aguywithamum

Yeah, that's in reference to the failure of Beagle 2. It's on the page that was linked by Someone1234 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter#Cause_of_...).

Wow, I've never used slides.com. It looks really nice.

Does anyone have experience with other things like Scratch? I remember using a program, which looks a lot like Scratch (but isn't), at a technical summer camp when I was younger that let one make simple games with Scratch-like rules, but I can't remember what it was called.

Oh, that's true! I hadn't even noticed the difference. I've never heard anyone use the phrase "integrated developer environment" either.

"The primary cause of this discrepancy was that one piece of ground software supplied by Lockheed Martin produced results in a United States customary unit ('American'), contrary to its Software Interface Specification (SIS), while a second system, supplied by NASA, that used those results expected them to be in metric units, in accord with the SIS."

The point being that his particular failure could've possibly been avoided if we were not using two parallel measurement systems...

But if a company has a high turnover rate with domestic hires, the added cost may become marginal compared to the cost of constantly hiring.

I wonder what the average Android engineer makes compared to the average Java engineer.

I think it could also be for people that aren't programmers that may read the article. But, yeah, I've never heard anyone use the full name.

Yeah, what's wrong with IDE's? (Insert joke about thinking he was referring to sitting down or putting headphones on.)

Exactly this. I love being able to use a plug that is near a well traveled area and have no worries about my computer if people trip over it.