Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!
From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.usa)
Date: 03/21/05
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:56:13 -0500
Rand Simberg wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:02:43 -0500, in a place far, far away, "Ian St.
> John" <istjohn@noemail.usa> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
> such a way as to indicate that:
>
>>>> The apocryphal story about engineering is that of engineering the
>>>> British Canal system. The critical thing was to keep the water from
>>>> either leaking out or the lining from washing away. The engineer
>>>> was asked what his solution was. He walked over to a pile of clay
>>>> and sand and started mixing them together chopping them into each
>>>> other as you would lard for a pie shell. When asked why it worked,
>>>> he merely replied that he didn't know. The science was not yet
>>>> developed enough to determine how the rough protrusions of the sand
>>>> grains kept a thin boundary layer of still water that kept the clay
>>>> from being washed away.
>>>
>>> What does that have to do with modern engineers, and engineering?
>>
>> I thought you might not understand engineering enough to get the
>> point.
>
> No, I understand engineering, quite well, thank you. It's you who
> seems clueless.
>
>>> That's a pretty absurd comment, since you no absolutely nothing
>>> about my engineering career. But then, that doesn't stop you from
>>> commenting about anything else.
>>
>> No. You cannot stop me from commenting on your pathetic
>> misrepresentation of engineering.
>
> Of course I can't--this is Usenet. I can't stop you from saying any
> number of insane things. All I can do is correct them. But that
> seems less and less like a fruitful use of my time, because I think
> that most can see how nuts they are without my comments.
My points are based on facts, while your replies are mere ranting. I think
that this is pretty obvious to the readers.
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