Rant - Speed = km/h, Distance = km

**cowpoos** · 7th June 2010, 10:55

Originally Posted by Virago

Gah - thud...

So if it's 0 deg in Dunedin, and 1 deg in Christchurch, how many times hotter is Ch-ch...?

0 deg C is not an absolute.

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too

**bogan** · 7th June 2010, 11:01

Originally Posted by cowpoos

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too

but if its -1 in dunners and 1 in christchurch, it must be -1 times as hot in christchurch then?

edit, also who else rages at the new chorus adds? just throwing in random bits of technical jargon to sounds like hardouts, it doesn't even make sense!

**Virago** · 7th June 2010, 11:15

Originally Posted by cowpoos

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too

Okay, you win - on that basis I'll pay you twice as much money as I did last month...

**quickbuck** · 7th June 2010, 11:38

Originally Posted by bogan

edit, also who else rages at the new chorus adds? just throwing in random bits of technical jargon to sounds like hardouts, it doesn't even make sense!

I know... They might as well thrown in a bit about the Flux Capacitors... at least they are real

**Jantar** · 7th June 2010, 11:50

Originally Posted by cowpoos

twice as hot is 20.....need to work on you maths fella!

Uh, no. Temperature starts at absolute 0 or -273.15 C. So when the temperature is 10 C it is already 283 above absolute 0 (also known as 283 K). Double this is 567 K or 294 C. Virago's maths is correct.

Question, what is twice as hot as 0 C?

**HenryDorsetCase** · 7th June 2010, 12:14

Originally Posted by Berries

I did 140 kilometres on the way home from work yesterday, it only took me ten minutes.

Does that sentence make any sense ? Of course it doesn’t unless I have my own personal jet fighter. Speed is measured in kilometres per hour, abbreviated as km/h. Distance is measured in kilometres.

I am over the weather monkeys telling us the wind is going to gust to 50 kilometres or whatever, but now we have got the cops doing the same thing on TV defending the new and improved speed tolerance. How the hell can you be ticketed for driving/riding at 109 kilometres ? It does not exist, you are either travelling at 109 kilometres per hour or you are travelling 109 kilometres distance.

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this sloppy use of English, or, in KB fashion, do I need to STFU, build a bridge and have a go at NZ spelling instead ?

/Rant

my advice: dont watch TV for news. Its an entertainment organ, and only marginally useful at that.

best bit of TV I've seen in ages? that chick's boobs in The Pacific. It was all poignant and shit when her husband up and died.

**quickbuck** · 7th June 2010, 12:20

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

my advice: dont watch TV for news. Its an entertainment organ, and only marginally useful at that.

best bit of TV I've seen in ages? that chick's boobs in The Pacific. It was all poignant and shit when her husband up and died.

yeah, they weren't bad... They were all pretty skinny back then... Lack of food, and lots of physical exercise in the war at a guess.....

**cowpoos** · 7th June 2010, 12:36

Originally Posted by Jantar

Uh, no. Temperature starts at absolute 0 or -273.15 C. So when the temperature is 10 C it is already 283 above absolute 0 (also known as 283 K). Double this is 567 K or 294 C. Virago's maths is correct.

Question, what is twice as hot as 0 C?

You've over thought it!