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(meteorobs) MeteorObs test...Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic?



Well, there seems to be some folks on this list who thinks they have been
unsubscribed or something? This is a test for all to confirm that they are
getting things from Meteorobs....while your at it...you might want to read
the little ditty below?
GeoZay
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IS HELL ENDOTHERMIC OR EXOTHERMIC?
 
 This is a true story. A thermodynamics professor had written a take home
exam
 for his graduate students. It had one question: "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, 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, let's look at the different religions that exist
 in the world today. Some of these relitions 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 termperature 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 increse of souls
in
 hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freeze's over".
 
 It was not revealed what grade the student received.