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Its 36°C freaking degrees here in Toronto, feels like 40°ish with the humidex value. Hmm... I think I'm gunna melt. Should I be complaining? Cuz I know a lot of other places around the world have it worse than us.

Someone save me from this heat... :eek:

*presses the convert Celcius to Fahrenheit button.

Until you've stayed in ana area where 47 degrees C is the norm you can't complain.... but I suggest ice lots and lots of ICE!!!!

Go play in mud. :)

*presses the convert Celcius to Fahrenheit button.
Yeah, really, whew, I was thinking "Early winter?"

Its 36 freaking degrees here in Toronto, feels like 40ish with the humidex value. Hmm... I think I'm gunna melt. Should I be complaining? Cuz I know a lot of other places around the world have it worse than us.
If if makes you feel any better I ran 5 miles in the heat of the morning.

Air conditioning is the shit.

If if makes you feel any better I ran 5 miles in the heat of the morning.

Thats one helluva cardio session my friend... :)

*presses the convert Celcius to Fahrenheit button.
At least you realised that not everyone uses your archaic measure.

I was expecting a conversion damnit.

Pfft, what's the humidity?
Yesterday it rained here and instead of decreasing the temperatue, it increased the humidity 3 fold.

At least you realised that not everyone uses your archaic measure.
Archaic? Fahrenheit has a higher number scale, thus it can read "low" temperatures far more accurately to a tenth of a dgree making it the superior temperature scale for many naturally and artifically occuring temperatures.

I was expecting a conversion damnit.


Its about 97°F here. :eek: Which feels like 100°!!!!! :eek:

Archaic? Fahrenheit has a higher number scale, thus it can read "low" temperatures far more accurately to a tenth of a dgree making it the superior temperature scale for many naturally and artifically occuring temperatures.
Uhm, no?

Its 36°C freaking degrees here in Toronto, feels like 40°ish with the humidex value. Hmm... I think I'm gunna melt. Should I be complaining? Cuz I know a lot of other places around the world have it worse than us.

Someone save me from this heat... :eek:

Dang, that's just 4-8 degrees from freezing!! It's like 97+ where I live. You Canadians are so silly. 36 degrees... hehe....:p

90 degrees farenheit
88% humidity
the library i'm at won't close the windows
and they're redoing a parking lot outside
shut the hell up

and, when you've lived somewhere where the norm is hot, you get used to it
i live in frickin indiana
shut the hell up

Its about 97°F here. :eek: Which feels like 100°!!!!! :eek:
Psh, its 96 here with 3000% humidity or something else really high.

Archaic? Fahrenheit has a higher number scale, thus it can read "low" temperatures far more accurately to a tenth of a dgree making it the superior temperature scale for many naturally and artifically occuring temperatures.
I think you'll find that it's limiting yourself to one decimal place that's the issue, not the choice of scale.

Anyway, google can do temperature conversions.

Or you could just use FAHRENHEIT = 9/5 * CELCIUS + 32
If you're in a hurry, just use 2 instead of 9/5. But that would be inaccurate, now, wouldn't it.

Archaic? Fahrenheit has a higher number scale, thus it can read "low" temperatures far more accurately to a tenth of a dgree making it the superior temperature scale for many naturally and artifically occuring temperatures.
*ahem* Kelvin, anyone?

I think you'll find that it's limiting yourself to one decimal place that's the issue, not the choice of scale.

Anyway, google can do temperature conversions.

Or you could just use FAHRENHEIT = 9/5 * CELCIUS + 32
If you're in a hurry, just use 2 instead of 9/5. But that would be inaccurate, now, wouldn't it.

You know what, I didn't beat you in the American revolution, the war of 1812, then save you in WW1 and WW2 to use your silly metric system. :D

Uhm, no?
The difference between normal temperature and a worrisome fever is one degree Celsius as opposed to six degrees Fahrenheit.

*ahem* Kelvin, anyone?
Kelvin rocks.

The difference between normal temperature and a worrisome fever is one degree Celsius as opposed to six degrees Fahrenheit.


Kelvin rocks.

Aww, my Uncle Kelvin's coming over?! Sweet! Or was his name Kevin....

The difference between normal temperature and a worrisome fever is one degree Celsius as opposed to six degrees Fahrenheit.


Kelvin rocks.

Are you sure you're not biased towards Celsius simply because you're American and that Fahrenheit is the norm?

The difference between normal temperature and a worrisome fever is one degree Celsius as opposed to six degrees Fahrenheit.
Decimals?;)

36 isn't much compared to texas weather :p the past few weeks we've had 100+ days quite a few times.

