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That is.. bad, particularly since the presumed context here is about fire emergencies where speed is of the essence. Any extra steps will add delays and/or oppo
by johansch 9y ago
That is.. bad, particularly since the presumed context here is about fire emergencies where speed is of the essence. Any extra steps will add delays and/or opportunities for potentially disastrous mistakes.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvzb5/the-time-nasa-lost-a-mars-orbiter-because-of-a-metric-system-mixup https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvzb5/the-time-n...
- Scoundreller 9y agoIt’s not as bad as you make it sound. The original problem requires plenty of conversions (to cubic inches) and memorization of infrequently used constants (how many cubic inches in a gallon?). If imperial isn’t your thing, doing it in metric is easier, at least it was for me.