Temperature unit poll

[Jerboy]

Which temperature units do you have the best "feel" for, as when you're quoted a tempreature, you're able to mentally picture it. I like Celcius, because I think it's the easiest to use with a relatively simple reference(Celsius 0=H2O FP, 100=H2O BP; Fahrenheit 0=temp of ice combined with sodium chloride)


For those of you that picked "I like to be inconsistent, such as CELSIUS for CPU temperature and FAHRENHEIT for body and room temp"

It's not too funny how people mix up units and examples are:

CPU temperatures are measured in CELSIUS, everything else in FAHRENHEIT
Most cans and bottles are expressed in ounces, but big one is expressed as 2L
Engine displacements are in liters, but torque and power are in American(ft-lbs and hp, instead of N/m and kW or ps)

There is xx gram/mg of this and that in xx oz of food

 

[Jerboy]

TTT

 

[chrisjor]

The U.S. uses Fahrenheit. Nuff said!

 

[HappyPuppy]

It depends on the environment. Scientifically, C. When my kids ask me how hot it is, F.

 

[ScoobMaster]

I believe everyone should strive to measure all temperatures in KELVIN

 

[Pepsi90919]

<< The U.S. uses Fahrenheit. Nuff said! >>

exactly, that's why the civilized world uses celsius.


edit: actually kelvin's not a bad idea.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Celcius!

I can't understand the weird references used for the Fahrenheit scale. Why set 0 deg F at the FP of water mixed with 50% salt? And why choose 100 deg F as the body temperature? (Yes these references was used by Mr Fahrenheit).

:disgust:

 

[5489]

<< Which temperature units do you have the best "feel" for, as when you're quoted a tempreature, you're able to mentally picture it. I like Celcius, because I think it's the easiest to use with a relatively simple reference(Celsius 0=H2O FP, 100=H2O BP; Fahrenheit 0=temp of ice combined with sodium chloride)


For those of you that picked "I like to be inconsistent, such as CELSIUS for CPU temperature and FAHRENHEIT for body and room temp"

It's not too funny how people mix up units and examples are:

CPU temperatures are measured in CELSIUS, everything else in FAHRENHEIT
Most cans and bottles are expressed in ounces, but big one is expressed as 2L
Engine displacements are in liters, but torque and power are in American(ft-lbs and hp, instead of N/m and kW or ps)

There is xx gram/mg of this and that in xx oz of food >>





wow, that's a little too much info for me to handle

 

[ScoobMaster]

I'm telling ya man - KELVIN!

zero must be ZERO! we don' need no stinkin' negative numbers!

 

[Mungla]

I can mentally think temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit. If you know your celsius temp, it's pretty easy to figure the kelvin temp.

K = C + 273

 

[b0mbrman]

I use Farenheit for CPU temp too...

 

[goodoptics]

Kelvin for me.

 

[Amused]

My unit poll gets pretty hot. But it shrivels up when it's cold.

 

[Lithium381]

CPU is in C......everything else is F...seeing as how i live in california, i'd be just as happy on C for everything, but nobody uses it, so i'd be out of it in communicating temps, btw, my cpu temp is currently 30C

 

[Coolone]

Celcius for everything!

 

[sandorski]

Celsius for everyday usage, Kelvin for scientific usage. The reason for the distinction is that Celsius is water based and being so can be guesstimated much easier. Kelvin, OTOH, is based on absolute 0, which none of us, hopefully, will never experience. Thus it's less intuitive.

Celsius also has the advantage of being part of the Centigrade system, which allows simple cross referencing between distance, volume, energy, and temperature. For instance: The amount of energy needed to raise 1 cubic cm of water 1 degree celcius is 1 Calorie. Try doing that as logically with the old English system!

 

[Nemesis77]

Celsius, of course!

 

[Electrode]

Never heard of "rankin" units before. Someone please explain.

 

[Eli]

I picked fahrenheit, but the "I like to be inconsistant" option probably would have been better.. lol..

 

[QTPie]

C

 

[mk]

Celsius, naturally, for all daily uses.

Kelvin for scientific purposes (when needed).

 

[yiwonder]

Rankin
Rankin is to Farenheit as Kelvin is to Celsius.