On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 09:26:11 -0700 Ronald Chmara <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Russell Senior > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half > >>> full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be. > > RJ> I prefer, the glass is at half capacity. > > When I was in engineer school that whole metaphor totally baffled > > me... Half-full is *EXACTLY* *THE* *SAME* has half-empty!!! > > The glass is half full of air, half full of water, therefore, the > glass is completely full. > Unless, of course, the glass is half full of water, and the rest is a vacuum. For your amusement and edification, here is Randall Munroe's analysis of the situation: <http://what-if.xkcd.com/6/>. Enjoy! --Dale (who never expected his sig to cause such a stir!) -- One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word. -- Robert Heinlein _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
