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Re: Test
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Date: 
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:11:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.test, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.test, Andrew Reid wrote:
> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > 
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.test, Andrew Reid wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >   If a man and a half take a day and a half to paint a house
> > > > and a half, what is the temperature of the Sun?
> > > 
> > > core, surface or corona?
> > 
> >   Hmm.  I suppose, the question being about painting, it
> > would have to be the surface...
> 
> Of course, I phrased the question poorly, since there is no specific radii at
> which you can say you are firmly on the "surface" but a search via Google (1)
> seems to indicate somewhere in the 5500-6000 C range as the accepted value mid
> photosphere....
> 
> How many men (2) it would take to paint it(3) is left as an exercise for the
> reader.

I don't know how long it would take, but I have it on reasonably good authority
that Earl Scheib will paint that star for $29.95.

Dave!



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(...) Of course, I phrased the question poorly, since there is no specific radii at which you can say you are firmly on the "surface" but a search via Google (1) seems to indicate somewhere in the 5500-6000 C range as the accepted value mid (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

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