Frye, Steve

Steve Frye from North Carolina suggests that the probability of finding the brake engaged is 2/3. For example, the first time the shoes press against the drum they press for 1/2 second, then they move away and release pressure for 1/4 second. The brake continues to spend twice as much of the remaining time engaged as disengaged. 

Steve Frye found other 12-digit vampires ... 

Steve Frye from North Carolina used the following REXX program on a VM system to search for vampire numbers. 

Many people have made significant contributions to the work reviewed here. I would like to acknowledge Grish Chandra, John Moore, Cecil Frye, Frank Lewis, Mike Thelen, Ray Cull, Jeff Baker and Steve Kamin, Dick Burow, Waheed Siddiqi, Steve Swanson, Ora Flaningam, David Morgan, Frank Bartlett, and Cheryl Clark. 

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