Rolling eyeballs [LWN.net]

Rolling eyeballs

Posted Oct 14, 2013 16:55 UTC (Mon) by Baylink (guest, #755)
In reply to: Rolling eyeballs by jzbiciak
Parent article: The Thing System

Anyone for "sensor reports temperature in F, system expects it in C"?

Or vice versa?

(NASA fans will know why this isn't even amusing...)

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Posted Oct 14, 2013 18:09 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

Can we fix the US instead, pretty please? I really HATE HATE HATE Fahrenheit scale that is pervasive in the US.

Posted Oct 14, 2013 22:36 UTC (Mon) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] (1 responses)

And let's have them use reasonable paper sizes, too, while we're at it.

If nation states were like software companies, the USA would be Microsoft.

Posted Oct 14, 2013 23:03 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Microsoft? No, they are champions of agility compared to the US.

Think IBM with EBCDIC.