Groom's cake

#51
#51
TennTradition said:
ok...assuming you are not just baiting me here....(or taking the bait if you are)

Well, the Schrodinger is probably one of my favorites, which I mentioned earlier. Oddly enough, my research now centers around applying this equation to solve quantum chemistry problems. I didn't have a clue my research would be in quantum chemistry when I chose this equation as the key equation for the cake (I know...pinnacle of geekdom, like I said). It can be solved applying eigenvalues, which is pretty neat. Also, its application can answer questions about how electrons behave at the atomic level - which is pretty amazing to me.


I would say that perhaps my most favorite is e^(i*pi) = -1. It is pretty amazing. It contains so many basics of math - the natural logarithm, imaginary number, pi, negative number, and an identity. It is pretty much the bone-in filet of math identities IMO :).

I am also a big fan of f(x) = lamda*x*(1-x), which is a simple description of chaos and bifurcation theory. I'm a big meteorology buff and Edward Lorenz did some awesome work with chaos theory development from weather studies (still the basis for why weather patterns can't be predicted outside 10 days or so). I kind of fell into chaos theory as a result.

Although it is often overused, e = mc^2 tells a pretty amazing story. I am a HUGE nuclear energy and nuclear history buff - and that equation gave the answer before the scientists new the right questions to ask.

I'll try to find a picture of the cake...I know we have it somewhere...
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#52
#52
Ditto on that LIO.. I didn't even get a damned groom cake. Is that a new thing? I've been married for 34 years, maybe I'm just senile and forgot. :eek:lol:
 
#56
#56
I don't even remember what my groom's cake was. I was too busy thinking "If we leave now, I can make it to the hotel in time for kickoff."
 
#57
#57
GAVol said:
I don't even remember what my groom's cake was. I was too busy thinking "If we leave now, I can make it to the hotel in time for kickoff."
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.......and then the famous UT prevent coupled with David Palmer's absolutely unpredictable QB sweeps gave my wife her first "official" look at who / what she had married.
 
#58
#58
BigPapaVol said:
.......and then the famous UT prevent coupled with David Palmer's absolutely unpredictable QB sweeps gave my wife her first "official" look at who / what she had married.
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I think it's illegal for a Tennessee fan to get hitched on the 3rd Saturday in October.
 
#60
#60
GAVol said:
I think it's illegal for a Tennessee fan to get hitched on the 3rd Saturday in October.
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I drug my wife to a bar after I proposed in September 2004. We watched Wilhoit miss an extra point and then win the Florida game for us on a LONG field goal. I knew I had made the right decision when she actually went to the bar with me :)
 
#63
#63
vols kick balls said:
yea so my step brother decided he wanted to get maried during the UT-UF game this year :banghead2:
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Stinks for him that you'll miss his wedding.

For those who don't know, a "groom's cake" is pretty much like everything else in a marriage: the wife gets a big, fancy thing that costs way more than it should, but she just has to have it. . . .and the husband gets a little single-layered token just to show that he does, in fact, still exist.

Just kidding. (Sort of).

Nice cake, BTW. I probably would have kept anyone from cutting into it, and just preserved it for hanging in the "man room."

Oh, and TennTradition, thanks for making me feel REALLY, REALLY cool.
 
#64
#64
kiddiedoc said:
Stinks for him that you'll miss his wedding.

For those who don't know, a "groom's cake" is pretty much like everything else in a marriage: the wife gets a big, fancy thing that costs way more than it should, but she just has to have it. . . .and the husband gets a little single-layered token just to show that he does, in fact, still exist.

Just kidding. (Sort of).

Nice cake, BTW. I probably would have kept anyone from cutting into it, and just preserved it for hanging in the "man room."

Oh, and TennTradition, thanks for making me feel REALLY, REALLY cool.
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Ahh...yes...I do what I can...it's kind of like community service. :hi:
 
#65
#65
TennTradition said:
I figured he was - he seemed that way, at least :)

Yeah..I say Femlab, but I guess it is marketed under Comsol Multiphysics now. I'm actually getting ready to order the Chemical Engineering module so that I can do some non-isothermal flow calculations that I need for the reactor design portion of my thesis research. I just have the basic Multiphysics package right now - which can be pretty limiting when trying to model real systems.

Have you ever used Matlab code to feed into a Comsol simulation before? I am going to need to link up my kinetic model in Matlab to solve the kinetic system of equations for each finite element along my catalyst surface.....

any help/suggestions?
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No comprende. Can we go back to speaking english now?:crazy:
 
#69
#69
TennTradition said:
I figured he was - he seemed that way, at least :)

Yeah..I say Femlab, but I guess it is marketed under Comsol Multiphysics now. I'm actually getting ready to order the Chemical Engineering module so that I can do some non-isothermal flow calculations that I need for the reactor design portion of my thesis research. I just have the basic Multiphysics package right now - which can be pretty limiting when trying to model real systems.

Have you ever used Matlab code to feed into a Comsol simulation before? I am going to need to link up my kinetic model in Matlab to solve the kinetic system of equations for each finite element along my catalyst surface.....

any help/suggestions?
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Negatory. I took FEA, and while fairly basic, I was lost through most of the class. Some guys really knew what they were doing, but I was not one of them.
 
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rwemyss said:
Negatory. I took FEA, and while fairly basic, I was lost through most of the class. Some guys really knew what they were doing, but I was not one of them.
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I'm pretty much with you at this point. I haven't really started trying to do it yet, but hopefully it will come without too much difficulty! At this point, I just mess around - doing things like my UT logo, really. It is pretty fun to play aorund with. Thanks for your reply!
 
#71
#71
We had video lectures that gave step by step how to do the labs... :)

You sir, are far smarter than I, so I'm sure you'll get it worked out. :good!:
 
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