You know what, I didn't beat you in the American revolution, the war of 1812, then save you in WW1 and WW2
I know you didn't. I wasn't alive during any of those wars and I doubt that you were either.

to use your silly metric system. :D
Nothing silly about it. The metric system was a very good invention. All scientific units use the metric idea of having kilo<unit>, mega<unit>, etc. Also, I'm pretty sure it was French, rather than British.

Nothing silly about it. The metric system was a very good invention. All scientific units use the metric idea of having kilo<unit>, mega<unit>, etc. Also, I'm pretty sure it was French, rather than British.
Even Jefferson proposed something similar, except that he didn't use prefixes to designate the multiples and the divisions, making it a more cumbersome system.

The US is a metric country. The official units of measure are metric, but standard is accepted as a parallel system. However, the standard units are defined in metric.

The US is a metric country. The official units of measure are metric, but standard is accepted as a parallel system. However, the standard units are defined in metric.
Fortunately, since the American standard system is basically the same as the British imperial system, it's not too hard to understand.

Fortunately, since the American standard system is basically the same as the British imperial system, it's not too hard to understand.
Even better, the UK is becoming metric too!

Even better, the UK is becoming metric too!

the hell it is!:mad:

There is a Squirrel on my porch laying splayed out under a lawn chair panting like it is in labor..

Should i give the rodent some water???

the hell it is!:mad:
They'll keep a few of your favourite units, but metric will be the base system.

I know you didn't. I wasn't alive during any of those wars and I doubt that you were either.


Nothing silly about it. The metric system was a very good invention. All scientific units use the metric idea of having kilo<unit>, mega<unit>, etc. Also, I'm pretty sure it was French, rather than British.

MAY I REMIND YOU! That this metric system you speak of is or was used by the following:

1. The Nazis
2. The Reds
3. The Northern Vietnamese
4. Cuba, one of the last remaining Communist countries.
5.The Italians, who HELPED the Nazis during WW2!!!

I mean geesh, who would want to use it NOW!? :D

MAY I REMIND YOU! That this metric system you speak of is or was used by the following:

1. The Nazis
2. The Reds
3. The Northern Vietnamese
4. Cuba, one of the last remaining Communist countries.
5.The Italians, who HELPED the Nazis during WW2!!!

I mean geesh, who would want to use it NOW!? :D
All those people used oxygen too! :eek:

All those people used oxygen too! :eek:

!?!?! You're on to something!! :eek:

toyed with the idea of writing the current temp here in Kelvin, but decided it's too easy....

right now it's 99F(37C) feels like 101F(38C) according to the airport, however my weather station says (that'd be the one on my porch that we use for homeschool) that it's 102F and 45% humidity, so in theory it feels like 110F(43C) (or that's what my weather station told me)

you couldn't pay me to go outside today, nope I will sit here under the fan thankyouverymuch.

Did anyone mention that Celsius, when he first published the scale, wanted 100 to be the freezing point of water and 0 the boiling point? Luckily someone took him aside for a discussion.

Did anyone mention that Celsius, when he first published the scale, wanted 100 to be the freezing point of water and 0 the boiling point? Luckily someone took him aside for a discussion.
Well, it's only 'luckily' because that's the way you're used to it. Is there any scientific reason why it couldn't be the other way round?

Well, it's only 'luckily' because that's the way you're used to it. Is there any scientific reason why it couldn't be the other way round?
because it's too weird, that's why, that is my scientific analysis.

because it's too weird, that's why, that is my scientific analysis.
:p

I think you should submit that as a PhD Thesis.

Its 36°C freaking degrees here in Toronto, feels like 40°ish with the humidex value. Hmm... I think I'm gunna melt. Should I be complaining? Cuz I know a lot of other places around the world have it worse than us.

Someone save me from this heat... :eek:
Nooo! Yer gonna fry, you hear me? FRY! Mwhahahahaha!

Hey, if I gotta endure it every Summer, you can endure it once in awhile too! :D

:p

I think you should submit that as a PhD Thesis.
yeah, I think I will, and I will title it "what a Christian thinks about all this weird science stuff" and sell millions of books to the 700 club members.

yeah, I think I will, and I will title it "what a Christian thinks about all this weird science stuff" and sell millions of books to the 700 club members.
Go for it, Smunkee!

And yes, it is what we're used to, so that's why it's wierd to think of it the other way around, thank, Mr. Obvious. Personally, I think his original idea was due to a surfeit of aquavit.

