From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 11:45:57 MDT
I wonder how many present-day Silicon Valley "engineers" would meet this challenge.
I'm going to write a singularity/Fourth Turning-pointed Quality piece.
The Far End of "Good Enough":
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5.Turbines & Generators Photograph
All 32 of the engineering staff, however, remained at their posts in
lower decks. Right down to the young apprentices with titles like
"Assistant Sixth Engineer", and "Extra Assistant Fourth Engineer -
Refrigeration", they kept the lights and pumps running until the ship
actually broke in half. Not one survived, not one body was
recovered. Neither did any of the nine-man "guarantee team" of
engineers and tradesmen provided by the Harland & Wolff
shipyards to assist with the shakedown. All four of the 400kW
generating engines shown here were in a special watertight
compartment at the rear of the engine room. The engineers locked
themselves into it to preserve the seal. But unlike the 8-man band,
these 41 engineering staff were seldom immortalized as heroes in
newspapers or movies.
>>
From "The Titanic and Risk Management" by Roy Brander
http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~branderr/risk_essay/NDIA/index.html
Software engineers aren't BSEs. Should they be? When?
How about nanotechnology engineers?
MMB
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