• Libya loses world's hottest temperature record, now returned to Death Valley, CA
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The hottest I've experienced was about 35C. Shit was hot as hell.
This is gonna turn into a thread of Celcius vs. Fahrenheit.
[QUOTE=MILKE;37673840]This is gonna turn into a thread of Celcius vs. Fahrenheit.[/QUOTE] It shouldn't. I do find it strange how (mostly) americans on here who are (mostly) atheists that devoutly support science over religion and everything else, would support the use of an archaic measurement. But in england we do still use mph over kph, so I suppose it's similar.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;37667376]I've always found fahrenheit to be more exact.[/QUOTE] Celsius uses its base (0) as the point of liquids freezing, and 100 as liquids evaporating, you can't get more exact than that
Why don't anyone try to build a solar power plant over that valley? It's always sunny there.
If it weren't for the cold actions in Libya, they could still be holding that title.
134F is pretty fucking hot. The hottest I've experienced is about 112F in Phoenix, Arizona.
I've been through Death Valley before, It was beautiful. The only gas station for miles sells it at 6.30 to the gallon :v:
Hottest I have been was Summer in Rome/Athens. I forgot which one was hotter but in both cities temperatures reached 110 degrees.
[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37674288]Celsius uses its base (0) as the point of liquids freezing, and 100 as liquids evaporating, you can't get more exact than that[/QUOTE] What about Kelvin? 0 actually means absolute 0 in Kelvin.
Fahrenheit can be more accurate than Celsius when measuring daily temperatures but we shouldn't use it for that reason. Someone should make centi-Celsius or something.
[QUOTE=MILKE;37673840]This is gonna turn into a thread of Celcius vs. Fahrenheit.[/QUOTE] It won't, because there is nothing to debate. Kelvin is the only true answer.
Holy fuck, 134 F. The hottest temperature I've experienced was 128 F in Needles, CA. It literally seemed like it couldn't get any hotter, but I guess I was wrong.
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[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37674288]Celsius uses its base (0) as the point of liquids freezing, and 100 as liquids evaporating, you can't get more exact than that[/QUOTE] Well not 'liquids' in general. Pretty much every liquid has its own different freezing and boiling point. 0C and 100C are the freezing and boiling point of water.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87KOwzHYvA[/media] I believe this is appropriate here :v:
[QUOTE=BCell;37674290]Why don't anyone try to build a solar power plant over that valley? It's always sunny there.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_plants_in_the_Mojave_Desert[/url]
[QUOTE=chaz13;37674250]It shouldn't. I do find it strange how (mostly) americans on here who are (mostly) atheists that devoutly support science over religion and everything else, would support the use of an archaic measurement. But in england we do still use mph over kph, so I suppose it's similar.[/QUOTE] Well, when the US started out, it was pretty much a copy of England. So same language, same general ethnic makeup, same temperature scales, etc. The UK didn't start using Celsius until the 1970s. The US, still on Fahrenheit, never really bothered to change it because everyone was accustomed to using Fahrenheit (and I suppose the administration of the time took the "if it ain't broke" mentality). Personally, I don't care if the official temperature scale gets changed, my phone can convert it to Fahrenheit until I get used to it.
and I live in cali my house is under construction we just got new insulation the roof vents are closed we have no ac oohgodhelpmeimmelting
[QUOTE=King Tiger;37678088]Fahrenheit can be more accurate than Celsius when measuring daily temperatures but we shouldn't use it for that reason. Someone should make centi-Celsius or something.[/QUOTE] You can easily represent Celsius to a decimal place, there'd be no point in creating a new measurement for it.
[QUOTE=Clavus;37681415]Well not 'liquids' in general. Pretty much every liquid has its own different freezing and boiling point. 0C and 100C are the freezing and boiling point of water.[/QUOTE] oh right, sorry
[QUOTE=krazipanda;37685111]and I live in cali my house is under construction we just got new insulation the roof vents are closed we have no ac oohgodhelpmeimmelting[/QUOTE] put me in your will please
[QUOTE=BCell;37674290]Why don't anyone try to build a solar power plant over that valley? It's always sunny there.[/QUOTE] They've tried, but they would either get so hot that they'd break or Heatseeking Air Force Missles would lock on to them and blow them up :v: [editline]16th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=lavacano;37685082]Well, when the US started out, it was pretty much a copy of England. So same language, same general ethnic makeup, same temperature scales, etc. The UK didn't start using Celsius until the 1970s. The US, still on Fahrenheit, never really bothered to change it because everyone was accustomed to using Fahrenheit (and I suppose the administration of the time took the "if it ain't broke" mentality). Personally, I don't care if the official temperature scale gets changed, my phone can convert it to Fahrenheit until I get used to it.[/QUOTE] I'd be very expensive and take a lot of time to go around converting all the highway signs and such to KM, kph, etc etc
Is having the hottest temperature record really something to be proud of?
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