By the way, I have no idea whether the story is apocryphal (and neither
does snopes, but snopes says it was likely first told by Dr. Alexandra
Calandra around 1958-1961)
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On Nov 30, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Erik,
The whole idea of a poorly designed science question and
a barometer reminded me of a story, but it took me a while
to find it. Here it is:
You and I may find plenty to disagree about on the subject
of
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Pressure
> Erik,
>
> > The whole idea of a poorly designed s
Erik,
The whole idea of a poorly designed science question and a barometer
reminded me of a story, but it took me a while to find it. Here it is:
You and I may find plenty to disagree about on the subject of religion,
but we very clearly have a similar sense of humor.
Funniest thing I've read in a
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:41:18PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> I want to raise my daughter's science score in a test, and this may
> prove useful
The whole idea of a poorly designed science question and a barometer
reminded me of a story, but it took me a while to find it. Here it is:
***
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > I assume you meant an array of values when you said "table", but it's also
> > a piece of furniture. At http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=table
> > definition 1 was assumed by someone trying to be funny. You me
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 02:35:26AM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > Also, I'm not familiar with the geography of Rio. I know it has
> > beaches, but are there also some high areas (I remember some
> > pictures, but not sure if it was Rio)?
>
> Yes, two tourist points at 300 and 500 meters (sort
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
>> The problem: Natalia had to answer a question that was more or
>> less like this: 4 friends travelled and one remained in Rio de
>> Janeiro. They measured the air pressure, and got Adriana: 77 cm
>> Hg (sic), Beatriz: 76 cm Hg, Carla: 75 cm Hg, Daniela: 65 cm Hg,
>> Emilia:
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 07:54:15PM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> The problem: Natalia had to answer a question that was more or
> less like this: 4 friends travelled and one remained in Rio de
> Janeiro. They measured the air pressure, and got Adriana: 77 cm
> Hg (sic), B
Richard Baker wrote:
>
>> But it uses some horrible units :-(
>
> cm Hg are quite horrible units too - what's wrong with pascals?
>
It used _inches_. I have no idea how to deal with pressure in inches :-/
But I have already been informed about what I needed...
http://www.inmet.gov.br/climatologia/
Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> I assume you meant an array of values when you said "table", but it's also
> a piece of furniture. At http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=table
> definition 1 was assumed by someone trying to be funny. You meant
> definition 11, I believe.
>
> I assume you meant atm
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From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Irregulars Question: Pressure
> Alberto said:
>
> > But it uses some horri
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > You might be able to find, for example, a table of observed atmospheric
> > pressure at 5am every day at a specific weather station at an airport
> > in the city. I'm not sure how that would help on a test. If you
Alberto said:
> But it uses some horrible units :-(
cm Hg are quite horrible units too - what's wrong with pascals?
Rich
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>
> This site has the data, I think, but you have to pick the numbers
> off one at a time. Click history in the tool bar.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5gyt3
>
But it uses some horrible units :-(
Alberto Monteiro
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Dave Land wrote:
> >
> >>> Does anyone know where I can find a piece of furniture with the life
> >>> stressors of Rio de Janeiro over the year?
> >>>
> >> What are life stressors?
> >
> > Stress-inducing factors in life: job changes, movin
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> You might be able to find, for example, a table of observed atmospheric
> pressure at 5am every day at a specific weather station at an airport
> in the city. I'm not sure how that would help on a test. If you are
> investigating seasonal averages, you could try to ge
Dave Land wrote:
>
>>> Does anyone know where I can find a piece of furniture with the life
>>> stressors of Rio de Janeiro over the year?
>>>
>> What are life stressors?
>
> Stress-inducing factors in life: job changes, moving house, marriage
> and divorce, child birth and death, ... tha
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:41:18 +, Alberto Monteiro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio de
Janeiro over the year?
Does anyone know where I can find a table of how many people in the
world can ask more ambiguous questi
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:41:18PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> What is ambiguous over that? Table?
Yes.
> Pressure?
Yes.
> Rio de Janeiro?
Yes.
> Year?
Yes.
My best guess is that you are serious and you are interested in
atmospheric pressure. However, atmospheric pressure varies with
On Nov 24, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a piece of furniture with the life
stressors of Rio de Janeiro over the year?
What are life stressors?
Stress-inducing factors in life: job changes, moving house, marriage
and divorce, child birt
Dave Land wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I can find a piece of furniture with the life
> stressors of Rio de Janeiro over the year?
>
What are life stressors?
Alberto Monteiro
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On Nov 24, 2004, at 8:41 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio
de
Janeiro over the year?
Does anyone know where I can find a table of how many people in the
world can ask more ambiguous questions than Alberto?
What is am
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio de
>> Janeiro over the year?
>
> Does anyone know where I can find a table of how many people in the
> world can ask more ambiguous questions than Alberto?
>
What is ambiguous over that? Table? Pressure? Rio
On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 04:18:04PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of Rio de
> Janeiro over the year?
Does anyone know where I can find a table of how many people in the
world can ask more ambiguous questions than Alberto?
--
Erik R
Does anyone know where I can find a table with the pressures of
Rio de Janeiro over the year?
Alberto Monteiro
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