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THE THERMODYNAMICS OF HELL
« on: April 22, 2004 11:36 am CDT »
THE THERMODYNAMICS OF HELL
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 now 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 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
Morrison, 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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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2004 01:07 pm CDT »
No offense..

..but Jesus Tapdancing Christ, that thing is over 9 years old!

...and it's one of those spam e-mail type things.

...so no offense... but it's some thing I think I would (and probably others would) rather delete in their bulk mail than be fooled in to reading again on a message board.

;-p  But hey... I still say thanks for the people who haven't read it yet, because even if it isn't true, it's still a funny set of ideas.
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2004 01:14 pm CDT »
No offense..

Why did you waste you time reading the whole thing or even a part of it?
You could have easily passed by it without comment, LOL!

No offense..

I dont spend all of my time memorizing junk email from 9 years ago.

... and of course its for the people whom have not read it yet.  The "9 years go" would indicate that you have had access to email for that long.  There are many people who have not even been online that long, so just let them read it and ... never mind :)
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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2004 01:20 pm CDT »
I'd say the first time I accessed the net was Christmas break of 1995.  Good ol' 14.4k MSN connection.  Then I started playing Mplayer (sorta like gamespy) shortly after in 1996.

A very interesting reply to such a question.  I found it interesting how he brought up the idea that some religions believe they may only enter heaven.
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2004 03:11 pm CDT »
I've never seen it before..

Man thats great.

Man..

I was 7 only 9 years ago..
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2004 03:22 pm CDT »
Dude, you gotta be kidding me.  You're younger than I am.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2004 03:57 pm CDT »
I malarkey you not =/

16 in College with A+, N+, Security+, Novel and MCSE certs..
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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2004 04:02 pm CDT »
Can you tell us more?  How much do you weigh?
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2004 04:31 pm CDT »
Damn.. Ozzy's mysterious background is becoming less hazy.  :shock:
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2004 04:47 pm CDT »
I'm well build 205 6'4"

I like long walks on the beach
I like to watch sunsets?
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2004 05:11 pm CDT »
Damn, you're a big 16 year old. :P
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2004 05:13 pm CDT »
I didn't even know what an MCSE was at 16 o_O

That's crazy..

Are you seriously 16 or are you just forking with us? lol
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« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2004 07:04 pm CDT »
No, I'm seriously 16 years old.

Whats wrong with being a little ahead of your time?
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« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2004 07:11 pm CDT »
So wait, I'm older than you are? I didn't know that...
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« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2004 09:52 pm CDT »
Judging from Undergod's wit and posts, I always estimated him to be in his mid-twenties.  :shock:
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