Mike Schwab wrote:
*Actually, the original gram was 1 cubic centimeter of distilled waterat 4c, making a kilogram 10 cm * 10 cm * 10 cm of distilled water at4c. Then they discovered nuclear isotopes that allowed the mass ofwater to vary between samples.* There's a logical reason for this. The anomalous expansion of water. Whoever threw together physics as we know it was a deep thinker. Water is most dense at 4C. So if you are going to dice up a gram of water into a cube, at 4c it will occupy a cubic centimetre. This is very good for the survival of fish when the pond starts to freeze. This is another proper example of MOVE. On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:09 PM Jackson, Rob <rwjack...@firsthorizon.com> wrote: > 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. 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