From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9e927c332cabaf8f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rlove@antispam.neosoft.com (Robert B. Love ) Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts Date: 1999/10/24 Message-ID: <45E616E47678A955.512ED5E48B14AC8E.6A1F8C699390892F@lp.airnews.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 539978306 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7t9tvd$9h3$1@netserv.univ-lille1.fr> <1999Oct4.072511.1@eisner> <2A02C30D72C8E6B4.DFCF46BA85758C97.B51FFEB632AE496F@lp.airnews.net> <38062935.F35CF3F1@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <380F272A.988B7524@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> X-Orig-Message-ID: <7uvaqq$o2q@library1.airnews.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Time: Sun Oct 24 11:06:50 1999 Organization: Neosoft (using Airnews.net!) NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1.airnews.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In <380F272A.988B7524@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> Wes Groleau wrote: > > > |While I am personally in favor of the SI, I must insist that the > > |"fundamental constants" are rendered in whatever units the renderer > > |chooses. I was taught in high school that G = 32.2 ft / sec**2 > > > Yes, but I was rebutting a post that claimed the reason for using SI is > because "that's what the fundamental constants are rendered in." 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. You wouldn't expect to have "Wes' Own Ada" would you? What made Ada was decided upon by a large body after much consultation. Of course you can convert from SI to Imperial but I'll stand by my original statement. Fundamental constants are published in SI units, not some other units of convenience. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Love rlove@neosoft.com ----------------------------------------------------------------