Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!
From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 03/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:56:50 GMT
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.
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