[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] accuracy

[Paul Garmon]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 9:00 AM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wonder, could the extra "precision" be a result of converting from
> metric to English units? Failure to round would cause just such errors.
>

I had not thought of that, but it could well be, since Amazon is
international.  Now, if you forget to convert units at all, it can be
really bad news:

   - When NASA Lost a Spacecraft Due to a Metric Math Mistake
   <https://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/12/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metric/>


Paul
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