Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I was just needling acidfast7 about the "metric logic" of the Fahrenheit scale. But keep talking like that and you'll wind up using slugs and BTU and other weird units. As opposed to the simple clarity of needing 1 calorie to raise the temperature of 1 cubic centimeter of water (which weighs 1 gram) by 1 degree.
Needling is good and I am thrilled to know exactly how many calories I need to buy the next time I warm up my 250cc cup of coffee. Helpful!