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- From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: By the Numbers
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
- Message-ID: <n0ef4t@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:21:36
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- Who: ncramer@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)
- ID: lga8juINN2jd@news.bbn.com
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- NC> "The 'Information Please Almanac' has a section on record-
- NC> breaking weather. It used to be _filled_ with errors of
- NC> the form:
- NC>
- NC> Greatest two minute temperature rise: +23deg F (-5deg C)
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- Ah, that's PROOF that reality is based on how you measure it
- (BIG SMILE!). If temperature is measured in F, it increased,
- but if in C, it decreased. And that -IS- record-breaking!
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- --- Maximus 2.00
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