From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!kk9w Newsgroups: net.physics Title: Re: A different ice question Article-I.D.: pur-ee.879 Posted: Mon Apr 18 08:28:30 1983 Received: Fri Apr 22 06:38:48 1983 References: floyd.1434 I think the joke is on you. The same thing can be said about cold water heating up faster than warm water. If you agree with the statement, then to prove you wrong, the person who started the thing says that the total heat up time is what we are talking about, but if you disagree with the statement then what is being talked about is the rate of heating up (dQ/dt). Either way the thing is kind of funny. Dave Andersen pur-ee!kk9w