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thulfi 02-12-09 05:01 PM
Re: Quick maths help anyone
 
really! oh dear why the civil engineer bashing! Imagine being responsible for the physcis behind a dam or a bridge..would be awesome

timwilky 02-12-09 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by thulfi (Post 2113217)
really! oh dear why the civil engineer bashing! Imagine being responsible for the physcis behind a dam or a bridge..would be awesome
Yes but civil engineers think they can overcome nature.

E.g. I worked on this Our geological surveys said the mountains were moving. The civils said "Not a problem". Who was right?

Still adopt the Chinese mentality. A mountain in the way. blow it up and use it for infill elsewhere.

thulfi 02-12-09 08:31 PM
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firstly, you worked on that..awesome!

So I take it you're a geologist? And I also take it the civils had the final say!!

Either way, I guess they all make mistakes. I'm sure some civils are better than others. Either way, some of the roads that flow through the alps are breathtaking...

and this even...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5_2007_266.jpg

timwilky 02-12-09 09:48 PM
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No, like YC I am a mechanical engineer, but work on power plant project management systems and techy development projects

thulfi 02-12-09 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by timwilky (Post 2113575)
No, like YC I am a mechanical engineer, but work on power plant project management systems and techy development projects
ah mechanical! Good choice..Mechanics in maths was the most fun I had in A-levels (aside from the partying of course:D)

Sally 02-12-09 10:05 PM
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Theres too much mention of the word fun in a thread which is about algebra, mechanical and civil engineering.... :)

Ed 02-12-09 10:17 PM
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Tim has a book of log tables, I still have my slide rule. And I know how to use it:D

We are old farts:santa:

zobers 02-12-09 10:34 PM
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I know how to use a slide rule too, just like the idea of them though, I didn't actually need to use one, just learned for fun. :) Still used log tables at uni in some of my non calculator exams too.

yorkie_chris 03-12-09 04:13 PM
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I would question the sanity of anyone who'd make you use log tables when in practice anywhere you'd use a calculator or a computer!

All our non-calculator stuff is set up so if you do the question right it comes out as "simple" relationships.

zobers 03-12-09 04:32 PM
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Sane physicist- oxymoron there! Only ever used log tables for one exam, otherwise you are correct, generally a simple obvious answer comes out.


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