User:Maxwell's Demon

About Me
According to the description given by the countering systemic bias project, I am part of the bias that afflicts the Wikipedia - I'm a European, english-speaking male with a strong interest in physics and computers.

I have been using Wikipedia for about 2 years, after discovering it via Slashdot. At first I wasn't sure what to make of it, but now I see it as a real gem of the Internet - it is definately one of the "life enhancing" things people promised the Internet would deliver.

"Maxwell's Demon"
The name "Maxwell's Demon" comes from my background in physics. The Demon is an imaginary character invented by Scottish physicist James Clark Maxwell to demonstrate a possible violation of the Second law of thermodynamics.

Strangely, although I studied thermodynamics as part of my degree, "Maxwell's Demon" was never mentioned in any of the lectures. Actually, I shouldn't be surprised by this, given that the lectures were of a very poor quality.

My Contributions
Here are the articles I've contributed to. The nature of the contribution varies from correcting minor typographical errors to adding significant new information or significant re-writing.

I tend to edit articles I have read for my own interest and not because they fall within my skills profile, hobbies, etc. So, while I'm a qualified physicist and work as a software engineer, I don't contribute in those areas, but instead in areas I just happen to be interested in at the time. Hence the eclectic mix below.

Articles I Created

 * Bettany Hughes

Articles I've Edited

 * Bob Hoskins
 * Charles Fort
 * Don Muraco
 * Dragons' Den
 * Encrypting File System
 * Esther Rantzen
 * Everybody Hurts
 * Ferris Bueller's Day Off
 * Induced coma
 * Jack the Ripper
 * John Lennon
 * Kim Medcalf
 * Leonard Rossiter
 * Liz Smith
 * MafiaBoy
 * Maria Bello
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Myra Hindley
 * Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper)
 * Repository for Germinal Choice
 * Robert Black
 * Rod Serling
 * Rootkit
 * Star Trek: TNG episodes
 * Darmok
 * The Thing
 * Topological map
 * Twilight Zone episodes
 * A Stop at Willoughby
 * One for the Angels
 * Valles Marineris
 * William Rowan Hamilton
 * Windows Installer
 * Windows XP Media Center Edition
 * The Wright Stuff

Anonymous Contributions
Before creating the "Maxwell's Demon" account, I edited many articles, most of which I don't remember now, but here are some I do recall contributing to anonymously:


 * 7 July 2005 London bombings
 * Edinburgh
 * Gary Holton
 * George Thorogood
 * Seraph