Ed's comment reminded me of a little aphorism,=20 here quoted with tongue in cheek=20 (and without a copy of the entire previous discussion!) "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, [often] there is." -Rich :-) -----Original Message----- From: Ed Priest [mailto:epriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:07 PM ... Chris Well written and if I may steal and paraphrase what you have written I'd like to expand its reach. "The main trick with Engineering is to know when to include stuff=20 and to equally know when to leave it out. THAT is the most difficult part. One wants it complex enough to get meaningful, useful data but not so complex to where the data is meaningless or simply never = converges." If you can learn to be good at that task you will be a good Engineer - whatever area of expertise you are in. Many smart people never become good engineers because they can't accomplish that task. Thanks Ed ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu