Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: The Warm Equations Date: 25 Jun 2024 04:33:04 GMT Organization: loft Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net l/L3Qj5Fj3B9DZAXR4ciigrAlikWCqIozOK5EwWUkTOv4Cc7Vx X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:Y67D+JsxiLuh8A+B1A48vptVtvc= sha256:7ry7RqXbYRS4OUKH5az2pr0V3c9MExA/uqo+pBW+W90= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Bytes: 1664 In article , Lynn McGuire wrote: >On 6/24/2024 6:41 PM, Tony Nance wrote: >> On 6/24/24 7:09 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: >>> In article , BCFD 36 >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The operative word above is "usually". Sometimes, there are those who >>>> decide that the margin for safety is just too high and too expensive and >>>> the margin is reduced. Sometimes reduced to zero. And it is rarely the >>>> engineers who do this. >>> >>> The optimist sees the glass half-full. >>> >>> The pessimist sees it half-empty. >>> >>> The engineer sees a 50% margin against overflow. >>> >> >> The physicist sees the glass is full, 50% water and 50% air. > >The chemist also sees the glass is full. > >Lynn > > Your Brother-In-Law: Water! Aintcha got no beer? -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..