From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 22:43:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC7B1065672 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 22:43:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f164.google.com (mail-ew0-f164.google.com [209.85.219.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7778FC13 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 22:43:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so2379159ewy.43 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 15:43:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YXWtq5cIfaJWnuDH5uMKauZuy8s2Z5AGTl7kHypw4og=; b=u3gQJLuDKPfyOkPcMgg23Hwpce3DM29rFEMNU4a9wzNtjI5tHtkvzT7Ht1vnYWV7Ly DVR4mC0sXMTmaDkNOYfGXQ+4YDmM8vGq9QVT8kTjd47sc2IiffEIU7hXlzNmnEMaW6YN mZ+DTMZAIiEj4HjN/ZiYJuFaq7Yb9e366qtek= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=F7FwpC+P6JIF/xh//NE1SqPJ5yKmoG9ZaJrUNziTiQYPXhi9VE1njfR85nl3xMd7RO 3SuMEP3rX1YSI5lU/bmmrM5Ub0+/UZZBmqINVd4AtY3IrWgbynvX/fTiqNrHxYqW4+Vg zGSSpsJJlB6wu7h4eM+i1oq0H8TUQ/Xfy+E7U= Received: by 10.210.37.11 with SMTP id k11mr3415364ebk.3.1243550613050; Thu, 28 May 2009 15:43:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bb-87-81-140-128.ukonline.co.uk [87.81.140.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm1245546eyg.14.2009.05.28.15.43.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 28 May 2009 15:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 23:43:29 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090528234329.58b88bb1@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <200905281030.n4SAUXdA046386@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <200905280847.12966.kirk@strauser.com> <200905280904.44025.kirk@strauser.com> <20090528183801.82b36bbb.freebsd@edvax.de> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDE2@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> <20090528165453.1a24104a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20090528171259.9bb60034.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EDEF@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What is this forum for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 22:43:34 -0000 On Thu, 28 May 2009 23:38:46 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > i repeated what i read recently about ICE ON ARCTIC SEA melting that > will flood. > > Even knowledge from primary school physics and no single calculation > is enough to prove that water level will not change at all. Even for you this is a new low. When you learned about Archimedes principle did they not teach you about thermal expansion - or did you just assume that as the ice melts everything remains at the same temperature.