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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Craziness Domain - Do you think "air conditioning" just means cold air? |
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Banedon Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 55 Posts: 1228/1408 EXP: 1291380 For next: 22809 Since: 03-15-04 From: Michigan Since last post: 101 days Last activity: 90 days |
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| When I hear "air conditioning," I do think of cold air. We don't use the air conditioner to heat the house, we use the heater. | |||
JDavis Trick or Treating Local Mod Affected by 'Halloween Syndrome' ++ Level: 44  Posts: 645/815 EXP: 568676 For next: 42609 Since: 03-15-04 From: Ada, Oklahoma, USA Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| While I'm well aware that air conditioning can be used to either cool or heat the air, I find that most people (around here, anyway) do refer to the cooling of air as "air conditioning" as cooling. Heck, they say "turn on the heater" when they mean "turn the air conditioner's heating function on" That, or they say "air" (turn the air on) or "heat" (turn the heat on) to refer to cold air and hot air. But that's just the majority of people here, not everyone. And, as I've said, I live in Oklahoma... Bunch of idiots for the most part in my experience. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 9926/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by Colleen Come on, you live in Canada. Why are you complaining?  Canada is cold, right? |
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DarkSlaya POOOOOOOOOOOORN! Level: 88 Posts: 3704/4249 EXP: 6409254 For next: 241410 Since: 05-16-04 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by FettsterOriginally posted by Colleen ...It's cold most of them time. But it's warmer than usual since last week. And I do refer the AC to cooling the air. I never need to use anything to get things warmer (be it an heater, etc) |
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Yoronosuku Bullet Bill YORO 4 GOD Level: 32 Posts: 152/502 EXP: 194954 For next: 11488 Since: 01-06-05 From: hailing from Oyamazaki, Kyoto Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I only did use the heating function of my AC that was in the car. . . at home, I have a kotatsu, which is sort of like a table that you put your legs under and it keeps you warm. So, I never really used an air conditioner to warm me up inside of the house =| But I did know you could use it for two things. | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 2380/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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I almost always use the term "air conditioning" to refer to the cooling of air, but yes, I'm aware that the device can in fact cool or heat the air. You just leave me and my mannerisms alone!  |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 8601/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Canada is not cold in the summer. Montreal is CERTAINLY not cold in the summer. Right now... 29C outside and it feels (humidex) like 39C. Tomorrow looks to be the same. |
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Rydain Ropa Blaze Phoenix Runs With the Dragon Within Level: 42  Posts: 593/738 EXP: 490056 For next: 31306 Since: 03-15-04 From: State College, PA Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| That's what I thought when I was little. After all, the air conditioner was that box in the window that magically produced cold air even in the nastiest summer heat. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 8613/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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...And how is that different from today? As far as I'm concerned, it still is a magic box - after all, it's keeping me alive and sane right now, whereas with the humidity today, I'd be sapped of all my energy and will to live.  |
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Rydain Ropa Blaze Phoenix Runs With the Dragon Within Level: 42 Posts: 594/738 EXP: 490056 For next: 31306 Since: 03-15-04 From: State College, PA Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Well...the box is still magical, but since then, I've learned that air conditioning encompasses all indoor climate control, not just cooling. It still seems to be generally used as a synonym for cooling, though. Humidity kills me as well. I've been doing a lot of work outside this weekend (namely, making molds to cast fiberglass parts with), and it hasn't been horrifically hot, but it doesn't take me all that long to get loopy and need to come back in and cool off.  |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67  Posts: 1980/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| I've thought about it on occasion, though it's something you figure out, nobody just comes out and says it. In spite of that, this thread smartass, b/c no one ever refers to A/C for heating. They say turn the heat on. And in the summer they say turn th A/C on. |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 4341/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins *raises hand* Ooh, you fail already.  |
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Shyguy The Original Femme Fatale! Level: 57  Posts: 1106/1998 EXP: 1443008 For next: 42920 Since: 02-14-05 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I think of A/C as cool air.... But then again, the same tool that switches A/C to Heater is called a thermostat. THERM-O-STAT. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 2061/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| We used to refer to the AC for heating, sometimes... back when it still worked. Then the heating stopped working on the reverse-cycle aircon, so we only tended to refer to it for cooling. Which, itself was unreliable. |
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UnsurpassedDarkness Melon Bug Level: 39 Posts: 579/746 EXP: 391555 For next: 13216 Since: 10-29-04 From: Λtlantıs. All your base are belong to us. Since last post: 12 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Originally posted by RydainThat |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 795/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| People could really use A/C right now. It's 16C and people are going crazy, lying on their front lawns in their underwear and stuff. Man, where did this heat come from? | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 2385/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by The Gamorr Z *Does conversion* What? Are you kidding me? 60F, and people are going crazy? It's 80F (26.6C) here now, and that's not bad (though it is muggy). Last week, we had three days straight of 90+F (32.2C)! |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 796/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Well, the general Norwegian sentiment is that "as long as the sun is up, the weather is warm". Temperatures seldom go past 30C anywhere in Norway (only happens on the hottest days of July/August), and this is Northern Norway. At this time, we could have had snow, but we were lucky, and summer set in early. Remember, the place I'm living at is about as far north as the northern tip of Alaska. All that being said, it will become hotter here, of course. We'll probably have somewhere close to the 30's at some point, but people still find 16C to be a very nice temperature. I've been walking in a t-shirt for the first time this year.  |
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Yoronosuku Bullet Bill YORO 4 GOD Level: 32 Posts: 161/502 EXP: 194954 For next: 11488 Since: 01-06-05 From: hailing from Oyamazaki, Kyoto Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by Shyguy Thermostat controlls a radiator. An AC has knobs an controlls of its own, I though. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 9953/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by NSNick We had 40.0C one day last year. You could barely go outside. I couldn |
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