This might make a good example of a coordinate conversion problem. Rich -----Original Message----- From: Thane Plambeck To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Sent: 12/5/2003 1:19 PM Subject: [math-fun] Hot and cold & The separate taps When I lived in England I considered the separate taps for hot and cold water a considerable hardship, right up there with warm beer and brussels sprouts. Content from "Old Fashioned Faucets: Unique British Standard" http://homes.wsj.com/housegarden/indoorliving/20021031-hagerty.html Boris Johnson, a Conservative Party member of Parliament representing Henley, congratulates "the higher civilizations" that have adopted advanced plumbing technology. But he argues that having the choice of either hot or cold for washing hands "is an incentive to get it over and done with and not waste water." Thane Plambeck 650 321 4884 office 650 323 4928 fax http://www.qxmail.com/ehome.htm _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun