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Inspired by the weather thread: what units do you use to describe the temperature ?

Brass monkeys

Fahrenheit, It doesnt make the most sense...But, its standard in the US, so Im stickin with it, lol...Or else the Weather Channel would be WAY too confusing with Conversions and whatnot, lol...

"hot" and "cold" with varients in between such as "Cool" and "Warm".

Celsius because everyone in the world uses it and water is kind of everywhere

plus its what I learned

"hot" and "cold" with varients in between such as "Cool" and "Warm".

so your temperature readings are more based on what your currently complaining about? :p

Depends really.
Fahrenheit for day to day temperature is my norm.
However for cooking I prefer Centigrade.
And chemistry and other scientific purposes I prefer Kelvin.

I am aware of only three temperatures: "too cold" "too warm" and "meh"

Celsius for everyday things, Kelvin if I'm trying to warm up Akira.

Celsius because everyone in the world uses it and water is kind of everywhere

plus its what I learned

Psh, dont you know anything...the US IS THE WORLD!!! lol :p Its Fahrenheit Baby!


Now, my Fellow Earthicans.....

Have you seen the balls being frozen off them?

I use Farenheit, but if I know I am communicating with someone who uses Celcius, I generally go through the trouble of converting.

I am aware of only three temperatures: "too cold" "too warm" and "meh"

"finally Goldilocks tried the baby bears porridge and it was meh"

Psh, dont you know anything...the US IS THE WORLD!!! lol :p Its Fahrenheit Baby!

And yet Fahrenheit is German, Kelvin and Rankine are British, and Celcius is Swedish in origin ;)

Generally Celsius. The Rankine scale serves no useful purpose.

Kelvin, always: probably a habit from work. I should add though; I never cook food, apart from microwave popcorn.

And yet Fahrenheit is German, Kelvin and Rankine are British, and Celcius is Swedish in origin ;)

Which, Coincidentally are part of the US!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Earth_Flag.svg/720px-Earth_Flag.svg.png

:p

so your temperature readings are more based on what your currently complaining about? :p
yah, I'm currently complaining about the hot weather here. :tongue:

"finally Goldilocks tried the baby bears porridge and it was meh"

which is pretty accurate... considering porridge made by bears... :D

Celsius because everyone in the world uses it and water is kind of everywhere

I wasn't aware America wasn't part of the world . . .

I measure the temperature in furlongs. How many furlongs from the bottom of the little glass tube is the top of the red liquid, to be precise.
Of course, this entire system falls apart when you're confronted with one of those digital thermometers. It also assumes that all thermometers are the same length, and that the that everyone I'm talking to will have a ruler and glass thermometer of their own handy. It's difficult, unwieldy, inefficient, unregulated and only works in a very small range of temperatures (sort of the anti-Kelvin), but that's just how I like to live my life.

I use centigrade only in scientific scenarios or when talking with non Americans, otherwise I use only Farhenheit. What is Rankine- never heard of that system?

Converting is easier than thought, take the Celsius, double it, and add 30. Its a rough estimate in Fahrenheit.


British weather broadcasts tend to use both.

Converting is easier than thought, take the Celsius, double it, and add 30. Its a rough estimate in Fahrenheit.


British weather broadcasts tend to use both.

Yeah but the other way around......:confused: lol

I use centigrade only in scientific scenarios or when talking with non Americans, otherwise I use only Farhenheit. What is Rankine- never heard of that system?

Rankine is to Kelvin as Farenheit is to Celsius

That celsius lark.

Fahrenheit in all ordinary contexts.

. What is Rankine- never heard of that system?

starts with 0 as absolute 0 like kelvin. then uses Fahrenheit degrees for each degree. its useful only if you need to do some physics measurements and all the temperature readings you have are in Fahrenheit. Otherwise use kelvin since most scientist do so already.

Every stinking one. I'm an engineer.

In Queensland, Australia?

"Farkin' hot"
"Bloody hot"
"Muggy"
"Bloody humid"
"Bloody stormin'"
"Farkin' pourin'"

Etc.

(Celcius, actually)

Fahrenheit, of course.

Fahrenheit -- as GOD intended!!! :eek:

I use arbitrary units.

Celsius. It's the only one which makes sense.

Fucks.

The more I say, the worse it is.

Either "FUCK, it's cold" or "FUCK, it's hot". If I'm not saying either one of those, the weather is good as it needs to be.

Celsius. Water is pretty reliable and therefore an excellent starting point.

Celsius.

I use Celsius for normal purposes and Kelvin when I talk with fellow nerds.

BTW: How come that Americans misspell any German-derived words with ie or ei consistently (mostly switching these letters) except for the word Fahrenheit, which I so far did not see misspelled?

Have you seen the balls being frozen off them?

I use Farenheit, but if I know I am communicating with someone who uses Celcius, I generally go through the trouble of converting.

Opposite way around for me.

Unless it's some kind of science, or technical thingy, then it's Kelvin.

Celsius. Water is pretty reliable and therefore an excellent starting point.

