Alex Martelli wrote: > Zefria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >>this special case I'm expecting each "carrier" to have up to 150 >>fighters, and 3 to 5 carriers for each of the two teams, which comes >>out to be quite large. > > The problem with the spread of email is that it reduces the number of > envelopes laying around, and thus makes it harder to do "back of the > envelopes" calculations (the key skill in engineering...).
Actually, a properly performed "engineering approximation" is done entirely in one's head, preferably without resorting to calculation at all. The "back of the envelope" ploy is reserved for cases where one is trying to impress a waitress (which effort is inevitably doomed to fail of course), or to make it easier to submit the dinner receipt as a business expense... ;-) -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
