X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9629f6bc8f561ca8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: spam_block@mymail.com Subject: Re: Temperature Chart by Donald and Jon Date: 1997/02/16 Message-ID: <33077acb.13133211@nntp.netcruiser>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 219099963 References: <33042594.4815385@nntp.netcruiser> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Netcom Canada X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Feb 15 11:02:25 PM EST 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: spam_block@mymail.com Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art On Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:41:19 -0800, "J. Melusky" wrote: >> Could you please explain what you mean by: >> > 10^ is opposite 50^....the only exact match >> Exact in what sense? >Anyway, 10 degrees and 50 degrees are exact to the degree. All the others >are off by a degree or two degrees or even a .567 plus or minus. Ok? That's what I figured it probably meant, but > Well boiling temp and absolute zero might be an exact match tho. >When Donald made the first temp chart he didn't list boiling and absolute this is what confused me. Both 212/100 and -40/-40 are exact (not to mention an infinity of other temperatures that never occur in nature around my neck of the woods), so I was confused about the particular reference to 10/50. For reasons beyond my ken, it didn't occur to me that it was an observation only in connection to the numbers displayed in the drawing. I admit it should have been obvious, but... Take care Alan My real address is alanp @ netcom.ca (without spaces) but I'm sick of email spam.