scientific gibberish

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/6/2012 12:21 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>What does one mean when he says "twice as cold"?

-89.4 is about twice as much as -40.  Is what he meant.

Joel


>http://goo.gl/3OFkG
>>"Temps are dropping below -40 Celsius [-40 degrees Fahrenheit] and
>>they have only a week or so left before they have to winterize the
>>station," he said. "I can only imagine what things must be like at
>>Vostok Station this week."...
>>When the winter arrives in the next few weeks, the temperature can
>>_get_twice_as_cold_. Vostok Station boasts the lowest recorded
>>temperature on Earth: -89.4 degrees Celsius (-129 degrees Fahrenheit).
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>[facepalm]
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