On 3/30/2016 9:02 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 7:56:17 AM UTC-6, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> onglet wrote:
>>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Holy Father is also amenable to the countertop icemakers...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is for this very reason that I'm going to go out on a limb and predict
>>>>>>> that countertop icemakers are going to be trending! Refrigerators are
>>>>>>> going to get smaller but our need for ice will increase. These icemakers
>>>>>>> are going to be HOT!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the icemaker get hot, won't the ice melt?
>>>>>
>>>>> How would it get hot?
>>>>
>>>> Room air is hot compared to ice! Physics, etc.
>>>
>>> Hard to make ice using room air....
>>
>> Actually it's easy... that's how refrigeration works, it removes heat
>> from air.... cold is simply the absence of heat.
>
> Well Sheldon, you at least have THAT part of physics clear! It's facinating to me exactly how physists determined that. Much like dark is just the abscence of light! Although I heard once that light bulbs and candles don't actually emit light, they are just dark suckers! Think aboujt it. what color os a burned out light bulb? Kindas black, right? It's full of dark! So is a candle wick when you blow it out: black!! From sucking up the dark! ;-)
>
> John Kuthe...
>

"Light" is defined by the reflected scattering of particles and the
ability of the lens (sensor) to resolve them.