Marc:
In other words, what engineers do every day as they try to figure out how
the
heck to apply a scientific theory to the real world ;-) [see my sig]
"Argh?!? You built it just like I _told_ you!?!"
Dan R Allen wrote:
> What is a SWAG? I don't recognize the acronymn. --JWR
>
> Larry:
> Scientific wild- _ _ _ guess.
>
> There are other meanings, as well, but that's the primary
> one in most common use.
>
> Dan:
> Thanks Larry, that's the one I was using.
> The "Scientific" is meant to imply that the person making the SWAG is
> basing it on some valid data that doesn't extend far enough to make the
> SWAG a serious prediction - it's a confidence level thing.
>
--
Marc A. Schindler
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland
"The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character,
not
technicalities. We want a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we
don't want
a world of engineers." ? Sir Winston Churchill (1950)
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