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<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; word-wrap: break-word !important;">From Peter Shaw:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; word-wrap: break-word !important;">“Regarding the abstract, ‘<span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); word-wrap: break-word !important;">The presence of a maximum in density is one of the well-known anomalies of water’</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); word-wrap: break-word !important;"><br clear="none" style="word-wrap: break-word !important;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); word-wrap: break-word !important;">“What are some of the other anomalies?”</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); word-wrap: break-word !important;"><br></span></div>One of the others is an unusually high self-diffusion rate of H20 molecules within ice (solid H2O). <div><br></div><div>Another, related to the one Peter quotes, is that the maximum density occurs when water is liquid, not when it has solidified.</div><div><br></div><div> – Mike Alexander</div><div><br><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 5:18 PM, Ted Kochanski <tedpkphd@gmail.com> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7875604488"><div><div dir="ltr">All,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>All of this just once again brings back the famous graffiti on the back of one of the wooden chairs in the original incarnation of the Legendary MIT Lecture Hall -- 10-250 [Maclaurin Building -- Huntington Lecture Hall --- for those unfamiliar with MIT Campus-speak]</div><div>The Hall dates to the era of the completion of the original Cambridge Campus circa 1920</div><div>Carved into the curved wooden back side of the chair [on the side facing the next row behind]:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><img src="cid:ce07l2kJvnuMMZcc19pz" yahoo_partid="3" alt="image.png" width="472" height="191"> [pair of original chairs from the MIT MUseum collection]<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Science is a Communist Plot</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Plotting is a Communist Science</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>There is no known precedence [then] and subsequently the chairs have all been replaced by cushioned chairs -- so its reality is lost to history</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7875604488gmail_quote"><div id="yiv7875604488yqt24130" class="yiv7875604488yqt8438698324"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv7875604488gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM Michael Alexander via LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv7875604488gmail_quote"><div>
This reminds me of an interchange in my introductory calculus course.<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Professor: Why does 1/x go to zero as x goes to infinity?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Class: [stunned silence]</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>[more silence]</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Professor: Because it <u>waants</u> to!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> Mike Alexander</div><div><br clear="none"><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(113,95,250);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px;">On Monday, September 16, 2024, 5:01 PM, John P. Rudy via LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yiv8178807658"><div><div><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif;">It is just to be funny as Calvin and Hobbes always it</span></p><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p><div id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yiv8178807658yqt47144"><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in;"><p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> Robert Primak <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com">bobprimak@yahoo.com</a>> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 16, 2024 3:09 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Lex Computer Group <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>>; John P. Rudy <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] why does ice float</span></p></div></div><p> </p><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;">As a degreed chemist, I don't need to look this one up. </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;">But the Dad Answer looks a lot like ChatGPT made it up. </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;">-- Bob Primak </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div><div id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yiv8178807658yahoo_quoted_7340281631"><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);">On Monday, September 16, 2024 at 12:16:11 PM EDT, John P. Rudy via LCTG <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);"> </span></p></div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);"> </span></p></div><div><div id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yiv8178807658"><div><div><p><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);"><img id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yiv8178807658Picture_x0020_1" border="0" width="557" height="639" style="width:5.802in;min-height:6.6562in;" src="cid:zgtDcHRC2OLh7mpNMaLW" yahoo_partid="2"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);"></span></p></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." target="_blank" href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com.">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv7875604488m_5632310073281482265yqt53943">===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://LCTG.toku.us">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com." target="_blank" href="mailto:mna.ma@yahoo.com.">mna.ma@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/mna.ma@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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