On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:35:09 -0000, Roger Hayter wrote:

Bruce Farquhar wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:04:51 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:07:27 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



I wondered why my fanheater kept melting sockets. First I blamed
the socket, then the fuse, it was just oxidised pins on the plug..
Should we really be using copper? Wouldn't stainless steel be better
from the point of view of non corrosion?

Arlen, this is right in your bailiwick. Teach him electricity.

I have a degree in electronics you condescending little ****.

What degree? 98.6F ?

That level of precision is insane, since the human body temperature varies
by about +/-1C.

And that is sufficient justification for one decimal place in expressing
the average/median, whichever it is. Actually a precision of about a
quarter of a Fahrenheit degree would probably be sufficient, but is hard
to express in our number writing system.

When something varies by 3.6 you don't quote it with a decimal place. Imagine you had a dodgy analogue meter which had a shaky needle. The readout varied between 52 and 55.6. You wouldn't read it as 53.8 would you? That implies some accuracy. Saying we're 98.6 will make some people think they're ill when they read 99.

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:35:09 -0000, Roger Hayter wrote:

Bruce Farquhar wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:04:51 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:07:27 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



I wondered why my fanheater kept melting sockets. First I blamed
the socket, then the fuse, it was just oxidised pins on the plug.
Should we really be using copper? Wouldn't stainless steel be better
from the point of view of non corrosion?

Arlen, this is right in your bailiwick. Teach him electricity.

I have a degree in electronics you condescending little ****.

What degree? 98.6F ?

That level of precision is insane, since the human body temperature varies
by about +/-1C.

And that is sufficient justification for one decimal place in expressing
the average/median, whichever it is. Actually a precision of about a
quarter of a Fahrenheit degree would probably be sufficient, but is hard
to express in our number writing system.

When something varies by 3.6 you don't quote it with a decimal place. Imagine you had a dodgy analogue meter which had a shaky needle. The readout varied between 52 and 55.6. You wouldn't read it as 53.8 would you? That implies some accuracy. Saying we're 98.6 will make some people think they're ill when they read 99.

Let us get realistic; you are sick. Your brain has either suffered
hypothermia or hypothermia, I do not know which but...

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Tekkie

On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:39:55 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:35:09 -0000, Roger Hayter wrote:

Bruce Farquhar wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:04:51 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:07:27 -0000, Tekkie® wrote:

Bruce Farquhar posted for all of us...



I wondered why my fanheater kept melting sockets. First I blamed
the socket, then the fuse, it was just oxidised pins on the plug.
Should we really be using copper? Wouldn't stainless steel be better
from the point of view of non corrosion?

Arlen, this is right in your bailiwick. Teach him electricity..

I have a degree in electronics you condescending little ****.

What degree? 98.6F ?

That level of precision is insane, since the human body temperature varies
by about +/-1C.

And that is sufficient justification for one decimal place in expressing
the average/median, whichever it is. Actually a precision of about a
quarter of a Fahrenheit degree would probably be sufficient, but is hard
to express in our number writing system.

When something varies by 3.6 you don't quote it with a decimal place. Imagine you had a dodgy analogue meter which had a shaky needle. The readout varied between 52 and 55.6. You wouldn't read it as 53.8 would you? That implies some accuracy. Saying we're 98.6 will make some people think they're ill when they read 99.

Let us get realistic; you are sick. Your brain has either suffered
hypothermia or hypothermia, I do not know which but...

Bull****. Humans are warm blooded and don't need a nice steady ambient temperature.