Well, it's only 'luckily' because that's the way you're used to it. Is there any scientific reason why it couldn't be the other way round?
Because temperature is due to the movement/oscillation speed of molecules and so it makes more sense for a larger temperature value to equal a larger average molecular speed.

Go for it, Smunkee!

And yes, it is what we're used to, so that's why it's wierd to think of it the other way around, thank, Mr. Obvious. Personally, I think his original idea was due to a surfeit of aquavit.
:rolleyes:

You can't say 'thankfully someone put him straight' and then claim it's obvious when someone points out there that isn't necessarily anything to thank about it. You're making an argument and then calling it stupid yourself.

Which, I suppose, saves on debating time...

Because temperature is due to the movement/oscillation speed of molecules and so it makes more sense for a larger temperature value to equal a larger average molecular speed.
I liked Smunkee's explanation more.

:rolleyes:

You can't say 'thankfully someone put him straight' and then claim it's obvious when someone points out there that isn't necessarily anything to thank about it. You're making an argument and then calling it stupid yourself.

Which, I suppose, saves on debating time...
Well, of course it does. :p Why would I actually want to debate someone? Sorry, didn't really want that to be as sarcastic as it apparently came across.

Well, of course it does. :p Why would I actually want to debate someone? Sorry, didn't really want that to be as sarcastic as it apparently came across.
Apology cheerfully accepted, although it's not really necessary. :)

You know what, I didn't beat you in the American revolution, the war of 1812, then save you in WW1 and WW2 to use your silly metric system. :D
You're absolutely right. You didn't do any of that.

toyed with the idea of writing the current temp here in Kelvin, but decided it's too easy....

right now it's 99F(37C) feels like 101F(38C) according to the airport, however my weather station says (that'd be the one on my porch that we use for homeschool) that it's 102F and 45% humidity, so in theory it feels like 110F(43C) (or that's what my weather station told me)

you couldn't pay me to go outside today, nope I will sit here under the fan thankyouverymuch.
104F = 40C = 313.15K

K = C + 273.15 ('cause -273.15C = absolute zero)

Look, I hate to put the damper on your whole argument here but...you all need to stop complaining about how hot it is. I just got done servicing the LOX converter in one of my jets today. Until you've stood on the tarmac in the desert in protective equipement that resembles MOPP 4 gear, you have not experienced hot. Unless, of course, you have actually serviced a plane in MOPP 4 gear.

104F = 40C = 313.15K

K = C + 273.15 ('cause -273.15C = absolute zero)
What on earth does that mean :confused:

Look, I hate to put the damper on your whole argument here but...you all need to stop complaining about how hot it is. I just got done servicing the LOX converter in one of my jets today. Until you've stood on the tarmac in the desert in protective equipement that resembles MOPP 4 gear, you have not experienced hot. Unless, of course, you have actually serviced a plane in MOPP 4 gear.
That's okay, you haven't. Complaints about the weather are imprinted on the human genome. Just wait six months ... "OMG, it's so cold here!"

I always like how the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales converge at -40.

What on earth does that mean :confused:

What is zero in kelvin scale is -273 in celsius scale...

toyed with the idea of writing the current temp here in Kelvin, but decided it's too easy....

right now it's 99F(37C) feels like 101F(38C) according to the airport, however my weather station says (that'd be the one on my porch that we use for homeschool) that it's 102F and 45% humidity, so in theory it feels like 110F(43C) (or that's what my weather station told me)

you couldn't pay me to go outside today, nope I will sit here under the fan thankyouverymuch.
100 today, 105 tomorrow, both high humidities. And I have to fill in at a sports section of camp for the rest of the week. Yay for playing football in 105 heat!:(

Its about 97°F here. :eek: Which feels like 100°!!!!! :eek:
ROFL, I work outside and it was 96*F but 109*F with humidity.

Its 36°C freaking degrees here in Toronto, feels like 40°ish with the humidex value. Hmm... I think I'm gunna melt. Should I be complaining? Cuz I know a lot of other places around the world have it worse than us.

Someone save me from this heat... :eek:

I'm hearin' ya... 2:30 am and I can't sleep. I have a fan blowing hot air at me and it's not helping. Had a cold shower, which was nice for a while... might just stay up at this point... gah...

I'm hearin' ya... 2:30 am and I can't sleep. I have a fan blowing hot air at me and it's not helping. Had a cold shower, which was nice for a while... might just stay up at this point... gah...
Houses in Canada are an oven during the summer. I guess they're built mostly for winter, so they trap a lot of heat. Although even in the tropics, where houses are built to be cool, sometimes you just have to sleep outside. Or right next to the open door.