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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 11 Feb 1997.
Re: Temperature Chart by Donald and Jon

Re: Temperature Chart by Donald and Jon


"J. Melusky" (wha...@u.washington.edu) writes:
> ASCII APPROXIMATE TEMPERATURE CHART
>                            ______________________
>                            |   ^F     _    ^C   |
>                            |  212  - | | - 100  |
>                             }        } {       {
>                             }        } {       {
>                            |  100  - | | -  40  |
>                            |   90  - | | -  30  |
>                            |   80  - | | -  25  |
>                            |   70  - | | -  20  |
>                            |   60  - | | -  15  |
>                            |   50  - | | -  10  |
>                            |   40  - | | -   5  |
>                            |   30  - | | -   0  |
>                            |   20  - | | -  -5  |
>                            |   10  - | | - -10  |
>                            |    0  - | | - -20  |
>                            |  -10  - | | - -25  |
>                            |  -20  - |_| - -30  |
>                            |  -30  - |*| - -35  |
>                            |  -40  - |*| - -40  |
>                             }        }*{       {
>                             }        }*{       {
>                            | -459    |*| --273  |
>                            |        '***`       |
>                            |       (*****)      |
>                            |        `---'       |
>                            |____________________|
> 
> p.s. ascii can't line up the "--" marks correctly.
>            100^ is opposite  212^ ...water boils
> The Celsius 40^ is opposite where 104^ Fahrenheit would be.
> similarly   30^ is opposite where 86^ Fahrenheit would be.
>             25^ is opposite  77^
>             20^ is opposite  68^
>             15^ is opposite  59^
>             10^ is opposite  50^....the only exact match
>              5^ is opposite  41^
>              0^ is opposite  32^....water freezes
>             -5^ is opposite  23^
>            -10^ is opposite  14^
>            -15^ is opposite   5^
>            -20^ is opposite  -4^....quite uncomfortable
>            -25^ is opposite -13^....very uncomfortable
>            -30^ is opposite -22^....flesh freezes   
>            -35^ is opposite -31^....stay inside!
>            -40^ is opposite -40^....and in the twain they meet
>           -273^ is opposite -459^....absolute zero (who needs it?) 
> (If we've done our calculations correctly)  Cheers  Donald and Jon
> 
> ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
>[clipped Jon's signature]

That goes a lot further than our earlier efforts!
Now if I hang it outdoors this morning, will it be interactive? :) 
Forecast for tonight's low is -22^ C in Ottawa. :(
Use the ASCII chart to find the ^F.

Cheers
Donald

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From: bs9...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Donald Tucker)
Subject: Re: Temperature Chart by Donald and Jon
Date: 1997/02/11
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