POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Today's WTF moment Server Time
30 Jul 2024 04:22:37 EDT (-0400)
  Today's WTF moment (Message 15 to 24 of 64)  
<<< Previous 10 Messages Goto Latest 10 Messages Next 10 Messages >>>
From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 29 Jul 2011 21:44:55
Message: <4e336217$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2011-07-29 10:05, Invisible a écrit :
> On 29/07/2011 02:51 PM, Francois Labreque wrote:
>
>> Also, the bottle
>> says that it is NOT an anti-corrosive agent, and that it should be mixed
>> with one, preferably their own, of course.
>
> You can READ that?? o_O
>

Sure.

http://image.ebuyer.com/UK/P800-0179913-01.jpg

while fuzzy, it's big enough to read.

-- 
/*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
/*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   gmail.com     */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }


Post a reply to this message

From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 30 Jul 2011 07:06:26
Message: <4e33e5b2$1@news.povray.org>
>> You can READ that?? o_O
>
> Sure.
>
> http://image.ebuyer.com/UK/P800-0179913-01.jpg
>
> while fuzzy, it's big enough to read.

Barely...

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*


Post a reply to this message

From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 1 Aug 2011 03:59:20
Message: <4e365cd8$1@news.povray.org>
On 29/07/2011 05:51 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 7/29/2011 1:26, Invisible wrote:
>> pH 2 is *very* acidic.
>
> Oh, I got that backwards.

Did I mention that my dad's a professional chemist and that I work for a 
lab company? Or that I scored 98% on my GCSE science exam? Or that my 
sister has an MSc in chemistry? Or that I personally own a chemistry 
set? :-P


Post a reply to this message

From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 1 Aug 2011 04:00:04
Message: <4e365d04$1@news.povray.org>
On 29/07/2011 06:15 PM, B. Gimeno wrote:

> I'ts also absolutey germ-free, suppose that it will keep virus away from your
> pc.
>
> ;-)

It's not the RNA viruses I'm worried about!


Post a reply to this message

From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 1 Aug 2011 05:17:23
Message: <4e366f23$1@news.povray.org>
On 01/08/2011 8:59 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Or that I personally own a chemistry set? :-P

Trust me, I own a chemistry set. ;-)
LOL

-- 
Regards
     Stephen


Post a reply to this message

From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 5 Sep 2011 05:35:45
Message: <4e6497f1$1@news.povray.org>
On 29/07/2011 05:54 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 7/29/2011 3:07, Warp wrote:
>> the "requires a degree" part is an exaggeration
>
> More like "requires remembering the first day of high-school chemistry
> class, that you've never touched since." :-)

Seriously. Everybody knows that water freezes at 0°C (actually no, it 
doesn't) and boils at 100°C. I've yet to meet anybody who didn't know 
that. Similarly, I was under the impression that knowing that water is 
pH 7 was common knowledge...


Post a reply to this message

From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 5 Sep 2011 11:43:23
Message: <4e64ee1b$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:35:45 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>  that water freezes at 0°C (actually no, it
> doesn't) and boils at 100°C

It also doesn't always boil at 100C - reduce the atmospheric pressure and 
see when it boils.

Jim


Post a reply to this message

From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 5 Sep 2011 11:52:50
Message: <4e64f052$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/09/2011 04:43 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:35:45 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>>   that water freezes at 0°C (actually no, it
>> doesn't) and boils at 100°C
>
> It also doesn't always boil at 100C - reduce the atmospheric pressure and
> see when it boils.

Or increase it. Or add impurities. Or whatever.

Yes, but under /normal/ circumstances, it boils at 100°C, which is why 
it's defined that way. :-P


Post a reply to this message

From: Alain
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 5 Sep 2011 12:39:38
Message: <4e64fb4a$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2011/09/05 11:52, Invisible a écrit :
> On 05/09/2011 04:43 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:35:45 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>
>>> that water freezes at 0°C (actually no, it
>>> doesn't) and boils at 100°C
>>
>> It also doesn't always boil at 100C - reduce the atmospheric pressure and
>> see when it boils.
>
> Or increase it. Or add impurities. Or whatever.
>
> Yes, but under /normal/ circumstances, it boils at 100°C, which is why
> it's defined that way. :-P

Pure water at average sea level presure boils/condense at 100°C and 
melt/freeze at 0°C at the same presure level. Both by definition. In 
fact, it's the definition of 0°C and 100°C.
(0°F is defined as the freezing poing of sea water and 100°F as the body 
temperature of a "healthy" human male, but the "healthy" human male who 
was used for the original mesure was somewhat feverish at the time, and 
had the flue the next day...)

Change the presure and you also change freezing temperature.


Alain


Post a reply to this message

From: Warp
Subject: Re: Today's WTF moment
Date: 5 Sep 2011 13:17:32
Message: <4e65042c@news.povray.org>
Alain <aze### [at] qwertyorg> wrote:




  So, does water freeze or melt at exactly 0 degrees celsius?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


Post a reply to this message

<<< Previous 10 Messages Goto Latest 10 Messages Next 10 Messages >>>

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.