Textbook Answers

[He Man]

That's the problem...

you guys think everything is so cut and dry.

I can make the beast with two backs up your work by leaving out a washer.

You're not that smart.

[Engineered to Fail...Petrowski]

(http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/to-forgive-design-henry-petroski/1110781930) ?

You are right. In civil engineering, 90% of the design is cookie cutter because codes dont require you to think much and everyone complains about cost (and then you wonder why everything ends up looking like a box!). Everyone else, well, that aint my problem! Cookie cutter thinking = high volume = $$. the unique think jobs stuff = no money. Would be great if you are in the middle, but most either fall on the extreme left or extreme right.

Seriously though, its school and i expect there to be an answer!

Don't know much about that......I'm not a very good engineer.

I can't even get a vanity plate right.

Hope your not trying to flip a car upside down just to get someone to read that!

[ducpainter]

(http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/to-forgive-design-henry-petroski/1110781930) ?

You are right. In civil engineering, 90% of the design is cookie cutter because codes dont require you to think much and everyone complains about cost (and then you wonder why everything ends up looking like a box!). Everyone else, well, that aint my problem! Cookie cutter thinking = high volume = $$. the unique think jobs stuff = no money. Would be great if you are in the middle, but most either fall on the extreme left or extreme right.

Seriously though, its school and i expect there to be an answer!

Actually I was referring to this one... To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985), ISBN 978-0-679-73416-

All rocket science can be foiled by people...and you guys aren't smart enough to change that.

Architects make things look good...

the civil engineers decide it can't be done.

What's with the negativity?

[AdmiralKit]

Books only have half of the answers in the back so that teachers have the ability to give students a chance to check some of their answers while not doctoring all of their work just to slide to an easy grade.  You do an odd problem, you can verify your knowledge of the material is correct by checking against the answers.  You do an even problem, and you have to apply that same knowledge without the safety net of the answer section in the back of the book.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Actually I was referring to this one... To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985), ISBN 978-0-679-73416-

All rocket science can be foiled by people...and you guys aren't smart enough to change that.

Pointy end goes up is a hard concept sometimes.

[sugarcrook]

The whole concept of figuring shit out was challenging for a number of people in my cohort during my MBA. Knowing how to make and educated guess on numbers was something they just couldn't deal with. Sometimes you have to pick numbers based on the available info and be able to defend them.

And I thought you were going to med school.

[Speedbag]

All rocket science can be foiled by people...and you guys aren't smart enough to change that.

+1

As an engineer for nearly 20 years, I agree - there is no such thing as making something "foolproof".

"Fool-resistant" is the best that you can hope for. 



(and there is no fix for stupid)

[zooom]

+1

As an engineer for nearly 20 years, I agree - there is no such thing as making something "foolproof".

"Fool-resistant" is the best that you can hope for. 



(and there is no fix for stupid)

wait...I thought there was...it is called death....and that is where we get the Darwin awards from.

[ducpainter]

wait...I thought there was...it is called death....and that is where we get the Darwin awards from.

We make bigger and better fools every day.

It's a never ending process.

[Popeye the Sailor]

hell if i know im right or not. You have 5 people with different answers and everyone arguing who is right or wrong. book doesnt tell you the answer and everyones sure they did it right and the professor wont ever actually solve a problem in front of you, fearing he will be made a fool of!

Probably your best school lesson right there. This will happen in real life, with no answer held somewhere and no one to pick one over the other. G'wan and work it out-use beer.

[lethe]

Probably your best school lesson right there. This will happen in real life, with no answer held somewhere and no one to pick one over the other. G'wan and work it out-use beer.

the answer is that some idiot will take it upon themselves to figure it out while everyone else makes themselves scarce

[He Man]

use beer.

I prefer beer over energy drinks. but apparently that;s not socially acceptable.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I prefer beer over energy drinks. but apparently that;s not socially acceptable.

Second most important lesson is how to hold your liquor.

Don't be that guy at company events.

[zooom]

I prefer beer over energy drinks. but apparently that;s not socially acceptable.

I guess that would depend on the social circle/circumstance too now wouldn't it?

[JohnEE]

Actually I was referring to this one... To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design (1985), ISBN 978-0-679-73416-

That book was required reading in my "Engineering Ethics Class". And by required reading i mean read a couple pages after I finshed my lab, math and electronics hw.....

I prefer beer over energy drinks. but apparently that;s not socially acceptable.

A study beer is a real thing!

[Grampa]

We make bigger and better fools every day.

It's a never ending process.

you rang?