Excuses

The last four days, if anything, have been conspicuously unproductive. First, there was the problem of calculating the eigenvalues of large stiff matrices. Then Benedickson's theorem came to resurrect the computational bottleneck. Then there was the problem of resolving the return on investment calculations of intersecting elementary modes, and a little object oriented programming came as a messiah. The present lingering issue is that of constructing a theoretical framework, so that motifs like metabolite inhibition fall under the shelter of weighted optimal control.

For the oblivious reader who thinks I am talking crap, I am. Laziness is not a valid reason to fake unproductivity, though it is a more satisfying and pleasant excuse to the mind than incompetence is.