On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:42:30 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Dan Sommers <d...@tombstonezero.net> wrote: >> ObPython: My program retrieves temperatures (in Kelvins) from an >> external device (the details of which I am not at liberty to discuss) >> and stores them in the cloud (because that's where all the cool kids >> store data these days), and there's something really weird going on. >> >> $ python ./program.py >> temperature1 is -100 K >> temperature2 is 100 K >> temperature2 is hotter than temperature1 >> >> But everyone knows that -100K is hotter than 100K. I tried converting >> to UTC, but that didn't help. What am I missing? > > I'm sorry, you have completely misunderstood the problem here. You are > storing data in the cloud, which means you're representing everything > with water. It is therefore fundamentally illogical to use any > temperature outside the range [273.15K, 373.15K], because otherwise > your cloud will freeze or boil, and either way, it'll crash badly.
I think I found the problem: it's not a water cloud, it's a potassium sulfide cloud, and as its temperatures rose, I lost the special Ks. > Plus, converting to UTC? Puh-leeze. You should be using kilogram > meters per second. It was a momentary lapse of reason. Sorry. Dan -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
