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Gold/Mining/Energy : Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals (T.IZP) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rob who wrote (895)	4/22/1998 5:27:00 PM
From: Sean Janzen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1501

Rob, Thanks. I would like to offer some midweek humour. I hope it doesn't offend readers. > > The hell you say.... > > "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with a > 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 that 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, lets 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 people do not belong > to more than one religion, we can project that all people and 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 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. > > So, 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. > Of course, if hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of > souls in hell, than the temperature and pressure will drop until hell > freezes over. > > The student got an A on the exam.