-7 °F (-29 wind chill)

[mmntech]

It's a balmy -12C in Toronto. Going down to -19C overnight. -28 with the wind. Colder than Frosty's balls! That's far below seasonal for this time of year. Should be around -2 in the daytime. That wind is what really eats through ya though.

I'm just f---ing fed up with winter at this point. I hate getting into a cold car in the morning. Then doing it again a dozen times for the rest of the day. Another reason why I loath my job.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Right around 0F now, I just stepped outside... and certainly won't repeat that mistake soon!

 

[dainthomas]

That is like saying imperial units is more precise than metric such as foot or inches verses meter.

There is such thing as fractional in the metric world as well and it is much easier to work with because it is base 10, instead of some retarded system that base of anything that is happen to be at hand for the day.

Imperial system

Imperial Measures of Length

Haha, at least those are based on something in the real world. The distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second is about as arbitrary as it gets. Or are they still using some hunk of platinum locked in a vault in Switzerland? I forget.

 

[Iron Woode]

its -15C here.

lousy smarch weather!

 

[iGas]

Haha, at least those are based on something in the real world. The distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second is about as arbitrary as it gets. Or are they still using some hunk of platinum locked in a vault in Switzerland? I forget.

A meter == 1 / 10 000 000 of the distance from the poll to the equator.

 

[PliotronX]

So spoiled here in LA. Been in the upper 70's with sunshine aplenty 😎

I've a feeling we'll be paying for it with one of those megaquakes though.

 

[BurnItDwn]

It was a bit chilly this week, -10F when I drove in to the office yesterday.
Supposed to get a heat wave here though, temps may even exceed the freezing point for a bit this weekend. Perfect opportunity to wear shorts and a tshirt!

 

[bruceb]

8° F here this morning around 5:25AM .. took a while for car motor to warm up.

 

[DrPizza]

A meter == 1 / 10 000 000 of the distance from the poll to the equator.

He's right. Your definition lacks precision. The Earth isn't a perfect sphere. The meter is now *defined* as the distance that light travels in 1/299,792,458.0000000000000 of a second. Technically, you can no longer measure the speed of light - what you're actually doing is testing the precision and accuracy of your equipment.

 

[iGas]

He's right. Your definition lacks precision. The Earth isn't a perfect sphere. The meter is now *defined* as the distance that light travels in 1/299,792,458.0000000000000 of a second. Technically, you can no longer measure the speed of light - what you're actually doing is testing the precision and accuracy of your equipment.

The distance of the poll to equator was the original base that were use to come up with the meter. And, now we use the speed of light to make it more accurate.