Actually, I have to clarify that my knowledge of this totally digressive topic is about 12 years obsolete. Maybe it's all done differently now...
> However, one wouldn't bother to use this formula if the soil was too > different > in composition from the soil around Vegas. So in reality the civil > engineer uses > some intuition to decide whether the soil is close enough to the right > kind of soil, > to use our formula. > > Now this *could* be made more rigorous, too ... in principle ... but in > practice > it isn't. > > And so, maybe some houses fall down ;-) > > But not many do. The combination of rigorous formulas applying to > restrictive > cases, together with intuition telling you where to apply what formulas, > works > OK. > > Anyway this is a total digression, and I'm done w/ recreational > emailing for the day! > > ben > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms." -- Henry Miller ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=101455710-f059c4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
