--- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:38 PM 9/19/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >... failing to account for one > >set of calculations done in kilometers and one in > >miles (or feet) > > If you are thinking of the loss of the Mars Polar > Lander, I believe it was > actually confusion over whether the thrust of the > engine was measured in > newtons or pounds, both of which are units of force, > but one of which is about 4.5 times the other.
Ah. Thanks for the correction. <snip> > And speaking of movements . . . > > >I did not say "brown-nosing" or > >"shmoozing." [The hospital term for that is "guiaic > >positive!" - from a test done on stool to check for > >blood. ;} ] The non-verbal way to tease someone of butt-kissing was to whip out a guiaic card (clean, of course!) and rub it on the teasee's nose... ;} Desperate 3AM Humor, In Addition to The Fake British Accent Maru :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
