Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 11:09:46 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/units units.1 Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010301110524.00b59b80@gid.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3A9E26B2.196CD018@newsguy.com> References: <XFMail.010228235054.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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At 19:38 01/03/01 +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 01-Mar-01 Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > dcs 2001/02/28 21:51:46 PST > > > > > > Modified files: > > > usr.bin/units units.1 > > > Log: > > > All temperature scales are centigrades. Use "Celsius" instead. > > > > Uhh, I thought only Celsius and Kelvin were? > > > > Fahrenheit uses a different "size" for each degree. > >The size is different, but the scale was created by defining what 0 and >100 degrees F represented, just like Celsius. <bikeshed> FWIW, Reaumur was defined against fixed points at 0 and 80 degrees. http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/camilla/temperatur.htm </bikeshed> -- Bob Bishop +44 (0)118 977 4017 rb@gid.co.uk fax +44 (0)118 989 4254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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