Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 294.16K sounds even hotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 What I don't get about Fahrenheit is how 'high' the numbers are... I mean, 32F does NOT sound cold... 0C - that sounds COLD (as in freezing). Fahrenheit is pretty ridiculous. It's based on the temperature of a horse. In Fahrenheit's initial scale, the zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in brine: he used a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride. The second point, 100 degrees, was the horse body temperature, said at the time to be more stable than that of a human. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 What I don't get about Fahrenheit is how 'high' the numbers are... I mean, 32F does NOT sound cold... 0C - that sounds COLD (as in freezing). Fahrenheit is pretty ridiculous. It's based on the temperature of a horse. In Fahrenheit's initial scale, the zero point is determined by placing the thermometer in brine: he used a mixture of ice, water, and ammonium chloride. The second point, 100 degrees, was the horse body temperature, said at the time to be more stable than that of a human. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History I didn't say it was right... just seemed weird to me - but thanks for the alternative perspective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
747Music Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Yeah but 0 Celcius is freezing point. So it seems colder than 30 Farenheit. Also 100 Celcius is water's boiling point. It just seems better to me. Maybe just cause I'm used to it, but nevertheless I like Celcius better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 0 is freezing in Celsius ..that makes perfect sense. below zero is colder and above is warmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Well we had +5C today, which meant good weather for mapping puddles. The deepest was 10" of course, a deep puddle which all residents should be aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 yes, could be some dangerous splashing going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 i like having an absolute zero so i go kelvin all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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