English/metric measurement error in the Mars Climate Orbiter

[MeJasonT]

It gets worse we we trust computers which are really bad at math. And yet the disasters are not just for home users.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/0...ndows_crashes/

Sort of off topic but still on if you get my drift is this artical i came across on the same search for comet info

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/1...ghty_language/

Have i read this correctly googles filtering server searched its own database and shut itself down ?
Are they getting fed up of our searches containing f-ing google this that or the other when their service is less than perfect.

We have gone full circle to the early space crashes that involved the dreaded missing jump returns in code leading to code stalling and the inevitable crash.

When are programmers going to stop being narcissists and admit they are not perfect.
we will all suffer the day they remove the OFF switch.