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- From: aicklen@utdallas.edu (Greg Aicklen)
- Subject: Re: By the Numbers
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 01:37:01 GMT
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- In article <n0ef4t@ofa123.fidonet.org>, David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
- |> Who: ncramer@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)
- |> ID: lga8juINN2jd@news.bbn.com
- |>
- |> 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)
- |>
- |> 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!
- |>
- |> --- Maximus 2.00
-
- If I remember correctly, the original scale set up by Celsius went from
- 100 (freezing) to 0 (boiling) ... quite the reverse of today's standard.
- Perhaps the "Information Please Almanac" employs some REALLY OLD records
- keepers.
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- Greg
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