Questions Without Good Answers - Page 2

aaglo · November 27, 2003, 06:47

what I meant is 'permanently frozen ground'...

Theben · November 27, 2003, 06:55

What if you melt it with a blowtorch?

st_swithin · November 27, 2003, 16:47

Hmm..Pykrete.

Urban Ranger · November 28, 2003, 02:43

Quote:

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I ain't in Philly. We've got Philly far beat on homicides, shootings and violent crime.

Oh, that's right. You are in Baltimore.

You definitely need assault rifles

Zero · November 28, 2003, 02:55

"can I ask you a question?"

Urban Ranger · November 28, 2003, 07:13

"The answer to that question is yes."

November 28, 2003, 12:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Gangerolf
"If it's zero degrees outside today and it's supposed to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold is it going to be?"

Oh that's easy. zero degrees. 0*2=0 , basic mathematics

WRONG
Well first, if u are using Celsisus or Far., they are not measuring Absolute temparture.
That would be like measuring distances in inches and putting the 0 at 10 inches so 8 inches is -2 inches.
And the say that 12 inches (2 in our scale) is twice as long as 11 inches (1 in our scale) because 2*1=2
To be able to do multiplication, you need an absolute scale.
So In Kelvin, you can say that 10 degree is twice the temperature that 5 degree is.
Now it depends how exactly you would define cold. To answer the question, but in any case you need an absolute scale of measure for it to mean anything.