Only at sea level, otherwise the boiling point of water is no longer 100c. :p

:mad:\m/ CELSIUS \m/

:p

Celsius, because that's what I'm used to. And Kelvin when I'm doing sciences...although secretly I think it would be better to use a scale on which the "absolute zero" on the Kelvin scale would be at minus infinity...

I use Celsius and Fahrenheit interchangeably, but I still think mostly in Fahrenheit.

I use Celsius for normal purposes and Kelvin when I talk with fellow nerds.

BTW: How come that Americans misspell any German-derived words with ie or ei consistently (mostly switching these letters) except for the word Fahrenheit, which I so far did not see misspelled?

For the same reason they don't realise the colour is spelt colour and not color.

And for the record I use Celsius.

BTW: How come that Americans misspell any German-derived words with ie or ei consistently (mostly switching these letters) except for the word Fahrenheit, which I so far did not see misspelled?

It actually has been misspelled, by omitting the first "h," probably because we say "FARE-enheit," not "FAH-renheit."

On a side note, I have always found it odd to see orthographic chauvinism coming from people who insist on spelling "jail" as "gaol."

kinda depends on what i'm stating the temperature OF.

where i live, the weather outside is most commonly given in "F ^"

"C^" or "K^" are used where an implication of scientific accuracy is required, though oddly, internal body temerature of hoomans is almost always given in "F^", which seems a little odd all things considered.

cultures, even dominant cultures, being largely creatures of habbit seems to have something to do with it.

I use Réaumur scale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9aumur_scale)
The Réaumur scale saw widespread use in Europe, particularly in France and Germany as well as Russia, as referenced in works of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Nabokov. But by the 1790s, France chose the Celsius scale for the metric system over the Réaumur measurements. Today it is only of historical significance except that it is still used in the measuring of milk temperature in cheese. It is used in some Italian dairies making Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano cheeses and in Swiss Alp cheeses.
I love cheese ;)

Inspired by the weather thread: what units do you use to describe the temperature ?

K in science (of course), and °C in weather and medicine. Also °C is used for wine, so...

Celsius here. We find Americans odd for using Fahrenheit.

Currently it's 25.0 decrees Celsius here in my room.

Celsius, occasionally Kelvin. They're the only ones worth using.

Celsius here. We find Americans odd for using Fahrenheit.

That's not the only reason we find Americans odd

Currently it's 25.0 decrees Celsius here in my room.

25 decrees? That's a lot of decrees what do they cover? :p

25 decrees? That's a lot of decrees what do they cover? :p
Like my keyboard not acting up. It will soon face the death penalty.

Like my keyboard not acting up. It will soon face the death penalty.

lol, death by firing squad?

lol, death by firing squad?
Death by electrocution.

Death by electrocution.

haha, I would like to put a decree like that over that on my laptop but unfortunately I need her to much.

haha, I would like to put a decree like that over that on my laptop but unfortunately I need her to much.
Her? You laptop has sex? :eek:

Her? You laptop has sex? :eek:

Yes and her name is Pandora.

That's right I named her, but since you are surprised by this you must have missed the thread where a few Generalities told us what their computer names were.

Yes and her name is Pandora.

That's right I named her, but since you are surprised by this you must have missed the thread where a few Generalities told us what their computer names were.
Oh, so shall we say she's full of evil that you release every time you open her?

I'm pretty busy these days, haven't been on NSG, or NS, much. *mutters about countless exams and duty days* Most of my accounts are dead already, B&N nearly died if only I hadn't put it in vacation mode. :(

Did you know that Celsius actually defined his temperature scale with 100 degrees meaning the freezing point of water, and 0 meaning the boiling point? Somebody had to point out to him it would be more sensible the other way around.

Did you know that Celsius actually defined his temperature scale with 100 degrees meaning the freezing point of water, and 0 meaning the boiling point? Somebody had to point out to him it would be more sensible the other way around.

He was already dead and buried when they changed it.

Inspired by the weather thread: what units do you use to describe the temperature ?

Depends on what I'm talking about. If I'm talking about the weather, Fahrenheit. If I'm talking about anything lab-related, Celsius.

He was already dead and buried when they changed it.

And they thought he was just being rude by not responding to their messages pointing out that it'd be better the other way round. When they went round to see him, they did notice his body temperature was unusual, but as they hadn't decided for definite which way round the scale should go, they couldn't agree whether it was much higher or much lower than it should have been.

Degrees Reaumur, obviously.

I grew up in Minnesota. We used the "Nell" thermometer. It's either hotter nell or colder nell.

(say it out loud if you don't get it at first)

Obviously, I use the Newton scale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_scale

Oh, so shall we say she's full of evil that you release every time you open her?

No but like the original who brought pain and suffering onto man, so to does my laptop who brings grief and suffering to me. But then my computer is a she because she acts like a women. Only does what she wants when she wants, can take forever to start up, very temperamental etc.

I'm pretty busy these days, haven't been on NSG, or NS, much. *mutters about countless exams and duty days* Most of my accounts are dead already, B&N nearly died if only I hadn't put it in vacation mode. :(

Ah I see, I see, well I hope you can get back on a bit more often I enjoy reading your RP's

Rankine, because it makes everything sound pretty warm. Also, it's British - HUZZAH.