Return-Path: Received: from bree.pipcom.com ([204.92.62.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.5) with SMTP id 2645411 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:20:13 -0400 Received: (qmail 6241 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2003 16:20:11 -0000 Received: from ras3-25.pipcom.com (HELO new) (204.92.62.157) by bree.pipcom.com with SMTP; 21 Oct 2003 16:20:11 -0000 Message-ID: <008001c397ee$cd2d1400$6701a8c0@new> From: "Peter Cowan/Lexy Cameron" To: "flyrotary" Subject: "good enough" and such Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:22:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_007D_01C397BD.2E4E4380" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C397BD.2E4E4380 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First, Ed, you know we all love ya. My thanks also for your last recount of the incident. Finally, the couple of comments on engineers accepting good enough = reminds me of the best example of that philosphy and one which drove it = home to me most vividly. It came in the form of a Simpson's episode = where Homer was using a time machine. Each time he returned from the = past his environment was somewhat different due to his having disturbed = something in the past. Because it wasn't just what he wanted he kept = returning to the past to try to "fix" the future. He finally thought he = had it right with home and family looking just like he had left them but = as they began to eat a meal the rest of them ate like frogs with their = tongues. Tired of all this search for perfection Homer says "Oh well = close enough". Those writers really know about life in the real world. Peter ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C397BD.2E4E4380 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

First, Ed, you know we all love = ya.

My thanks also for your last recount of = the=20 incident.

Finally, the couple of comments on = engineers=20 accepting good enough reminds me of the best example of that = philosphy=20 and one which drove it home to me most vividly. It came in the form of a = Simpson's episode where Homer was using a time machine. Each time he = returned=20 from the past his environment was somewhat different due to his having = disturbed=20 something in the past. Because it wasn't just what he wanted he kept = returning=20 to the past to try to "fix" the future. He finally thought he had = it right=20 with home and family looking just like he had left them but as they = began to eat=20 a meal the rest of them ate like frogs with their tongues. Tired of all = this=20 search for perfection Homer says "Oh well close enough". Those writers = really=20 know about life in the real world.

Peter

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