Ron, I always enjoy your perspective. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860-535-2080 www.fpdc.com
On Sep 5, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Steve Leyton > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This isn't rocket science. > > > Even rocket science has a lot of scootch room. That's why they have > provisions to make adjustments on the way to the edge of the solar system. > If these brainiacs add redundancies and leave room for error, as do bridge > builders, car makers, etc., then wouldn't one think that somehow the > manufacturers of components and code writers would know that the folks > designing and installing these systems are children of a lesser god than > the one for rocket scientists. Running a number in a calc to the ten > thousandths place looks impressive but like in the joke where the young > shepherd is ridiculed by his fellows for having relations with the ugliest > goat, SO WHAT? Their still all having relations with goats. > > > -- > Ron Greenman > Instructor > Fire Protection Engineering Technology > Bates Technical College > 1101 So. Yakima Ave. > Tacoma, WA 98405 > > [email protected] > > http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ > > 253.680.7346 > 253.576.9700 (cell) > > Member: > ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC > > They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, > essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
