OT Don't read if you sre very very easily offended.

[Leon]

Newspaper 2029

HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR: 2029

Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California .

White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.

Spotted Owl plague threatens northwesternUnited States crops and livestock.

Baby conceived naturally! Scientists stumped.

Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.

Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.

France pleads for global help after being taken over by Lichtenstein. No other country comes forward to help the beleaguered nation!

Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.

George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.

Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.

85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and exercise is the key to weight loss.

Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.

Global cooling blamed for citrus crop failure for third consecutive year in Mexifornia and Floruba.

THIS ONE IS REALLY GOOD Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.

Abortion clinics now available in every High School in United States

Senate still blocking drilling in ANWR even though gas is selling for 4532 Pesos per liter and gas stations are only open on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.

Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.

Average height of NBA players is now nine feet, seven inches.

New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2030.

IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.

Floruba voters still having trouble with voting machines.

[evodawg]

You forgot what the deficit would be??? 100 Trillion? More like 500

[Morris Dovey]

[Robatoy]

Missing:

SketchUp 23 has been released finally making it somewhat useful to those who want to do more than just play with crayons.

The 220 volt vs 110 volt discussions has finally driven the makers of electricity to the point that they are now only offering power tools at 165 volt. 55 Hz. Universal motors are now outlawed as the carbon dust from the brushes have caused a global temperature increase of

0.00000023 degrees K.

Dust collectors are a thing of the past as all composite components used in hobby-related furniture making have to be bought pre-made by Festomilwaukita.

At an Albertan rest home, former actor Tom Cruise took a bite out of an orderly, still denying he's gay.

The Toronto Maple Leaves, formerly known as the Toronto Maple Leafs, have won the Stanley Cup.

Stephen Hawkins' latest book contains proof that Creationism is in fact the real origin of the Universe.

Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey was finally laid to rest. The 24 pall-bearers were exhausted.

The room-darkening AntiLight bulb's demonstration was a failure when they could not find the switch to turn the damned thing off. The lawsuits by The Drapery Manufacturers Brotherhood are still pending.

[HeyBub]

That's pesos. What is it in real money (i.e., Canadian).

[Leon]

Canadian money, Looney Toon ey?

[Leon]

Missing:

SketchUp 23 has been released finally making it somewhat useful to those who want to do more than just play with crayons.

You left out, and finally every one has learned to use this simple program, even the die hards. ;~)

The 220 volt vs 110 volt discussions has finally driven the makers of electricity to the point that they are now only offering power tools at 165 volt. 55 Hz. Universal motors are now outlawed as the carbon dust from the brushes have caused a global temperature increase of

0.00000023 degrees K.

And no one really knows if the so called "earth warming" is a bad thing. It seems to have gotten us out of the "IceAge". ;~)

Dust collectors are a thing of the past as all composite components used in hobby-related furniture making have to be bought pre-made by Festomilwaukita.

At an Albertan rest home, former actor Tom Cruise took a bite out of an orderly, still denying he's gay.

I though that had already happened. ;~)

The Toronto Maple Leaves, formerly known as the Toronto Maple Leafs, have won the Stanley Cup.

The WHAT?!!

Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey was finally laid to rest. The 24 pall-bearers were exhausted.

I'll never forget about the time she was caught smuggeling 225 lbs. of CRACK between her legs.

[-MIKE-]

Nice.

[Dan Major]

Picking nits because I'm getting to be a grumpy old fart, and no offense intended but, there are no degrees Kelvin. The units are (only) Kelvins.

[Tom Veatch]

So a "Kelvin" is a unit of temperature that is the same size as a Celsius degree? How about the measurement of absolute temperature using a unit that is the same size as a Farenheit degree. Is that measured in Rankines or in °R?

If the Kelvin is a unit of temperature, then it should be syntactically correct, although a little weird to mix units/scales, to say that water boils (under standard conditions) 100K above 0°C, or even weirder, that it boils 100K above 32°F.

Tom Veatch Wichita, KS USA

[Morris Dovey]

You're making my head hurt. Under those conditions it boils at 373.15K.

[burtwitlin]

Not what I learned in undergrad and grad school.

[dpb]

...

You're both right (probably), depending on age...

if you're also an old fart like I, when still in undergraduate school it _was_ "degrees K", but by time finished grad school they had changed (altho many of us never did, really; just too ingrained except for formal use where could consider and edit).

[Dan Major]

Please see:

from the page for those of you (like me) too lazy to look it up - "(bla-bla-bla...) The 13th CGPM changed the name to simply "kelvin" (symbol K).[2] The omission of "degree" indicates that it is not relative to an arbitrary reference point such as the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales, but rather an absolute unit of measure which can be manipulated algebraically..."

[Aardvark]

Makes sense. 100k = 180°F

[Robatoy]

The boiling point of water is 373.15 or 373.16 K and it freezes at

273.15 or 273.16 K at standard pressure, depending on your reference.

[B A R R Y]

That's a lot of wax.

[Steve Turner]

I'm offended by people who are easily offended.

[Robatoy]

Thanks. Now I get to spend the next 1/2 hour cleaning my desk, keyboard and monitor.

[Dave Balderstone]