Mmm, engineering
… the Tacoma Narrows bridge failure has given us invaluable information … It has shown [that] every new structure which projects into new fields of magnitude involves new problems for the solution of which neither theory nor practical experience furnish an adequate guide. It is then that we must rely largely on judgement and if, as a result, errors or failures occur, we must accept them as a price for human progress.
— Othmar Ammann, leading bridge designer and member of the Federal Works Agency Commission
Sorry, nothing else to post. I just thought that was a very insightful quote, and I’d rather not lose it, or at least enjoy it a bit.
Total aside, I have incorporeal.org still, and I have no idea what to do with it. I need a project…
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