Re: Deep Rescue: Will a shuttle float?

In article <8kp77257gkabblv06d6hohm45fcrmvec1n@xxxxxxx>,
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) <reunite.gondwana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just preceded calculators, so I did slide rules and logs. I'm not
sure you lost any engineering education. The only thing I think it
was possible to lose was estimation...

Yes, I'd say that's the major loss, and a significant one. Especially
given the more recent rise in computerized simulation etc., which gives
rise to the same temptation to trust the machine's results and not think
too hard about the answer.
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