h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In the Fahrenheit and Celsius sections, the rationale for establishing 0 is explained in terms of what freezes at that temperature. But for Kelvin, you simply mentioned absolute zero. To be consistent, perhaps you should add a sentence to explain what absolute zero is in real terms.

All in all, it's a concise, informative entry. Well done!

Shipwrecked

Ohhhhhhhh... CRAP!! I just noticed "absolute zero" is a hyperlink!

Never mind, I'm a complete idiot......

Shipwrecked (and obviously potty on fermented coconut juice)

Thanks for answering your own question

Hmm, any chance of sending me some of that fermented coconut juice - it sounds like good stuff

I recommend you stick to whiskey, Whisky. This coconut brew is vile, detestable stuff! Alas, it's all I have to relieve the tedium of this desolate wasteland where I've washed ashore. However, it does suffice to wash down the fire-roasted cockroaches....

Shipwrecked

Sounds pretty awful... where do I send the emergency rescue kit containing a bottle of scotch then

Aaaaahhhh.... you're too kind, Whisky!

Well, the next time you take a jaunt down to Marseilles or Nice, you can drop your bottle of scotch in the mediterranean and let the currents carry it out past Gibralter, across the Atlantic, southwards around Cape Horn (if the Limeys on the Falklands don't pluck it out of the water) and up the coasts of South America and Mexico (hopefully it doesn't get trapped in the Baja Peninsula) until it makes its way to California. I'll go stand on Venice Beach and watch for it!



Shipwrecked