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		nazgulnarsil on Nov 18, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Engineers Rule: Honda and its culture of engineeri... and how many of those were due to circumstance beyond the engineers control?

evilneanderthal on Nov 18, 2008 [–]

my thoughts exactly.

i'm looking through... boat collision, boat collision, construction failure, no inspection, fire, bombs, etc. etc.

i see tacoma narrows in 1940: "Since that time all new bridges have been modeled in wind tunnels."

edit: here, have some engineering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_bridge

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