Yeah, computer programmers really screwed themselves over by using decimal naming convention for a non-decimal computing system. *sigh*
Meh. When I walk into a hardware store, my head explodes anyway, what with that sudden testosterone surge. "Wait, what am I doing here? Oh yeah, just keep focused on the merchandise not the employees." *laugh*
I half-remember the base-60 connection to Fahrenheit, but I think that's the first I'd heard of the 100F temperature setting. That's a neat idea.
I thought of the Kelvin switch too. Yes, it makes much more sense. Up here at higher latitudes, however, much of the year is spent hovering around the freezing temperature of water. Scaling the temperature gauge for that significant point also makes sense.
Personally, I think it would be interesting to do the math and see what comes of a temperature scale based on the freezing point of water at zero and the warmth of the average human body at 100. This kind of scale would be quite useful in determining habitability grades as humanity goes interplanetary. They are both arbitrary numbers, but exceeding those bounds produces an immediate psychological impression of "stressful environment".
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Date: 2010-Feb-21, Sunday 12:29 am (UTC)Meh. When I walk into a hardware store, my head explodes anyway, what with that sudden testosterone surge. "Wait, what am I doing here? Oh yeah, just keep focused on the merchandise not the employees." *laugh*
I half-remember the base-60 connection to Fahrenheit, but I think that's the first I'd heard of the 100F temperature setting. That's a neat idea.
I thought of the Kelvin switch too. Yes, it makes much more sense. Up here at higher latitudes, however, much of the year is spent hovering around the freezing temperature of water. Scaling the temperature gauge for that significant point also makes sense.
Personally, I think it would be interesting to do the math and see what comes of a temperature scale based on the freezing point of water at zero and the warmth of the average human body at 100. This kind of scale would be quite useful in determining habitability grades as humanity goes interplanetary. They are both arbitrary numbers, but exceeding those bounds produces an immediate psychological impression of "stressful environment".