Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!ames!elroy!cit-vax!ucla-cs!zen!cory.Berkeley.EDU!schung From: schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.flame,talk.bizarre Subject: Re: Which is hotter? Message-ID: <3765@zen.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 12:25:28 EDT Article-I.D.: zen.3765 Posted: Wed Sep 16 12:25:28 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 03:11:22 EDT References: <2515@bellcore.bellcore.com> <763@cu-den.UUCP> Sender: news@zen.berkeley.edu Reply-To: schung@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Stephen the Greatest) Distribution: world Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 8 Xref: hoptoad alt.flame:13 talk.bizarre:6105 In article <763@cu-den.UUCP> netnews@cu-den.Colorado.EDU (Usenet News) writes: > My personal opinion is that the lighter would be hotter since it is >maintained by gas. > This shows that you have no knowledge of physics. Hotness depends on a lot of things, such as oxygen supply, combustion, air pressure, external 'hotness' etc. etc. etc.