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Old 07-14-2014, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Targan View Post
LOL! In what way? Surely they are both equally descriptive to those who are familiar with them. For me 0 degrees Celsius equals frost, in the 20s is comfortable, 30s is beach weather and 40s is make sure you stay hydrated or you might die
The fact that 10 degrees C = 18 degrees F (for range not actual temperatures) means there is less precision when either using a single degree or a group of 10 degrees. I am very familiar with both and that lessening of precision is truly the only part of the metric system that bothers me.
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