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Saving123
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Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.

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knight_34
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Your point is that you don't like decimals?

0 - Freezing
100 - Boiling

Simple. Anyway, despite living in America I never quite got the hang of the Fahrenheit system. Your measurements are inefficient.

samy
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0 - Freezing
100 - Boiling


Well yeah I don't disagree that that makes more sense just that I find it simpler to use whole numbers instead of decimals.

Your measurements are inefficient.


They get the job done.
waluigi
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I would think that any of our measurements are not quite as good as those of other countries. in the metric system, it's so easy to convert distances, just divide/ multiply by easy numbers like 10, 100, 1000, etc. In our english system, you have all those complicated conversions, like 12 inches in one foot, 5280 feet in one mile, etc. I think that i would like using the metric system in the united states over the English system.

Ernie15
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The only "real" way of measuring temperatures accurately is by using Kelvin. You can't get below zero. Now that makes sense.

1337Player
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I've never even tried Kelvin before, I might have to try it sometime. I'm used to Fahrenheit.

NsV
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The only "real" way of measuring temperatures accurately is by using Kelvin. You can't get below zero. Now that makes sense.


Yes, that's true. Most scientists use Kelvin to measure temp.
Ernie15
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Think of it this way: temperature is the amount of heat in something. How can you have a negative amount of heat in anything? That just doesn't make any sense. That's why Kelvin is the only logical measurement.

Kyouzou
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That's an excellent point, I'll have to look Kelvin up though, considering I have no idea how to use it.

CommanderDude7
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Hmm only time I've used Kelvin is in an AP chemistry class. That class did open up the true wonderfulness of the metric system to me as well. Darn you america and your outdated ways.

waluigi
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Darn you america and your outdated ways


It may be outdated, but we did try to convert. in the 70's, we tried to do it, but no body wanted to convert, so the attempt failed. As for Kelvin scale, I don't have a clue how it works, and before your brought it up in this thread, couldn't even remember its name. However, having no negative numbers in the scale does sound convenient.
1337Player
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I really wish I could learn the other units of measurement, I just don't have the time with everything going on in my life.

Gah!

CommanderDude7
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It probably wouldn't be hard to switch over with such an easy acronym for the denominations. KHD_DCM.

samy
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Kelvin=Celsius-273 degrees.

samy
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Or plus 273 rather

0 degrees Celsius=273 degrees Kelvin.

1337Player
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I thought it was just Kelvin, not 'degrees' Kelvin. Am I wrong?

Kelvin makes everything seem hot if you think about it. Makes me feel warm just looking at that high number plus the word degrees.

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