Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:

> ... Have you seen Avins, or Wescott, or RBJ, or
> Lyons, or Andor, or Alnor or whoever asking stupid questions?

Vladimir,

I'm pleased that you don't think my questions stupid. (I know that some
of my answers are!) You may also have noticed that I often trouble to
answer questions that you think are stupid, or at least trying to
explain the question's flaws. "Are we there yet" coming from the back
seat is a stupid question when traveling down the road at speed. There
are other circumstances that make the same question reasonable.

I am often tempted to the same sarcasm that you do so well. Knowing that
the momentary satisfaction I would derive from it comes at the expense
of the group dynamic here, I usually refrain.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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