turtlespeed 226 #1 January 16, 2007 Fahrenheit works just fine! what the hell are : Celsius Rankine Reaumur Kelvin Specifically used for, that is so neccessary, that you cannot just use one scale?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #2 January 16, 2007 temperature is actually defined as the average kinetic energy per molecule of the substance of interest. A temp scale with negative values means you have to think about negative energy - that's no good boo boo. So Kelvin is the way to go - no kinetic energy per molecule then it has zero temp.Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 January 16, 2007 Quote Fahrenheit works just fine! what the hell are : Celsius Rankine Reaumur Kelvin Specifically used for, that is so neccessary, that you cannot just use one scale? Well Celcius is used by pretty much every one except yanks Kelvin is a scientific scale where ZERO kelvin (note no degrees) is the temp at which EVERYTHING will freeze (-273C) the others I'm not sure of with yout google -ingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #4 January 16, 2007 Quote temperature is actually defined as the average kinetic energy per molecule of the substance of interest. A temp scale with negative values means you have to think about negative energy - that's no good boo boo. So Kelvin is the way to go - no kinetic energy per molecule then it has zero temp. OK - but numbers don't actually exist - I have no problem with negative numbers, I even have a few that I use all the time. What are you, a Negative Numberist?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #5 January 16, 2007 Dayum... I am so hot here its 267 K... and its snowing a hell of a lot of molecules of frozen water are dumping all over the place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 January 16, 2007 Quote Dayum... I am so hot here its 267 K... and its precipitating a hell of a lot of molecules of frozen water are dumping all over the place. Fixed it for yaYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 January 16, 2007 Celsius are perfect. Water freezes at 0 degrees Water boils at 100 degrees Right angle boils at 90 degrees Atmonauti fly at 45 degrees scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #8 January 16, 2007 Quote Dayum... I am so hot here its 267 K... and its snowing a hell of a lot of molecules of frozen water are dumping all over the place. HA! it's 273 Kelvin Here - It's like Air Conditioning compared to where you are!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #9 January 16, 2007 247K in Colorado this morning. (Sounds a lot better than -14F) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #10 January 16, 2007 Quote Celsius are perfect. Water freezes at 0 degrees Water boils at 100 degrees Right angle boils at 90 degrees Atmonauti fly at 45 degrees DUDE!! How do you get your right angles to boil? I've been trying for a week now but all I get is a bit of decreased viscosity.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 January 16, 2007 you did not use a red pen... Biotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #12 January 16, 2007 All I know is that my blood freezes at 70F. Celsius? YOU do the math...or else Steven will do it for you. Better yet, let's get his students to do it and see what all they come up with! I got money on all the numbers, rational and irrational, between 0 and 42 gazillion. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,117 #13 January 16, 2007 If you're going to have only one scale, it will need to be Kelvin.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #14 January 16, 2007 Quote If you're going to have only one scale, it will need to be a Fishscale.Corrected for youscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #15 January 16, 2007 Quote Fahrenheit works just fine! what the hell are : Celsius Celsius puts 0 at the freezing point of water, and 100 at the boiling point, but that is too logical so we Amuhricans don't use it."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #16 January 16, 2007 Fahrenheit doesn't work fine Celsius works fine.. how many of you can figure out how many inchs are in miles, by head???? how many of you can figure out how many centi meters are in kilo meter??? Why don't we just follow the whole damn world and use metric system..Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #17 January 16, 2007 Hot is Hot and Cold is Cold... Right now it is freaking COLD! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guppie01 0 #18 January 16, 2007 Quote how many of you can figure out how many inchs are in miles, by head???? how many of you can figure out how many centi meters are in kilo meter??? That's what my handy lil conversion calculator is for.... It converts: volume, weight, length, temp, area, and cubic... love it!!!! g"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?" Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU OMG, is she okay? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #19 January 16, 2007 Quote Fahrenheit doesn't work fine Celsius works fine.. how many of you can figure out how many inchs are in miles, by head???? how many of you can figure out how many centi meters are in kilo meter??? Why don't we just follow the whole damn world and use metric system.. Why dumb down the whole world?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #20 January 16, 2007 Quote If you're going to have only one scale, it will need to be Kelvin. Whoa there chief! Lemme think about this. I know that putting zero on the scale makes sense, but what else is so magical about the Kelvin scale? Why couldn't I have a scale called "quade" where zero is the same as Kelvin and 100 the triple point of water? Wouldn't that have made a whole F-load more sense than 273.16K?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #21 January 16, 2007 same reason you still use the Imperial system....resistance t change. As far as I can find, only two other countries still officially use the Imperical system: Liberia and Burma (or if you want Myanmar) Most of you will now point to the UK, however, they are, from what I can find, officially on the Metric system, with the exception of the use of miles, yards, feet and inches for road traffic purposes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #22 January 16, 2007 Quote Why don't we just follow the whole damn world and use metric system.. Because we're arrogant and the leaders of the free world and we can do any damn thing we're damn well pleased with, thank you very much. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #23 January 16, 2007 Quote leaders of the free world except nobody is following LOL....well Burma and Liberia are, but that's about it..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #24 January 16, 2007 Quote Quote leaders of the free world except nobody is following LOL....well Burma and Liberia are, but that's about it..... That's the problem with arrogance... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #25 January 16, 2007 Quote Celsius puts 0 at the freezing point of water, and 100 at the boiling point, but that is too logical so we Amuhricans don't use it. British schools were teaching degrees C decades ago - back when C stood for Centrigrade, to make it even more confusing. But most people still seem to use Fahrenheit - I think because our TV forecasters have been spoon-feeding us with temperatures using both scales ever since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
