English/metric measurement error in the Mars Climate Orbiter

[12bolts]

For those not sure why we would bother to measure insects in chains.

....Otherwise we would have to stop playing cricket.

Cricket, explained
You have 2 sides, 1 out in the field; and 1 in.
Each man that’s in the in side, goes out, until he’s out and then he comes in, and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When the in side have all gone in and out, the side that was out comes in, and the side that’s been in and got out, goes out and tries to the side coming in, out.
Sometimes you even get a man still in, and not out.
When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs, that’s the end of the game

[olderdan]

For those not sure why we would bother to measure insects in chains.

Cricket, explained
You have 2 sides, 1 out in the field; and 1 in.
Each man that’s in the in side, goes out, until he’s out and then he comes in, and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When the in side have all gone in and out, the side that was out comes in, and the side that’s been in and got out, goes out and tries to the side coming in, out.
Sometimes you even get a man still in, and not out.
When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs, that’s the end of the game

That is amusing and just about sums up my understanding of the game of cricket but then I have never been interested in any sport that is just based on a ball.
However the scene of cricket played on a village green on a summer afternoon is a pleasing sight, so british don't you know.