Quote: Engineer and the Glass Half Empty

Posted by Alex in Quote-a-Day, Science & Tech on February 9, 2008 at 3:47 am


"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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11 comments to "Quote: Engineer and the Glass Half Empty"

  1. XY
    February 9th, 2008 at 6:24 am

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

  2. Peter
    February 9th, 2008 at 6:59 am

    and also water vapour..

  3. ted
    February 9th, 2008 at 11:36 am

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

  4. roger
    February 9th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    The glass is 0.5+/-0.1 mL full

  5. roger
    February 9th, 2008 at 3:11 pm

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

  6. violet/riga
    February 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

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

  7. VonSkippy
    February 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    And a Wife will tell you “Put a coaster under that”.

  8. Josh Parker
    February 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

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

  9. Bill
    February 9th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

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

  10. roger
    February 9th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

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

  11. Lee
    February 10th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

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


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