Subject: Engineer and Physicist
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 06:31:03 EDT
"How To Put Out A Fire"
A small building caught on fire. In minutes, the whole
place would burn to a crisp. Inside the building there
was a mathematician, a physicist and an engineer.
Each of them started to determine how to put out the
fire the best way.
The mathematician measured the area of the fire and
prepared to dump water that would just cover that area,
thus, smothering the fire. The physicist calculated the
amount of heat being produced by the fire, and then
prepared to dump exactly the right amount of water to
absorb all the heat thus putting out the fire.
The engineer flooded the room and loudly exclaimed,
"Safety Factor!"
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"The Glass"
The glass is hall filled with water. A mathematician, aka the
pessimist, says that the glass is half-empty. A physicist, aka
the optimist, says that the glass is half-full. An engineer
declared that the glass is the wrong size. {Or determines
the 50% empty space to be the 'safety factor.'
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"Engineer and Physicist"
Difference between Engineer and Physicist explained.
Physicist: "Divide room in half, place boy at one wall
and girl at other wall. Have them walk half way to
the center; they will never meet."
Engineer: "True, but they'll get close enough for all
practical purposes."
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