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

[Chris Townley]

On 26/12/2021 16:46, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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

I  certainly did in the early 70s in both Chemistry and Physics

-- 
Chris