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Re:The Mature Programmer by shasta on Sunday December 04, 2011 @11:08AM (#3310916)
This is also why you'll find bridges that are under capacity. Some engineer was experimenting with a design he didn't fully understand.
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Re:The Mature Programmer by ryanklee on Sunday December 04, 2011 @04:52PM (#3311968)
Come on. Citation please. That's a pretty wild assertion.
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Re:The Mature Programmer by gaius on Monday December 05, 2011 @09:18AM (#3314647)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge_(London)#Reso...
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Re:The Mature Programmer by ryanklee on Monday December 05, 2011 @09:34AM (#3314701)
Interesting information, but it doesn't support the assertion made by parent that experimentation has (often, it seems implied) been the root cause of poor bridge design implementation.
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