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Re:Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order by AstralStorm on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:09AM (#20352585)

I wonder how many people were confused by this "water is boiling at 212 degrees" bit. Sloppy, no unit, no pressure and not a typically used unit either.

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Re:Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order by lopmotr on Thursday July 04, 2019 @05:30AM (#20352994)

It's usually a fair bet that if a writer on the general internet uses ambiguous units, date formatting, or seasons, it's the American ones.

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Re:Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order by DennisP on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:49AM (#20354588)

How do you know it's not a typically used unit? It could be Celsius at high pressure.

Or maybe you, like almost everyone else, aren't confused at all because you know water at sea level boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, a unit which is typically used in the U.S., and it's an informal quote by a U.S. resident of a coastal city.

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Re:Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order by alanbernstein on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:52AM (#20354610)

That's both a quote, and an analogy. You're not wrong, but it's hardly relevant.

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Re:Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order by dhimes on Thursday July 04, 2019 @08:00AM (#20353759)

Agree. Aside from coefficients/ratios, a number without units is meaningless.

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