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Originally Posted by gca3020
Don't even get me started of F to C conversions. In my world, 35 degrees is freezing cold, and no one will ever be able to convince me that Celcius (centigrade?) makes more sense for weather reports. Chemistry, maybe, but when the difference between a sweltering day and a freezing cold day is only a handful of degrees, the system is broken.
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Yes, there is nothing like a system in which "100 means nothing at all..., 96 used to mean something but doesn't anymore, and 0 is colder than it ever gets in Denmark."
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...nd-212-boiling
Personally, I'm opposed to rationalized systems of measurement. My experience of life is that when someone tries to be rational, they go crazy.