zoobyshoe
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I'm glad they passed this law because without it, your coffee spoons would never cool off.
The discussion explores the humorous connections between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and various physics laws, with participants sharing their favorite physics concepts and the implications of these laws in everyday life and humor.
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zoobyshoe said:I'm glad they passed this law because without it, your coffee spoons would never cool off.
I bet there's a long, bloody history of debate and lobbying and behind closed doors deals in some of these cases. I understand the wheeling and dealing at Copenhagen was intense and even furious.Ivan Seeking said:Obviously they must be what they must, but how did they get that way?
zoobyshoe said:I bet there's a long, bloody history of debate and lobbying and behind closed doors deals in some of these cases. I understand the wheeling and dealing at Copenhagen was intense and even furious.
"I remember that it ended with my breaking out in tears because I just couldn't stand this pressure from Bohr"
This is really silly. The government wouldn't let us down: they'd issue everyone compressed air canisters.Tom Mattson said:I, for one, hope that static friction never gets repealed. I would hate to have to blow hard out of my mouth so that I could slide across the floor to get from A to B.![]()
jdavel said:Ivan Seeking said, "Imagine how boring the universe would be if the speed of light was 3 X 10^8 meters per second exactly."
If the Earth were a little smaller it would be!
Ivan Seeking said:really the ratio of these values wrt each other
Hehehehehehe.selfAdjoint said:I like the law of averages. If we didn't have it everyone would be special. Oh wait...
zoobyshoe said:Hehehehehehe.
You know Garrison Keoller's description of Lake Woebegone, Mn? It's a place "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the kids are above average."