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# Do people use the term centigrade anymore?
Or is it celsius? I expect a couple of people to say Kelvin...
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 8:22, archived)
# ^ CANDLES!


CAKE
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 8:27, archived)
# Hurrah!
Five years of forgettable posts!

EDIT: Thanks for the cayke. What a mindfucking illusion!
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 8:28, archived)
# * Starts singing....
♫ Mind Fucking, Illusion ♫

(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:11, archived)
# Mindsplosion!
Top work WB & HT!
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:58, archived)
# The word
Centigrade made me giggle. So I used it.

Happy Candles!!!! X
(I helped save b3ta! dogbomb, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 8:42, archived)
# i only refer to kelvin when describing the temp of the sun
happy candles!
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 8:59, archived)
# Or the temperature of the butter in a chicken kiev
Thanks!
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:18, archived)
# To add to the confusion
Fahrenheit is a centigrade scale, just with different temperatures chosen for 0 and 100. I've got no idea why "centigrade" for "celsius" ever took off but it wasn't coming from people who knew what they were talking about.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:16, archived)
#
Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty. The unit was known until 1948 as centigrade from the latin "centum" translated as 100 and "gradus" translated as "steps".
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:17, archived)
# Indeed
or "hot" as one might call it.
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:18, archived)
# We just tend to say
Degreees C. Or ºC.

Proof that I know science there - I know the hotkey for the degree symbol without having to look it up.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:23, archived)
# share this knowledge!
i needed it about 2 minutes ago
b3ta.com/board/10458747
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:29, archived)
# charmap.exe is your friend
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:38, archived)
# alt+0186
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:49, archived)
# ALT+0176?
If I do 0186 I get a line under the symbol.

EDIT: Depends where I do it, actually. It seems the 0186 is a bit bigger. I concede defeat.
(I helped save b3ta! M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 9:57, archived)
# Yes I noticed that too. Underlines it if you do it º here
but not if you do it º here.

How odd.

Mind you, it's not very often I'm writing up technical reports in the subject bar of b3ta threads so it's not come up before.

Odder still, it only underlines it in the subject bar when you are typing it, not when you post it.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 10:04, archived)
# ŸÃŸ!
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 10:11, archived)