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Diacritic

33 / M / Bisexual / Available

Providence, Rhode Island

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drake equation of my romantic possibilities

Dec 5, 2011

In response to drake equation of my romantic possibilities by redbanana:

N = P x L x S x B x E x T x H

where:

         N = thenumber of women who I would be interested in datinglocally;

and

         P = averagenumber women born per year locally

         L = totalnumber of years in the age range i'm considering

         S =fraction of the above who are unmarried(available) or stuck inunhappy relationships

         B =fraction of the above who have similar life goals as ido

         E =fraction of the above who have similar codes of behaviour, ethics,interests, etc as i do

         T =fraction of the above who i am physically attracted to

         H =fraction of the above i have sexual chemistry with

N = W x H x T x U x P x L x A x D x I x E x S

 

Where:

     W = Number of people in my target area who have reached the age of consent

     H = Fraction of those people interested in open relationships

     T = Fraction to whom I am attracted

     U = Fraction attracted to me

     P = Fraction willing to date a bisexual

     L = Fraction who have space in their lives for another relationship

     A = Average x, where x = willingness to date someone at the distance I am from them expressed as a fractional probability

     D = Average y, where y = my willingness to date that person at the distance that they are from me, expressed as a fractional probability

     I = Fraction which are capable of conversing on topics which interest me

     E = Fraction which are interested in topics I am capable of conversing on

     S = Fraction of the above willing to date someone who doesn't drink coffee, eat bacon, follow the Red Sox, or have a degree

In response to drake equation of my romantic possibilities by redbanana:

N = P x L x S x B x E x T x H

where:

         N =thenumber of women who I would be interested indatinglocally;

and

         P =averagenumber women born per year locally

         L =totalnumber of years in the age range i'm considering

         S =fractionof the above who are unmarried(available) or stuck inunhappyrelationships

         B =fractionof the above who have similar life goals as ido

         E =fractionof the above who have similar codes of behaviour, ethics,interests,etc as i do

         T =fractionof the above who i am physically attracted to

         H =fractionof the above i have sexual chemistry with

N = W x H x T x U x P x L x A x D x I x E xS

 

Where:

     W = Number of people in my target areawho have reached the age of consent

     H = Fraction of those people interestedin open relationships

     T = Fraction to whom I amattracted

     U = Fraction attracted to me

     P = Fraction willing to date abisexual

     L = Fraction who have space in theirlives for another relationship

     A = Average x, where x = willingness todate someone at the distance I am from them expressed as afractional probability

     D = Average y, where y = my willingnessto date that person at the distance that they are from me,expressed as a fractional probability

     I = Fraction which are capable ofconversing on topics which interest me

     E = Fraction which are interested intopics I am capable of conversing on

     S = Fraction of the above willing todate someone who doesn't drink coffee, eat bacon, follow the RedSox, or have a degree

drake equation of my romantic possibilities
An image of Diacritic Ye gods, I hate the journal post editor.

Diacritic commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of neokel I read "whats up ladies" ...There is an extra A and S missing... but as you have those letters already I am guessing you are allowed to use them twice ;) ...

BTW math and this stuff *shivers* is not my strong point lol .

neokel commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of minxey_weasel Oh, that bacon thing would be a deal breaker.

minxey_weasel commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of _hellosun But A-D and I-E are not independent! Or I-W or... :\

_hellosun commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of Diacritic Maybe I should rewrite each line to be explicitly "fraction of the above". I thought that intent was clear.

Diacritic commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of wintermysecret +1 bajillion

wintermysecret commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of _hellosun "Fraction of the above" would ruin it. Who wants clarity? Now, it's like Where's Waldo, or one of them sets of pictures where you have to find 24 differences, except you don't know how many things you have to find, so your good work is never finished.

_hellosun commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of Diacritic Oh, that bacon thing would be a deal breaker.

I suspect that's my most restrictive term after the open relationships bit.

Diacritic commented on Dec 5, 2011

An image of redbanana hey diac do you see me coming into your journal and COMPLAINING HOW YOUR EQUATION ISN'T PRECISE????

redbanana commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of Diacritic No? But I didn't do that in yours either?

Diacritic commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of fabricated_SI I want a self deprecating division by zero joke but the actual math is just zero so DAMN IT

fabricated_SI commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of Diacritic I need a way to work out the population within about 50 miles to estimate N here.

Diacritic commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of bornyesterday http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Rhode_Island_population_map.png

bornyesterday commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of Diacritic RI's only 20 miles wide. I'm happy to travel up into Boston, which complicates things.

Diacritic commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of bornyesterday ah

bornyesterday commented on Dec 6, 2011

An image of Diacritic So, using the population of the Greater Providence Area plus half of the population of the GBA, I come to an estimate of 214. If that's correct, I probably know one quarter to one half of them already.

Baseline pop around ~3.8 million. My terms were .1, .4, .6, .3, .5, .4, .8, .8, .9, and .2, in no particular order.

Diacritic commented on Dec 6, 2011