Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

Same in IL. ~50*f and rainy a few weeks ago and now consistent 80-90*f. Poor car went from great windows down driving temps to heat soak sadness in a few weeks

What ever you get we get so I am in the same boat.

[fumanchu1]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

What year?

I dunno if I will ever get the itch to own an Acura, unless you hand me keys to any NSX, but the TSX is ok.

guess what I scraped this morning Ray wheels, 57extremes now with a footlong scrape along the lip :S

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

What year?

I dunno if I will ever get the itch to own an Acura, unless you hand me keys to any NSX, but the TSX is ok.

08
Right before they got big and ugly.

[Tectoniic]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

What ever you get we get so I am in the same boat.

You are in *C which we decided was objectively better a day or two ago so you have that going for you :P

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

You are in *C which we decided was objectively better a day or two ago so you have that going for you :P

Right now I am using the "it's too freakin' hot scale" of measurement.

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Tectoniic

You are in *C which we decided was objectively better a day or two ago so you have that going for you :P

For scientific purpose, sure. Not for measurement of daily life temps. Fahrenheit has smaller whole increments than Celsius, making for more precise adjustment. Would you rather adjust the knob from 73 to 75, or from 22.7778 to 23.8889?

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Right now I am using the "it's too freakin' hot scale" of measurement.

This Friday the high is above 90F and staying there, then next week it's above 100F and staying there. Summer is here.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

For scientific purpose, sure. Not for measurement of daily life temps. Fahrenheit has smaller whole increments than Celsius, making for more precise adjustment. Would you rather adjust the knob from 73 to 75, or from 22.7778 to 23.8889?

This Friday the high is above 90F and staying there, then next week it's above 100F and staying there. Summer is here.

Those Celsius numbers you cited are obviously not pretty but they are pretty close to 1 degrees off of one another. He could simply change it from 22 to 23 or 23 to 24. I doubt the human body could tell the difference between 73 degrees F and 23 degrees C(if you round your number up to the next whole)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

For scientific purpose, sure. Not for measurement of daily life temps. Fahrenheit has smaller whole increments than Celsius, making for more precise adjustment. Would you rather adjust the knob from 73 to 75, or from 22.7778 to 23.8889?

This Friday the high is above 90F and staying there, then next week it's above 100F and staying there. Summer is here.

It was 118F when I left there the time we met up. I told the wife we are never going there in the summer again. Never. Ever. For any reason.

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Those Celsius numbers you cited are obviously not pretty but they are pretty close to 1 degrees off of one another. He could simply change it from 22 to 23 or 23 to 24. I doubt the human body could tell the difference between 73 degrees F and 23 degrees C(if you round your number up to the next whole)

They could just bump it up one degree, true. But for something relative like personal comfort and AC temps, what makes Celsius objectively better than Fahrenheit? They both work just fine; Fahrenheit offers finer control. Where's the motivation to switch?

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It was 118F when I left there the time we met up. I told the wife we are never going there in the summer again. Never. Ever. For any reason.

Pretty much all of March through May has been 70-90 degrees and off and on rainy. There was one weekend that spiked to 99, but on Monday it was back down to 80. That was the weekend my AC went out. Naturally.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

They could just bump it up one degree, true. But for something relative like personal comfort and AC temps, what makes Celsius objectively better than Fahrenheit? They both work just fine; Fahrenheit offers finer control. Where's the motivation to switch?

Pretty much all of March through May has been 70-90 degrees and off and on rainy. There was one weekend that spiked to 99, but on Monday it was back down to 80. That was the weekend my AC went out. Naturally.

The only incentive is continuity. If we are going to switch to metric we should just switch everything, not everything but temp

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

They could just bump it up one degree, true. But for something relative like personal comfort and AC temps, what makes Celsius objectively better than Fahrenheit? They both work just fine; Fahrenheit offers finer control. Where's the motivation to switch?

Pretty much all of March through May has been 70-90 degrees and off and on rainy. There was one weekend that spiked to 99, but on Monday it was back down to 80. That was the weekend my AC went out. Naturally.

I am with Ashi on this one. Who needs the finer control of .2 degrees for HVAC? For all intents and purposes 24 is exactly the same as 75. Most HVAC systems can have a huge variance from the set temperature anyway.


I flip flop between the two scales anyway so I don't care which something is in. Not like you are going to confuse the two.

[gramicci101]

We never will switch everything to metric though. Imperial is too engrained in too much manufacturing to make such a switch a viable option. Take Ford Motor Co, for example. They would have to redesign all their vehicles to use metric, halt production, take a few months to retool all of their factories, negotiate new supply contracts, begin new production completely from scratch, and still continue to make parts in imperial for their legacy vehicles still under warranty. How much money would they lose in that process, and for what? Just to line up with other countries' standards? Why bother?

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I am with Ashi on this one. Who needs the finer control of .2 degrees for HVAC? For all intents and purposes 24 is exactly the same as 75. Most HVAC systems can have a huge variance from the set temperature anyway.

Chances are if we were building the entire country from scratch and had to pick one or the other with no previous experience, we'd go with metric and Celsius. But at this point, it's too engrained in society and there's no pressing reason to switch. Imperial and Fahrenheit work just fine.

[Ashikabi]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

We never will switch everything to metric though. Imperial is too engrained in too much manufacturing to make such a switch a viable option. Take Ford Motor Co, for example. They would have to redesign all their vehicles to use metric, halt production, take a few months to retool all of their factories, negotiate new supply contracts, begin new production completely from scratch, and still continue to make parts in imperial for their legacy vehicles still under warranty. How much money would they lose in that process, and for what? Just to line up with other countries' standards? Why bother?

Chances are if we were building the entire country from scratch and had to pick one or the other with no previous experience, we'd go with metric and Celsius. But at this point, it's too engrained in society and there's no pressing reason to switch. Imperial and Fahrenheit work just fine.

Really they could just start switching over on new equipment and phase out imperial over the next couple decades. All our lasers already use metric and have no option for inches. We have to convert all measurements to imperial

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It was 118F when I left there the time we met up. I told the wife we are never going there in the summer again. Never. Ever. For any reason.

There is something very satisfying about being out in that summer heat (went there mid august once), laying out by the pool with a glass of ice water and just letting the heat soak in.