User talk:Milton Beychok

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I just archived the last batch of postings
That is why this page looks rather empty at this moment. Milton Beychok 07:32, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Ideal gas law
First, I hope you liked your birthday presents!

Second, you might be amused at how convenient Ideal Gas Law has been at the moment. It's something that I hadn't used recently enough to remember that I knew it. I have a friend who has asked me to rig a carbon dioxide generator for a closed hydroponic greenhouse, and, for weird logistical reasons, can't use either a carbon dioxide cylinder or a propane-driven generator. So, I'm looking at a possible Rube Goldberg contraption derived from a hot chocolate dispenser, which meters calcium carbonate powder into acid. I can do the stoichiometry to know how many moles I get, but now I have to figure out how to convert moles generated into ppm in a specific volume at constant temperature. People are looking at me strangely as I walk around muttering pV = nRT. Howard C. Berkowitz 18:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Milton, maybe you should move the approval date to later to give people a chance to read it. Feel free to change anything you want; after all I did that too. --Paul Wormer 17:07, 5 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Paul, you are right. I will add a week to the date. Milton Beychok 17:47, 5 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Milton do you know why Daniel is dragging his feet?--Paul Wormer 08:11, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, if you look at the History pages for each of the subpages (Main Article, Related Links and Bibliography), he has added most, if not all, that he said was needed ... and I have added an External Links subpage which he also said was needed. I am waiting until tomorrow (Jan. 14) and then I will change my Approval Nomination version of the article to the latest version of the article ... and ask both you and Daniel to add your names to mine as nominators on the Metadata page. I think he will respond at that time. Milton Beychok 08:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The topic is just too far off my current research focus to justify working on it while I'm in the lab. So I will need another weekend to finish this off. --Daniel Mietchen 09:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi, Daniel. Do you want me wait until after next weekend with updating the Approval nomination of Ideal gas law? I am quite willing to do so, if that is what you want. Milton Beychok 09:43, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, I have already extended the deadline until Jan 26. --Daniel Mietchen 09:48, 14 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Daniel. It is now 2:00 AM in California and I must get to bed. Good night. Milton Beychok 09:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Raising inline TeX
Milton, I saw that you raised/lowered LaTeX, but see my comment here: http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,2470.0.html  --Paul Wormer 08:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Couple of things---user, disambiguation (what a combination)
Yes, I saw the new user and put a note on his page. I hope I don't scare off, both from too much information about CZ and also a question I asked him: it's torn down now, but there used to be an Army Intelligence facility that looked exactly, to me, like the warehouse where the bureaucrats stored the Found Ark at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Both of us worked there at one time or another. Whether that resemblance occurred to anyone else has always been a question in my mind.

Your points about conflicting definition in terms of art, with air dispersion versus other disciplines, is an excellent one. If there ever is a general CZ science and engineering FAQ, it quite likely should contain "disambiguate early and often". You thought about this issue early. Richard Pinch, a prolific new contributor, has been putting in quite a few articles in mathematics, and only after I'd see them go up might I realize that even if there was no entry, the term was used differently in computer science. Eventually, though, he defined "division" in mathematical terms, and I had already put in an entry, which I had disambiguated after a little thought, about "division (military)". Thinking further about it, I realize that while I defined "brigade" in military terms, it is also a term in French restaurant organization.

It would be at the level of MediaWiki code, I suppose, but it would be good if there were a software check if a new article title might conflict with another usage of the word, and would check for any use of "division", either with or without parenthesized disambiguation.

Anyway, it strikes me as wise to create disambiguation entries early for the terms you suggested had problems at The Other Place. Howard C. Berkowitz 13:47, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

NMR approval
Hi Milt, please see this. Thanks, D. Matt Innis 02:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I just picked up your name for the list of Chemistry editors - your name was first on the list! I did not find specific instructions for sending an article for approval, so I just tried editing the metadata page. I thought putting someones name on the ToApproval list would send the page to the person for approval. I removed your name for the template as requested.Sekhar Talluri 04:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Ideal gas law
Got it! Thanks for the good work.. and the reminder D. Matt Innis 00:55, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Your single opinion.....
.... is a pretty good one. I'll code it into the subpages template so that the workgroups are visible at the top of the page. Is that a good compromise? Chris Day 05:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I made a start. Let me know what types of changes would make it more useful.  We can link to practically anything you want in any format you wish. Chris Day 05:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Mucho thanks, Chris. The top of the page is fine and so is the smaller size font. I don't want to be picky, but I would prefer them to be linked to "All articles" rather than "Approved articles". And now, I've got to get to bed. All those balls at the Inauguration last night wore me out! Milton Beychok 06:20, 22 January 2009 (UTC)