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From: morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: freezing hot water
Message-ID: <442@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-May-85 11:51:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: leadsv.442
Posted: Tue May 14 11:51:20 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 17-May-85 03:46:35 EDT
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Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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Summary: Let's stop challenging the second laws of thermodynamics!

In article <188@sdcarl.UUCP>, rusty@sdcarl.UUCP (rusty c. wright) writes:
> one thing that i've always had trouble believing is the common
> belief that if you use hot water for making ice cubes that they
> will freeze faster.  does anybody have any idea why they should
> do that?

I've been silent until now, but I can't take it any longer.  Rusty, who
writes above, should be skeptical.  Asserting that hot water freezes
faster than cold is a direct violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
Asserting that cold water boils faster than hot is also a violation.

If anybody believes any stories like the ones above, I have a great
perpetual energy maching for sale cheap.  If anybody has any cases
that run counter to the second law, I'd love to hear them.  They are
always good for a laugh.  But let's not clutter the net with them.

[They don't call it a law for nothing]
-- 

Terry Morse  (408)743-1487

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