Name calling aside, it *is* a little funky how the US prefers to go their own way rather than converting to the standardized metric system. Yes it's going to confuse old and conservative people for a time, just as it has in the past other places, but just get it over with once and for all. Unfortunately I did not hear this item in Obama's inauguration speech (but it was nice and unprecedented to hear about green energy).
We probably all remember the famous software bug* that caused the international Mars Climate Orbiter probe to crash into Mars, due to NASA issuing thrust instructions in lbs rather than newtons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter *Technically this was not a bug nor a lack of specification, but a human error based on culture, however it would not have happened if everyone agreed on the primary quantities/units. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/Ane7WVyow8UJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
