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From: onno@dutesta.UUCP (Onno M. Kuijken)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Re: metric system
Message-ID: <895@dutesta.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 09:30:57 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 11 09:30:57 1987
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In article <452@ambush.UUCP> kimcm@ambush.UUCP (Kim Chr. Madsen) writes

> In article <3657@ecsvax.UUCP> dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) writes:
> >For the record, 0 degrees F is the temperature at which saturated brine
> >freezes.

> 0 degrees C - Water freezes (at 1. Atm. pressure)
> 0 degrees K - Everything Freezes (Absolute Zero)
    ^^^^^^^

Shouldn't that just have to be 0 K ?

Besides, has anyone ever realised the km/h is no proper SI-unit and that
speed should be measured in m/s ? (Although this means that a speedometer
at the US speed limit reads only 25 instead of 55 (mph) or even 90 (km/h))

> As said Just for the record