Why is Celcius used for measuring the temps?

In article , Roger Hunt
writes

It's only a few 'backward' countries that continue to use Fahrenheit

That's virtually treason! Shame on you! I shall write a letter to the
Times. ;-)

How's that treason? The UK uses Celsius as it's main temperature scale
so I'm not calling it backward!!

Now, if you're insinuating that I'm sounding like a pro-European (which
I'm not by the way)..... that is a totally different matter which we
should 'discuss'

Andrew

"Chip" wrote in message
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"Sruples4Nuples" wrote in message
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I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use
Fahrenheit?


Because not everyone in the world is American. You probably didn't
realise
that ;-)

Realise with an "S" ;-)


I know that. But when you buy a PC case, the measurements are normally
given in inches first and cm second. According to you EVERYTHING would be
using metric/European systems.

And Celcius doesn't ring right with me. If someone says, "wow, it's 100
degrees out here" you get the point that it's hot. In Europe do they say
"wow, it's 30 degress out here!"?

"Frank Hagan" wrote in message
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"Sruples4Nuples" wrote in message
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I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use
Fahrenheit?



LOL! Another mindless subjective argument! This guy sucked you all in!

Centigrade is C for computer. Fahrenheit is F for Florida. Simple ;-)


I like your explanation best ;-) LOL

In article , andrew
wrote
In article , Roger Hunt
writes

It's only a few 'backward' countries that continue to use Fahrenheit

That's virtually treason! Shame on you! I shall write a letter to the
Times. ;-)

How's that treason? The UK uses Celsius as it's main temperature scale
so I'm not calling it backward!!

Beats me why they adopted it. Merka gets on fine, so do some of the
weather gurls on TV. Even my oven's in °F. I tried cooking a flan at
400°C but it carbonised a bit, or maybe it was meant to be like that ...
Now, if you're insinuating that I'm sounding like a pro-European (which
I'm not by the way)

No non nein. I would never dream of it!
Remember the headline?
"Fog in Channel - Europe cut off." :-)
..... that is a totally different matter which we
should 'discuss'

Heatsinks at Dawn is it? Mine is a Coolermaster 7+.

Cheers!
--
Roger Hunt

"Chip" wrote in message
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"andrew" wrote in message
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In article , Sruples4Nuples
writes

I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use
Fahrenheit?


Celsius is used because that is what the majority of the world uses.
Besides, it is a much more meaningful scale (zero = freezing point of
water, 100 = boiling point of water). Most people can appreciate those
two values quite easily and interpolate between them.

Now, 32F and 212F for freezing/boiling points of water????? That makes
sense.... NOT.

Do you know what zero and 100 Fahrenheit equates to (without looking it
up)? According to http://www.books.md/F/dic/Fahrenheitscale.php it is
"A thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and
the boiling point of water 212°F; 0°F indicates the lowest temperature
Fahrenheit could obtain by a mixture of ice and salt in 1724"!!!!!
That's easy to replicate..... NOT.

It's only a few 'backward' countries that continue to use Fahrenheit


Centigrade isn't a whole lot better, is it?

Defining 272K as 0°C and 372K as 100°C. How stupid is that?


So can you tell the difference between 150K and 190K ?
We are 90% water - and become crumbly at 0C.


Makes people think that a hot day - 30°C say - is twice as hot as a cool
day
15°C. Whereas the real temperatures are 302K and 287K. i.e not much
difference at all.

Its only us stupid humans that *feel* the differnce so much.

Chip.

In article KdY7c.891966$X%5.576420@pd7tw2no, says...
Sruples4Nuples wrote:
I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use
Fahrenheit?
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Temperatures could be given in =B0K,

No there is =B0C and =B0F BUT Kelvin is only K without =B0

do not forget there is no measure called degrees Kelvin, there are just=20
Kelvin that s why Kelvin is real measure !

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"Dingo" wrote in message
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In article KdY7c.891966$X%5.576420@pd7tw2no, says...
Sruples4Nuples wrote:
I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use
Fahrenheit?

Temperatures could be given in °K,

No there is °C and °F BUT Kelvin is only K without °

do not forget there is no measure called degrees Kelvin, there are just
Kelvin that s why Kelvin is real measure !

As a instrument technician I must say that it's noted with the ° in every
peice of documentation I have ever seen. Same with the Rankine Scale

"BigBadger" wrote in message
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In Europe do they say
"wow, it's 30 degress out here!"?

Yes

News to me. Still sounds stupid though.

In Europe do they say
"wow, it's 30 degress out here!"?

Yes

In article ,
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I don't see it as being any more efficient, when not just use Fahrenheit?


I blame the French.

Bill