Wednesday, November 28, 2007
An oldy but a goody:
Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.
Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls 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, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and 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 in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:
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 quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night 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 Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."
The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.
Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.
Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls 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, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and 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 in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:
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 quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night 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 Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."
The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
I did this in Paris.
Walking to the Eiffel Tower I stepped out in front of a car because I looked the wrong way. Lickily it was far enough away for me to react and jump back. Also, it wasn't a North Shore Tractor being driven by a burger crazed American so I was probably much safer.
Walking to the Eiffel Tower I stepped out in front of a car because I looked the wrong way. Lickily it was far enough away for me to react and jump back. Also, it wasn't a North Shore Tractor being driven by a burger crazed American so I was probably much safer.
Wow. The paper is an athiest's field day today.
This just defies all logic. They saw the devil in the eyes of a young family member so they thought they had better scratch and flush him out. I can tell you that if they held me down and started scratching my eyes I would probably start flashing them dirty looks too.
All the religiously infected out there will be saying that they made a mistake and should have read their bible more carefully. If a small amount of religious knowledge lead them to this action, more reading of the bible will just make it worse I think.
This just defies all logic. They saw the devil in the eyes of a young family member so they thought they had better scratch and flush him out. I can tell you that if they held me down and started scratching my eyes I would probably start flashing them dirty looks too.
All the religiously infected out there will be saying that they made a mistake and should have read their bible more carefully. If a small amount of religious knowledge lead them to this action, more reading of the bible will just make it worse I think.
Blasphemy, the victimless crime.
In another idiotic religious reaction, Sudanese authorities are holding teacher Gillian Gibbons under threat of 40 lashes for allowing children to name a class teddy bear Muhammed. This is more child abuse in the name of religion. How will children cope with knowing that their decision to name a teddy caused such a punishment.
Setting aside that there is no God, what kind of god could be offended by this and what kind of backward neanderthal could follow such a god. Before the Christians start congratulating themselves remember that this the same god that you follow.
Christians would like to see western Law more in line with biblical law. They want abortion and same sex relationships to be illegal. For athiests, reports such as this are the reason for not wanting religious zealots making laws.
Rubbish!
In another idiotic religious reaction, Sudanese authorities are holding teacher Gillian Gibbons under threat of 40 lashes for allowing children to name a class teddy bear Muhammed. This is more child abuse in the name of religion. How will children cope with knowing that their decision to name a teddy caused such a punishment.
Setting aside that there is no God, what kind of god could be offended by this and what kind of backward neanderthal could follow such a god. Before the Christians start congratulating themselves remember that this the same god that you follow.
Christians would like to see western Law more in line with biblical law. They want abortion and same sex relationships to be illegal. For athiests, reports such as this are the reason for not wanting religious zealots making laws.
Rubbish!
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