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

[Dave Froble]

On 12/24/2021 12:44 AM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:
> 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.

According to the Wiki piece, several someones did notice, but were ignored.


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