[nukkad] Fwd: FW: Quote of the Day - Friday, February 08, 2008 - from atul vora

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Subject: Fwd: FW: Quote of the Day - Friday, February 08, 2008 - from atul
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following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
engineering mid-term. The answer was so "profound" that the Professor shared
it with colleagues, and the sharing obviously hasn't ceased...

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 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 us 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 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 Teresa Banyan 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."

This student received the only A.

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