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Mail From: Eric Vaillancourt <(email redacted)>


Over all, I accept guilt Dan, but not on this thread. A more likely
scenario for the three standing around naked would be as follows:

A fully clothed woman, noticing the naked woman and man standing there,
walks over and asks the naked woman what's going on. She replies that
she told a Physicist and an Engineer that they could have her if they
met her half way. She goes on to say that upon hearing this, the
Physicist muttered something about "Zen" and "Achilles paradox" and
cried out "impossible!" and stalked off alone, while the Engineer
started furiously calculating something or other and remained where he
was.

After this exchange, both women walk away shaking their heads and
talking about how men are just completely different from women and life
would be so much easier if the two could just communicate better.

Eric

(email redacted) wrote:
>
> However,
>
> A "quick" look at the more prolific posters in the power world, puts our beloved
> machinist Eric, in the top percentiles of posters ( but certainly not ahead of
> Mel - he's in a class by himself ). Our most esteemed engineer ( Corky ) is in
> definitely in the style is brevity mode ...
>
> - Couldn't resist Eric !!!
>
> Dan
>
> Eric Vaillancourt <(email redacted)> on 10/28/2000 09:02:21 AM
>
> Please respond to Eric Vaillancourt <(email redacted)>
>
> To: Henry Payne <(email redacted)>
> cc: Bob Zahradnik <(email redacted)>, Brad Franks
> <(email redacted)>, (email redacted) (bcc: Dan W
> Thorpe/WLGORE)
> Subject: Engineering Answer (NMC)
>
> And while the Engineer is figuring out how many halfway points will be
> required to get close enough for practical purposes, a Machinist
> wandering by notices a naked Engineer and a gorgeous naked woman
> standing apart and sweeps the gorgeous, (and now bored from waiting),
> woman off her feet and takes her away. (The Physicist has already left
> at this point.)
>
> You guys *talk* too much and *do* too little. Sometimes, it's not
> necessary to prove exactly why something occurs in order to take
> advantage of the fact that it does.
>
> (Tongue in cheek mode off.)
>
> Eric
>
> Henry Payne wrote:
> >
> > On a MUCH lower level:
> >
> > Physicist and Engineer, both naked, and standing 50 feet from gorgeous naked
> > woman.
> > Both are told they can approach woman, but can only go half way each time.
> >
> > Physicist doesn't try because he knows he can never reach the woman.
> >
> > The Engineer however, knows he can get close enough for all practical
> > purposes and goes for it!
> >
> > HP
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bob Zahradnik <(email redacted)>
> > To: Brad Franks <(email redacted)>
> > Cc: <(email redacted)>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 1:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: Juniors Engineering Answer! (NMC)
> >
> > >
> > > .I can't recall the Greek guy who
> > > > originally postulated this) of never being able to reach a destination
> > > > because you always have to cross the half way point to get there. If you
> > > > continuously go half way to your detonation you will never actually
> > arrive
> > > > but instead get only infinitely closer to it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This is an incredibly apt example.
> > >
> > > His name was Zeno. I remember it because I was deeply troubled by the
> > > "Achillles paradox" the first time I read it. It was the first time I had
> > > heard of a series of apparently logical statements which led to a
> > conclusion
> > > which was obviously absolute bullshit. Now, nearly 40 years later, I get
> > to
> > > watch that process each and every night on this list.
> > >
> > > That was meant to be lighthearted, but I can't bring myself to draw a
> > little
> > > happy face. Just doesn't seem very manly.
> > >
> > > Seriously, folks, it is an apt example. Brittanica.com will tell you,
> > under
> > > "paradoxes of Zeno" that Zeno spent his time on this stuff because his
> > > mentor, Parmenides, believed that everything was "one" and that "one" was
> > > motionless. Everything else was simply an illusion. That's the kind of
> > > hole you can dig for yourself with philosophy.
> > >
> > > Does this mean that Junior Johnson (whose piston is never motionless) is
> > > that final, transcendant philosopher who has proven Zeno, who Aristotle
> > > called "the inventor of dialectic", wrong? My god what an epic triumph of
> > > the human spirit! From Parmenides to Zeno to Aristotle to finally,
> > > conclusively, definitively, that ultimate philosopher - Junior Johnson.
> > > After fifteen centuries of striving for the truth, to be finally brought
> > to
> > > that ultimate summit by a man named Junior. It makes me weak in the
> > knees.
> > >
> > > Junior Johnson - the man who debunked "the inventor of dialectic". Robert
> > > Pursig went nuts trying, but Junior succeeded. What a marvelous work man
> > > is.
> > >
> > > Bob Zahradnik
> > >
> > >
> > >