Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 03/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:24:06 GMT

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:09:29 -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?

>No science, but good engineering, and I'll bet he didn't have the 'boys
>club' indoctrination that you seem to think is the sign of an engineer.

That's not engineering--it's simply a trade.

>The
>fact is that you seem to be nothing more than a syncophant trying to claim
>membership in engineering while apparently having nothing but school courses
>to back it up. I know of at least one 'professional engineer' with all the
>requried documentation that never managed to get a single project to work in
>his entire well paid career. You remind me of him.

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.

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