"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Date: 22-12-2010 5:14 pm (13 years ago) | Author: uduak Sophia Monday
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- at 22-12-2010 05:14 PM (13 years ago)
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A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question:

"Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are 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 how many souls are 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, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since 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 of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities.

#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 Of course, 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 postulate given to me by Ms. Laura Turner during my 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 segxwal relations with her, then #2 cannot be true, and so Hell is exothermic.

The student got the only A.


Posted: at 22-12-2010 05:14 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- solid_solid at 22-12-2010 05:27 PM (13 years ago)
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sophie .....hehehehe  me (make i keep my comment shaaaa)
Posted: at 22-12-2010 05:27 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- sophiebaby at 22-12-2010 05:39 PM (13 years ago)
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talk ur own na ooooooooo
be 4 u go see ursef for hell
den dat tym u go no weda en dey exothermic or endothermic

la lolo

Posted: at 22-12-2010 05:39 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- solid_solid at 22-12-2010 05:55 PM (13 years ago)
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omo i no do science for school ..... so i no know wetin be charles law ..... abi na charles father our neighbor?
Posted: at 22-12-2010 05:55 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Riverniger1 at 22-12-2010 08:14 PM (13 years ago)
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exothermic and  endothermic ....this is not for me Grin

abeg where is my shoe make i run Grin

Posted: at 22-12-2010 08:14 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- AKIOLUFUNMILAYO at 23-12-2010 03:37 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: Riverniger1 on 22-12-2010 08:14 PM
exothermic and  endothermic ....this is not for me Grin

abeg where is my shoe make i run Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
Posted: at 23-12-2010 03:37 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Riverniger1 at 23-12-2010 05:30 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: AKIOLUFUNMILAYO on 23-12-2010 03:37 PM
Quote from: Riverniger1 on 22-12-2010 08:14 PM
exothermic and  endothermic ....this is not for me Grin

abeg where is my shoe make i run Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

funmi...u dey laugh me? Grin

Posted: at 23-12-2010 05:30 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Skypon2002 at 24-12-2010 08:45 AM (13 years ago)
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if the number of people that enter hell is plenty, then hell will be exothermic but if the number is less, then hell will be endothermic so that it will be in equillibrum

the hell's exothermicity is directly proportional to the number of people that enters and varies inversely to the less number of people that enters while the hell's endothermicity is directly proportional to the less number of people that enters hell and inversely proportional to the more number people that enters.


hiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohio

boyles, charles laws and the first and second laws of thermodynamics are also applied.
 Grin

Posted: at 24-12-2010 08:45 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- AKIOLUFUNMILAYO at 13-01-2011 01:30 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: Riverniger1 on 23-12-2010 05:30 PM
Quote from: AKIOLUFUNMILAYO on 23-12-2010 03:37 PM
Quote from: Riverniger1 on 22-12-2010 08:14 PM
exothermic and  endothermic ....this is not for me Grin

abeg where is my shoe make i run Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

funmi...u dey laugh me? Grin
No, naa...na your comment Grin Wink
Posted: at 13-01-2011 01:30 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- fare11 at 13-01-2011 02:26 PM (13 years ago)
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 funny;
D Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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- Slicksilvers at 13-01-2011 02:49 PM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: Skypon2002 on 24-12-2010 08:45 AM
hiohiohiohiohiohiohio

if the number of people that enter hell is plenty, then hell will be exothermic but if the number is less, then hell will be endothermic so that it will be in equillibrum

the hell's exothermicity is directly proportional to the number of people that enters and varies inversely to the less number of people that enters while the hell's endothermicity is directly proportional to the less number of people that enters hell and inversely proportional to the more number people that enters.


hiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohio

boyles, charles laws and the first and second laws of thermodynamics are also applied.
 Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin
on course
Posted: at 13-01-2011 02:49 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- blazingdiamond at 14-01-2011 09:37 AM (13 years ago)
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this is a long thing abeg
Posted: at 14-01-2011 09:37 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- opeks at 14-01-2011 10:01 AM (13 years ago)
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nice one Wink
Posted: at 14-01-2011 10:01 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- terryworld at 14-01-2011 10:38 AM (13 years ago)
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ok

Posted: at 14-01-2011 10:38 AM (13 years ago) | Hero
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- Skypon2002 at 15-01-2011 12:21 AM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: Slicksilvers on 13-01-2011 02:49 PM
Quote from: Skypon2002 on 24-12-2010 08:45 AM
hiohiohiohiohiohiohio

if the number of people that enter hell is plenty, then hell will be exothermic but if the number is less, then hell will be endothermic so that it will be in equillibrum

the hell's exothermicity is directly proportional to the number of people that enters and varies inversely to the less number of people that enters while the hell's endothermicity is directly proportional to the less number of people that enters hell and inversely proportional to the more number people that enters.


hiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohiohio

boyles, charles laws and the first and second laws of thermodynamics are also applied.
 Grin
Grin Grin Grin Grin
on course

 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
ok

Posted: at 15-01-2011 12:21 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Skypon2002 at 15-01-2011 12:22 AM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: blazingdiamond on 14-01-2011 09:37 AM
this is a long thing abeg
not that long

Posted: at 15-01-2011 12:22 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- sylax at 16-01-2011 11:03 PM (13 years ago)
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A friend of mine was complaining about Nigeria home video not been as complex/interesting as the Western movies. I told him how will a "tomato seller" understands a film acted by James Bond, Danzel Washington or even Harry Pottter. The point is most Nigerians don't understand intelligent or complex issues like its been acted on Western big screen.
     This joke proves my point,this is one of the most intelligent joke ever posted here, but most ppl didn't see the funny side of it bcos of their IQ level. whether u'r a science student or not, the ANALOGY is pretty simple & straight forward...aite?
Posted: at 16-01-2011 11:03 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- sylax at 16-01-2011 11:16 PM (13 years ago)
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by the way Terry is really funny...am really fun of reading ur comment in every post. stuffs like...
belle dey worry u for head
u sleep for river ?
u chop witch, abi na witch chop u?
...u have a good sense of humour

I know some of u guys will jump on my back, but don't even waste ur time cos i don't comment unless i need to... which I don't think i will need. I only come here to have fun as a Nigeria living abroad, sometimes I miss home.
Posted: at 16-01-2011 11:16 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Skypon2002 at 17-01-2011 03:13 AM (13 years ago)
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ok, na ur own comment be that abi?
heheheheheee

u don enter one chance be that ooooo
better run away and dont come back oooooo

Posted: at 17-01-2011 03:13 AM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- xavexdo5 at 17-01-2011 03:30 AM (13 years ago)
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Posted: at 17-01-2011 03:30 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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