On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 05:58:07PM -0500, Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote: ... > On 2/5/11 16:46 , Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > > Engineering (noun): science or profession that puts matter & energy > > to use for man by the practical application of scientific knowledge. > > "Macmillan Dictionary for Students" > > > > Is system administration engineering? > > There isn't a whole lot that *isn't* engineering by that definition. > Philosophy, maybe.
Brandon, remember that what we call "Natural Sciences" were originally called "Natural Philosophy". In that spirit, I would call engineering physical philosophy, or perhaps better, methodological philosphy. Certainly how I fix things tends to partake of the philosophical more than rote learning. And I would agree that there's not a lot concerning how humans deal with the physical world that is not engineering. And maths. I would except perhaps falling into mud puddles and similar accidents that come from ignoring the maths and engineering of the situation. ;~) -- /*********************************************************************\ ** ** Joe Yao j...@tux.org - Joseph S. D. Yao ** \*********************************************************************/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
