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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 12/26/21 11:13 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> 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.
> 

Or, for those of us who have lived with both you just hear the number
and know if it's cold or hot or comfortable.


>> 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.
> 

Other than some labs, who actually uses Kelvin?  I didn't in
High School chemistry or physics.  I didn't in college chemistry
or physics.  And I certainly never have in real life beyond seeing
it used in a science fiction book once in a while.  :-)

bill