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Celsius rocks

we should not refer to the Centigrade scale as Celsius. Celsius did devise a scale with one hundred units txixt the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water, but on his scale, 100 was the melting point of ice and 0 was the boiling point of water! Another Swede, Linnaeus, better known as the devisor of biological binominal taxonomy, devised the scale with 0 as the colder temperature, so we should we really refer to the Linnaeus scale and °L.

MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:16 (twenty years ago) link

...can I put in a good word for the Reaumur scale?

MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:18 (twenty years ago) link

yes, you may. off you go,

dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2004 13:27 (twenty years ago) link

eleven years pass...

'I wish it would rain'

cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 July 2015 08:30 (eight years ago) link

'I'M BOILING'

yes it's called summer ya ding dong

transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 July 2015 08:53 (eight years ago) link

I'm going to have to go home and water the plants

cod latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 July 2015 08:56 (eight years ago) link

Euphemisms ahoy.

holger sharkey (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 July 2015 09:09 (eight years ago) link

i really hate the meme of "london is hotter than rio, miami, kingston on-thames is hotter than kingston jamaica!!" - it's not a fucking competition

bureau belfast model (LocalGarda), Thursday, 2 July 2015 09:19 (eight years ago) link

yes it is

transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 July 2015 09:37 (eight years ago) link

I'm pretty sure it's hotter than Lerwick today, unsure about Rio, Miami et al.

holger sharkey (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 July 2015 11:23 (eight years ago) link

"hey look we're more affected by global warming than you" [cut scene to Kiribati underwater]

never heard of this Mark Knobfler bloke (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 2 July 2015 12:02 (eight years ago) link


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