Bear with me, folks. Even I enjoy a good laugh <g>.
Happy Independence Day!
>>From gregz Wed Jul 1 10:23:35 1998
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>Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 10:18:15 -0400
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>From: Greg Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Story of the day (humor - fwd)
>Cc: John Robenalt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Donna McGlumphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Julie Kolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>How Hot Is It? - A True Story
>
>A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate
>students. It had one question:
>
>"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
>Support your answer with a proof."
>
>Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law
>(gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some
>variant.
>
>One student, however, wrote the following:
>First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need
>to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are
>leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it
>will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are
>entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world
>today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their
>religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these
>religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can
>project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates
>as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase
>exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell
>because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in
>Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added.
>This gives two possibilities.
>
>#1 If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter
>Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell
>breaks loose.
>
>#2 Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of
>souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell
>freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by
>Ms. Therese Banyan during my Freshman year, "That it will be a cold night in
>Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still
>have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot be
>true, and so Hell is exothermic.
>
>The student got the only A.
>
>
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