Quote: Engineer and the Glass Half Empty

"An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be"
- Anonymous

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Who will say that the glass is half-full of water, and half-full of air?

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and also water vapour..

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and Al Gore would say the water is vanishing due to global warming.

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The glass is 0.5+/-0.1 mL full

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Im sorry, the The glass is 50%+/-0.1% full. Sheesh!

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I'm an agathist - I know the glass will be refilled.

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And a Wife will tell you "Put a coaster under that".

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HEY! That's what our Engineering club T-Shirts at school say.

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Every real engineer knows that the glass has a safety factor of 2.

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Actually, it all depends on how you define your C.V. boundaries

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A comp-sci will tell you to keep the glass away from the keyboard!

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I'd say shit the same, I'm gonna drink from it anyway.

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and a narcissist will say "Who drank my water?"

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I think you mean V.C. boundaries which stands for virtual condition boundaries

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