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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2021-12-26 19:36, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, December 25, 2021 at 6:35:26 PM UTC-5, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2021-12-24 04:40, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 7:55:40 AM UTC-5, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>> In article <00B6DA8D... at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-
>>>> @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> [...]
>> It's not about memorizing. Any human should be able to memorize. It's
>> about how easy or hard it is to use.
>> Yes, when you are used to one thing, it is always easy. If you learn
>> one, and then move to another. The interesting question is - do you want
>> to move back? That's what tells you which you should be going with.
>> Don't torment kids with the broken systems of their ancestors just
>> because it is easier for you...
> 
> This cuts both ways. How is F hard to use? It's hard for YOU for the same reason you say C is hard for Americans: ". . . when you are used to one thing, it is always easy."

Of course it cuts both ways in that sense. That's the point of the 
comment about what you are used to is always the easiest.

F is harder to use because all scientific work is not using it, or 
anything close to it. Using C makes it very easy to do most scientific 
work. Many times you are looking at temperature relatives, in which case 
C and K are identical. And the times you actually have to deal with 
absolute temperatures, it's just a simple addition and you are done.

That *is* easier.

> Yes, I'd want to move back. Why wouldn't I want to move back? When you switch to the Dvorak keyboard, let me know. Then I'll reconsider.

Change, and then we can talk.

> In science I like kelvins. For weather, cooking, laundry and such, I like F. Anything else would involve pointless effort. If something is given in C, like wash temperatures often are now, I convert. No biggie. 20 F is 68 C. 30 F is 86. Then just add or subtract 18 per 10 for anything else. Good enough.

Once you have changed, there is no effort. And also no need for all 
these conversions. Win win.

   Johnny