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Re:Physics Has Demoted Mass by angry_octet on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:45PM (#15692738)
"But what is matter, exactly? Imagine a cube of ice, measuring a little over one inch (or 2.7 centimeters) in length."

Gasping. For. Air.

I love that an article on units gets a unit conversion massively wrong.

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Re:Physics Has Demoted Mass by angry_octet on Monday November 20, 2017 @04:42PM (#15743561)
Touched a raw nerve obviously.

Lost due to use of imperial units: 1998 Solar Heliospheric Observatory 1999 Mars Climate Orbiter

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