From: Dale Porter on
"Goaty" <John.Lamp(a)gmail.com> wrote
>>>
>>>Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...
>>
>>
>> Eh? Flotation is based on temperature?
>
> No, density ... thus proving you'd sink! :)
>
>

Nicely played Sir!

--
Dale Porter
GPX250 -> CBR600 -> VTR1000 + VT250F-J


From: Knobdoodle on

"Goaty" <John.Lamp(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:12t8fmkah4bc2bb(a)corp.supernews.com...
> Yeebok wrote:
>> Iain Chalmers wrote:
>>
>>> In article <AHUAh.1426$4c6.428(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>>> "Knobdoodle" <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Peter Cremasco" <FirstName.LastName(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:jk38t29gcr43dcheiaq60ver5gb1ad73am(a)4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:18:38 GMT, "Knobdoodle"
>>>>> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It also expands when cooled below zero!
>>>>>> [cue Twilight-Zone music]
>>>>>
>>>>> Below 4 degrees C, I think.
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> You're right; but I think it's negative 4.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope, plus 4, thats why ice floats...
>>>
>>> big
>>>
>> Not because it's lighter or less dense ?
>>
>> Cool !
>
> Yes, precisely that! 4C is when water is at maximum density, hence it
> expands when below or above 4C. Does that make it any more clear for you?
>
So if the drink was 12 degrees and the ice was -4 it wouldn't float?
--
Clem


From: Knobdoodle on

"Hammo" <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote in message
news:C1FA8B72.26F2C%hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au...
>
>
>
> On 15/2/07 11:08 AM, in article slrnet793n.3l6.sharkey(a)anchovy.zoic.org,
> "sharkey" <sharkey(a)zoic.org> wrote:
>
>> Hammo <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote:
>>> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yeah; that's what I said.
>>>
>>> ...and I agree with what you said.
>>
>> So you're saying he must be wrong because he agrees with you, then?
>>
> No, he was correct.
>
So why did you post; I'd already covered it hadn't I?
Do you just Hammo-obfuscate automatically?
--
Clem



From: Hammo on



On 15/2/07 11:01 PM, in article
jYXAh.1500$4c6.180(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au, "Knobdoodle"
<knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> "Hammo" <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote in message
> news:C1FA8B72.26F2C%hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 15/2/07 11:08 AM, in article slrnet793n.3l6.sharkey(a)anchovy.zoic.org,
>> "sharkey" <sharkey(a)zoic.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hammo <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote:
>>>> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah; that's what I said.
>>>>
>>>> ...and I agree with what you said.
>>>
>>> So you're saying he must be wrong because he agrees with you, then?
>>>
>> No, he was correct.
>>
> So why did you post; I'd already covered it hadn't I?
> Do you just Hammo-obfuscate automatically?

How can it be obfuscating if it describes what is happening? Sorry if it
confused you.

Hammo

From: Knobdoodle on

"Hammo" <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote in message
news:C1FA9AEB.26FD6%hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au...
>
>
>
> On 15/2/07 11:01 PM, in article
> jYXAh.1500$4c6.180(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au, "Knobdoodle"
> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Hammo" <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote in message
>> news:C1FA8B72.26F2C%hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15/2/07 11:08 AM, in article slrnet793n.3l6.sharkey(a)anchovy.zoic.org,
>>> "sharkey" <sharkey(a)zoic.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hammo <hbaj2006(a)aapt.net.au> wrote:
>>>>> <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah; that's what I said.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...and I agree with what you said.
>>>>
>>>> So you're saying he must be wrong because he agrees with you, then?
>>>>
>>> No, he was correct.
>>>
>> So why did you post; I'd already covered it hadn't I?
>> Do you just Hammo-obfuscate automatically?
>
> How can it be obfuscating if it describes what is happening? Sorry if it
> confused you.
>
Well that seemed to be the intention but no; it didn't confuse me (hence the
"that's what I said").
Why else would you describe what had already been described?
--
Clem


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