Cancer Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 It'd be colder if it was R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Brrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 So, Cancer, you're one of the twenty-three people on Earth who knows what R is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 There's more than that. They were still showing it to us (but not making us use it) when I was an undergrad, so the number is in the hundreds at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 ... Is it the temperature of true vacuum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 No, that's 2.73... K. R is Rankine, which uses the Fahrenheit degree (180 of 'em to the liquid range of water) but the zero point is absolute zero. I think that is purely historical now (that is, no one uses it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I don't remember it at all from my thermodynamics class. Is it the same Rankine as the guy with the cycle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I brought my infrared thermometer to work today. 66˚ F in the office--wonky a/c confirmed. The air coming out of the vent is about 60˚. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 What's that on a proper scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Here. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=66+degrees+fahrenheit+in+celsius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 What's that on a proper scale?66 F = 292.039 K 60 F = 288.706 K tkdguy and Pariah 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Oo, nice and cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 What's that on a proper scale? 66 F = 292.039 K 60 F = 288.706 K Or, to put it another way.... 66 F = 525.67 R 60 F = 591.67 R Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Now you're just being perverse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I brought my infrared thermometer to work today. 66˚ F in the office--wonky a/c confirmed. The air coming out of the vent is about 60˚. Sounds like they are trying to turn the place into a server cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 My server room might be warmer than that. I'll have to check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Ha! 70˚ in the server room--I was right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 But are you happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 My old job has had some problems with the A/C for the server room last month -- the economizer got stuck open (whether intentionally or unintentionally by plant services is up for debate) with the blowers on continuous, and on some nights the temp in the room dipped below 40 F. I guess they figured the colder, the better, and we shouldn't worry about the possibility of frost forming on the computer equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Superconductivity would only help performance, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 ... if the only parts that go superconducting are ones whose only function is to conduct. If the resistors do something qualitatively different then you could be in for serious trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 This will probably be the way FTL travel is discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 My mother, a retired elementary school teacher, has a penance stare that still works. At a recent high school basketball game, some kid behind her was kicking the seat of her best friend (also an elem teacher). The friend turned and stared at the kid. He laughed and kept going. My mother turned and gave him the full "teacher's look" she calls it. He gulped, stopped kicking, and then pulled his feet up under himself. Pariah and Roter Baron 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roter Baron Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 "Full Teacher LooK"! EF TEE ELL makes your (bad) conscience swell and your heart miss a beat - so be neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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