Re: Objectionable material for children

[John D. Giorgis]

At 08:26 AM 1/23/01 -0800, Darry; wrote:
>Centigrade is best because of one fact.  Zero degrees.  Face facts, you
>lose.  No possible argument can be advanced that will make Farhenheit
>superior when placed against that simple fact.  And it is a very
>important fact (At least in northern North America, perhaps not so much
>in .br).  Is it snowing?  Are the puddles frozen?  ZERO. 

Yeah, but Darryl you completely miss the point - we are talking about
useful things here for everyday life, not in science classes.   In this
case, Farenheit has the simple superior fact that when it hits zero degrees
it is actually *cold* outside!

ducking.......

JDG

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