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July 19, 2010 6:40 p.m. Buzz Killington HalfDork

ReverendDexter wrote:

BobOfTheFuture wrote:

When its hot, what do you crave?

Electrolytes.

Brawndo

Plants crave those, too.

RossD wrote:

In reply to benzbaron:

I tried freezing two different ice cube trays, at the same time, on the driveway on one of our -12°F evenings here in Wisconsin a couple of years ago. One tray had the hottest water and one had the coldest water, both from the faucet, and which do you think froze first? If you said the colder one, you'd be right. Its nice when the schooling you pay for proves itself in the real world. I'm not saying that the Mpemba Effect is fake, but...

i'm sure you accounted for all the possible variables so you could be sure the difference was due solely to the temperature.

i'm not saying that the general public's constant and increasing ridicule of education and science gets tiresome, but...
July 19, 2010 6:57 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

Water? You mean, like, from the toilet?
July 19, 2010 7:01 p.m. benzbaron HalfDork

Using anecdotal evidence to draw a scientific conclusion doesn't work. Under scientifically controlled experiments the Mpemba effect has been observed. The mechanism to the effect is unknown due to the variables as water freezes. There are scientific paper written on the subject and if you have evidence that it isn't real I suggest you present the evidence.
July 19, 2010 8:43 p.m. wlkelley3 HalfDork

What I've found is warmish water (actually room temp or where ever you are) is easier to get more down than cold water. So if you are starting to get dehydrated and need to get a lot of water down warm or tepid is the way to do it. Although cold or cool water does help cool you down.
Learned form too much time in desert envieronments in the army.
July 19, 2010 8:58 p.m. JeepinMatt Dork

wlkelley3 wrote:

What I've found is warmish water (actually room temp or where ever you are) is easier to get more down than cold water. So if you are starting to get dehydrated and need to get a lot of water down warm or tepid is the way to do it. Although cold or cool water does help cool you down.
Learned form too much time in desert envieronments in the army.

Depends what room temperature means. I wouldn't have a real problem with 60 or 65 degree water, but drinking stuff that is breaking 100 degrees isn't making me want a drink. I'll be outside, most of the time with a Camelbak when it's hot and on the verge of (or has already broken) the triple digit mark.
July 19, 2010 9:47 p.m. mblommel Reader

In reply to SupraWes:

Amen to that brother. Anybody who disses a nice cold glass of water is a berkeleying idiot (unless of course they are in someplace like Antarctica).