[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Friday, December 24, 2021 at 12:36:28 AM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/23/2021 10:42 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 1:42:27 PM UTC-5, Dave Froble wrote: 
> >> On 12/22/2021 10:41 AM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >>> On 2021-12-22, Dave Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote: 
> >>>> 
> >>>> For some of us, "F" is standard. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> As is inches, feet, yards, miles, pounds, quarts, gallons, etc ... 
> >>>> 
> >>>> :-) 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> The US lost a probe due to that mindset. :-) 
> >>> 
> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter 
> >>> 
> >>> Simon. 
> >>> 
> >> I'd suggest the problem was stupidity ... 
> > 
> > It was the fact that they were using different systems of units, not that one was using non-metric units. Which goes more toward the "stupidity" explanation.
> I totally disagree. It''s quite simple to convert between systems. 
> 
> When someone tells you to get off the road, the bus is coming, do you refuse 
> because they didn't fill out the proper forms? That's stupidity.

Touche'. Actually it's kind of both. But mostly stupidity. You'd figure there would be teams and that _someone_ would notice something wasn't right.

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