On Nov 10, 2013, at 12:33 AM, Josh Howlett <Josh.Howlett@xxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Seriously, I think that a lack of comprehension of the existence of >>> engineering is a major hindrance is some parts of the world, such as >>> where the Economist comes from. >> >> Where the Economist comes from, "engineering" is is the reason that >> the railway is closed and you are bustituted instead. Count your >> blessings. > > Au contraire. The Economist is probably the most enlightened periodical, > in terms of engineering coverage, of any of the mainstream international > press. It was, for example, the first to cover Linux in the early > nineties. Larry Ellison of Oracle said of it: "I used to think, now I just > read The Economist". > Whenever anyone mentions that publication, all I can think of is: http://www.theonion.com/articles/according-to-the-economist-nasa-is-an-industrial-s,11532/ Yoav