Why are people so damn snobby about Celsius?

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Postby Bocaj Claw » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:30 pm

There are temperature snobs? What the hell?
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Postby Æron » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:32 pm

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Postby likeafox » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:36 pm

But anyway, I'd like to propose a new unit of standard measurement, which is a kind of mesh of the new and the old. The same principle as metric, but all measurements would be proportional to each other by a scale of twelves, which will go hand-in-hand with our adoption of the base-12 number system.

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Postby nickspoon » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:39 pm

Since Jason lives in a country that uses the metric system, I've been learning to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius by guesstimation.
Pshuh, but more often than not I describe the temperature to you in Fahrenheit!
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Postby gforce422 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:41 pm

What the Ffffahrenheit? Guys, chill out, it's not cool to contest so hotly with one another. Someone needs to be fired. Just give me the cold, hard facts about temperature, ok? If that happens, that would be the icing on the cake that is this topic.

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Postby Æron » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:51 pm

But anyway, I'd like to propose a new unit of standard measurement, which is a kind of mesh of the new and the old. The same principle as metric, but all measurements would be proportional to each other by a scale of twelves, which will go hand-in-hand with our adoption of the base-12 number system.
A base-12 number system would be superior...
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Postby Arloest » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:03 pm

I think we can all agree that America has exceptional standards of measurement, exceptional fast food and exceptional dance moves.
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Postby Segovia » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:23 pm

I don't agree.

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Postby Arloest » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:01 pm

Mike Portnoy disagrees with YOU!


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Postby klimt » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:06 pm

ones as good as the other for me, both have consistently sized units, i know what they mean and its not a big deal to convert either way. i use whatever seems simpler at the time.

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Postby Arloest » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:09 pm

Benmilk is a good man.

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Postby datherman » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:43 pm

I too prefer Fahrenheit for measuring outdoor temperature mostly for familiarity's sake, while I fully understand its use in science. No snobbiness here.
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Postby bad ass antelope » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:32 pm

the "problem" of the Fahrenheit stuff is (and that's really how most of us [European] think about it) that USA still wants to go her own way, without taking a look at the other.
It's like: "The rest of the world is using Celsius or metric system? Now F*ck them! We are the God damn USA! We use our own way to describe stuff!" I still wonder, why you don't have a own way to describe time and weight... and don't get on the idea to flame me down like a shack in summertime... I just presented you the general opinion over here about that fact... (the Kioto Protokol is another example of this opinion...)
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Postby klimt » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:26 pm

Benmilk is a good man.

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Postby Æron » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:52 am

That Mike Portnoy picture is begging to be my avatar.
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