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Oliver
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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 Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:57 am |
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| chakotay99 wrote: | | Oliver wrote: | �F = 9/5 x �C + 32
�C = (�F - 32) x 5/9
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Are you sure that That is right? There are three variables in that equation, F,C and X
What would be placed there to solve an equation? |
Yes, I'm quite sure that's right.
As JanewayIsHott explained, the "x" is a multiplication sign. Thanks for the help Kevin! 
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Puck
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| Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:20 am |
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No problem.  I would have left it to you...but I have been out of school lately and it gave me something to do to keep my brain at least somewhat active.  
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sabertooth1217
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Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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| Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:30 pm |
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lol, See what Algebra does to a person?
It has been a very long time since I�ve seen "X" mean multiplication.
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Five - seveN
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| Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:13 am |
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| chakotay99 wrote: | lol, See what Algebra does to a person?
It has been a very long time since I�ve seen "X" mean multiplication. |
in America, its "*" and in Europe its "x". But it can also be a weird floating point, about the height of the uper dot in ":".
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superwoman
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| Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:39 am |
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Yup that floating point is the one I use.  But I've seen all kinds of weird stuff that means multiplication.
In one of my math courses, we use whatever we want as a multiplication "term". It's all in the interpretation.
(today I learnd that 1 * 1 = 0, and the * meant +... And I think the 0 stood for all the even numbers... I must admit, it wasn't all that easy to swollow)
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Five - seveN
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| Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:57 pm |
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| superwoman wrote: | Yup that floating point is the one I use. But I've seen all kinds of weird stuff that means multiplication.
In one of my math courses, we use whatever we want as a multiplication "term". It's all in the interpretation.
(today I learnd that 1 * 1 = 0, and the * meant +... And I think the 0 stood for all the even numbers... I must admit, it wasn't all that easy to swollow) |
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But you know, i drank to much coffee 
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Five - seveN
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| Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:58 pm |
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^which was HOT.
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Birdy
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| Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:04 am |
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You weird Americans.. You weigh in pounds, here we do it in kilograms. Your temprature is fahrenheit, and here it's celcius...
Anyway.
I agree that a temprature of 65-70 fahrenheit is ok for inside.
[Thats 18-21 degrees celcius]
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superwoman
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| Belanna1985 wrote: | You weird Americans.. You weigh in pounds, here we do it in kilograms. Your temprature is fahrenheit, and here it's celcius...
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Yea and al those mesurements are totally ilogical
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Birdy
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| Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:42 pm |
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| superwoman wrote: | | Belanna1985 wrote: | You weird Americans.. You weigh in pounds, here we do it in kilograms. Your temprature is fahrenheit, and here it's celcius...
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Yea and al those mesurements are totally ilogical |
Yeah, really, they are! Like: they have Inches, we have centimeters.. Just the English are more stubborn than the Americans, they drive even on the other side of the road!!
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Oliver
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| Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:44 pm |
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It's probably off topic but here goes:
In exact science, measurments are made in the metric system. That's the system used in Europe. Length in meters, weight in kilograms and time in seconds. It's also called the MKS-system (Meters, Kilograms, Seconds).
You'll also notice that in the Star Trek shows they use kilometers and such. The writers took the metric system instead of the system used in the US & UK.
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superwoman
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| Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:52 pm |
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| Belanna1985 wrote: | | superwoman wrote: | | Belanna1985 wrote: | You weird Americans.. You weigh in pounds, here we do it in kilograms. Your temprature is fahrenheit, and here it's celcius...
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Yea and al those mesurements are totally ilogical |
Yeah, really, they are! Like: they have Inches, we have centimeters.. Just the English are more stubborn than the Americans, they drive even on the other side of the road!! |
One inch is what? 1/10 foot? noooo.
12 inches = 1 foot. 3 feet = 1 yard. 1760 yards = 1 mile...
or...
1km = 1'000m. 1m = 10dm. 1dm = 10cm. 1cm = 10mm Why make it so difficult?
And the driving on the wrong side is just stupid, but hell, so did we 40years ago... They are just a bit slow
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Thomas
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| Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:41 pm |
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Is there really any point in changing which side of the road we drive on? It'd just cause unnecessary hassle. Same with changing which temperature scale they use in the U.S. It's easier for us if they change, but not for them.
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Oliver
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| Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:38 am |
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^I don't quite understand what you mean. Why would it be easier for people in the UK to change the temperature scale and not for people in the US?
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lionhead
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| Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:15 am |
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| Oliver wrote: | It's probably off topic but here goes:
In exact science, measurments are made in the metric system. That's the system used in Europe. Length in meters, weight in kilograms and time in seconds. It's also called the MKS-system (Meters, Kilograms, Seconds).
You'll also notice that in the Star Trek shows they use kilometers and such. The writers took the metric system instead of the system used in the US & UK. |
Wait, what do the americans use for seconds then?
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Oliver
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| Sat Oct 23, 2004 7:24 am |
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| lionhead wrote: | | Wait, what do the americans use for seconds then? |
They use second as well. The Europeans use the MKS-system while the US and UK use the FPS-system or something like that.
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Thomas
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| Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:59 am |
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| Oliver wrote: | | ^I don't quite understand what you mean. Why would it be easier for people in the UK to change the temperature scale and not for people in the US? |
It would make it easier for people who use celcius for America to change, because then everyone would be using the same scale and there'd be no conversions. I think I meant that it's easier for us not to have to change while they do. Which is obvious... yeah, this post is over,
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Nate Jameson
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| Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:26 am |
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Hot: Anything above 80 degrees
Cold: Anything below 60 degrees
Perfect Day: 70 Degrees with low humidity and a light breeze.
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Five - seveN
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| Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:33 pm |
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| chocho_11 wrote: | | Oliver wrote: | | ^I don't quite understand what you mean. Why would it be easier for people in the UK to change the temperature scale and not for people in the US? |
It would make it easier for people who use celcius for America to change, because then everyone would be using the same scale and there'd be no conversions. I think I meant that it's easier for us not to have to change while they do. Which is obvious... yeah, this post is over, |
Did you know they once lost a Mars explorer/satellite because European scientists measured in centimeters and Americans measured in inches? Kinda stupid.
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Jadzia Lenara Dax
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| Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:08 am Re: What do you consider hot/cold? |
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| Theresa wrote: | Tsss, Kevin's reaction when I told him we keep the house around 60-65:
| Kevin wrote: | Kevin says:
 you keep the inside of your house at 65!? |
That's like the perfect temp, I'd consider anything in the 20's as being cold. Single digits and teens, even colder, As long as there is no wind, even that's not too bad.
Hot? That would be in the upper 80's. |
When it gets about 60 here, I'm cold. I come from a colder climate, but now living where it's always warm, I've found that if I can't stand outside in a light sweatshirt and jeans and flip flops, it's a bit too cold for my liking.
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