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Old January 3rd 18, 03:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 29/12/2017 22:25, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 12/29/2017 12:29 PM, Paul wrote:
wrote:
On December 31, 2017 at exactly midnight, all computers running Windows
8.x and Windows 10, will crash and never work again. Microsoft never
told anyone that Windows 8.x and 10 expires on this date. As these
computers crash, the entire internet will fail and all electrical
service will cease to function worldwide.

Prepare now. Buy ice chests and ice for your beer, and have a few
flashlights available so you can grab the right kind of beer from the
cooler.....


Who needs an ice chest ?

It's -20C outside. You stick your beer outside
for 20 minutes, and "it's ready".

The coldest spot in Canada right now, at this very
instant, is -46C (a place between Yukon territory and BC).
An excellent time for these experiments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

Â*Â*Â* Paul


I had not heard of the Mpemba effect. Thanks for the pointer.

There is a puzzle in the first sentence of the wiki page:

"The Mpemba effect, named after Erasto Batholomeo Mpemba (b.1950) in
1963, is the observation that, in some circumstances, warmer water can
freeze faster than colder water."

Although the original observation was made in 1963 (if you do not take
into account Aristotle's observation some 2300 years earlier) when he
was still at school, the experiments and joint publication with Dr.
Denis G. Osborne did not happen until 1969. "They published the results
together in 1969, while Mpemba was studying at the College of African
Wildlife Management."

How could an observation verified in 1969 have been named after Mpemba
in 1963?
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