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fifty nine

join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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reply to alkizmo

Re: Hopeless or possible? HDTV OTA

said by alkizmo:

said by Bob:

You could put a 10' mast on the garage.

Only if 20-25 feet isn't enough.

said by Bob:

EDIT: Aren't you guys metric? Why you talkin in feet?

Because I know both, but you guys don't

We do. We have NASA and stuff here that you don't have there, remember?


alkizmo

join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
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said by fifty nine:

We do. We have NASA and stuff here that you don't have there, remember?

I do remember NASA losing a Mars probe because someone didn't read measurements as metric.


leibold
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join:2002-07-09
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said by alkizmo:

I do remember NASA losing a Mars probe because someone didn't read measurements as metric.

NASA read them as metric alright (and that is what they were supposed to be). Too bad Lockhead Martin incorrectly specified the force of the thrusters using imperial measurements. Oops
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