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Seriously bad things have happened because of unit conversion errors....

http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/455.f96/disasters.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/792162.stm

http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/sleipner.html

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/10/orbiter.02/
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