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The most recent candidate under the DNC banner is Lincoln Chafee who interestingly, besides being the lone Republican (he switched parties) to vote against the Iraq war, is vehemently pro-metric system. I remember when I was a kid, the freeway signs for distance and speed were printed in both English and metric. Converting all those signs from miles to km (again) would cost money, but then, using the English measurement system costs money too, forever -- according to a random guy I googled up without putting any real effort into it because I'm not that interested in proving myself wrong (Paul Naughtin), somewhere between six billion and a trillion. There are without a doubt, critics who might call that somewhat of a wide margin but as one witty commenter noted: "It is probably impossible to give an upper bound on that, however I can give you a lower bound: 500 Million Dollars for the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter by NASA".
Now, I'm neither a firm GOP nor DNC voter... but I'm tempted.
takyon: Former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee joins a number of other candidates seeking a 2016 U.S. presidential nomination.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday June 06 2015, @03:40PM
Mars climate orbiter?
Gimli Glider?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 06 2015, @03:45PM
See the very first comment. MCO had nothing to do with units.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Tuesday June 09 2015, @02:49AM
Of course it did, someone assumed kilograms, someone else assumed pounds. If three countries on the planet did not teach pounds, the scientists in those countries would never assume pounds. Sure, kg should have been specified, but it's a belt and braces approach.