Nilly, catching up from yesterday, science of course is done in metric since it makes the scales work out much easier. Engineers working for NASA used to design stuff at least once did so in feet and inches, then convert it so that components from the rest of the world would work with US machines. But it is currently believed that one of the Mars missions from the late 90s that failed, failed because one of design teams (from Lockheed I think) forgot to do a conversion somewhere. And because of simple math error, a couple hundred million went down the drain. So I am willing to bet that everything on Mars right now was designed in metric, to avoid conversion problems...
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
CaBil - Jun 17, 2008 3:26:27 am PDT #3521 of 10003
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
CaBil - Jun 17, 2008 3:27:15 am PDT #3522 of 10003
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Happy birthday Cass!
Tom Scola - Jun 17, 2008 3:28:49 am PDT #3523 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Happy birthday Cass!
Sue - Jun 17, 2008 3:49:21 am PDT #3524 of 10003
hip deep in pie
Happy birthday Cass!
Toddson - Jun 17, 2008 4:12:03 am PDT #3525 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Ginger, I checked with my friend and she and her mother went on a Regent Seven Seas Mariner cruise.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 17, 2008 4:25:00 am PDT #3526 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Birthday happies for Cass!
sarameg - Jun 17, 2008 4:26:46 am PDT #3527 of 10003
I love starting my mornings with rage.
Kat - Jun 17, 2008 4:29:02 am PDT #3528 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh no, sara. What happened?
msbelle - Jun 17, 2008 4:29:11 am PDT #3529 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh no sara, that does not sound good.
mac got all worked up last night, so we didn't get to bed until after 10 and he slept in my bed, so that was less than ideal.
Also? Big big boss of the whole global company is in the NY office today, so people are edgy.
Jesse - Jun 17, 2008 4:35:08 am PDT #3530 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hapy birthday, Cass!
Achtung, msbelle!