Here ya go. Both in an easy to understand picture and approved by Cleaver Brooks.Watertender, do you want to pick up the tutorial? I'm retired, I'm not supposed to think about this stuff anymore.
Here ya go. Both in an easy to understand picture and approved by Cleaver Brooks.Watertender, do you want to pick up the tutorial? I'm retired, I'm not supposed to think about this stuff anymore.
Someone said that some people us a "*" in place of a "degree sign" because their keyboard does not have the degree sign. THAT'S THE OBSCURE CHARACHETER, DUMMY. You need to read the entire post.Obscure? It's been used and still is used in every textbook that even remotely discusses temperature. Now we could confuse the entire issue by discussing things like Therms and BTU's But if the ° symbol confuses you MMBTu, thm and Quad would take some explaining. And I won't even get into the difference between sensible heat and latent heat.
Watertender, do you want to pick up the tutorial? I'm retired, I'm not supposed to think about this stuff anymore.
Ah yes. Annapolis Md to Waldorf MD (one hour +) in February on a motorcycle and 'wind chill' makes perfect sense.It's Wind Chill. Ride a motorcycle at 40* and you will understand.
Oh, you have encountered the dumbing down of America. "wind chill" was obviously way to technical, so now they use the "feels like temperature". I could just vomit.What with the cold snap some folks are having, temperatures have become common lately. But for the life of me I can't figure out why people are using * to indicate degree instead of ° as has been proper for centuries. Can anyone shed any light on this phenomenon?
Well LOOK at YOU, all those laborious tap, tap, taps of the keyboard of avoidance have finally paid off! ...to a degree...I don't have a clue where the degree symbol is on my keyboard, much less my phone. I usually just peck out the word 'degrees' to avoid controversy and ridicule.![]()
Same.For the record, I only do forum stuff on a desktop computer with a real keyboard.
What with the cold snap some folks are having, temperatures have become common lately. But for the life of me I can't figure out why people are using * to indicate degree instead of ° as has been proper for centuries. Can anyone shed any light on this phenome
WindOh, you have encountered the dumbing down of America. "wind chill" was obviously way to technical, so now they use the "feels like temperature". I could just vomit.
You can also type "degree(s)", that works.
Wait. Like you just did? I'm confused.* Unless it's one degree.
** Or minus one degree.
Either way its ***ing cold.