Here’s a reason to give blood.
Apparently, everytime when you give blood, you get one of these. Cute eh? Well, guess here’s another reason why we should donate blood.
Archive for August, 2006
Chilling out after work.
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Originally uploaded by toadjuice.
This is the life! Or shall I say, “C’est la vie!”
There’s nothing like chilling out over a glass of wine after work.
Is Hell exothermic?
I’ve read this somewhere before, but thought I’d share. I wonder who this chap is. Brilliant.
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The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington Chemistry mid term. The answer was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, which is 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:
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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 goes 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 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 Ms. 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.
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The student received the only ‘A’ given.
The Soothsayer Strikes Again!
Yesterday, I was talking about how I suspect that the Bush Administration is using Israel as a proxy to invade Lebanon. Today, on the BBC website published “US knew of Israel’s Bombing Plans“.
Think I can start to register a soothsaying company. Any one interested in investing?
Bush links Hezbollah and ‘plot’
Are people getting more stupid or what? The Hezbollah involved in blowing up planes? They can barely stay alive with Israel dropping bombs on them on a regular basis. I smell a rat.
You attack someone, like attacking Lebanon via a proxy. Try to bully the world into supporting you. Fail miserably. Need a fail proof way of salvaging the situation.
Arrest a few people, accuse them of attempted acts of terrorism. Keep them in the slammer. Link them with somebody you’re trying to get rid of. In this case, the Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Now can tell the world, “You are either with us, or with the terrorists.” If this fails, blow up a few planes and then repeat the statement.
It could have worked before. Remember 9/11? The one where 3 buildings were brought down? Well, the official story of how the buildings went down is still hotly disputed.
Tell the whole world that Iraq is evil, needs to be attacked because the guy “tried to kill my daddy.” No one buys that. So, bring down some buildings in New York. (Yup, these poor peasants will have to die for a greater good.) Create Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda. Link Iraq to Osama. After the destruction of several buildings in New York, people will buy anything. Invade Iraq.
Of course I cannot substantiate that, but Bush did achieve what he set out to do before 9/11. To invade Iraq. I don’t know. This just smells fishy.
