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From: Michael Stemper on 23 Feb 2010 13:16
In article <Xns9D254C23A3B72goddardbenetscapenet(a)74.209.136.97>, Bart Goddard <goddardbe(a)netscape.net> writes:
>jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote in news:hlommk1k0r(a)news3.newsguy.com:
>> Andrew Usher wrote:
>>> On Feb 15, 7:06 am, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote:

>>>> is more difficult for every calculation. If you have your computer
>>>> do it, it will be wrong. Using 100 implies that you don't have
>>>> to do any numbers other than 1.
>>>
>>> This is just retarded.
>>>
>> If that is retarded, then your level of thinking is below an
>> amoeba.
>
>The "retarded" part is thinking that Celcius is any
>more "metric" than Fahrenheit. No one talks about
>kilodegrees.

No, because degrees (whether Celsius or Fahrenheit) do not start at
absolute zero, but at temperatures that are commonly experienced by
humans.

You do, however, encounter discussion of "kiloKelvins", especially
in astrophysics. The Kelvin, not the degree Celsius, is the SI unit
of temperature.

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