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From: Wes Groleau <wwgrol@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com>
Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conf
Date: 1999/10/25
Date: 1999-10-25T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38147DBD.8214F32C@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: XFMail.991025080226.wilhelm.spickermann@t-online.de


> > Actually, you can't "choose" what units the fundamental constants
> > are in.  They are decided on by an international body and the method
> > of measurement, the units used, the accuracy, etc are all part of
> > the published value.
> ..
> 
> I wouldn�t quite say that. Fundamental constants like the gravitational
> constant or the speed of light cannot be decided on and no one may
> decide, how they are to be measured.

Oh, yeah?  The Indiana legislature once "decided" that Pi equals 3.0...
(Or is that "urban legend"?)




  reply	other threads:[~1999-10-25  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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1999-10-12  0:00             ` Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts Richard D Riehle
1999-10-12  0:00               ` Larry Kilgallen
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     [not found]   ` <1999Oct4.072511.1@eisner>
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1999-10-14  0:00       ` Wes Groleau
1999-10-14  0:00         ` Fraser Wilson
1999-10-21  0:00         ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-21  0:00           ` Wes Groleau
1999-10-21  0:00             ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-21  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
1999-10-22  0:00                 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-10-24  0:00             ` Robert B. Love 
1999-10-25  0:00               ` Wes Groleau
1999-10-25  0:00               ` Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conf Wilhelm Spickermann
1999-10-25  0:00                 ` Wes Groleau [this message]
1999-10-25  0:00                   ` Gisle S�lensminde
1999-10-25  0:00                     ` Keith Thompson
1999-10-25  0:00                       ` Bryce Bardin

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