Thanks, Mike. I worry the point will be lost. -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit. Yup; makes perfect sense. Slides in so well with the other Imperial units.
First Horizon Bank Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 11:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero Absolute 0 is 0K, 0R, -273.15C, -459.67F. Freezing point of water is 273.15K, 491.67R, 0C, 32F. On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:23 PM Jackson, Rob <rwjack...@firsthorizon.com> wrote: > > It disturbs me that I agree with Shmuel three times in as many days. > > Tony, what's your mass here lately after Insanity-19? Let's have it in > slugs, please, since that's the unit. Take you a dram and a scruple; add in > a grain or two for precision, but make sure you convert it to mass. > > American standard--Imperial units; they're rubbish. Abject garbage. SI is > not a fad, despite its origins. No fan of the "French;" no fan of "Trump;" > no fan of anything political. But SI, revised a couple times or three, is a > beautiful system of units in which one may compute physics. If you disagree, > then I assert you have a challenge understanding many things about physics. > I'm talking about mechanics and fluid dynamics. I'm too stupid for E&M, > although the same equivalency attempts apply there. > > P.S. Apparently Imperial units have been redefined as relative to SI. > Imagine that. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Imperial-unit > > P.P.S. This reminds me of many conversations with my father. He absolutely > couldn't stand this type of thing, i.e. SI being obviously superior. I don't > get it. It is what it is. > > As a disclaimer, I'm not a complete bigot. I say miles and yards; but I have > this nasty habit of converting them to meters in my mind every time I say > them. The one thing I cannot get used to in every-day life is Celsius > degrees. I think in Fahrenheit degrees. Oddly enough, since they're exactly > the same thing, I find it easier to talk in Kelvins rather than Celsius > degrees. Maybe I just like starting at zero. :) I couldn't tell you what > absolute zero in Fahrenheit is; I guess I never cared. > > First Horizon Bank > Mainframe Technical Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 5:02 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: OOBOL and English was Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? > > [External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening > attachments.] > > The practical value doesn't depend on how it started. Yes, I could say all > sorts of things about how the mob interpreted "Liberté, égalité, fraternité", > but it doesn't change the fact that nobody understands the English system of > units. How many gills in a gallon? (That's a trick question; it depends on > which kind of gallon.) How many ounces in a ton? Can you convert furlongs per > fortnight to miles per hour? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > nstructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: > INFO IBM-MAIN Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
