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02-12-09, 05:01 PM
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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
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02-12-09, 06:58 PM
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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.
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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... 
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02-12-09, 09:48 PM
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Re: Quick maths help anyone
No, like YC I am a mechanical engineer, but work on power plant project management systems and techy development projects
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02-12-09, 09:57 PM
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02-12-09, 10:05 PM
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Re: Quick maths help anyone
Theres too much mention of the word fun in a thread which is about algebra, mechanical and civil engineering....
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02-12-09, 10:17 PM
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Re: Quick maths help anyone
Tim has a book of log tables, I still have my slide rule. And I know how to use it
We are old farts 
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02-12-09, 10:34 PM
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Re: Quick maths help anyone
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.
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03-12-09, 04:13 PM
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Re: Quick maths help anyone
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.
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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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