[TriLUG] official Linux on a laptop for under $500?

[Brian Henning]

Okay, okay, before I get cold hosed myself:
Heat is the kinetic energy of a particle, whether it be an atom or molecule 
or whatever.

>> I have a HOT flash for you. HEAT is Radiation, by definition.
>
> And I have a COLD HOSE for you.
>
> Wrong.  HEAT, by definition, is the kinetic energy of a molecule. 
> RADIATION is a method by which heat is transferred without contact or 
> immersion in a fluid (example: the sun heats the earth via radiation). 
> Other methods of transferral of heat are CONVECTION (fluid movement) and 
> CONDUCTION (surfaces in contact).  In fact, the heat added to your lap by 
> your laptop is NOT radiation, by definition; it is conduction.
>
> *zap!*
>
> ~Brian, your friendly law-of-thermodynamics enforcement officer
>
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