@SparWeb: Thanks for the post, I liked the part about Engineering - The Philosophy. Sounds like there's a treatise in there somewhere. You seem to have faith in the branching out into a better, brighter tomorrow part, maybe I'm feeling ungenerous when I choose not to see it that way.
@IRStuff...
I'm genuinely interested in how we make the connection between where dktoao currently stands and where the current state of the industry is. That's quite a generalization (and I'd imagine someone will post explaining how creative and fulfilling their engineering job is) but I see it as a real...
I'd like to add to the (very) small number of supporting voices for OP. I understand what he's written and the existence of personality types that do not fit into the 9-5 corporate humdrum. It seems that everyone else does to, but have come to believe that these people do not belong in...
I don't think Michlet would provide reliable results in this particular case. The thin-ship theory implemented in Michlet really only applies to vessels of high length-to-beam and length-to-displacement ratios, and without the large submerged transom.
@GregLocock: I'd also think that the...
