Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dg06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id E362F38000094; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:04:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QvXuS-000472-PC for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:03:36 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QvXuS-00046t-91 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:03:36 +0100 Received: from rhcavuit02.kulnet.kuleuven.be ([134.58.240.130] helo=cavuit02.kulnet.kuleuven.be) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QvXuQ-0003Fg-OJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:03:36 +0100 X-KULeuven-Envelope-From: rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be X-KULeuven-Scanned: Found to be clean X-KULeuven-ID: 6F969128152.A3D3E X-KULeuven-Information: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Received: from smtps01.kuleuven.be (smtpshost01.kulnet.kuleuven.be [134.58.240.74]) by cavuit02.kulnet.kuleuven.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F969128152 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:03:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ICTS-S-HUB-N2.luna.kuleuven.be (icts-s-hub-n2.luna.kuleuven.be [10.112.9.12]) by smtps01.kuleuven.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF5831E702 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:03:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ICTS-S-EXC2-CA.luna.kuleuven.be ([10.112.11.13]) by ICTS-S-HUB-N2.luna.kuleuven.be ([10.112.9.12]) with mapi; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:03:26 +0200 X-Kuleuven: This mail passed the K.U.Leuven mailcluster From: Rik Strobbe To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:03:26 +0200 Thread-Topic: LF: Re: Re: Ferrite wideband antennas? Thread-Index: Acxg409fiIoz0w36RA6PU6YDJuENJwACDD5H Message-ID: References: <16BC8B3CA8672445BC2A29B4C14A26D4379ED2AAB4@exlnmb01.eur.nsroot.net> <4DF9EFD1.5010208@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <1313780109.51443.YahooMailNeo@web111907.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <9CD1E11E8BC9402CB4AECECAC4088443@JimPC> <00f801cc6004$c2282bd0$1502a8c0@Clemens04> <004801cc6055$87313f20$4001a8c0@lark> <1313971196.2595.7.camel@pat-compaq-evo> <035601cc6065$67f3dc20$66a5fe04@ctrask>, In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: nl-NL, nl-BE Content-Language: nl-BE X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: nl-NL, nl-BE MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: RE: LF: Re: Re: Ferrite wideband antennas? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_BF4A524700075746A6467658DFC7102CB0B27CF24EICTSSEXC2CAlu_" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=HTML_30_40,HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE, HTML_MESSAGE,TO_ADDRESS_EQ_REAL autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:361442176:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d410e4e528c2c2fc7 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none --_000_BF4A524700075746A6467658DFC7102CB0B27CF24EICTSSEXC2CAlu_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >From an engineering point of view, a scientific theory does not have to be = true. It just has to be useful. Hello John, a bold statement ;-) But it is true that for an engineer the priority is that it works, knowing = how it works is a bonus, while for a scientist the last is the most importa= nt. Being a (lonely) engineer working with scientist I sometimes try to explain= the difference between a scientist and an engineer this way: When a scientist builds a bridge it will collapse, but the scientist can pe= rfectly explain why it collapsed. When an engineer builds a bridge it will = not collapse, but the engineer will not have a clue why it does not collaps= e. 73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T --_000_BF4A524700075746A6467658DFC7102CB0B27CF24EICTSSEXC2CAlu_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

From an engineering point of view, a scienti= fic theory does not have to be true.  It just has to be useful. 

 

Hello John,

 

a bold statement ;-)

But it is true that for an engi= neer the priority is that it works, knowing how it works is a bonus, while = for a scientist the last is the most important.

Being a (lonely) engineer working with sc= ientist I sometimes try to explain the difference between a scientist = and an engineer this way:

When a scientist builds a bridge it = will collapse, but the scientist can perfectly explain why it collapsed. Wh= en an engineer builds a bridge it will not collapse, but the engineer = will not have a clue why it does not collapse.

 

73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T

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