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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 6:53 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Re: Print dpi comparison
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>
> A lot of engineering has
> nothing to do
> > > with science, but having a good science (and math) background
> certainly
> > > goes a long way to being a good engineer.
>
> > Are you talking about engineering or art? Can you give us some
> examples of
> > engineering that is not based on science? Even rules of thumb
> that actually
> > work are based on scientific method, whether explicitly
> understood by the
> > practitioner or not.
>
> Frank, what is your engineering background? I'd like to know
> before I attempt to explain this to you.
We call ourselves software engineers, although this is actually rather
pretentious, because most of the time it is art. More and more however the
industry is trying to spec things out before we actually carve our products
into code. My degree is in the philosophy of science from the University of
Chicago, way back before (this university anyhow) offered degrees in
computer science. So, with all that out of the way, educate me.
Frank Paris
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