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30-Jan-19 4:59

Does a well educated thermometer have many degrees?

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Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 5:03

30-Jan-19 5:03

So Fahrenheit is smarter?

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musefan30-Jan-19 5:08

musefan

30-Jan-19 5:08

I don't think "made up degrees" count. And I'm a qualified Doctor of Opinionisms, so I would know.

lopatir30-Jan-19 5:14

lopatir

30-Jan-19 5:14

ahem, kelvin.

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Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 5:20

30-Jan-19 5:20

Ah, but Kelvin degrees are the same size as centigrade degrees, so there are still less of them.

Granted, K and C might get bigger degrees, but F still wins numerically.

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lopatir30-Jan-19 5:51

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30-Jan-19 5:51

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Ah, but Kelvin degrees are the same size as centigrade degrees, so there are still less of them.

0 celcius = 32 F = 273.15 kelvin

even on ice kelvin hits triple digits

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Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 6:56

30-Jan-19 6:56

Hmmm. You really need to work on your Maths skills.

The location of the zero in any arbitrary measurement system is pretty irrelevant.

100 degrees of Celcius or Kelvin is equivalent to 180 degrees of Fahrenheit, no matter where the zero of each system is.

i.e.

0 to 100 Kelvin is:
- 100 Kelvin degrees
- 100 Centigrade degrees
- 180 Fahrenheit degrees

Fahrenheit has more degrees than either of those other under-educated measurement systems

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kalberts30-Jan-19 8:24

30-Jan-19 8:24

Nitpicking: "Degrees Kelvin" or "Kelvin degrees" is not formally correct. It is "Kelvin", nothing more.

(I learned this less than a year ago, so maybe I shouldn't be bloating too much Smile | :)

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Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 9:09

30-Jan-19 9:09

Member 7989122 wrote:
Nitpicking: "Degrees Kelvin" or "Kelvin degrees" is not formally correct. It is "Kelvin", nothing more.

Which is why I said "100 Kelvin".

Read more carefully.

Here's a version with subtitles for the hard of thinking:

"100 Kelvin degrees" (100 OF THE DEGREES IN THE KELVIN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, not the temperature 100 Kelvin) is equal to (covers the same temperature range as) 180 Fahrenheit degrees (180 of the degrees in the Fahrenheit measurement system, not the temperature 180 Fahrenheit).

Now here's a version for the completely brain dead:

Fahrenheit degrees are smaller than Kelvin ones, so there are more of them.

Pick the one that suits you best.

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kalberts30-Jan-19 9:46

30-Jan-19 9:46

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Which is why I said "100 Kelvin".

you did?

I read:

Mark_Wallace wrote:

- 100 Kelvin degrees
- 100 Centigrade degrees
- 180 Fahrenheit degrees

I am sorry that I misread this, and hope you will accept my excuse.

Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 9:50

30-Jan-19 9:50

Mark_Wallace wrote:
0 to 100 Kelvin is:
- 100 Kelvin degrees
- 100 Centigrade degrees
- 180 Fahrenheit degrees

Refer to my last posting to realise your other annoyingly idiotic error.

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kalberts30-Jan-19 11:04

30-Jan-19 11:04

I have told you that I am sorry that I read

- 100 Kelvin degrees

as "Kelvin degrees" and not as "Kelvin". Why don't you accept that I am sorry for this misreading, and I regret it?

Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 20:50

30-Jan-19 20:50

Fair enough. I thought your apology was taking the piss -- we have one bad apple in CP, so I'm always worried that more will turn.

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OriginalGriff30-Jan-19 5:30

30-Jan-19 5:30

I've known quite a few people with multiple degrees who couldn't be trusted to find their own ass with both hands and a map, so I'd have to say that "quantity does not imply quality" Wink | ;)

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W∴ Balboos, GHB30-Jan-19 5:34

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30-Jan-19 5:34

OriginalGriff wrote:
"quantity does not imply quality"

Shall we apply that to your Reputation Points ? ? ?

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OriginalGriff30-Jan-19 5:39

30-Jan-19 5:39

Most definitely! Big Grin | :-D

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Mark_Wallace30-Jan-19 6:57

30-Jan-19 6:57

That's why I don't use Fahrenheit, obviously.

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kalberts30-Jan-19 6:59

30-Jan-19 6:59

One great Norwegian comic strip, Lunch (similar to but different from Dilbert) had a great strip not too long ago. A new employee meets one of the old, well known ones:

- I have lots of knowledge, but I am not very good at solving real problems...
- So where did you earn you Ph.D?
- I didn't say that I have a Ph.D.
- You sort of did...

OriginalGriff30-Jan-19 8:02

30-Jan-19 8:02

Um ... Dilbert[^] did it ten days ago.

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kalberts30-Jan-19 8:17

30-Jan-19 8:17

OOOps ... when I saw the Dilbert strip, I recognized it. I read "Lunch" and "Dilbert" side by side on the same web site, and this time I mixed them up. Sorry about that.

But the humour of "Lunch" is of a kind where this strip would fit very nicely in.

OriginalGriff30-Jan-19 20:01

30-Jan-19 20:01

Hah! Admit it - you had food on your mind! Laugh | :laugh:

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Forogar 31-Jan-19 4:04

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31-Jan-19 4:04

I had a cousin who had 5 Batchelors, 3 Masters and 2 Doctorates - he couldn't get a job for love nor money - not even in academia! He ended up editing his CV to only include a couple of relevant degrees and finally got employed!

I also interviewed a guy who had a PhD and was very keen that everyone knew that and thought that would get him the job automatically. He was very condescending to the two us conducting the interview until we mentioned that we both had PhDs as well! He didn't get the job - in fact, we hired a guy with a bit of relevant experience but no degree at all. He did very well.

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kalberts30-Jan-19 8:19

30-Jan-19 8:19

Mark_Wallace wrote:
So Fahrenheit is smarter?

Certainly not. The Farenheit degees are smaller, so there is far less in a Farenheit degree than in a Celsius degree.

Mike Hankey30-Jan-19 5:26

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30-Jan-19 5:26

A thermometer is bi-polar; half the time it's hot and the other cold.

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