The 170 degree water baffled me a while, given that water boils at 100 degrees... until I recognized that obviously degree Fahrenheit were meant. For anyone as unfamiliar with Fahrenheit as me: 170 degree Fahrenheit are about 77 degree Celsius. And 365 degree Fahrenheit are 185 degree Celsius.
-- The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday March 02 2014, @02:49PM
The 170 degree water baffled me a while, given that water boils at 100 degrees ... until I recognized that obviously degree Fahrenheit were meant. For anyone as unfamiliar with Fahrenheit as me: 170 degree Fahrenheit are about 77 degree Celsius. And 365 degree Fahrenheit are 185 degree Celsius.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.