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First, Ed, you know we all love ya.
My thanks also for your last recount of the
incident.
Finally, the couple of comments on engineers
accepting good enough reminds me of the best example of that philosphy
and one which drove it home to me most vividly. It came in the form of a
Simpson's episode where Homer was using a time machine. Each time he returned
from the past his environment was somewhat different due to his having disturbed
something in the past. Because it wasn't just what he wanted he kept returning
to the past to try to "fix" the future. He finally thought he had it right
with home and family looking just like he had left them but as they began to eat
a meal the rest of them ate like frogs with their tongues. Tired of all this
search for perfection Homer says "Oh well close enough". Those writers really
know about life in the real world.
Peter
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