Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by api_or_ipa on Saturday December 26, 2015 @12:53AM
(#10793431)
It's frustrating that Wikipedia editors ignore sig figs. [7] is a wired.com source which quotes 458F (3 sig figs) and thus should be converted to 272C. The quoted 300F is even more suspect, since it's a nicely rounded number.
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by dllu on Saturday December 26, 2015 @01:31AM
(#10793490)
Considering that -272 C is very close to absolute zero, it makes perfect sense. For example, 0.1 K and 0.5 K are both written as -273 C, but the latter is five times as hot as the former. For best consistency, we ought to use logarithmic Kelvins.
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by gajomi on Saturday December 26, 2015 @04:13AM
(#10793722)
I don't really disagree, but that would make for a rather perverse unit, given that inverse temperatures are already on a logarithm scale relative to the probabilities of microscopic states.
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by labster on Saturday December 26, 2015 @04:57AM
(#10793773)
Logarithms are like violence—if it's not flat yet, you need to use more.
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by rory096 on Saturday December 26, 2015 @09:13AM
(#10794151)
Why don't you edit it?
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by jlarocco on Saturday December 26, 2015 @11:03AM
(#10794374)
Probably because somebody would just come through and revert it 5 minutes later anyway.
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday December 26, 2015 @12:32PM
(#10794611)
[Citation needed]
Re:Tardigrades turn into glass when they dry out
by jlarocco on Sunday December 27, 2015 @02:04AM
(#10796718)
I can't tell if this is a joke to prove my point, or if you're serious, but I don't need a reference because I've had multiple personal experiences of this happening. At this point I don't bother any more, it's not really my problem if Wikipedia is inaccurate.
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
> Tardigrades are notable for being perhaps the most durable of known organisms; they are able to survive extreme conditions that would be rapidly fatal to nearly all other known life forms. They can withstand temperature ranges from −272.222 °C (−458.000 °F) to 149 °C (300 °F),[7] pressures about six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a human, and the vacuum of outer space.[8] They can go without food or water for more than 10 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce.