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Jayson, you've got a "A" for this one, I'm crying so much with
laughters I can barely type...
Gilles
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayson" <jcasavant@xxxx> wrote:
>
> How to think "Outside the Box" !!!!
>
> Regards,
> Jayson
>
> The following is an actual question given on a University of
Washington
> chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that
> the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which
is, of
> course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
>
> Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
> (absorbs heat)?
>
> 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, lets 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 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
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 Teresa
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 still have not
> succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then, #2 cannot be
true,
> and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.
>
> The student received the only "A" given.
>
>
>
>
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>
> The following is an actual question given on a University of
Washington
> chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so "profound"
that
> the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which
is, of
> course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
>
> Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
> (absorbs heat)?
>
> 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, lets 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
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
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 Teresa
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 still have not
> succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then, #2 cannot be
true,
> and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze.
>
> The student received the only "A" given.
>
>
>
>
>
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