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: Fraser Wilson Subject: Re: Loss of Mars Climate Orbiter due to units of measurment conflicts Date: 1999/10/14 Message-ID: <7u5fr8$l8t$1@kimba.whitelion.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 536806181 References: <1999Oct4.072511.1@eisner> <2A02C30D72C8E6B4.DFCF46BA85758C97.B51FFEB632AE496F@lp.airnews.net> <38062935.F35CF3F1@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@pacbell.net X-Trace: typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net 939934340 216.101.252.104 (Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:52:20 PDT) Organization: White Lion NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:52:20 PDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: paene lacrimavi postquam Wes Groleau scripsit: >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 That's not G, that's g! I bet this wouldn't have happened if you'd been using SI! :) ObAda: if only physical constants were case-insensitive. Fraser.