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To: ShadowAce

Cold doesnt exist?


4 posted on 02/08/2011 11:18:29 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
Nope. Cold does not exist. It cannot be measured or observed.

What people call cold is actually a lack of heat.

9 posted on 02/08/2011 11:20:58 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: driftdiver

>Cold doesnt exist?

Technically.
Cold is the absence of heat, just like dark is the absence of light; they describe states lacking (that is, the non-existence) of something.


16 posted on 02/08/2011 11:25:27 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: driftdiver
Cold doesnt exist?

Geek joke ... Cold is the absence of heat. You can't make something colder; you can remove heat. There is no such thing as 'negative heat', which is what 'cold' would be. Hence, there is no such thing as 'cold'.

25 posted on 02/08/2011 11:32:45 AM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: driftdiver
It is because cold is really only the absence of heat that you can reach “absolute zero.” Once you have removed all the heat, you cannot do anything to make it colder. Conversely, you can add more heat, or energy to continue to make things hotter.
69 posted on 02/08/2011 2:33:28 PM PST by Teotwawki (To Him be the glory throughout all generations.)
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