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Re: Speed

Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Apr 27 17:23:53 2019, in response to Re: Speed, posted by italianstallion on Thu Apr 25 08:06:17 2019.

Both Celsius and Fahrenheit are arbitrary for the numbers humans actually care about, save for freezing point. The difference is, Celsius is too granular to use at whole degree increments. It's bad enough that hotel thermostats in Celsius actually need to use half degree increments, because the difference between 23 and 24 degrees is massive. Weatherfolk have an easier job in Celsius, because saying the weather is "23 degrees C" is the equivalent of saying it is "73-74 degrees F". Put people would laugh at a weatherman taking such broad stabs here, but it's done every day in Celsiusland.

If Celsius was, instead, 0=freezing and 200=boiling, I would say it was a better system than F.

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