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Phil Retired
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: Physics lol |
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Got this in an e-mail from a friend and thought it worth sharing.
The following is an actual question given on a University of Liverpool
chemistry final exam.
The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared
it with colleagues via the Internet, which is why we now have the
pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law
that gas cools when it expands and heats 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 at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate
at which 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. Most of these
religions state that, if you are not a member of their religion, you
will go to Hell.
Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do
not belong to more than one religion, we can project that 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 constant,
the volume of Hell must expand proportionately 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. 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 Sandra during my freshman
year, that "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,"
and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then
number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is endothermic and
has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it
follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is
extinct...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a
divine being - which explains why, last night, Sandra kept shouting
"Oh my God."
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY
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DuncanIdaho Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Laker_Leo Star Player
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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That's some funny ish. |
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Mike@LG Moderator
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:59 am Post subject: |
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That's freaking awesome. _________________ Resident Car Nut.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: |
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An oldie but a goodie! |
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Booby Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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brilliant |
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Aussiesuede Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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HEAVEN IS HOTTER THAN HELL
The temperature of heaven can be rather accurately computed. Our authority is the Bible, Isaiah 30:26 reads,
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Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days. |
Thus, heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as the earth does from the sun, and in addition seven times seven (forty nine) times as much as the earth does from the sun, or fifty times in all. The light we receive from the moon is one ten-thousandth of the light we receive from the sun, so we can ignore that. With these data we can compute the temperature of heaven: The radiation falling on heaven will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to the heat received by radiation. In other words, heaven loses fifty times as much heat as the earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann fourth power law for radiation
(H/E)4 = 50
where E is the absolute temperature of the earth, 300°K (273+27). This gives H the absolute temperature of heaven, as 798° absolute (525°C).
The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed but it must be less than 444.6°C, the temperature at which brimstone or sulfur changes from a liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8: But the fearful and unbelieving... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone [sulfur] means that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, which is 444.6°C. (Above that point, it would be a vapor, not a lake.)
We have then, temperature of heaven, 525°C. Temperature of hell, less than 445°C. Therefore heaven is hotter than hell. _________________ I'm On point, On task, On message, and Off drugs. A Streetwise Smart Bomb, Out of rehab and In denial. Over the Top, On the edge, Under the Radar, and In Control. Behind the 8 ball, Ahead of the Curve and I've got a Love Child who sends me Hate mail. |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Man . . . seeing "Phil" on the front page agains was kind of a shock.
Miss that guy. |
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Number 7 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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I read that so long ago! |
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