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ORIGINAL: mistoferin

So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of
what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was
determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass.

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so i don't mean to be picky, but.....
i think you mean two HUNDRED years ago. Two thousand years ago Jesus supposibly walked the face of th earth.

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So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably the world's most advanced transportation system was determined over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass.

LMAO ... thanks for posting that, erin. The hallmark of great humor is that it contains both a high degree of truth and plausibility as well as a fanciful and absurd consequence or imagery, and that article had both. Engineering is all about making the compromises necessary to make theoretical science and technology adapt to the real world and real life. As some wag put it, it's where the rubber meets the blue sky. Engineering is not simply the unfettered deployment of the latest technological innovation as many people imagine, but is instead confined by all kinds of limitations such as available capital, international standards conformance, the quantities of existing (and still useful) legacy equipment, health and safety requirements, HFE (human factors engineering), etc. The article astutely demonstrated exactly how existing standards, existing technical know-how, existing labor and transportation resources, existing manufacturing plant capability, and legacy equipment all seriously constrain and determine how the next technical leap forward actually gets implemented in reality. The space shuttle is indeed limited by the design of the Roman two-horse chariot, and this "chain of compromise" can probably be chased back even further !

They say that you cannot make everybody happy all of the time, but good engineering is actually all about trying to do exactly that. That is also the goal of many submissives, although many other submissives will be quick to point out that their personal goal is to satisfy one, and only one, other person, their Master or Mistress. sissy Suspects that a high proportion of engineers (a predominantly male occupation) are also submissive males. Ultimately, most engineers are detail / quality/ service oriented males that only wish to apply their intelligence and creativity to please their financial masters (a.k.a. corporate employers, the ultimate provider of the high tech gizmos and labs that engineers need in order to "do their thing"). Presumably, at home behind closed doors, they similarly enjoy utilizing these same personality traits in order to please their sexual and intimate life partners / SOs / Wives / Mistresses.

Curtsies,

sissy maid lola




*** edited to modify initial post icon from a LOL face, since this was in the end a serious post ***

< Message edited by sissymaidlola -- 3/6/2005 2:04:51 PM >

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you absolutely made my day with this one!