :

> > > >

> > > > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> > > >

> > > > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell

> the

> > > list what

> > > > that equation is...

> > > >

> > > > Pax,

> > > > Steve

> > > >

> > > > >>by the way E=MC2

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

[Guest guest]

> > > >

> > > > Steve...

> > > >

> > > > That would be the Drake equation....

> > > >

> > > > R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way

> per

> > > > year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar

systems

> > of

> > > > planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets

> > > (potentially

> > > > suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the

> > fraction

> > > of

> > > > those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the

fraction

> of

> > > > life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> > > > intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent

species

> > that

> > > > become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is

> the

> > > > average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Cincinnati

> > > > 3/8/01 Dr. R

> > > > 294/238/???

> > > >

> > > > > Ha! Take this, :

> > > > >

> > > > > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> > > > >

> > > > > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal

tell

> > the

> > > > list what

> > > > > that equation is...

> > > > >

> > > > > Pax,

> > > > > Steve

> > > > >

> > > > > >>by the way E=MC2

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

[Guest guest]

Try this one--NO INTERNET SEARCHES ALLOWED!!!

PV=nRT

[Guest guest]

Hey I don't mean to be crude, but does this have something to do with

farting?? LOL

Try this one--NO INTERNET SEARCHES ALLOWED!!!

>

> PV=nRT

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Luckily, I am a librarian, and after a few minutes in the stacks, and

with the aid of something similar to " Cliff's notes " I have learned

that this is something called the " ideal gas law " . I tried to find

exactly what each variable stood for, but it wasn't in English. I'm

sure it has to do with pressure and volume because the little I read

used the example of filling a football with helium, and the fact that

it wouldn't travel farther than one filled with oxygen. I think.

Well, I'm off to look for these cysts (bleck).

> Try this one--NO INTERNET SEARCHES ALLOWED!!!

>

> PV=nRT

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

PV=nRT

Pressure times volume = #moles of gas times the ideal gas constant times the

temperature...

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

Luckily, I am a librarian, and after a few minutes in the stacks, and

with the aid of something similar to " Cliff's notes " I have learned

that this is something called the " ideal gas law " . I tried to find

exactly what each variable stood for, but it wasn't in English. I'm

sure it has to do with pressure and volume because the little I read

used the example of filling a football with helium, and the fact that

it wouldn't travel farther than one filled with oxygen. I think.

Well, I'm off to look for these cysts (bleck).

> Try this one--NO INTERNET SEARCHES ALLOWED!!!

>

> PV=nRT

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So, Manda, what was your calculation on this one?

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

Drake Equation

(N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

[Guest guest]

HUH?

> So, Manda, what was your calculation on this one?

>

> Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

>

>

> Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

>

> From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

>

> Drake Equation

> (N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

>

>

> The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

> intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

> R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Manda, you are a riot!!!!! I think that Scully and Muldar can help you!

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

> >

> >

> > Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

> >

> > From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

> >

> > Drake Equation

> > (N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

> >

> >

> > The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

> > intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

> > R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

What did you calculate to be the number of communicating extraterrestrial

civilizations?

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

>

>

> Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

>

> From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

>

> Drake Equation

> (N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

>

>

> The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

> intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

> R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Well you see it was very complicated and such a stroke of genius that

my work was immediately removed from my desk by government agents.

Now that I think of it, there was a few minutes there I can't account

for... I'm sure my memory has been modified and I regret that I no

longer know the answer.

> > So, Manda, what was your calculation on this one?

> >

> > Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

> >

> >

> > Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

> >

> > From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

> >

> > Drake Equation

> > (N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

> >

> >

> > The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

> > intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

> > R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I *HATE* it when that happens...

S

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

> >

> >

> > Well, google says that it is called the drake equation:

> >

> > From: http://physics.indiana.edu/~destelle/drake.html

> >

> > Drake Equation

> > (N = R* x fs x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L)

> >

> >

> > The following is a Drake Equation Calculator(finds the # of

> > intelligent civilizations able to communicate within our galaxy)

> > R* fs fp ne fl fi fe L

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

>>Well you see it was very complicated and such a stroke

For whatever it's worth, I just used that Drake calculator and got 3645

civilizations.

S

[Guest guest]

Yeah steve we don't want no dictum from you!!!!!!!

Re: Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

Who is this Steve person screaming No internet searches allowed. What???

Yeah, right, Steve. Sure. Uh Huh. We're gonna all obey that dictum!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/6/01 2:15:37 PM Central Daylight Time, Judyh1022@...

writes:

> We're gonna all obey that dictum!

>

> Be careful! We almost had another ejaculation convo here...HAHHAA

in Ark

who missed out cuz she was working out...dangit I miss all the good stuff!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Do I see a beer in somebody's future???????????????????????

Rosemary Locklear

Re: Equations Ahoy!--Challenge

>

>

> Steve...

>

> That would be the Drake equation....

>

> R is the rate at which stars have been born in the Milky Way per

> year, fp is the fraction of these stars that have solar systems of

> planets, ne is the average number of " Earthlike " planets (potentially

> suitable for life) in the typical solar system, fl is the fraction of

> those planets on which life actually forms, fi is the fraction of

> life-bearing planets where biological evolution produces an

> intelligent species, fc is the fraction of intelligent species that

> become capable of interstellar radio communication, and L is the

> average lifetime of a communicating civilization in years

>

>

> Cincinnati

> 3/8/01 Dr. R

> 294/238/???

>

> > Ha! Take this, :

> >

> > N = R* fp ne fl fi fc L

> >

> > By the way, I'll BUY A BEER for the first person who cal tell the

> list what

> > that equation is...

> >

> > Pax,

> > Steve

> >

> > >>by the way E=MC2

> >

> >

> >