On 7/11/2018 1:18 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:25:06 -0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:

One might comment that a fairly large number of bridges, that
subsequently fell down, were designed by the engineers of the times
:-)

Therefore, anything designed by an engineer will eventually fall
apart. I like the logic.

The problem with mechanical engineering is that problems, such as
falling bridges, are easily visible. Even Joe Sixpack can recognize a
mechanical failure. The fault is always with the architect or
designer, and never with cost cutting contractor, sloppy construction
company, defective imported components, blind inspectors, bribed
officials, or the demands of the aesthetics committees. It's for this
reason that I chose to go into electronics. Few can recognize an
electronic problem or find someone on the design staff to blame. It's
safety through obscurity.

More on that theme: http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-06-10

I was once assigned the task of rationalizing countless pages of
spaghetti code that was controlling various robotic workcells. The
original author was probably ****ed that I succeeded.


--
- Frank Krygowski