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Thread ID: 69445 2006-06-02 00:06:00 Friday Intellectual SolMiester (139) PC World Chat
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459835 2006-06-02 00:06:00 University of Washington

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 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. So 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 t hat 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, and 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 slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic 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 therefore, extinct....leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being

which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."



THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

Mods, hope the contents isnt too outragous!...LOL 		SolMiester (139)
459836 2006-06-02 00:35:00 We've had this before. See here (pressf1.co.nz). Erayd (23)
459837 2006-06-02 00:42:00 That's a good one! :D

Cheers :) 		Renmoo (66)
459838 2006-06-02 00:57:00 We've had this before. See here (pressf1.co.nz).

That was back in Nov 04, I wasnt here then!!! Probably a few more people werent registered then either...

Good search skills anyway...LOL 		SolMiester (139)
459839 2006-06-02 01:05:00 Q: What is the truest definition of Globalization?
A: Princess Diana's death.

Q: Why?
A: An English princess,
with an Egyptian boyfriend,
crashes in a French tunnel,
driving a German car
with a Dutch engine,
driven by a Belgian who was drunk
on Scottish whisky,
followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,
on Japanese motorcycles;
treated by an American doctor,
using Brazilian medicines.

This is sent to you by a Malaysian,
using Bill Gates' technology,
and you're probably reading this on your computer,
that uses Taiwanese chips,
and a Korean monitor,
assembled by Pakistani workers
in a Singapore plant,
wrapped in packaging from China,
transported by Indian lorry-drivers,
hijacked by Indonesians,
unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen,
and trucked to you by Mexican illegals...

This, my friends, is Globalisation! 		Renmoo (66)
459840 2006-06-02 01:06:00 Good search skills anyway...LOLNah, I just remembered seeing it on the forum before (I was around here back in the good old days). Nice to see these things popping up again, brings back the memories. Makes me feel old though, it doesn't seem like that long ago since Billy T started the Monday Laughs, but looking at the date on that thread... Erayd (23)
459841 2006-06-02 01:15:00 Yeah but how sick are Mets jokes on that other thread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Give the man a beer . . . . . . . . . . . . :lol:

:D

so stupid i laughed . . . . . . . . :stare:

LOL

beetle:D 		beetle (243)
459842 2006-06-02 01:32:00 Q: What is the truest definition of Globalization?
A: Princess Diana's death.

Q: Why?
A: An English princess,
with an Egyptian boyfriend,
crashes in a French tunnel,
driving a German car
with a Dutch engine,
driven by a Belgian who was drunk
on Scottish whisky,
followed closely by Italian Paparazzi,
on Japanese motorcycles;
treated by an American doctor,
using Brazilian medicines.

This is sent to you by a Malaysian,
using Bill Gates' technology,
and you're probably reading this on your computer,
that uses Taiwanese chips,
and a Korean monitor,
assembled by Pakistani workers
in a Singapore plant,
wrapped in packaging from China,
transported by Indian lorry-drivers,
hijacked by Indonesians,
unloaded by Sicilian longshoremen,
and trucked to you by Mexican illegals...

This, my friends, is Globalisation!
So where are we in this global economy apart form being consumers? 		pctek (84)
459843 2006-06-02 10:35:00 We've had this before . See here ( . co . nz/showthread . php?t=50763" target="_blank">pressf1 . co . nz) .
I notice that nobody has attempted an answer to the question in the last post of that thread .

I have been waiting since November 2004, so maybe June 2006 will be the time . :D

Didn't realise that Monday Laughs had been going that long either!

Cheers

Billy 8-{) 		Billy T (70)
459844 2006-06-02 12:43:00 I entirely expect something similar for my discrete mathematics paper. Except in the form of 'Prove P=NP, full marks will be awarded for proper proof technique'. Might prove to be a profitable exam for someone (to the value of US1 million). DangerousDave (697)
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