Robert: On one of my first days in the office, I was working on concrete beam designs using my slide rule, when an old senior engineer walked by, stopped to look at my results, and then gave me some advice. "Too many decimal places. " he said, " Just remember that engineering is an exact science based on assumptions."
Neal Hammon On Jan 47, 1120092007, at 12:31 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: It's starting to remind me of the government engineer's rule of thumb: all computations should be made with the most obscure measurements possible such as "furlongs per fortnight." On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My favorite acre computation is to figure out the amount of runoff > from a rainstorm. Converting inch-acres to gallons without paper and > pencil is a good way to make a long drive short. > > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
