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@unusnemo @gutenberg_org Apologies for the confusion caused. I was intrigued by PG’s mention of a commemorative sign (and so took the bait): it would have been quite interesting to actually be able to walk past a building and learn that an important discovery had been made right where I was standing!

@unusnemo @gutenberg_org I’m referring to the “Absolute Zero Discovery Point” sign that was highlighted in PG’s original post. You presumably didn’t read the linked article?

Its story about Kelvin falling in the Kelvin and becoming “the coldest thing in the entire universe” is a lighthearted joke.

As I mentioned in my previous comment, the thinking and research will have been done nearby, however (or possibly not quite so very nearby as the Gilmorehill campus was not built until later).

@unusnemo @gutenberg_org •Of course• Kelvin (River), Kelvin (Lord) and kelvin exist, but the “Absolute Zero Discovery Point” sign is a prank, although erected only a few hundred metres from the University of Glasgow campus itself.

(I have drunk in the coffee shop opposite which provided much better fluids for intellectual inspiration than the chilly waters of the Kelvin!)

There are numerous similar “official looking” signs around Glasgow which are very well known to local people

@etchedpixels @revk The “aim” comment is reminding me that I remember once reading on the internet somewhere about underground/metro trains somewhere which had pictorial warning signs on the inter-car doors of a stick man “going about his business” after a few drinks and a lightning flash indicating the perils of the live rail within “target distance”!

@jackeric @revk Yeah, I also noticed the push buttons rather than rocker switches seeming very odd, and wondered whether that would actually conform to electrical regs?

These days •so much• random foreign-designed stuff is sold on various online tat bazaars and I suspect the safety authorities (do we even still have a suitably resourced body?) are just unable to whack-a-mole them all

Then you see all the 1-star reviews: “My new charger melted and suddenly caught fire after 2 months”… 🤨

@gutenberg_org It seems some people will believe anything written on the internet …or written on a spoof sign erected by merry pranksters, of which there are quite a few around Glasgow!