2015-02-18, 07:57 AM
(2015-02-17, 11:52 PM)Ircher Wrote: [ -> ](2015-02-16, 10:48 PM)Euan T Wrote: [ -> ]* Euan T has no idea what Tom's on about
* Euan T says the freezing point of water is clearly 273.15°K and the boiling point obviously 373.15°K
* Euan T says "go kelvin or go home": https://twitter.com/badastronomer/status...0583397376
* Ircher thinks Kelvin is only used by the same (idiotic) scientists who are (for the most part) intelligent.
* Ircher thinks that the wider range in degrees Fahrenheit is better since you can use whole numbers more rather than fractions
* Ircher comments that Celsius is popular for the same reason as the metric system.
* Ircher would bet that Euan T does not know how many feet are in a mile
(2015-02-17, 06:30 AM)dragonexpert Wrote: [ -> ]* dragonexpert tells Ircher to use a higher posts per page setting.
* dragonexpert uses 50 posts per page.
* Ircher forgot he had it on 30 posts per page
* Ircher changes it to 50 posts per page
* Ircher notes over 600 pages
* Ircher is adamant in the idea a new \/me thread should be created
* Ircher states that the above attempted character escape probably didn't work
(2015-02-17, 12:22 PM)Tom K. Wrote: [ -> ](2015-02-16, 10:47 PM)Paul H. Wrote: [ -> ](2015-02-16, 10:39 PM)Tom K. Wrote: [ -> ]* Tom K. states the world should just all use metric because it makes sense.
* Tom K. states a few countries use both and it is more confusing than it needs to be.
* Tom K. states just remembering water freezes at 32F and boils at 212F is stupid...
* Tom K. states 0C and 100C is fine...
* Tom K. doesn't see the point in using an outdated system...
* Paul H. says 100F is too hot to be outside and 0F is too cold to be outside
* Paul H. says it's more people friendly
* Paul H. mumbles about MyBB's twitter
* Tom K. states 100C is too hot to be outside and 0C is too cold...
* Tom K. doesn't see the difference...
(2015-02-16, 10:48 PM)Euan T Wrote: [ -> ]* Euan T has no idea what Tom's on about
* Euan T says the freezing point of water is clearly 273.15°K and the boiling point obviously 373.15°K
* Euan T says "go kelvin or go home": https://twitter.com/badastronomer/status...0583397376
* Tom K. states at least kelvin and celsius have a 1:1 ratio :/
* Ircher thinks that 2 systems are enough, and Kelvin is only used by those (creepy) scientists
* Ircher states that Americans would be very unhappy to give up both Customary and Fahrenheit
* Ircher also mentions that it would cost American a ton of $$$$ to implement such drastic changes
* Ircher only agrees with the Metric System since it is base 10
* Ircher wonders if we'll ever develop a non-base 10 counting system OUTSIDE computers
* Ircher wishes the nested quoting amount was 2
* Tom K. understands that 'Murica wouldn't be too happy but for the sake of progress it should change. The UK made the change as did most of Europe.
* Tom K. States the only think the UK didn't change was miles on road signs due to the costs, which he feels was acceptableÂ
* Tom K. States without change we have no progress
* Tom K. States the customary system makes 0 sense - having a counting system separate to the rest of the world just asks for trouble
* Tom K. quotes that this is why napoleon was considered short for a few hundred years