> And I don't think this is just good hindsight; I think both of
> these examples are SO obvious that anyone with more than ten
> minutes of engineering experience would realize that they're
> completely inadequate.
The fact that all plastics degrade slowly under time shouldn't come
as a big surprise any more, either.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
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