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It's funny how Celsius gets grouped in with the metric system, even though it really has no benefits over Fahrenheit. http://www.ericpinder.com/html/celsius.ht
by smackfu 12y ago
It's funny how Celsius gets grouped in with the metric system, even though it really has no benefits over Fahrenheit.
http://www.ericpinder.com/html/celsius.html http://www.ericpinder.com/html/celsius.html
- astrodust 12y agoIt has benefits, like it works perfectly with Metric, where Fahrenheit is based on arbitrary numbers that have nothing to do with anything else. A 1x1x1 cm cube of water at 20°C weighs 1 gram and has a volume of 1mL. Temperature, weight, and volume are interlinked this way.
- smackfu 12y agoWhat is that 20°C? Why is that a better number than 68°F? I'm not arguing against metric in general, I'm arguing that the temperature part of it is just kind of thrown in there because they were both used in France.
- astrodust 12y agoIt has nothing to do with France. Save your "Freedom Fries" outrage for something more deserving. I think anyone, given a choice, would pick a simple, round number like 20 over something wacky like 68.
- mlnhd 12y agoCelsius is based on arbitrary state change temperatures of an arbitrary chemical, just like Fahrenheit.
- smackfu 12y agoAnd only at an arbitrary pressure that happens to be based on the sea level of an arbitrary planet at an arbitrary point in time.