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Alice in Dairyland
11/19/2022 5:52:12 PM
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- Occasional Reader 11/19/2022 3:15:33 PM
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| Why does almost everyone stop grilling when the weather turns cool? Personally, I’d rather be next to a hot grill on a cool November evening, as I am now, then, on a sweltering July one. It's a balmy 12 degrees here right now. I'd rather be standing next to the broiler in the kitchen. In July you can always be drinking a cold beer while grilling. |
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Kosh's Shadow
11/19/2022 6:18:54 PM
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In #1 Alice in Dairyland said: It's a balmy 12 degrees here right now. Consider it 472 degrees Rankine. (472 degrees F above absolute zero)
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Occasional Reader
11/19/2022 6:28:16 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 2:
And yet, we live much, much, much closer to absolute zero than to “absolute hot” (Planck temperature).
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Kosh's Shadow
11/19/2022 6:36:12 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 3: Or negative temperatures - almost infinitely hot Article
To understand negative temperature, think in terms of energy states rather than markings on a thermometer. Atomic particles in what physicists consider positive temperature — which includes most ordinary experiences, from the sun’s surface to Antarctica’s ice — like to be in the lowest energy states possible. But in systems with negative temperature, particles prefer to populate high-energy states instead of low-energy ones.
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Occasional Reader
11/19/2022 6:48:57 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:
Huh. Looks like a good way of blowing up the world.
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Kosh's Shadow
11/19/2022 7:23:07 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6: Ah, the wars they will be fought again
The holy dove, she will be caught again
Bought and sold, and bought again
The dove is never free Jukebox
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