[522] in Humor
HUMOR: our friend, mr. sun
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Fri Nov 4 09:33:43 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 09:30:58 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 18:52:40 -0700 (MST)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN%ARIES@VAXF.Colorado.EDU>
...
>From the Oct. 3, 1994 issue of C&EN
Excerpted from K. M. Reese's "Newscripts":
Wavelengths for Newcomers
... "Sunlight is an important part of one's diet... The scale of
light rays can be divided into three easy-to-understand groups:
- Below 400 nm per second is infrared. This is heat.
- Between 400 and 700 nm per second is ultraviolet light. Color, or
the rainbow, falls into this category
- Light travelling more than 700 nm per second is gamma radiation -
the stuff in science fiction movies. Inappropriate amounts of this
light are not good for the body - too much and you might turn into
a large green turtle."
[end quote]
It's nice to know that gamma radiation only travels on the order of 700
nm per second. I find it a comfort that, in the event of a thermonuclear
strike, I can easily outrun the heat and ionizing radiation with a
leisurely stroll, and can lunch pleasantly on the visible (ultraviolet)
portions.
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"The rooster was decapitated," Tom said in a crestfallen voice.
