Anyone here remember that old cartoon about the swing? There are about half a dozen ridiculous drawings of a simple swing in ridiculous configurations, which go from: what the salesman booked, what the marketeer spec'ed, what the engineer built, and so on, until the final one was a simple rope with a tire at the end, labelled "what the customer wanted".
Dan R Allen wrote: > 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) > > Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the > author > solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author's > employer, > nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > ${list_promo} > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > ${list_promo} -- 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) Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ${list_promo}
