Comments on: Multiplication is hard… http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/ Drama! Intrigue! Geekiness! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: devadutta http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-8167 devadutta Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:06:32 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-8167 Amajing Queston :) Amajing Queston :)

]]> By: piezocake http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7885 piezocake Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:12:47 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7885 Both were caused as a direct result of wrong calculations by humans. Both were caused as a direct result of wrong calculations by humans.

]]> By: Dibyo http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7881 Dibyo Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:12:44 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7881 Both the Gimli Glider and the Mars Climate Orbiter were victim to incorrect conversion of metric units and imperial units. Ha. Both the Gimli Glider and the Mars Climate Orbiter were victim to incorrect conversion of metric units and imperial units.

Ha.

]]> By: rajeshvj http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7880 rajeshvj Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:07:15 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7880 Math with the wrong units. Nice question. Math with the wrong units.

Nice question.

]]> By: Chandrakant Nair http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7879 Chandrakant Nair Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:53:24 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7879 First pic is of Air Canada flight 143 vch crashlanded at Gimli in Canada in 1983 due to lack of fuel(was on NGC very recently).. Second pic is the unsuccessful Mars Climate Orbiter mission of 1998.. Both accidents occurred as a result of miscalculations due the conflicting values given by the Metric system n d Imperial System ; fuel load was miscalcalculated in case of the air canada flight and time in case of d space probe.. First pic is of Air Canada flight 143 vch crashlanded at Gimli in Canada in 1983 due to lack of fuel(was on NGC very recently)..

Second pic is the unsuccessful Mars Climate Orbiter mission of 1998..

Both accidents occurred as a result of miscalculations due the conflicting values given by the Metric system n d Imperial System ; fuel load was miscalcalculated in case of the air canada flight and time in case of d space probe..

]]> By: Rohan http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7874 Rohan Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:23:41 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7874 gimli gilder metric mixup accidents!! nice one gimli gilder metric mixup accidents!! nice one

]]> By: Gurupad http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7873 Gurupad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:10:19 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7873 gimili glider- accident caused by using metric system which replaced the imperial system. mars climate orbiter- accident caused by using imperial system which replaced the metric system. gimili glider- accident caused by using metric system which replaced the imperial system.

mars climate orbiter- accident caused by using imperial system which replaced the metric system.

]]> By: Goyal http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7871 Goyal Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:16:06 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7871 Both had errors due to confusion between metric and British units. Both had errors due to confusion between metric and British units.

]]> By: Atul Mathew http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7870 Atul Mathew Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:12:21 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7870 1-Gimli Gilder 2-Mars Climate Orbiter Connect: Both accidents took place as a result of errors in metric-imperial conversions. 1-Gimli Gilder
2-Mars Climate Orbiter

Connect: Both accidents took place as a result of errors in metric-imperial conversions.

]]> By: varuns88 http://www.boiledbeans.net/2008/07/26/multiplication-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-7865 varuns88 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:02:35 +0000 http://www.boiledbeans.net/?p=1379#comment-7865 1.Gimli Glider 2.Mars Climate Orbiter Connect-> Metric Mixup 1.Gimli Glider
2.Mars Climate Orbiter

Connect-> Metric Mixup

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