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You're a funny man Jason.
Who would have thought temperature would have its ups and downs.
Did you know that the metric system is mainly based on 2 things?
The distance from the north pole to the equator on a straight line through Paris and the properties of water.
1 meter is 1/10,000,000 the the distance from the North Pole to the equator and temperature is as described earlier.
These have now been quantified differently with very stable elements etc etc to compensate for variations in say the distance from the NP to the equator that happen over time.
Everything is multiples of 10 from there.
Energy, volume, speed , weight etc are all derived from these 2 things.
You wouldn't want to go to war with the French but you gotta give em credit for this. Brilliant.
Oh and it appears that only the US, Myanmar and Liberia are the only countries not to adopt it.
Who would have thought temperature would have its ups and downs.
Did you know that the metric system is mainly based on 2 things?
The distance from the north pole to the equator on a straight line through Paris and the properties of water.
1 meter is 1/10,000,000 the the distance from the North Pole to the equator and temperature is as described earlier.
These have now been quantified differently with very stable elements etc etc to compensate for variations in say the distance from the NP to the equator that happen over time.
Everything is multiples of 10 from there.
Energy, volume, speed , weight etc are all derived from these 2 things.
You wouldn't want to go to war with the French but you gotta give em credit for this. Brilliant.
Oh and it appears that only the US, Myanmar and Liberia are the only countries not to adopt it.
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Wrong FRENCHY! ... you said it was 41C. Damn Celcius. It confuses us Americans. its just too weird...........like........Krytponite.....must... ...stop.....it........aaaah
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Originally Posted by JasonFMX390639
Wrong FRENCHY! ... you said it was 41C. Damn Celcius. It confuses us Americans. its just too weird...........like........Krytponite.....must... ...stop.....it........aaaah
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Nobody knows......it's never been accomplished before.
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Ha ha ha funny stuff all around!!, Glad you went camping.
Redbrd, Jason might have thought your were french canadien with the frenchy crack.
I also did not know that about the origin of the meter. Glad I got up today.
Metric system great idea, too bad they didn't think of it sooner.
Redbrd, Jason might have thought your were french canadien with the frenchy crack.
I also did not know that about the origin of the meter. Glad I got up today.
Metric system great idea, too bad they didn't think of it sooner.
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Yeah, it was a crack about you being Canadian. Being you guys have double on everything with the French and English. I know your from B.C, so thats why I made the crack in assuming that most Canadians take offense that Quebec is part of the country.
Guess I failed. I'll go sit in the box and feel shame for a 2 minutes....then I can get free.
Guess I failed. I'll go sit in the box and feel shame for a 2 minutes....then I can get free.
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Originally Posted by JasonFMX390779
Yeah, it was a crack about you being Canadian. Being you guys have double on everything with the French and English. I know your from B.C, so that's why I made the crack in assuming that most Canadians take offense that Quebec is part of the country.
Guess I failed. I'll go sit in the box and feel shame for a 2 minutes....then I can get free.
Guess I failed. I'll go sit in the box and feel shame for a 2 minutes....then I can get free.