Re: [GZG] Weights and measures was: Hypothetical weapon question

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Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Samuel Penn <sam@glendale.org.uk> wrote:

>
>
> > And while we're at it, when did we stop using the good ol' Kelvin
scale
> > for
> > temperature measurement?? Geez, all I ever hear about anymore are
> > Farenheit and Celsius...
>
> I might be missing the sarcasm, but Kelvin is used a lot in
> physics and astronomy. Haven't heard of anyone mention
> Farenheit for ages, except once recently when none of us
> present could remember how to convert it to Celsius.
>

Yep, you missed the sarcasm. :-)   Yes, used a lot in physics and
astronomy,
but not so in the 'every day language' of the public, whereas Farenheit
and
Celsius are. Least ways, I hear both of those terms all the time, and
Kelvin
only if I'm looking up anything about stars (don't even hear Kelvin used
wrt
interplanetary exploration much; usually even there it's C or F).

Mk