[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2021-12-26 00:33, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/25/2021 6:05 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2021-12-24 04:09, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Anyway, regarding Fahrenheit: Americans aren't switching to the 
>>> "standard,"
>>> Celsius, for the same reason you're not using a Dvorak keyboard. 
>>> Actually, if
>>> you want to go all the way you should be using Kelvin, the only "true"
>>> temperature scale in use.
>>
>> Kelvin and Celsius is easy to move between. It's just an offset 
>> difference.
>>
>>   Johnny
> 
> As far as that goes, so is Fahrenheit with either.  It's just a 
> multiplier and an offset.

Of course. But that multiplier is what makes it uglier. Yes, sure, 
anyone can do it. But it's much less straight forward. And you have two 
different offsets for C and K when you come from F.

Everything is just math in the end. Nothing strange to see here. It's 
just a question of how much do you need to remember and compute.

> A couple of lines from a simple VB program I have:
> 
>      C = (F - 32) * 5 / 9
>      F = C * 9 / 5 + 32
> 
> If I remember correctly (always questionable anymore) for Kelvin the 
> additional constant would be 273.  Maybe not.

273.15 unless I remember wrong. (Checked - I remembered right.)
So if you have C, add 273.15 and you have K.
Of course, in most cases, just 273 is good enough.

   Johnny