Re: °K to °C conversion: hardware or software?

John Woodgate <jmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I read in sci.electronics.design that "slebetman@xxxxxxxxx"
> <slebetman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote (in
> <1131204468.088816.132960@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) about 'Re: °K
> to °C conversion: hardware or software?', on Sat, 5 Nov 2005:
>
> >It's degrees Celcius but it's just Kelvins (without degrees).
> >
>
> Well, it's 'Celsius' and it does have the degree sign. But 'K' can
> have it or not, and they mean different things. '100°K' is 100
> degrees above absolute zero, whereas '100 K' is simply any temperature
> difference of 100 kelvin.

That is counter-intuitive to me. (It is also contrary to 3 years of a
physics degree course, where we were told never to write "°K").

Surely it should be the other way around?

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John Devereux
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