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Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors.

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  • G gardnerp

    Bad asteroid science? Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors. - CSMonitor.com[^] I think most likely he was using IE to navigate the data.

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    megaadam
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    That illustration is interesting. The shadowy site, away from the distant star, is casting a cone of light. Faulty data indeed.

    ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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    • G gardnerp

      Bad asteroid science? Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors. - CSMonitor.com[^] I think most likely he was using IE to navigate the data.

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      Lost User
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      IMHO all science is like that. Nobody gets it 100% correct the first time.

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      • G gardnerp

        Bad asteroid science? Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors. - CSMonitor.com[^] I think most likely he was using IE to navigate the data.

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        Maximilien
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        Where's the "published" paper ? It should be peer-reviewed as well. And if there is at least an error confusing radius and diameter, who knows what other errors there are in there.

        I'd rather be phishing!

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        • G gardnerp

          Bad asteroid science? Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors. - CSMonitor.com[^] I think most likely he was using IE to navigate the data.

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          dandy72
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          This, coming from a guy who used to work for a software company that still can't get its patching system right after decades of trying?

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            This, coming from a guy who used to work for a software company that still can't get its patching system right after decades of trying?

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            9082365
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            I we're going to be judged by who we used to work for we're all in a pile of dog doo-doo up to our ears! besides he wasn't even a software dude!

            I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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            • D dandy72

              This, coming from a guy who used to work for a software company that still can't get its patching system right after decades of trying?

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              Mark_Wallace
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              Maybe, but they patched their company by getting rid of him, so he was probably one of the few useful ones.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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              • G gardnerp

                Bad asteroid science? Former Microsoft exec says NASA data is full of errors. - CSMonitor.com[^] I think most likely he was using IE to navigate the data.

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                Mark_Wallace
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                Almost nothing that astronomers claim holds up under close scrutiny, so don't be surprised at this.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  Almost nothing that astronomers claim holds up under close scrutiny, so don't be surprised at this.

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  jeron1
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                  Jeeze, so much dark energy.

                  "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                    Jeeze, so much dark energy.

                    "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    Negative creativity and dark desires for free "research" money is the problem. I dare say we've all worked with people who can't actually do what they say they can do, and who make ridiculous claims about how everything works, if you only look at the world with the same myopic blinkers that they wear. Fortunately, those people are a low percentage of developers. With astronomers, it's close to 100% They're the marketing morons of the science world.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • 9 9082365

                      I we're going to be judged by who we used to work for we're all in a pile of dog doo-doo up to our ears! besides he wasn't even a software dude!

                      I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                      dandy72
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                      9082365 wrote:

                      besides he wasn't even a software dude!

                      Everything I remember hearing about Myhrvold on his role at Microsoft is all about how much of a "software dude" he actually is... :confused:

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