Chem Hell

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.

The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats 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 at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which 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.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that 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 proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:

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.
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 Teresa during my Freshman year that, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct……leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.”
 

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"friends-to-friends-only.com"

Seems like a few of my friends on Facebook have fallen into a hole called phishing. I saw quite a few people writing on other people's wall regarding their pictures being on another website, and then a link.

Clicking on the image will reveal quite a blurred out Google Images search page and a scary voice saying "Attention, please your profile picture has been detected on this website." And the horrible thing? It makes the browser lock up until you click okay...

What is this mess? And then the horrible part is that it prompts for your password... and then you probably NOT notice the fine print:

For your security, please do not use your previous password created on this site or the same password that you use to log into other sites. Doing so may re-trigger our auto-post tell-a-friend feature that you may have previously opted in to from this site.

Oh.. OKAY.... sure.... "may trigger"... right...

And then some stupid ads pop up, I got a XBox and a IQ one, well, I tried to see what pictures they had on me but I guess it doesn't really work. After closing the survey's and crap, you'll finally get to the picture of you:

With an obnoxious laugh playing in the background.

A quick WhoIs on the domain name shows this:

Registrant [1405632]:
        Adam, Arzoomanian bulletinpics@gmail.com
        The site is a fun prank - the pic is of a monkey
        375 E Harmon
        Las Vegas
        NV
        89109
        US

 So, this is suppose to be a fun prank? Not cool....

Besides, this person stays at a resort hotel at the same address? I don't think this is the real person... checking out the phone number reveals that this is Spin Night Club Promotions' number. I think someone zonked out this guy.

A quick look at the code shows that this friends-to-friends thing contain only a frame linking to
rotating-destination.com and after looking at the WhoIs for that, you see that it is protected. I guess this person is also pretty smart too...

P.S. This is why you should not trust Norton... :

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Facebook

Somehow, the transition from the old Facebook to the new Facebook has been a disaster for them. And somehow, I don't understand why. It seems like overnight when close to some 80% of all people that I know flocked to a group that has this basic template:

"(Insert name of group of people) hates the new Facebook: Bring it back (some sort of threat)"

              Picture from Laughing Squid
 
For example:

"People with exact height of 5 foot 6 inches hates the new Facebook: Bring it back or else!"

In my opinion, newer things generally takes time to get use to, but after people get use to it, it is pretty tight. Picasso was quoted to say that the internet would never amount to anything, I wonder if he was right.

This new Facebook (which I shall call NFB from now on) gives a much cleaner look, but people complain it to be clustered due to the tabs. Face it, tabs are the new thing. Chances you are browsing with tabs right now on your internet browser and I bet that you love it. Likewise this new tab organization IS much more organized. Why? Do you know those people whose profile page is so clogged up with applications that it's impossible to even do a quick look up for an email address? Problem solved, put the apps in a seperate tab as not to interfere with other processes.

Using tabs does bring up a problem, it might feel a bit sluggish. Sometimes, the page might slow down a bit. Yes, that's somewhat a nuissance, but it's not going to be a problem. In a month or two, Firefox 3.1 is going to come out with an AWESOME upgrade to its javascipt handling capabilities. Or heck, just use Chrome for right now... (and if you're still using Internet Explorer for Facebook... you can't complain about it being slow, the problem is IE).

By -=Ben=-

Don't you love the part where you can comment on nearly everything? Status, things you did, relationship changes, sex changes... you know. What about the ease of commenting on the notes/posted items you have now? Can't really do this with the old Facebook can you? Don't you think this helps "promote social interactions"?

So what about the starting page? Personally, I think that, with the commenting feature, is the greatest improvement. No longer do I have to start starring an unorganized start screen. It is clean, nice, trim... what I consider to be James Bond like compared to Austin Powers (the ugly parts). This start page utilizes pretty much the entire width and height of the page and allows for quick comments for a quick strike.

Still not convinced? Blah... I give up on you.

Or you can go back to the old facebook from the directions here:

• http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/16/dont-let-facebook-force-the-new-profile-on-you-heres-how-to-get-the-old-one-back/
  

What I want on Facebook

1. Integration: I want to be able to update my Facebook status and Twitter at once. I want to be able to "sync" Google Calendar with Facebook events. I want to be able to comment on Facebook my photos on Flickr, comment on YouTube stuff from Facebook... you get what I'm saying. (The killer thing? AIM with Facebook Chat...)
   
   
2. Better note support: After starting a Facebook account, I considered stopping this blog and just post exclusivily on Facebook. The reason I'm still posting? No HTML, no embeding support.
   
   
3. Better mail support: More and more, my mails are piling up in the ancient mail system. I just can't... use... it.... after using the coolness of Gmail. Maybe tags? Maybe folders? Maybe Ajax interface? Maybe I'm asking too much?
   
   
4. A LITTLE bit of custimization:  Gives the user a bit of freedom editing the HTML of their profiles... just don't make it myspace...
   
   

Other stuff? Music integration like MySpace, maybe a  Paypal system for selling stuff? Dunno...

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I forgot...

I forgot I was doing the experiment, and my sex was a female on facebook, so when I saw this little ad.

I still remember back in the days when I was a guy on facebook...

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The Experiment: Day Two

The experiment is proceeding well, I just browsed around Facebook more than I usually do and finally got some ads that pertain to the experiment. So here's the basic lineup...

Throughout today, I received around a total of 61 ads (as of 7:56EST), and cool enough, 5 of them were about fat loss and weight/body image.

Here's the spreadsheet again.



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The Experiment

I am intrigued by ads. On Facebook and on Gmail, sometimes even the Adsense on this blog. So I have decided to do an experiment.

I was chatting with a friend and it went something like this:

Me: Just curious, what kind of ads to you get?
Reply: Mostly weight loss stuff (Note: the person is a girl with initals of A.A., meaning she's not fat at all)
Me: Heh... I get some too, you should put your "tennis" into your interests and activities, see that will change anything?
Reply: Idk... I think I do have some

So I've decided to start an experiment. On Facebook, my profile shall be re-typed to make me look like the largest person ever... take a look:



and (comment if you can't read it, or just go on FB)



Now, I'm going to record every single ad I find on Facebook while browsing my normal browsing experience. This will kill my time but I hope this is worth it...

So here's the data so far...

7/708    New York Film Academy     Get Smart    Congratulations...    Got Debt? Get free relief    Baby's Diaper Rash    Virgin Mobile: Arc    Gambling Hotline: 5 Times    We Can Solve It    Circuit City: 2 times    Shutterfly    Vacations to Go.com    University of Phoenix: 3 times    Blockbuster

If you're interested, you can access the Google Docs spreadsheet from here (didn't use Zoho because I'm not familiar with its sharing features...). Or take a look at the bottom.


EDIT: I changed my sex to female to enhance the experiment...along with a picture of a sumo wrestler for a profile pic.

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Now Gmail???

Now Gmail's Adsense has gone crazy...

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Facebook: Come On!

I mean, what is this? I'm a guy and I'm not interested in dresses. Facebook knows that I'm a male. It's on my bloody profile!

And take a look at the second girl's face, remember this?

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