Message text written by David Massey
>Back when I was in advanced math class I learned about a handy little device
>called the decimal point. With >this we can express a temperature value with
>an accuracy far in excess of our ability to measure or control it.<
Right! But who ever heard the weatherman saying "it will be 30.5 degrees
today". I have not. Most
people do not need that accuracy, but they are more informed if they are told
the whole number
of degrees in F rather than C. But then, we are usually told that the high
will be "in the 50's", so who
cares!
I actually prefer metric after spending a WHOLE lot of time working with it.
Temperature is
jut one of those things I do not have a gut feeling for. I know that 20 is
about room temperature, but
is it a cool or warm room temp? I have to double it, subtract 10% then add 32.
Easy, but not
intuitive for me.
-T
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